OrangeSeatVertigo

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But with the top 100 players in the league having included the Sabres on their contractual "no trade" list, I don't see how any "top 4" or "top 6" player comes to WNY. The top 20 or so "destination" franchises will be trading players amongst themselves going forward, IMHO. I don't see how the least attractive franchises (w/Sabres at the bottom) get significantly better.

with a full healthy roster (wishful thinking) the Sabres could win a lot of games. Center is fixed (but injured), D is fixed (but injured). Not sure what to make of them. Haven't really seen the team yet.

he sees what everyone sees. this is a dead organization with no real way out. the ghost of Punch Imlach could come back and FA still have the Sabres at the top of their contracts' no trade list.

sacrilege

Granato's offensive approach was the correct one, IMO. He just did not have goaltending that was any good. So he's out, plain old Lindy is back and we have all gone to sleep. Look forward to another sleepy season. I honestly don't see the future for this franchise.

amazing that 9000 season ticket holders still exist; half of them probably forget they had them...

any legit vet top 6 forward will have a no trade clause with the Sabres on his list; Sabres could have 80 mil of cap space and it probably would not matter

they could push Pegula to sell the team ... personally I don't believe the Sabres in WNY are salvageable. i don't see how it can work. and I do not see another rich guy with WNY ties who will buy it. the franchise burned through Golisano and Pegula, I don't see who is next players don't want to be there. period. you can "Mario Williams" them and throw a pile of $$ at them, but that will get you 4 or 5 good players. then the money runs out.

glad Byram is staying .. cannot keep letting talent walk away. But I think this franchise is fatally flawed (1) a place players simply don't want to be (2) an organization still working off how it screwed up the Eichel situation. (3) Poor faciities and no path forward. Kind of where the Bills were before McBeanes showed up .

so many Sabres just want to get out any way they can

any established player with an NMC (and all of them do) is not coming to the Sabres. so move on from this one.

hope not. trading for him would work for sure

any "big swing" player will have a no trade clause, which means they ain't comin to WNY, so "big swings" are probably not possible

Sabres will score about 100 goals next season. mid to high end talent (and their agents) will mainly not want to be stuck in WNY with this organization when other options exist. The Bills went through this for 20 years pre-Allen