if they fail to land 1 or 2, that is only when I think the sabres are seriously considering moving myers
- homiedclown

Fail to land???? We're not trying to tank

If we end up with Hanafin that would be one hell of a D group.

Gorges
Hanafin
Myers
Pysyk
Risto
Zadorov
- ImThatGuy

Tampa's offense vs that defense would be a great matchup.

it started out as a trade of myers to flyers for b schenn


pay attention stripes


- homiedclown

But it evolved into why trade Myers away when he helps solidify the D corps.

Trading away a veteran d-man yet to enter his prime, thus hurting the defense, to "improve" the offense by adding a 3rd season .5 PPG forward doesn't sound good to me.

Clown.

Fail to land???? We're not trying to tank
- joshs

If that were true they would have gone for it in FA and on the trade market.

Players don't tank, management does.

. We were talking about it here before, but while the defence is deep it still lacks a strong offensive presence (i.e point producer, powerplay qb). Either guy at 3 or 4 is more than capable of being that for us on the top pair.

Im not sure i'd consider it a failure, disappointment for sure but i think it only becomes a failure if Timmy does nothing after the fact. I have to assume that upper management has a contingency plan if they can't land McEichel.
- Sabresfan-365

I wish we had a Vatanen in our system.

Even if we do get the 3rd or 4th overall..that still lands us hanafin/strome/barzal. All 3 would be picked in the top two last year in my opinion

Even if we do get the 3rd or 4th overall..that still lands us hanafin/strome/barzal. All 3 would be picked in the top two last year in my opinion
- beargk

At this point, I think I'd take Strome for the offensive piece. he can be a stout center plus if we are tanking another season, he can play in Juniors again.

Tampa's offense vs that defense would be a great matchup.
- Sabresfan-365

And then you say hey we have a 1st round + McCabe. Give us a forward who can score a lot.

If that were true they would have gone for it in FA and on the trade market.

Players don't tank, management does.
- Sabresfan-365

This was our biggest offseason, maybe ever.

side note, reimer had a hell of a game last night
- homiedclown

Saw that... speaking of lots of badness. How Toronto manages to win with that defense puzzles me.

Chances either 2 of our 3 1st rnd picks win us the #1 via lottery ?

Saw that... speaking of lots of badness. How Toronto manages to win with that defense puzzles me.
- nfph

another 1 line team

Saw that... speaking of lots of badness. How Toronto manages to win with that defense puzzles me.
- nfph

Their fowards support well.

This was our biggest offseason, maybe ever.
- joshs

Only in $ because we needed to reach the floor. Who did they sign? Benoit? Meszaros?

He has more than enough assets and money that if he really wanted to go for it he could have this off-season.

Sabres would have been chasing trades and looking for guys like Stastny and Jokinen(the good one, sorry 89).

Chances either 2 of our 3 1st rnd picks win us the #1 via lottery ?
- cabin

- homiedclown

So..there is a chance .


Got it

Only in $ because we needed to reach the floor. Who did they sign? Benoit? Meszaros?

He has more than enough assets and money that if he really wanted to go for it he could have this off-season.

Sabres would have been chasing trades and looking for guys like Stastny and Jokinen(the good one, sorry 89).
- Sabresfan-365

Who says they weren't? I'm sure gmtm was making calls this offseason.

Al, the Sox got Porcello
- dadeadhead

Porcello, Bucholz, Kelly and Miley is a meh rotation but we'll see. They added Masterson as well. They need an ace. I hope Sherzer or Shields is still on their radar. My ideal rotation in order would be Shields, Porcello, Bucholz and Miley. Kelly and Masterson could get their starts as well.

Who says they weren't? I'm sure gmtm was making calls this offseason.
- joshs

Their place in the standings. A team looking to make the playoffs the following year does what the Islanders did. Mortgage the future for right now and address positional needs. The sabres addressed 2 needs, leadership and getting to the cap floor.

The whole off-season all we heard out of the sabres is that they were taking calls, mostly for Myers. Even during the year, You'll notice that all the talk has been murray sitting back and letting people call him

If we end up drafting Hanifin is Myers gone?

If we end up drafting Hanifin is Myers gone?
- mhp

Odds are probably a lot higher but they could wind up moving someone else like mccabe or zadorov.

Porcello, Bucholz, Kelly and Miley is a meh rotation but we'll see. They added Masterson as well. They need an ace. I hope Sherzer or Shields is still on their radar. My ideal rotation in order would be Shields, Porcello, Bucholz and Miley. Kelly and Masterson could get their starts as well.
- mhp

"The Jays are reportedly planning to “raid the Mets” during the minor league portion of tomorrow’s Rule 5 draft, ESPN New York’s Adam Rubin tweets."

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/toronto-blue-jays

canadian bacon 2?

If we end up drafting Hanifin is Myers gone?
- mhp

Dylan Strome?

If we end up drafting Hanifin is Myers gone?
- mhp

Hopefully no.

Like I said having 4 stout defensmen could be key.

Risto-Myers-Hanifin-Zad with Gorges leading the way.

I like that a lot

Their place in the standings. A team looking to make the playoffs the following year does what the Islanders did. Mortgage the future for right now and address positional needs. The sabres addressed 2 needs, leadership and getting to the cap floor.

The whole off-season all we heard out of the sabres is that they were taking calls, mostly for Myers. Even during the year, You'll notice that all the talk has been murray sitting back and letting people call him
- Sabresfan-365

So it's tanking to make smart long term moves for your team. Tanking, to me, is willfully trying to lose. Like what Darcy was doing last year. Rr at coach, having 5 guys on your roster who are no longer in the NHL, trading off all your good players.