MakeSabresGrr8Again

Me too, but you could possibly still convince from these charts that Vlad looks like an infectious disease. LOL

I want to be the 1st one to confirm that the St Louis Blues will again be bad in the first half of the season because.....they play 7 games on Wednesday's and the stats show that Wednesday's are ROR's worst days. They will come back in second half, as they play no Wednesday games after Jan. 15th. Bet your house on it!!!!

I understand what you are saying, but I would hope that this will be a wake up call. "You are young, competitive, and with potential......but you are not indestructible." I'm sure the Bills will draft a QB or eventually obtain one that will be an insurance policy just in case. His improvements over last year (however slight that may be) give more hope that concern. As a fan, I'm just glad to see someone being able to excite me with some effort and a "i want to win no matter what" attitude.

I did. You said "i know they won't". "they should though". You obviously say they should. The only question is whether you think they should now or in 3yrs.

No one?

I also might add that the replays showed quite often that our receivers were blanketed. Gotta give some credit for Allen's problems to the Pats D-backs and pressure from their line(as much as I hate that idea).

I'm not sure that I know anyone worried about losing him (not saying you are). I'm more worried he doesn't get claimed and infects the Amerks.

I think that they are what they are.....a team that will sneak into the playoffs, and can do some damage once in. But I don't think they can win the cup just yet.

You left out Hunwick

What speed setting are you using on the ceiling fan?

I think it's all still a personal opinion. And you're welcome to yours. OTOH...can you see what I was getting at and what is your opinion on that. Seems like you weren't too high on Risto

I don't think that's what was meant. Your assessment of Risto (and I believe over-assessment of Joker so far) doesn't correlate with the statement of being able to replace Sheary/E-Rod/ Sobotka with an upgrade in talent. Well, maybe Vlad.

Ask Botts, maybe he can get you tickets to the next lottery.

We'll start with the bolded......We somewhat agree, just not on the "degree" of luck and this part confirms that. So, if we didn't get Skinner we might have been a whole 4 spots worse in the standings and guaranteed a top 4 pick instead of #7. I guess the degree of luck would be that instead of picking 5th we picked 7th all while having Cozens fall to us (loved that pick). About Skinner, I now wonder, if he only would go to TO or Buffalo and TO chose JT could we have waited 'til this year to get Skinner for less because there really wouldn't be any other choice than the Sabres. Can someone please teach Botts to hit the bulls-eye on the dartboard or would that be considered skill then instead of luck. As "lucky" as you think Botts is, maybe we should trade Risto now to Oilers (so they get 82 games from him) for a 1st rd pick.. They will think they're giving up a 31st pick overall and we'll end up with their #1 overall instead. Trade a Buffalo nickel for a shiny new penny.

Thanks, I needed that.....goosfraba.

In an earlier post of this conversation I included the entire core of the team and agree that we shouldn't trade Eichel. If that were to happen, Botts should be fired immediately!!!

Ouch. That reads like someone scratching their nails across a chalkboard.

And the bolded is okay. Nobody has all the facts and everyone is entitled to an opinion. Facts are that we finished last w/ ROR. ROR was traded. We are where we were before Botts got here and w/o ROR. ROR won a couple trophies after leaving (good for him). We saved money. We don't know what other offers were tendered to be able to evaluate what the best offer was. We now have a hole that needs to be filled. Oh, and Botts should've been a weatherman.....'cuz he's never right, LOL.

His signing bonus would've been $7.5M.....just how much more do you think the return would've been, Tarasenko at least?

And yet WITH ROR we finished DFL and 1yr removed(and about $25M less paid out), here we are back at the same point before Botts got here (76pts vs 78pts in the standings).

It all depends on how you look at things (the underlined). 1) The bolded.....Botts got to last place and had the best odds without the great hole he created. He got there WITH ROR, Kane, Eichel, Reinhart, Risto, Lehner, etc.....best chance of winning the lottery given to him by the same players you're mad he got rid of. That core of players already had a slight dip (81pts - 78pts) prior to Botts arrival (and Housley). Besides having the best odds in that lottery, the odds were even more in our favor after losing the other lotteries. I would consider Chicago "lucky" moving all the way down to 3rd pick. Has it worked out that Edmonton was "lucky" winning the lottery? 2) If the Skinner contract becomes an anchor like you say it will.....was Botts "lucky"? 3) Botts got "some" value for a player he wasn't gonna sign. San Jose was the "lucky" one. They got the production out of Kane that they hoped for and re-signed him to boot. If they didn't re-sign him they would've lost Kane, a 2nd rd pick, and O'Regan. All for what....17games? None of this means that I agree nor disagree with your take on the matter, just a different way of looking at things. It's all a crapshoot no matter how you look at it just as life itself. You might enjoy a beer when you come home from work and if it helps you pass a kidney stone you might consider yourself "lucky" you drank the beer. If you end up with liver problems 2yrs from now because of the alcohol will you still be "lucky" or have you created a giant hole you can't seem to get out of? Or are you using the word "lucky" like some use the word "tiny". I'm sure you know "tiny"....the 6'11"/ 350lb guy who's a "teddy bear".

Did they list him as last or 2nd last......just asking for 3 relatives and a co-worker.

I believe he played the very 1st game against Pittsburgh.

Did DNA testing confirm this?

$5M/ $7M/ $9M .....1st/ 2nd/ 3rd yr respectively according to capfriendly.