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For that smorgasbord, the best I think you can get is an established low-tier 2C, such as Adam Henrique. Probably 2021 1st unprotected, Johnson, and Mittlestadt would be close to my minimum acceptable return if I am Anaheim. To shoot higher, #8 is an absolute necessity.

I can't think of any combination of those things that can be used to get a legit 2C. We would need to find the next Mike Peca or Stu Barnes who is undervalued by his organisation and has the drive to prove it.

Waitaminnit, waitaminnit, waitaminnit. Doesn't this sound a lot like what BTG thought with video scouting, except that maybe the Sabres took it too far?

As I have said a few times, I would have preferred several posters here to have been GM after Darcy was fired over the parade of incompetents we have had. I am hoping that he telepathically channels the board's consensus on player evaluations, usage of analytics, and resource management. That would be far preferable to GMTM and JNot.

Your idea is why Darcy and Lindy worked with Rochester the entirety of the Great Lockout. I figured Taylor would be in Buffalo next season. The one inference I draw is that Taylor was more aligned with Housley's coaching philosophy than Krueger's.

Must your vendetta contaminate everything you post? At this point, I am rooting for them to hold the team in perpetuity just to annoy you to your grave. And the daughters really want the team anyway.

I think we may be for a few years. The cap is flat and, in the worst-case scenario from medical economics types, th US may not recover until after 2025. Honestly, the NHL and the NHLPA needed a quick salary adjustment phase for a couple of years to right the finances. I imagine cutting the cap by up to 50% was unacceptable on both sides.

You hire a GM who agrees with that philosophy. That's just normal ownership. Right now, I would have been cool with Lindy and Darcy all these years.

On the upside, we were better then.

Just musing. The last 2 times, the Pegulas went with full search and selected highly regarded hockey people. But GMTM and JBot stunknown. Maybe, this time, they just said **** it and went with Adams.

The Pilut problem may have set them off. The timing works.

You might have hit on something. Can you imagine the Pegula's reaction to being asked to draw up longish-term, high-ish money contracts for, as a worst-case scenario, Simmonds, Frolik, and Sobotka?

Thanks, Liger. I am glad for a breakdown like this. What prompted my question was that after "the top tiers", there were classic JBottom "safe picks." The one with the most play is Anton Lundell. Holtz is allegedly a steal at 8. Sanderson is a "safe" defencemen. Gunler is in this group as well from what I was reading. IMHO, JNot gets a clear top prospect or should trade out for a #2C.

The first 10,000,000 years were the worst. The second 10,000,000 -- they were the worst too. The third 10,000,000 -- I didn't enjoy at all. After that, I went into a bit of a decline. Addendum: zounds, that sounds a lot like being a Sabres fan this past decade...

Welcome back.

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This seems spot on.

True, but apparently a couple of Darcy's best moves were Larry Quinn's suggestion. (The Drury acquisition was one.) This is friendly advice that goes back to rec.arts.startrek in 1987. Each BBS has its own gatekeepers, mods, and culture. If you go against them, you too can have your entire workspace filled with BELs. (My crime was not liking Star Drek: The Next Regurgitation.) SS is no different from any other social media. Try defending Obama's budget record on NRO or Trumps ideas about China on HuffPost. Whether anyone likes it or not, there are certain dominant narratives on any BBS like Sabrespace, whether they be accurate or not. Because what you wrote goes against their prevailing stances, the reactions were eminently predictable. For instance, I just blew up and said my peace a few days ago on one topic. It affected no one, but I at least put the truth as I knew it out there. Maybe you should just say your POV and be done with it. In these days of COVID-19 isolation, political polarisation, and frustration and a sense of hopelessness about the Sabres, I have come to expect much prickier behaviour in all social media. As Walter Cronkite used to say, "[T]hat's the way it is." So any minor factual good that gets coupled with a column which conflicts with someone's narrative gets you the reactions you saw.

If that's all it takes, I'm fricking ecstatic.

What is the 60th highest salary for forwards?

Given that Hutton's a goaltender, how did this not get discovered at his physical before he was signed?

IMHO, if the Sabres 1st round pick is low enough, JBottom will need to have three tiers of players for the following decisions: 1. "These guys are available at my pick. I have to take one of them unless someone decides to give me a present." 2. "I think these guys can help now even if I don't push, but if I get a fair offer for immediate help, I will use the pick." 3. "Oh, $#!+, everyone I really wanted a crack at is gone. I hope the trade I want is there for the pick." That means 2 tiers of players for the first round. For those who are better at this than I am (probably everyone), whom do you have in these tiers. Aside: I can't believe how many amateur draft-nicks pencilled in Reinhart and/or Cozens as #2C. The logic is that, "because the Sabres don't need to draft a C, they should draft..." If any of them got that indirectly from JNot, I am going to fricking scream.

Point of fact: Assuming it takes 34 games to win the Cup for a "steal", the Buffalo Sabres were 20-9-5 through 34 games in 2018-9 and 16-11-7 in 2019-20. So a team with ice time going to Sobotka, Sheary, Elie, Mittlestadt, Thompson, and the horrendous Scandella-Ristolainen pairing had a good enough record for as long as these playoffs will be to win the Stanley Cup. Just think about that.

I am not going to sit here and keep watching B. Thomas Golisano continually denigrated on these points. Here are the facts as I know them. Disagree all you like; ignore me, ban me, block me, who cares -- but these are unimpeachable sources. No, I will not take questions. Bolded: I have a friend who wrote the contract. The condition not to move the Sabres is in there and it should be iron clad. Moreover, Larry Quinn would not have signed off on selling his part of the team had that stricture not be in the contract. Moreover, the same friend was in on the contract talks between BTG, Jeremy Jacobs, and Robert Rich to ensure that the Bills do not leave. BTG was the point person for the group because he came out and said, "I would not allow the Sabres leave the area because it is bad for the area. I will do the same for the Bills," when asked after he sold the Sabres to Terry Pegula several years ago (I believe it was the next press conference). Moreover, as it turned out, because the Sabres were largely very good and entertaining during his tenure (remember the season ticket waiting list?), he did not lose money on the Sabres overall in any season after The Great Lockout. (Beforehand, he lost quite a bit.) Italicised: I know from one of Jim Balsillie's late friends (who got me tickets to the World Series in Toronto and has luxury boxes in ACC and KBC; I have known his son for almost 40 years) that it was he who offered BTG 50% more than the team was valued to sell. BTG had only one cast-iron condition: The Sabres could not leave Buffalo for 50 years, bankruptcy or no. JB balked. I have independent confirmation from multiple sources in the PHWA of these details. Underlined: The NHL went out of its way to keep the Sabres in Buffalo during the bankruptcy. Maybe after a decade of failure, we are not as important, but I don't think we've fallen off the table. Moreover, LQ will fight tooth and nail to keep the team in Buffalo if it comes down to it. That's aside from TP's daughters are big Sabres fans and view themselves as part of a Stanley Cup dynasty. (That last bit is first-hand from their mouths during the 2nd intermission of the game 8 April 2011.)

Does Dallas's 1999 win have one in the official NHL record books? If not, then no.