Sabres Trade Taylor Hall (50% of His Salary Retained)and Curtis Lazar to Boston for a 2021 2nd and Anders Bjork

[bob_sauve28]

42 minutes ago, darksabre said:

Guys, hear me out on this: What if the Bruins called about Lazar and didn't even want Hall?

Maybe they didn't like the 2nd round pick and just wanted to dump it before they were forced to pick a player? 

 

Ya 

[Doohicksie]

53 minutes ago, ExWNYer said:

Will anybody currently on the Sabres roster take a run at him?

I think Okie might.  If he sees that Hall abused the team for his own gain then, yeah.  Cozens will hit anything.  Also there's Laz-  Oh.  Never mind.  I could see an Angry Giraffe taking a run at him too.

[ExWNYer]

Just now, Doohickie said:

I think Okie might.  If he sees that Hall abused the team for his own gain then, yeah.  Cozens will hit anything.  Also there's Laz-  Oh.  Never mind.  I could see an Angry Giraffe taking a run at him too.

The only one who came to mind when I posed that question was Cozens and I'm not sure that a kid with his level of inexperience would take a run at someone with Hall's veteran stature and league standing (like him or not). Regardless, this organization is a mess and seemingly seems to be continuing its spiral in the wrong direction. It's like standing by helplessly watching a loved one painfully pass.

[Norcal]

Brian Lawton just said if Hall backed the Sabres into a corner they should have just told him to take a seat and go get ur deal after the season. He didn't think Adams should have just acquiesced to his demands.

Safe to say that there's alot of stuff that goes into this that we will never know about. 

 

[JujuFish]

39 minutes ago, Zamboni said:

I agree. But careful now, some around these parts love all things Bruins do. They can do no wrong 😂

That isn't the least bit contradictory.  You can respect someone for what they do and still sports-hate their guts.

[LGR4GM]

1 minute ago, ExWNYer said:

The only one who came to mind when I posed that question was Cozens and I'm not sure that a kid with his level of inexperience would take a run at someone with Hall's veteran stature and league standing (like him or not). Regardless, this organization is a mess and seemingly seems to be continuing its spiral in the wrong direction. It's like standing by helplessly watching a loved one painfully pass.

There's no one person in charge with absolute authority who can make the tough decisions and also tell others to cut the *****. 

[Doohicksie]

25 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Sam Bennett just got more than Taylor Hall did in trade at the Deadline. 

I'd pay more for Bennett too.  Hall sucks.

[GoPre]

59 minutes ago, Curt said:

I’m going to assume you think that Hall is by far the best player here, because there is no way that Staal, Montour and Lazar come anywhere close to Foligno or Savard.

People need to accept that at his salary, with a NMC, lack of playoff experience or leadership reputation, and with the way he played this season the market for Hall just was not there.

Best player here?  🙄Talk about over thinking.... 

Point was Buffalo should’ve gotten more for what they traded away.  That is all.  

[Doohicksie]

5 minutes ago, ExWNYer said:

The only one who came to mind when I posed that question was Cozens and I'm not sure that a kid with his level of inexperience would take a run at someone with Hall's veteran stature and league standing (like him or not). Regardless, this organization is a mess and seemingly seems to be continuing its spiral in the wrong direction. It's like standing by helplessly watching a loved one painfully pass.

Also I could see Skinner giving him a subtle slewfoot, then go down like he was shot and Hall gets the penalty  😄

[Thorner]

8 minutes ago, Norcal said:

Brian Lawton just said if Hall backed the Sabres into a corner they should have just told him to take a seat and go get ur deal after the season. He didn't think Adams should have just acquiesced to his demands.

Safe to say that there's alot of stuff that goes into this that we will never know about. 

 

For better or worse Adams definitely comes off as someone who wanted to keep Hall happy through the entire process

[LGR4GM]

2 minutes ago, Thorny said:

For better or worse Adams definitely comes off as someone who wanted to keep Hall happy through the entire process

Adams comes off as someone who always wants to keep everyone happy through every process always. 

