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13 minutes ago, Gatorman0519 said:

Honestly what else can we do?  There is about 1.5 lines worth of quality NHL players.  We are not going to trade our way out of this. Plus we are stuck with albatross contracts.  There is nowhere else to go but draft and develop.  This team is 2-3 years before we can think playoffs IF we draft well for a couple of years. 

This isn't the NFL.  NHL teams are lucky when their 1st rounders hit, much less their 2nd and 3rd rounders.  You can plan your rebuild based upon projecting the growth of undeveloped 17 and 18 year olds.

Nailing the 1st round picks and trading assets for more developed players is the way most teams build.  

Peca, Hasek, LaFontaine, Drury, Briere, Dumont were all acquired by trade.

Skinner was a good move.   O'Reilly and Kane were good moves.  

Botterill is not going to draft himself out of this mess.  How long does he have left if the team continues to play this way? One year? Rochester currently has no Botterill-drafted players on its roster. 

If Botterill wants to keep his job, he's going to have to acquire players outside the organization this off season.

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13 minutes ago, Gatorman0519 said:

Honestly what else can we do?  There is about 1.5 lines worth of quality NHL players.  We are not going to trade our way out of this. Plus we are stuck with albatross contracts.  There is nowhere else to go but draft and develop.  This team is 2-3 years before we can think playoffs IF we draft well for a couple of years. 

The Islanders were an 80 point team last season and lost their generational/elite/savior center.

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1 minute ago, PASabreFan said:

The Islanders were an 80 point team last season and lost their generational/elite/savior center.

And gained a great coach. A great system. And solid goaltending.

didn’t have that last year.

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2 minutes ago, ... said:

Why would Skinner want to sign up for this?

The question is how much they're urging him out the door so he, not they, will be the villain.

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Our PK has dropped more than 10 spots in the rankings in three weeks.

Think about that, those who are eager to dump McCabe and Bogosian.

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14 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

The question is how much they're urging him out the door so he, not they, will be the villain.

There's no way they succeed making him out to be the villain.

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Just now, dudacek said:

Our PK has dropped more than 10 spots in the rankings in three weeks.

Think about that, those who are eager to dump McCabe and Bogosian.

Who on earth has been arguing against McCabe?

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Just now, Tondas said:

Pilot reacted to the Dahlin scrum better than Nelson ever did.

Borgen is pretty good as well. Pilut was checked from behind in a game in Rochester and Borgen wasted no time getting there. 

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Just now, jad1 said:

If the Sabres were a college football team, the other teams would be lining up to schedule them for their homecoming week.

Yes, but they'd also pay us millions of dollars to show up and be the cupcake. With that money, pockets could be lined.

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