LabattBlue

Well, call me skeptical. Bring them all back, hire Granato, make the playoffs, and make me choke on my words. 😉

Well...sign him up long term, and bring the entire band back...Jack, Risto, Reinhart, McCabe, Ullmark, and the untradeable part of the core(Skinner and KO). Bring back Hall too! How can that plan fail?

Yes!!!!! Just keep bringing back the same core players year after year...and then mix that in with a new HC(at least one many are advocating for) whose NHL resume' is limited. Playoffs here we come! ...and please don't compare Reinhart to ROR they are not even remotely close in talent level.

I did not know Samuelsson was going to be in the lineup. I wish I had tuned in. I’m gad they won and some of the kids have shown improved play under Granato.

Reinhart has been part of a core on a team that has sucked for the 5 or so years he has been here. You make millions of dollars to play a game, and will make even more going forward. Act like a professional(take the high road) and answer a few questions each day. Instead, you come across as a spoiled brat who is holding a grudge against the beat reporters. IMO...sell high!

Well if they keep the core together, make minor changes, and become a playoff team in 21-22, I will be first in line to be fitted for my dunce cap. 😂

This team needs more than a backup goalie upgrade and bottom of the roster tweaks. The core needs to be shook up. My recommendation....Jack stays(unless he taps out), Risto and Reinhart go.

.and Kane, ROR, Kulikov, Sekera, Foligno, Peterson, Compher, Zadorov, Armia. Thats all I’ve got off the top of my head. 😂

Yes...and it's sad that this was the biggest need last summer, and yet NOTHING was done to address it.

I'm on record, unless Jack asks out, and the core needs a shake up(which it does), I put Reinhart and Risto on the block instead of Jack.

Pegula going to Rochester for a game with the GM? He really has too much free time on his hands...and gives further credence that there is some level of meddling going on.

If there are comparable grades among the top 5, I'd much rather go with a center or wing.

I never cared for Jeff Marek who comes across as a I'm smarter than you "hockey know it all". I wouldn't send him to hell, but I would like to see him go over Niagara Falls in a kayak.

Typical Sabres...does he need surgery or not?

Especially the big money deals. A good GM should be able to plug some holes with low end F/A's with low cost/term committments.

Then I guess he is a "bad person". Bottom line....just glad he is gone. Is definitely in the running for worst Sabres HC in their 50 year history.

I have no problem with Bryson going forward...as long as the 3 offensive minded dmen(Dahlin, Bryson and Joker) are paired with 3 defensive minded dmen(Borgen, McCabe, and ???). In this scenario Risto goes bye bye, and so does Miller(unless he becomes a 7th defenseman for his last contract year). ...and hopefully they can do this, pairing a lefty and a righty so no one has to play their off side....unless the blueliner in question is very comfortable playing the off side. No more trying to fit a square peg into a round hole BS.

IMO who would agree to a 1 year deal to be an NHL HC? Just my guess but it would be a 3 year commitment minimum.

Me either.

I am a believer that the core has to be shook up in the off-season, and assuming Jack doesn't ask to be traded, and makes a full recovery, that Risto and Reinhart are traded in separate deals in the off-season.

Once again, if all those players ended up in the lineup, Ray would have an aneurysm. 😂

While I refer to him as a con man(which may have helped him in terms of getting hired for the job), I wouldn't call him a "bad person". Just ended up being a really bad hockey coach of the Sabres. Yeah...but has he ever pocketed a handful of sugar packets?

I’m not sure how much it would cost to tear out the top 5 rows of the 300’s and put in standing room, but that would be awesome!

Ive had it for awhile...and then it gets buried and I forget about it. 😂

Reminds me of this book i have to read over the summer. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085K6R2TR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_EY14Y6KRGYQB0846DV9Z