[sabremike]

1 minute ago, Thorny said:

For better or worse Adams definitely comes off as someone who wanted to keep Hall happy through the entire process

If so he should feel like the biggest sucker and mark on Planet Earth right now. 

[Drag0nDan]

10 minutes ago, Norcal said:

Brian Lawton just said if Hall backed the Sabres into a corner they should have just told him to take a seat and go get ur deal after the season. He didn't think Adams should have just acquiesced to his demands.

Safe to say that there's alot of stuff that goes into this that we will never know about. 

 

Easy to say that as an analyst.  Do whats best for the team and organization, not your ego.

[jad1]

12 minutes ago, Norcal said:

Brian Lawton just said if Hall backed the Sabres into a corner they should have just told him to take a seat and go get ur deal after the season. He didn't think Adams should have just acquiesced to his demands.

Safe to say that there's alot of stuff that goes into this that we will never know about. 

 

Yeah that sounds good today, but come draft day, Sabre fans would hate that move.

Hopefully Adams thinks twice during free agency this off season before giving too much money and control to any one player.

This season is a great lesson to a new GM that the best way to improve is through good prospects and good coaching.

[Stoner]

17 minutes ago, Norcal said:

Brian Lawton just said if Hall backed the Sabres into a corner they should have just told him to take a seat and go get ur deal after the season. He didn't think Adams should have just acquiesced to his demands.

Safe to say that there's alot of stuff that goes into this that we will never know about. 

 

Kim's right about one thing anyway. There's a lot the fans don't know about. I mean, there's a discussion on this board where people are completely oblivious to what's really going on. Probably better that way, I suppose. Hockey's supposed to be an escape, at least for the fans.

[LGR4GM]

"Taylor felt Boston was the team he wanted to go to, contractually he had earned that right." 

- Kevyn Adams

 

[Curt]

15 minutes ago, GoPre said:

Best player here?  🙄Talk about over thinking.... 

Point was Buffalo should’ve gotten more for what they traded away.  That is all.  

I didn’t mean best player in Buffalo, I mean of the players listed.

My point was that Columbus got a lot more because their players were a lot more desirable as playoff run acquisitions.

[Stoner]

2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

"Taylor felt Boston was the team he wanted to go to, contractually he had earned that right." 

- Kevyn Adams

 

Once the Sabres sat him? Fine. Before that? The height of unprofessionalism. I find it doubtful the idea of being a Bruin only entered his mind last week. Scum.

[bob_sauve28]

Well, I’m sold on the deal. Good job KA 

 

Mike Schoop is whinnying about the deal. It must be good then 

[Thorner]

3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

"Taylor felt Boston was the team he wanted to go to, contractually he had earned that right." 

- Kevyn Adams

 

Adams did quite well to get a 2nd for Hall. And quite poorly by getting Hall.

[thewookie1]

2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

"Taylor felt Boston was the team he wanted to go to, contractually he had earned that right." 

- Kevyn Adams

 

I'm really fearing the Sabres will trade Eichel this offseason to avoid him playing the same NMC bs that Hall just did. Honestly I'd love Adams to just throw Hall under the bus for his lax play and falsely claiming that he wanted to be a Sabre.

[GASabresIUFAN]

3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

"Taylor felt Boston was the team he wanted to go to, contractually he had earned that right." 

- Kevyn Adams

 

and who gave him that contract Kevyn?  

[Thorner]

1 minute ago, PASabreFan said:

Once the Sabres sat him? Fine. Before that? The height of unprofessionalism. I find it doubtful the idea of being a Bruin only entered his mind last week. Scum.

The height of unprofessionalism is expected adherence to contractually negotiated terms in said profession? ok

[LGR4GM]

Just now, GASabresIUFAN said:

and who gave him that contract Kevyn?  

Terry Pegula and Ralph Krueger. 

[Thorner]

1 minute ago, LGR4GM said:

Terry Pegula and Ralph Krueger. 

Adams bears the original signing, too, def, as the GM