Briere and Iginla....

i want...

Pegula fly your little plane to where ever it needs to go.
- JVince11

So Vince, what were your thoughts on yesterday?

If he refuses to play-They already said they won't buy him out
- Jawallstar1

If he refuses to play then he defaults on that monster contract. They won't need to buy him out.

When Schneider emerged as the starter, it put Lu in a tough spot. After the trade, he's the clear-cut #1 again. Problem solved.

who plays RW on this team? I am scared the only answers now are Stafford and Ennis...

Oh well. maybe the teams know something we dont but i wanted nish. lets hope our defense does well
- Beezer33

I don't know... we will just have ot wait and see during UFA starting on Friday and maybe another trade. All it means is that now the draft picks are next years'.

I do not believe that Darcy thinks that Stafford or Ennis as our 1RW is servicable.

Vanek - Hodge - Ennis...

yikes.. prepared to get scored on at will.

Free Agents I would like (we could get):
Briere: 2 Years/$9M
Ribeiro: 3 Years/$18M
Morrow: 2 Years/$10M
Horton: 6 Years/$39M (I would overpay for him to get him, we have the cap space)
Clowe: 6 Years/$27M
Ryder: 3 Years/$12M
Penner: 2 Years/$7M
MacArthur: 4 Years/$16M
Weiss: 4 Years/$16M

Blah... Blah... Blah.... I have heard this a million times... "The kid is a stud destined to start in the NHL"..... "This kid can play right away in the NHL"....... "A diamond in the rough"....... Blah... Blah..... Blah. .... Yet we still suck and these draft choices never produce...... Other teams draft star players in the 5th round yet the Sabres have and endless line of 1st rounders who never see the NHL....... Same old story people... Nothing to see here.... Move along......
- rapperray

If teams had crystal balls and knew these players would be destined to be stars or complete busts, wouldn't they draft them/not draft them at all?

The draft is a risk, dude. Don't complain if you don't know what "gambling" is.

just shut the (frank) up already... no one wants to hear your endless bantering... go play in traffic or something.
- JVince11

Ahhhh... Mr. I know everything has arrived.....

So Vince, what were your thoughts on yesterday?
- sambarugh

I wanted to smash my phone against the wall for both first round picks... but after thinking about it and really realizing what our problem was... it was inexperienced and not enough quality defenders. There is a reason why we are bottom 5 in the NHL each of hte last 5 seasons in GAA, SA/G, and total goals given up.

we need to build from the net out. Risto and Big Z are exactly what we needed to correct the issue we had last season. Our offense was average last season. Our defense was awful.

I think that Ehrhoff and Pysyk/McNabb could still be involved in a trade for a top line winger.

If teams had crystal balls and knew these players would be destined to be stars or complete busts, wouldn't they draft them/not draft them at all?

The draft is a risk, dude. Don't complain if you don't know what "gambling" is.
- awildmudkip

Don't gamble but I do know what 41 years of absolute futility is.....

Blah... Blah... Blah.... I have heard this a million times... "The kid is a stud destined to start in the NHL"..... "This kid can play right away in the NHL"....... "A diamond in the rough"....... Blah... Blah..... Blah. .... Yet we still suck and these draft choices never produce...... Other teams draft star players in the 5th round yet the Sabres have and endless line of 1st rounders who never see the NHL....... Same old story people... Nothing to see here.... Move along......
- rapperray

Darcy drafted Miller in the 5th round. 17th goalie taken that year.

Free Agents I would like (we could get):
Briere: 2 Years/$9M
Ribeiro: 3 Years/$18M
Morrow: 2 Years/$10M
Horton: 6 Years/$39M (I would overpay for him to get him, we have the cap space)
Clowe: 6 Years/$27M
Ryder: 3 Years/$12M
Penner: 2 Years/$7M
MacArthur: 4 Years/$16M
Weiss: 4 Years/$16M
- Jawallstar1

noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Don't gamble but I do know what 41 years of absolute futility is.....
- rapperray

Then I recommend stop watching hockey. Or kindly find a different team to cheer for.

Ahhhh... Mr. I know everything has arrived.....
- rapperray

why do you even come here????

Honestly.. what is the point? You just say stupid stuff that no one wnats to hear about. If you are that pessimistic about everything.. including your life.. just go back to your cabin in the woods... keep pissing in mason jars.. and beat your dog most likely.

grow up... no one wants to hear your bantering.

(I don't need emoticons to make my point)

Darcy drafted Miller in the 5th round. 17th goalie taken that year.
- keptupl8

Kept... I guess 1 out of what, 16 years? Not bad I guess....

why do you even come here????

Honestly.. what is the point? You just say stupid stuff that no one wnats to hear about. If you are that pessimistic about everything.. including your life.. just go back to your cabin in the woods... keep pissing in mason jars.. and beat your dog most likely.

grow up... no one wants to hear your bantering.

