Derrico

I don't disagree. But Gorges has 2 years left on his deal (or is it only one?). So he's not exactly just a rental. With the way the Dman trade market seems to be potentially drying up I would think he has more trade value then McGinn.

Wow, Buff, Phaneuf and Schultz all off the market within a couple of days. Buff really was holding up the trade market. This must increase the value of any available Dmen. If Gorges could be had for a 1st, we move him right?

I'd love to see this.

Oh I'm very concerned about T.O. The only good thing is I could see the rivalry between these teams come back in spades. In 4 or 5 years I'm predicting a three way battle of Buffalo, Toronto and Florida for the Atlantic. Possibly Tampa in the mix if they can keep Stamkos.

I'm pretty sure that's the same vetting process for every single draft pick. Especially all first rounders.

I sadly would like a top 3 pick but we're too good, not gonna happen.

I get that. But it hasn't really worked out for the majority of the first half of the season (I know injuries also played a roll). For the most part he has been keeping the same three together on each line and although we haven't been scoring at post lockout 2005-2006 levels, we've been (dare I say) good looking team since Girgs has come back and the lines have stayed the same.

:censored: Just when our lines were finalllllllllly starting to click and DD was leaving them be.

How does one earn a shootout spot? Jack has been this teams best player since Christmas IMO, is on a point per game pace since then and has actually scored on breakaways this season. What else does he have to do to 'earn' it?

I would be happy with this. Give us an all finish top pairing down the road?

Have we had Samson yet?

This is marvelous.

Can we please have better thread titles?

Dal Colle isn't that good of a player. Great shot on the PP but very one dimensional and not great at board battles. Also disappears from time to time when the moment gets big.

Interesting. Good find.

So who exactly tracks all of these stats? I mean the manpower alone would be unreal (even if they are reviewing tape to dig out this info).

:w00t: Now I see it.

We don't have a generic Jack Eichel thread so I'm not sure where to put this. Mods please move if you feel necessary. What a great read on what Jack Eichel is doing in terms of his possession numbers. "on pace for 56 points which would be 6th best over the past 20 years, in one of the lowest scoring seasons ever" "Eichel is average at passing in the neutral zone, slightly above passing out of defensive zone, but in terms of carrying the puck, he's a phenom" Compares Eichel to Taylor Hall http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/sabres-jack-eichel-is-a-puck-carrying-phenom/ I've been a bit disappointed in terms of where Eich is in terms of points. But you read articles like this and you realize just how good this kid is right now and what is hopefully in store for our future.

You've got no shot at this bet my friend. See how well Lehner is playing? Sabres are finally healthy again and Jack has been supermodel hot over the past month. Only chance you have for the bottom 5 is the lottery :P

A win tonight and the Sabres could be out of the bottom 5 in the league.

Wait, I'm playing you in Fantasy Hockey and I have Eichel :blink:

Really? He's played 44 of the teams 47 games. If he was hurt then I will dismiss it but it couldn't have been anything too significant.

Hopefully. I'm still pretty concerned as to why he was cut from one of the worst Canadian WJC teams in recent memory though.

Their HF board. Here's a link to their GDT http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/showthread.php?t=2023029 I mean, they even want to steal our Fire Sale montage from a couple of years ago!!

That sounds right.