Non Sabres Deadline Trades/Rumors

[bob_sauve28]

8 minutes ago, triumph_communes said:

2C may be what Skinner needs.  He really needs puck retrievers on his lines and he hasn't had many.

He needs to score is what he needs to do. Did he have a 2c last year? 

[triumph_communes]

Just now, bob_sauve28 said:

He needs to score is what he needs to do. Did he have a 2c last year? 

He had a 1C last year, which is another solution to his woes that Krueger has refused to do for more than a few shifts.

[bob_sauve28]

Just now, triumph_communes said:

He had a 1C last year, which is another solution to his woes that Krueger has refused to do for more than a few shifts.

He didn’t always play with Jack last year. Wouldn’t surprise me if Kruger has not been impressed with Skinners post contract work ethic, and that’s why he isn’t getting ice time in OT etc. 

 

Sknner should be doing better. 

[triumph_communes]

44 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

Sknner should be doing better. 

I think everyone agrees with this

[triumph_communes]

13 hours ago, Let's Go B-Lo said:

Schaller is only 1.9. Those numbers still don't add up

they could have had cap saved up (capfriendly is dead to me ? )

[shrader]

13 hours ago, Let's Go B-Lo said:

Schaller is only 1.9. Those numbers still don't add up

It does add up if that's the amount of space they needed.  They have a decent chunk of money on LTIR and it was probably never about an exact balancing of the cap dollars.  That and the maximum that LA could have taken back on the Toffoli deal was $2.3 million, so it does wind up coming pretty close to Schaller's figure.

[triumph_communes]

These are also crazy prices.  Hockey trade, stand pat, and sell last-second if teams really do get desperate and would include a 1st rounder for any of our rentals

[WildCard]

 

[Curt]

1 hour ago, bob_sauve28 said:

He didn’t always play with Jack last year. Wouldn’t surprise me if Kruger has not been impressed with Skinners post contract work ethic, and that’s why he isn’t getting ice time in OT etc. 

Sknner should be doing better. 

Skinner played essential the entire season as Eichel’s LW last season.  I think you are misremembering.

This year he has played essentially the entire season without Eichel.  Without even a 2C level center.

Edited February 18, 2020 by Curt

[Scottysabres]

3 minutes ago, WildCard said:

 

Yes, they should be. Making the playoffsshould be the top priority for this team right now.

But this is funny ?

[bob_sauve28]

1 hour ago, Curt said:

Skinner played essential the entire season as Eichel’s LW last season.  I think you are misremembering.

This year he has played essentially the entire season without Eichel.  Without even a 2C level center.

If he is simply an average player with Jack at center then we way over paid for him 

[Curt]

11 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

If he is simply an average player with Jack at center then we way over paid for him 

Well, he scored 40 goals.  I don’t think you can put a random 3rd liner beside Jack and have him do that.

Skinner has scored around 30 with less than ideal C’s pretty consistently.  He is under producing right now.

[Randall Flagg]

38 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

If he is simply an average player with Jack at center then we way over paid for him 

There is no question that we overpaid for him, and that was true the second it became apparent that the Sabres could not afford to let him leave (as we started collapsing and had so few skill players to look at)

It was still the right move for a team that so desperately needs to get better, fast

I have utmost confidence that this bone-dry stretch from Jeff will be long forgotten the next time the hockey matters, and the roster is reasonable, that he will be playing well and scoring again (and he's been playing well more often than not lately - the scoring always follows this) 

[MODO Hockey]

Ilya Kovalchuk, 700k for this season, that is a steal imo. Obviously there has to be something odd with this guy but he has skills, he has speed and he have experiance most of all. Think montreal did a heck of a deal there. 

 

[inkman]

12 minutes ago, MODO Hockey said:

Ilya Kovalchuk, 700k for this season, that is a steal imo. Obviously there has to be something odd with this guy but he has skills, he has speed and he have experiance most of all. Think montreal did a heck of a deal there. 

 

He's the Antonio Brown of hockey 

[MODO Hockey]

4 minutes ago, inkman said:

He's the Antonio Brown of hockey 

I dont know jack **** about nfl, so enlighten me ?

[inkman]

Just now, MODO Hockey said:

I dont know jack **** about nfl, so enlighten me ?

Selfish, egotistical, prima Donna who quits teams on a whim and only looks out for himself. 

[MODO Hockey]

Just now, inkman said:

Selfish, egotistical, prima Donna who quits teams on a whim and only looks out for himself. 

Figured it would be something like that, ok. Yea he probably is, maybe he grew up this year? ?

[DarthEbriate]

Olofsson got hurt on 1/2/2020. Skinner was already in a funk. I could have seen nabbing Kovalchuk then as a stop-gap (then demoting/cutting if need be when Golofsson returned). Instead, the Habs signed him on 1/3. It would have needed to happen fast.

[SabresBillsFan]

15 hours ago, inkman said:

Montour and Tage for Tuch and Marchessault ?

I’m in Vegas and that move isn’t happening. If anything Vegas is gonna add a defenseman on the cheap. That’s the only move I see or a minor tinker on offense. I could possibly see Tuch getting moved in the future if he doesn’t start progressing  but as someone who watches him play you would want someone better then him. He’s a gentle giant. He’s having a bad year.  Guy can flat out skate but to me for him to be effective and take that next step he needs an edge to his game and I just don’t see it happening. 

[SabresBillsFan]

6 hours ago, steveoath said:

Talking Vegas. Cody Glass sent down. Would be decent "makeweight" part of a big deal I think.

Vegas has been doing this all season with him. He’s not getting moved unless the deal falls in Vegas favor.

[MakeSabresGrr8Again]

1 hour ago, MODO Hockey said:

I dont know jack **** about nfl, so enlighten me ?

Never discredit your knowledge, you at least know enough to recognize it as NFL talk. You have enlightened all of us on many an occasion.

[Brawndo]

 

[inkman]

1 hour ago, SabresBillsFan said:

I’m in Vegas and that move isn’t happening. If anything Vegas is gonna add a defenseman on the cheap. That’s the only move I see or a minor tinker on offense. I could possibly see Tuch getting moved in the future if he doesn’t start progressing  but as someone who watches him play you would want someone better then him. He’s a gentle giant. He’s having a bad year.  Guy can flat out skate but to me for him to be effective and take that next step he needs an edge to his game and I just don’t see it happening. 

For some reason I thought he played with an edge.  No thanks then. 

[bob_sauve28]

3 hours ago, Randall Flagg said:

There is no question that we overpaid for him, and that was true the second it became apparent that the Sabres could not afford to let him leave (as we started collapsing and had so few skill players to look at)

It was still the right move for a team that so desperately needs to get better, fast

I have utmost confidence that this bone-dry stretch from Jeff will be long forgotten the next time the hockey matters, and the roster is reasonable, that he will be playing well and scoring again (and he's been playing well more often than not lately - the scoring always follows this) 

I sure hope you are right. Just a coincidence he gets his payday and goes bone dry...