(I don't need emoticons to make my point)
- JVince11

You forgot about beating the wife....... Moron...............

If teams had crystal balls and knew these players would be destined to be stars or complete busts, wouldn't they draft them/not draft them at all?

The draft is a risk, dude. Don't complain if you don't know what "gambling" is.
- awildmudkip

It's not about crystal balls. Do you really think MacKinnon, Barkov or Drouin will be busts? No, me neither.

And risk isn't a word that is in Regiers vocabulary.

Free Agents I would like (we could get):
Briere: 2 Years/$9M
Ribeiro: 3 Years/$18M
Morrow: 2 Years/$10M
Horton: 6 Years/$39M (I would overpay for him to get him, we have the cap space)
Clowe: 6 Years/$27M
Ryder: 3 Years/$12M
Penner: 2 Years/$7M
MacArthur: 4 Years/$16M
Weiss: 4 Years/$16M
- Jawallstar1

I am not interested in them in bold.

I think even though our centers are young and unproven... they need the ice time. I want to stop putting band-aids in front of them.

The wingers we do need though... Iginla, Briere, Clarkson, Morrow, Horton, Clowe, Ryder.. I am all for them guys.


Another name ot keep an eye on under the radar... Mikhail Boedkker. He has WHEELS!

You forgot about beating the wife....... Moron...............
- rapperray

personal assaults now... wow... that is just a new low... please go on to tell me how you could kick my @ss too back in the day or how I need to respect you because you have been around longer..

gimme a break.

Free Agents I would like (we could get):
Briere: 2 Years/$9M
Ribeiro: 3 Years/$18M
Morrow: 2 Years/$10M
Horton: 6 Years/$39M (I would overpay for him to get him, we have the cap space)
Clowe: 6 Years/$27M
Ryder: 3 Years/$12M
Penner: 2 Years/$7M
MacArthur: 4 Years/$16M
Weiss: 4 Years/$16M
- Jawallstar1

why? to get the 13th pick again?

Penner?
MacArthur
4m???

Kept... I guess 1 out of what, 16 years? Not bad I guess....
- rapperray

Campbell was a 6th round pick

To be fair Risto and Zadarov are HUGEEEE. Our future d pairings are monsters.

hopefully we address the wing problem via trade but gotta always look at the glass half full. otherwise i would have dran myself into oblivion by now with this team..

Kept... I guess 1 out of what, 16 years? Not bad I guess....
- rapperray

Kaleta is a 6th round pick. Has a successful career. Gaustad was a 7th.

just shut the (frank) up already... no one wants to hear your endless bantering... go play in traffic or something.
- JVince11

dont see how you dont get suspended unles you are friends with the mod...

/sigh

here we go.

2004 - Staffod! But I guess you'd rather have Radulov? How about Nokelainen?

2005 - we flopped on Zagrapan. 9 other teams flopped this round, too.

2006 - we flopped on Persson. We could have got Berglund or Nick Foligno. But we got Persson (Berglund's team mate). Pretty much everyone after that flopped too, since you don't see any of them. But nope, all Darcy's fault.

2007 - LOL NOPE

2008 - Tyler 1 and Tyler 2. Myers has a Calder and will impress everyone when he simplifies his game. Ennis? Why hate on him? No, really.

2009 - Kassian a.k.a. Cody Hodgson. We've only had him for a year plus, forced him a ton of responsibility right away. Better than Roy. Why hate?

2010 - Pysyk. I don't know about you, but this kid has a real good cerebral handle of the game. I don't notice too many mistakes in his game, skates smooth and makes good decisions.

2011 - You're telling me you wouldn't take Armia 16th over-all?

Point being, other teams flop, too. Sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes things don't project the way you think.
- awildmudkip

you missed a few years:

2008 - Tyler Myers, d
Tyler Ennis, c
2007 - None
2006 - Dennis Persson, d
2005 - Marek Zagrapan, c
2004 - Drew Stafford, rw
2003 - Thomas Vanek, lw
2002 - Keith Ballard, d
- Dan Paille, lw
2001 - Jiri Novotny, c
2000 - Artem Kriukov, c
1999 - Barrett Heisten, lw
1998 - Dimitri Kalinin, d
1997 - Mika Noronen, g

16 years. 1 elite talent (Vanek). 1 very good talent (Ennis).

The others are either marginal, trash or have not played in the NHL.

If anyone thinks Stafford is a win, then by all means think that. I do not.
If anyone thinks the near worse D-man in the league is a win, fine. I do not. Calder or not.

personal assaults now... wow... that is just a new low... please go on to tell me how you could kick my @ss too back in the day or how I need to respect you because you have been around longer..

gimme a break.
- JVince11

nah... None of that from me..... You clearly are SUPERIOR than me in many ways...... In fact I am sure you are SUPERIOR to all on here...

Kaleta is a 6th round pick. Has a successful career. Gaustad was a 7th.
- awildmudkip

Yeah... Hall Of Famers each one.....