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I wonder if Price, Weber and Petry weren’t eating up 24+ million in cap space, then MTL could have thrown more money into better players at the deadline than Eric “spent” Staal. Not to mention Allen at 2.8 mil. too much for a backup IMO.

Nice goal by Gaustad errr I mean Danault. 1st goal of the playoffs for him

It really does primarily fall right around that position. same level of goaltending… Most likely the same results. Better goaltending… That will elevate everyone else’s play in front of him. Resulting in a better record. hopefully that is KA’s primary focus. Everything else although very important… Should be secondary.

Should the title be changed or maybe thread locked?

And yet a lot fans salivate in anticipation of them. ” well maybe THIS time we’ll get some answers that we want“ 😂 don’t get me wrong, it is nice to hear from the new hires. I just have extremely low expectations as to what is going to be said that is of any substance. and with that frame of mind I’m rarely disappointed 😂

Resolution: 1. Jack has decided he won’t get the surgery. And to play this season for the Sabres. 2. Jack has decided he won’t get the surgery, but wants to be traded. 3. Jack has decided he wants the surgery and because they are at an impasse with the Sabres he wants to be traded. 4. Jack has told the Sabres he won’t get the surgery… Although he definitely wants it. He will play for the Sabres until the NMC kicks in and then demand the trade. Any others?

Not all the answers… But a good chunk of the answers were very canned/standard/typical/run-of-the-mill. There were a few things gleaned from what DG and KA said. But like every other press conference… It was rather typical and uneventful.

Not telling to me… at all. Eichel is a Sabre until he’s not. Nothing shocking. Nothing new. Nothing odd. Eichel is being shopped. Yawn.

Wrong. We talk to ALL players. Jack is one of ALL players. You see it differently… you want to try to poke holes in that… Go right ahead have at it. I know what words he said. You can choose to believe it or not. And so can I.

KA HAS TALKED to Eichel and his agent. There ya go …

As expected IMO. At least for me it was.

That’s awesome… Great opinion.

My God Harrington is such a pompous prick.

I Want a bi-plane with a 100 ft. Banner flying circles around the city of Buffalo and western New York. I want them to hack into the emergency broadcast services that are normally reserved for snow emergencies and the like and to announce this presser. it’s just too damn suppressed. Jerks.

Rent free …

You are right! and Montreal might lose tonight 😂 … but I hope they win

Fantasy … Eichel will be stripped of his captaincy and still remain a Buffalo Sabre. Reality … Eichel will be traded before his NMC kicks in. Or, Eichel will remain a Sabre and be the captain for the foreseeable future. In No way shape or form is Eichel being stripped of the captaincy and remain a Sabre.

Very few… is very accurate.

OK I don’t think so. Whatever …

Meh … what is opined by a reporter… vs. what’s actually done… Could very well be two different things. And if you want to believe that Terry still holds all the cards and has all the power over who gets drafted… Then I guess this falls into you believing anything that a reporter will tell you. And for all we know KA may completely agree with what Terry’s preference is. So in the end it’s not Terry’s decision at all… But KA is the one who will be drafting Power. But… There’s also something to be said of history… And if history is any indication as to Terry having complete control and complete veto power over who gets drafted… Then I guess Terry’s preference gets picked. Even if KA completely disagrees. Frankly I don’t give a crap who gets drafted… I just want the team and prospect pool to be better overall. I definitely don’t want Terry to be a part of it. And just because Terry has given his opinion to a reporter, doesn’t mean that KA is going to go against what he wants for the team. Speculation speculation… whatever …

Oh that’ll come in Oct. by one of three posters 😂

Not surprised a thread like this popped up. Just surprised it popped up 24 hours after he was hired. I don’t have a fast hair trigger like some fans do… IF it’s determined that KA stocked the team with better goaltending, and equal to or better than “talent” as last season … I’ll give DG around 6 full months of games to have an educated non-knee jerk reaction to “ Don is a good or bad coach”. IF it’s determined that KA did not stock the team well… Then I would give DG longer to make that determination. Hell, this upcoming season… Could be extremely rough for DG. Especially if Eichel is moved and Reinhart is moved, and that point production isn’t replaced in the short term. Then I believe DG would be unfairly criticized for every loss. KA needs to give DG the tools to succeed. i’ll give DG quite a bit of slack if those tools are not there because KA couldn’t get it done as the GM. I think this thread is better served In late September when the roster is pretty much filled out. And we know what DG has to work with.

If a goaltending improvement is not addressed, Granato will fail. That MUST be priority #1. The other pieces are important for sure. But solidify the goaltending KA. Don’t screw over Meatballs. If KA doesn’t improve that position, I’d like to see him gone before the end of next season. Yes, I would give KA a few months to try to improve goaltending. I’m not as hair-trigger to fire the guy like some of you.

Well … if others feel that three is a dynasty, good for them. They only have one as of right now. So again repeating myself… I am far far far away from thinking dynasty. And even if they win the cup this year… Me personally… I am far far away from thinking they are dynasty. if they win the cup this year, and they actually keep the band together for the most part and win the cup again next year.… OK I could see the argument being made that one can consider them a dynasty. But from my view… That is far far away where I stand today. You’re not going to change my mind and I’m not going to change yours. So I am not going to “get used to it” until IT actually happens 👍🏼