Marvin

Can he be our 7th this season if need be? We might need it.

Go get 'em.

Good luck to those getting ice. Ice scares me more than snow.

And me with this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left side. I pin a lot of this on WGR. A few of the hosts pushed the idea that you can't win a Cup without a tank, so, by implication, those of us who did not want to tank did not want the Sabres to win a Cup. It used to be that we all want the same thing, but we honestly differed in our opinions of how to get there. Not any more in Buffalo. I view this as a precursor to the current social and political dynamic where if you are not 100% on our side, then you want to destroy us. So me wanting the Bills to improve both lines is considered sabotage because I don't want to get JA17 more weapons first. Same with R versus D politically. Aside: one thing I really like about this place is that we can all disagree agreeably. When I speak about politics outside, I like to bring up SabreSpace as an example of how political discourse should go. I mention how vociferously many here disagree with me about The Tank. But we all want the best for the Sabres, and we know that intuitively. I point out that I remember this about political views -- we all want what we think is best for the country, but we differ in how we think we should get there.

One time, I wrote on rec.arts.drwho that BBC forced John Nathan-Turner stay on as producer with "J-NT resigns and re-signs."

We lost that game. Those of us cheering for the team to win were jeered by our fellow fans. I myself had food and beer thrown at me.

The Down Goes Brown quote would be funny if the whole situation were not so disgusting.

The only logic I can think of for this pair is that they are learning how to work defencively with another offencive defenceman because they both have a lot of potential. I personally would pair Dahlin with Pysyk and Jokiharu with Samuelsson. I'm boring that way.

Honestly, the Sabres are unlikely to be like Tampa Bay. Recent versions of Boston, Nashville, and St. Louis seem more realistic.

If everything goes right.

In a growth season, you are correct. We need to be able to evaluate the players against the competition we will need to overtake to make the playoffs. That will better inform off-season decisions.

Thanks. The assets being kicked around are "project" prospects and later picks for up to 4 years of retention for Buffalo since we should not expect the Sabres to get out of the basement before 2025. So you disagree with the parameters in those reports -- as do I.

Question: in your opinion, what would be required for the Sabres to be the 3rd party to retain on a contract with multiple years remaining?

I just saw a report on Axios that a lot of records will be set this weekend. Good luck to everyone in the storm's path.

I could stand an answer to this question. Anyone? Bueller? Dell really could help stabilise Rochester, which has to be a good thing.

I think those of us who are more gun-shy about expending assets to accelerate a rebuild merely had it reinforced because of XGMTM. I have that bias and look at him as a cautionary note. Having said that, I personally would keep looking for hockey trades, especially 2nd and 3rd rounders and prospects for better veteran RHD's with some term plus maybe a lesser asset. I also would be planning on what other depth I could add by using the cap space of this year and next wisely. In this vein, I think there likely had been a goalie to be had over the summer, but people were asking for the moon because of COVID.

And I can see why Subban was so highly rated as well. Had he not got hurt and continued under Bales, I think we could have been 4 deep in goal in 2 years. Honestly, I feel good about having that problem.

Inconceivable! 🙂

As long as the player you took is not too far removed from "normal" around that pick, I can't really criticise it. Even of not, if the pick made sense at the time, I am not too hard on it. No one is clairvoyant enough to get every pick perfect. XGMJB did fine with that pick.

In ye olde days, the team had a designated defenceman as a third and fourth stringer. I remember Pat Hannigan mentioning that Larry Hillman had been replaced by Tim Horton as the Sabres' emergency goaltender on channel 7 once. Maybe that's true now? So Rob Ray or Marty Biron?

Beat me to it.

Correct. And now, not even Houser.

I am up for a seance for the ghost of George Vezina.

Buffalo Sabres #7 goalie, come on down! You're the next contestant on "Spinal Tap Drummer!"

Damn. You beat me to it.