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jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Aug 1 @ 6:29 PM ET
Seems that way but at this point im much more confident in the "replacers" on D than at forward.
- Sabresfan-365




Really?
Besides Guhle, idk that we've got another top4 quality prospect
Borgen has come on, but he's still got a ways to go IMO
Martin looks like an average 3rd pair guy at best to me
Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Aug 1 @ 6:31 PM ET
Really?
Besides Guhle, idk that we've got another top4 quality prospect
Borgen has come on, but he's still got a ways to go IMO
Martin looks like an average 3rd pair guy at best to me

- jdfitz77


Guhle, Nelson, Im a huge Borgen fan (both player and tv show) and even if a 3rd pairing guy i think martin has what it takes to be an offensive specialist in the nhl.

It's not perfect but the situation to me seems more promising there than the forwards although that changes a bit with Nylander in the fold.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Aug 1 @ 6:32 PM ET
Forget them, Montour and Dvorak were still on the board
- Sabresfan-365



Hindsight though...
Doughty & McKeown were obvious picks at the time that he passed on
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Aug 1 @ 6:33 PM ET
I hated his 2014 draft in the 2nd round

Should've taken Barbashev over Lemieux, but that was kind of excusable
Thing that gets me pissed was then taking Cornel (who I kinda like actually), and especially Karabacek
McKeown & Doughty were still there & good defenseman prospects at a time when we really needed to restock defense & had plenty of forward prospects

IMO, the Karabacek move was the worst mistake he's made so far
Brutal pick

- jdfitz77


Doughty was picked 2nd overall. In 2008. And Hockeyreference only has one Doughty, so I have no idea who you're talking about.
Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Aug 1 @ 6:34 PM ET
Doughty was picked 2nd overall. In 2008. And Hockeyreference only has one Doughty, so I have no idea who you're talking about.
- Wetbandit1



Jack Dougherty, probably.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Aug 1 @ 6:36 PM ET
Jack Dougherty, probably.
- Sabresfan-365


Yeah, I was baffled and had to look at the draft. And figured that's who he meant. Would rather have Montour.

I thought maybe Drew had a brother or something that I never heard of.
chilliard77
Location: AZ
Joined: 08.23.2011

Aug 1 @ 6:36 PM ET
Doughty was picked 2nd overall. In 2008. And Hockeyreference only has one Doughty, so I have no idea who you're talking about.
- Wetbandit1

I assume he means Jack Dougherty


http://www.eliteprospects.../player.php?player=204300
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Aug 1 @ 6:36 PM ET
Guhle, Nelson, Im a huge Borgen fan (both player and tv show) and even if a 3rd pairing guy i think martin has what it takes to be an offensive specialist in the nhl.

It's not perfect but the situation to me seems more promising there than the forwards although that changes a bit with Nylander in the fold.

- Sabresfan-365



Nelson MIGHT be able to be the 3rd pair offensive specialist at some point, but he's just brutal in his own end
Idk if Martin is talented enough offensively for that role

We've got quite a few guys at forward who could end up being top9 guys
I think we should trade Fasching
But Baptiste, Carrier, Olofsson, Possler, Malone, and a few others all look like they could be NHLers at some point
Probably all depth guys,
But maybe we get lucky & 1 or 2 can produce some goals
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Aug 1 @ 6:39 PM ET
Doughty was picked 2nd overall. In 2008. And Hockeyreference only has one Doughty, so I have no idea who you're talking about.
- Wetbandit1



Stupid autocorrect, sorry
Jack Dougherty
Nice defenseman prospect
Taken 2 picks after Karabacek I believe
I think McKeown was taken with the pick right after
If Murray were to take either of them I'd have been ok with Cornel
We really could've used those dmen in our prospect pool though
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Aug 1 @ 6:43 PM ET
Doughty was picked 2nd overall. In 2008. And Hockeyreference only has one Doughty, so I have no idea who you're talking about.
- Wetbandit1

No excuses
Conacher75pts
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Captain Of The Michael Dal Colle Bandwagon!
Joined: 03.06.2014

Aug 1 @ 6:52 PM ET
Karabacek Is a bust I understand why we signed him but it's kind of irritating who we passed for him
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Aug 1 @ 6:57 PM ET
Karabacek Is a bust I understand why we signed him but it's kind of irritating who we passed for him
- Conacher75pts



Considering how we needed defense...
That pick & Hurley over Santini the year before really pissed me off
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Aug 1 @ 7:29 PM ET
Considering how we needed defense...
That pick & Hurley over Santini the year before really pissed me off

- jdfitz77


Great, now you've got movie characters instead of players!!





jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Aug 1 @ 7:39 PM ET
Great, now you've got movie characters instead of players!!




- Wetbandit1




You're the character!
Hahaha
Love Home Alone btw
Classic
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Aug 1 @ 8:18 PM ET


Hannah Buehler Verified account 
‏@HannahBuehler
BREAKING: I have learned Sabres forward Evander Kane has been sued by an accuser from December incident at Marriott Downtown Hotel. @wkbw

Another tweet says he's counter suing.

Is he ever not going to be in the news? Serious question
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Aug 1 @ 8:37 PM ET
Hannah Buehler Verified account 
‏@HannahBuehler
BREAKING: I have learned Sabres forward Evander Kane has been sued by an accuser from December incident at Marriott Downtown Hotel. @wkbw

Another tweet says he's counter suing.

Is he ever not going to be in the news? Serious question

- sbroads24


It's a total coincidence that today of all days is the day she decides to file suit for something that happened 8 months ago, right?

And to answer your question. Doesn't look like it.
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Aug 1 @ 8:43 PM ET
It's a total coincidence that today of all days is the day she decides to file suit for something that happened 8 months ago, right?

And to answer your question. Doesn't look like it.

- Wetbandit1

Either that or the coincidence is that news of the suit was broken today. Because that's what the media loves to do.
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 1 @ 8:44 PM ET
Hannah Buehler Verified account 
‏@HannahBuehler
BREAKING: I have learned Sabres forward Evander Kane has been sued by an accuser from December incident at Marriott Downtown Hotel. @wkbw

Another tweet says he's counter suing.

Is he ever not going to be in the news? Serious question

- sbroads24


https://twitter.com/king_...status/250731753654861824

Seems relevant.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Aug 1 @ 8:49 PM ET
https://twitter.com/king_of_goonz/status/250731753654861824

Seems relevant.

- Der Kaiser



I love the #goaway
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 1 @ 8:54 PM ET


I love the #goaway

- sbroads24


See if you can guess what Google search produced that result...
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Aug 1 @ 8:57 PM ET
See if you can guess what Google search produced that result...
- Der Kaiser

No clue
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 1 @ 9:03 PM ET
No clue
- sbroads24

"Who the hell is Hannah Bueller"
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Aug 1 @ 9:05 PM ET
"Who the hell is Hannah Bueller"
- Der Kaiser

I should have guessed that
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 1 @ 9:07 PM ET
I should have guessed that
- sbroads24


I'm drunk.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Aug 1 @ 9:07 PM ET
"Who the hell is Hannah Bueller"
- Der Kaiser


Are you like that old English lady who thought there was a person on the other end of Google looking up your query so she was very polite about it? Except the slightly grumpy version of that?

https://www.theguardian.c...-thank-you-manners-polite
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