JoeSchmoe

Still no trades or signings eh?

Anyone listening on the radio. I definitely don't want to hear an interview with a football coach while there's a hockey game going on. #stillmissingRJ

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Greenway, Joki, and Zucker could all get something decent but I'd rather see them signed.

If that's the case, where's the signings? I'll take signings over no signings... except for Byram who sucks (unless he's being carried by Dahlin).

If we lose our FAs and get nothing back, you can stick a fork in us for many more years to come.

Anyone else checking in here several (many) times a day looking for a signing or trade thread? Anyone else disappointed when they see no sign of a new thread, but instead the same old Cozens Conundrum thread prominently near the top of the discussions? 😞

If you're willing to jettison Thompson and the contract he's on, you're going need to walk out the same door as Adams.

I'd move Byram because he's not worth whatever we have to pay him. Sign everyone else, because we're sure to lose any other trade anyways.

Thanks everyone. I've got my son following this thread.

Are there still any old school lots near the arena where you can pay cash? My 17yo son and his girlfriend are going to the game on Saturday and neither one of them have a credit card. If I could give them directions to a good lot... Preferably closer to Pearl St Grill (my son's favourite restaurant) that would be helpful. I also realize not having a card will limit them from buying concessions. They're all overpriced anyways though so it won't matter. Thanks!

Bad Krebs is in the house as usual.

I was a loyal purchaser of the NHL Centre Ice package here in Canada to the tune of $30/month until they played some tricks and blacked out a ton of games on me (or force me to switch to Bell satellite). I found another workaround and have never paid to watch a Sabres game on TV again since.

Moe: take this seat right next to the tap Homer: But that's Barney's seat! Are you trying to make me the new Barney? Moe: Hey ever bar needs a world class drunk Lenny: Yeah someone who makes our alcoholism seem less raging LGR with the Barney post... Making the amount of time we've all wasted on here seem "less raging". Thank you for your service!

Chris Osgood would be my bet.

He coached that way in 05 to 07. His mantra was you coach to the strength of team you're given. At the time he knew he could outskate and outscore the opposition across all 4 lines so he turned them loose. This was a noted departure from the late 90s defense first teams.

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I did. As a Canadian Sabres fan, I couldn't have liked it better.

Östlund was listed as 163lb going into the draft. Also, Bergeron is considerably bigger than what you list. If you can recall him playing with Crosby in 2005 he was by no means small.

For a while there I thought his trade value vs chance of panning out ratio was the best out of the bunch... Especially early on. That window had appeared to close at the beginning of the season, but may be opening up again.

When you have more little guys than you do roster spots for them, the most effective outcome is that you should trade some of them for pieces you need. That's not weird, that's just good GM'ing. The only weird part is that we picked so many undersized forward in the first place.

It's not mid-first round solid. You may recall I did an analysis of players with similar stats in the SHL going back 10 years, and it showed the chances of him turning out were not good (too lazy to find it).

What's weird? I didn't like that they picked another small forward when we had tons of them and no room for them all. Moreover, they've kept him around all this time even though there seemingly is no room for him unless he takes a GIANT leap. Not only that, but his numbers going into the draft were not close to NHL top 6 potential (small forwards typically don't make good 3rd or 4th liners). Meanwhile, there were players available with similar stats but had the size to play deeper in the lineup.

Just world Juniors. I was more going of stats, size, etc.

I've been Östlund's biggest critic... Didn't like the pick and haven't liked that he hasn't been dealt. Here's hoping he makes me look bad.