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I think that contract was a Kim and Terry mandate to keep him right? They were bidding against themselves

hope they will do something with the money, but skinner off the team is a positive for our record,

Sabres in past couple years were an extremely soft team. easily bullied. multiple times Sabres were outplaying other teams and they started bullying us. Worse than no response, is that it worked. We became timid and stopped playing aggressively. We need people who like that rough physical game. Islanders and bruins were two teams that knew this about us and were built to take advantage of our softness. One of the big turnoffs of college hockey is everyone is a tough guy. Never have to back it up so everyone is a tough guy.

Murray or Biro? Really?

I would love Toronto to pick him up. Drag them down like he has every team he has been on. The trade market for him does not exist due to the term left on his deal. Did not do numbers but picking up 50 percent of his salary is more than just buying him out right? Buying him out is the only decision that makes sense. He is a bad player who is a terrible influence on a team.

we can buy out Skinner now!!!!! My dream is alive. Will we be closer to the salary floor or the Cap?

was there a poster in background with Bills as Super Bowl Champs?

that is what the writers did back then. That is why their Inside Hockey columns were so similar. We just did not know better due to lack of info. No way to read all the papers. He was elected by his friends to HOF so that is not a great thing to point out. No criteria other than longevity. Buffalo Sports HOF. LOL who cares.

lol, both can be true. Byrum is a far better player than mitts. Especially in todays NHL. Thompson is not a good center. We need real centers not what we have today. Thinking can be hard. I have faith in you!!!! Pegula's goal is to sell the team. he wants out. All his behavior backs that up. Reinart did not want to be here and was a piss poor teammate. Montour was a much better player than he showed here due to Ralph's system of not letting dman join or lead the rush. Ullmark is average goalie. He was on great teams. He is not number one on Boston and the fact he was replaced in playoffs series bears that out. LOL, ask 32 gms and they will all pick Byrum. Ask any scout. This made my day. too funny. A 3rdish line center or a very good right now and potentially dominant dman?

No place for ryan johnson now or in near future. Samuelson needs his minutes reduced. He is not someone you want on ice for 25 minutes due to lack of offense. Power has a big year ahead of him. Needs to show growth in all aspects next year. Too many d zone lapses and his lack of any aggression is a real problem. Signing him that early to a big contract was dumb then and dumb now. Our top 2 d are Dahlin and Byrum. They can play together sometimes and apart depending on situation. Other teams will need to prepare for both. Interesting how dman are most important in todays game. Used to be load up on forwards and you can get away with one good dman and these grinder types. Todays nhl need dman to jump up in play. In ideal world we trade johnson, Joker for help on forward and get back or sign some more rugged types for PK and general nastiness. Would be a huge win if Dahlin did not have to be on first PK every time. Reduce his minutes a bit and let him kill second half so he can save energy for offense. We were easiest team to play against in league last year. Will not make playoffs without fixing that.

Jim Kelley was famous for making up trade rumors. He would call another writer in another town and they would be each others "sources." Players and execs hated him for that. Those rumors were hurtful to players and their families. No internet meant no one could call BS on him. Kelley would be a jerry Sullivan level hack today as he would have no information that we would not already have on internet or through Elliotte Friedmans of the world.

Mitts trade is one of few no doubt great moves by Adams. We were lucky Colorado was so desperate for a center. As of today we do not have a top center on Sabres. Thompson needs to go to wing.

this whole board is conjecture

Thompson is an awful center. Terrible at draws, cannot match up with other top centers with his speed, make up for it with being physical or being a very smart player. Defensively, he is really bad. Part of that is having to play with Skinner, but he loses his man and battles in our zone consistently. Been in league far too long for that to keep happening. On the sabres, DC is our only chance at a top 2 center. Verdict is still out on him after the step back this year. Played better at end of year so there is some hope. Centre is such a hard position in the NHL today. Used to be defense was hardest but center is now. Bennet is better as a center than any sabre on team today.

Rosen is winger only. OF that group only Östlund and Krebs have a chance at center in NHL Savoie could be a good winger in middle six. Kulich is kind of an enigma. Was way overhyped in first year. Being unable to crack the terrible lineup in buffalo while Benson did was telling. His ceiling is a middle sixish guy probably on the wing.

a trade for bennet from Florida would be ideal. Hopefully Florida will need to clear some salaries to resign Reinhart. He has one year left. He would be one of our top centers right away. Move Thompson off center and it makes top 6 deeper. Krebs needs to be given a chance at some point to be the third center. When he played up in lineup, it was so brief we never saw what he really is. And the number one goal of offseason is to buy out skinner. if we don't, not sure anything else matters...

Appert has never won anything. 11 years at RPI with 18 full scholarships with big budget and big fan base and won nothing. Rochester won nothing. This lines up with the Ruff two year contract. Spend no money per Pegula orders and Adams keeping control by having no threats to him in organization.

Thompson is not a center. should be on wing. two years now of watching him as a center with no improvement.

it is very telling that he scored 69 goals and is not even up for hart trophy.

good grief. reading comprehension. Was not implying time travel solution. There is nothing in his play that implies he will ever be ready for big nhl minutes. He has no above average tools and is below average in physical play and aggression. Bryson type guy.

Analysis of players we have is obviously as of today. Wishing we took draft pick was obviously for back when we signed him. Quite a leap you took there...

Should have spent year in Rochester. Nothing was shown by him in his callup to think he will be anything but league average defenseman. As we have Dahlin, Byrum and Power, there is no room for a non physical average defender. We need aggression and defense from the other three defenders. Still wish we would have taken draft pick instead of signing him. He does nothing above average and is deficient as defensive player and lacks physicality.

was at golf outing where harry neal was speaking. Talked about whenever he crossed border into Canada he had to buy alcohol for Cole at duty free. Believe it was whisky.

comparison with Marchand are tenious except for size. He is not nearly the skater MArchand is. we can hope but....

And the ones he lost were not for lack of compete which is awesome. He is tenacious on the puck.