Big Guava

Haha, hard to win a trade when the guy you traded has scored 50+ and been a perennial high level contributor to a back to back Stanley Cup winning team.

How is it his fault that Levi has regressed every chance he has gotten to show what he can do in the NHL?

I'm in the wrong business...I need to sell stuff to stadiums looking to upgrade and overcharge them by 5x what you could get them yourself.

Maybe they could get Bumper to play Bumper?

Figuring out how not to shoot the puck directly into defenders or wide and actually get them on net would be a pretty great start.

I mean except during the early tank years where the goalies almost cost us from playing so well.

Dunleavy is terrible...Bills/Sabres have to have the worst PBP tandem in pro sports. Sad when we used to have one of the best tandems in Ted Darling/RJ and Van Miller for such a long time. Literally went from 3 Hall Of Famers to trash overnight almost.

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The worst is before NFL training camp...after that I don't care as much because at least I have the Bills season to look forward to coming up a whole month before the start of the NHL season.

If a player is good enough to demand one then that's the cost of doing business

My problem with UPL is that he seems to only really be focused when he has something to play for personally. He was really good when he was trying to earn a role on the Sabres full time, and he was really good when he was in a contract year. Outside of that he has been pretty bad, and to me that just says he only really puts in the work when he has something to play for, which is not what I expect from a professional who should want to be their best every game. But this isn't all that uncommon...a lot of players treat it like a job more than something they actually love and only seem to really focus and put the extra work in when they have something to lose or gain personally.

Meh...UPL was just really bad last year, that's really all there is to it. He was unfocused game to game and was out of position far too often. Way too many "AHL" level goals against him last year. Did they allow too many chances, sure, but they did the year before too when he was far better. It's not like they went from being the Great Wall Of China on D to a sieve.

Nazim Kadri... Nazim Kadri.... We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you) You could never back down, you never learned to take your time... Oh, Naaazzziiiimmm Kaaaadrrriii (Naaazzziiiimmm Kaaaadrrriii) When Buffalo sings for you Will they know what you overcame? Will they know you rewrote the game? The Sabres will never be the same, oooohhhh... The team is in the harbor center now, see if you can spot him... Another immigrant coming up from the bottom His enemies destroyed his rep, the Leafs forgot him... We fought with him Me? I played with him Me? I trusted him Me? I loved him And me(Kevyn Adams)? I'm the damn fool that didn't sign him! There's a million things he hasn't done But just you waaaaaiiiit.... What's your name, man? Nazzzimmmm Kaaaddrriii!

In front of a firing squad?

Probably