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- Dylan Cozens is the best player on the ice. He's 19 years old. Depressing. - Okposo needs to be fired into the sun immediately. He saps the life from whatever line he plays on. - Eichel and Hall look like ECHL players. - I would trade half of our team for Tom Wilson. We need somebody who can get their teammates going.

https://twitter.com/CMDeDominicis/status/1354261118668177413/photo/4 I think statistically the line was pretty good, but maybe the powerplays inflated their numbers. They also didn't get a ton of minutes so their success may have been difficult to notice. Regardless I look forward to seeing more.

Notes: Ullmark was great in the last period. Exactly what we needed. Parking the bus in the third was not a good choice. Bad penalty from Hall at the end there too. Okposo is not an NHL player. I'm willing to give him a few more games so he can work the rust off, but he is too slow to be a good forechecker/penalty killer. I'd rather see Tage, Mitts, or Asplund on the ice. Really impressed by the Staal line tonight.

I really don't get people shitting on the team. I'm frustrated too, but they're clearly working their butts off. Buf have outplayed opponents every game this season except the first one.

Frustrating. Buf deserved the win there in my opinion from a corsi standpoint. As we all predicted Brian Elliott played like the vezina candidate he is.

Watch Staal retire right after this game

Non-zero chance Peterka ends up being better than Quinn.

Maybe now he can afford a gym membership.

I think GMKA is actively shopping Mittelstadt. Mittelstadt has no leverage in any contract discussion and would basically have to take anything within the 925k - 1.5 mil range Adams gives him. If a deal hasn't happened yet I have a hard time believing that GMKA isn't trying to trade him.

NY winning the lotto seems undeserved. They get Kakko, Panarin, and now Lafreniere? And will continue to attract big name free agents because of location and market size? And have only been bad for 2-3 years? Teams and their fanbases that have "taken their lumps," (Buffalo, Detroit, Ottawa, Winnipeg, etc) should have a better chance at first overall. Maybe the NHL could implement a rule where a team's lottery odds improve with each year they stay in the bottom 10 teams.

Well I wouldn't be trading him for a bag of pucks... I think we could trade Reinhart and Mittelstadt for a 2C and a 2/3RW. We'd be creating depth by spreading Reinhart's value across the middle six.

I doubt he sign for that little. He has a ton of bargaining power.

I think Adams should seriously consider trading Reinhart. While I wouldn't be actively shopping him, I don't think he belongs in the "core/untouchable" category. He's a smart player and an excellent passer, but brutally slow, meh defensively, and weak on the puck. I think Eichel could do just as well (or negligibly worse) with a player like Alex Tuch or Josh Anderson on the wing -- that is, a cheaper, faster, stronger, goal scoring winger. I just find it hard to justify paying a player like Reinhart the $7,500,000 he'll demand. That type of money (in my mind at least) is reserved for players who can drive scoring on a line by themselves.

Botterill is only partially to blame. The Pegulas are the true culprit here. Nepotism, disorganization, and idiocy surround the Sabres. It's like Botterill is trying to build one of those stilt-base beach houses, but the stilts are made of the rotting wood that is Pegula Sports and Entertainment. The organization is rotten to the core.

Why? Mittelstadt has been a disaster, and is quickly entering bust territory. People keep saying to just wait, but "late bloomers" like Nino Neiderriter are the exception, not the rule. I'd rather have Puljujarvi, who: a) is the same age as Mittelstadt b) suffered as result of garbage management in Edmonton c) is a RW (which the Sabres need) d) Just put up 53 pts in 56 games in Finland

Thanks yea I traded him for Puljujarvi

I think a solid off season would be to trade Mittelstadt for Puljujarvi, and sign Erik Haula as a 2C. Hopefully the abundance of Fins on our team can lure him in. Cirelli will be too costly to trade for and an offer sheet is unrealistic. Roster would look like this: Olofsson - Eichel - Reinhart Skinner - Haula - Kahun Johansson - Cozens - Puljujarvi Lazar - Larsson - Okposo (If no CBO) Dahlin - Miller Montour - Jokiharju McCabe - Ristolainen I see no way in which Botterill isn't fired if he doesn't find a 2C, so I am curious to see what happens this off season.

I stand with Duane. The best acquisition made under the Pegulas has been Brian ***** Duff. This is pathetic.

I don't think we should be giving up assets at the forward position right now, if at all. One of the biggest issues with this team is forward depth, and while goaltending is also an issue, I think Ullmark and Hutton are serviceable until Luukonnen is ready.

Eichel - 33 Skinner - 35 Reinhart - 27 Johansson - 16 Okposo - 9 Sheary - 11 Olofsson - 18 Vesey - 17 Mittelstadt - 19 Larsson - 4 Girgensons - 4 Rodrigues - 10 All other forwards - 5 Dahlin - 8 Ristolainen - 12 Montour - 5 McCabe - 2 Scandella - 4 Bogosian - 0 Miller - 8 Hutton and Ullmark - 1

Not a chance they would take McCabe and Smith. McCabe is perpetually hit by the injury bug and Smith is an AHL player. They might not even accept Risto for Mantha straight up.

I can't find any super solid data on bad attitude claims. It doesn't mean they aren't true, but I don't think they would be grounds to completely rule Sprong out of the possibility of a trade. He strikes me as a Vanek-esque player -- I've heard he's defensively irresponsible, but he can put the puck in the net. Either way, maybe a second trade in three years would help him change his attitude if it is indeed an issue.

I think Buffalo would certainly be losing in a one for one Risto for Henrique deal, but maybe with significant adds from Anaheim's side it would be possible. Henrique will be turning 30 next February, just came off a pretty bad season, and has a pretty rough (5,825,000 AAV) cap hit. Obviously Rakell is the big fish from Anaheim, but another interesting player would be Daniel Sprong. He's a pure goal scorer with a lethal shot, though Anaheim might not be willing to part with him, as they are rebuilding and he may be considered part of their young core.

Are you crazy!? Risto’s advanced stats are even worse than Laine’s! Our RD slot is filled, whereas our 2nd best RW is Conor freaking Sheary. If JB has the chance to trade Ristolainen (who may or may not be able to read) for a young, top five goalscorer in the league and doesn’t do he needs to be fired ASAP. I don’t give a rat’s ass about work ethic or ES goals if the guy can score 44 in one season. You bring up a legitimate concern with his contract, but that’s a good problem to have. I’d rather have that problem than seeing the Sabres finish near last in goals for next season, because I don’t see Tage Thompson and Kyle Okposo really being able to bring us out of the gutter.

I meant make a trade offer for Kapanen's rights.