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Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Dec 4 @ 1:17 PM ET
Could be some dominoes?
- thatsapickle



maybe. But on it's own there isn't much to wilson's game that makes him a better option than a guy who might available for a conditional seventh...or even free.

Like now the davidson thing looks stupid. Cause if you're willing to make this move why wouldn't you put in a claim for davidson who is markedly better defensively than anyone we could put on the third pair
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Dec 4 @ 1:19 PM ET
Not showing much????????? He is not showing ANYTHING... This team really needs another mucker? We have almost a whole team of ,muckers.... This dude has 32 points spread over parts of 3 seasons. He is a 4th liner at best....
- hehateme



Well lets see

Out is Moulson who can't skate for crap
In is E-Rod who can fly
In is Wilson who after reading up about him doesn't take a shift off.

When he starts taking shifts away from guys like Reinhart and Okposo and Pouliot then maybe just maybe the rest of the team will get the hint.

Work and work hard or be prepared to sit.

Acting like this is all Botterill is going to do like bringing in Bob Corkum for a playoff run is asinine.

This team needs talent yes but it also needs players that work their a$$es off
adambuffalo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: United States, NY
Joined: 01.30.2007

Dec 4 @ 1:20 PM ET
Not showing much????????? He is not showing ANYTHING... This team really needs another mucker? We have almost a whole team of ,muckers.... This dude has 32 points spread over parts of 3 seasons. He is a 4th liner at best....
- hehateme



3g 3a in the playoffs last year playing about 11 minutes a night. Adding another guy that won the Cup for a 5th round pick is not a bad move.
lulags
Buffalo Sabres
Location: St Louis
Joined: 02.24.2007

Dec 4 @ 1:22 PM ET
Well lets see

Out is Moulson who can't skate for crap
In is E-Rod who can fly
In is Wilson who after reading up about him doesn't take a shift off.

When he starts taking shifts away from guys like Reinhart and Okposo and Pouliot then maybe just maybe the rest of the team will get the hint.

Work and work hard or be prepared to sit.

Acting like this is all Botterill is going to do like bringing in Bob Corkum for a playoff run is asinine.

This team needs talent yes but it also needs players that work their a$$es off

- Stripes77


This is good stuff folks. You gotta start somewhere and all of these points are valid
lulags
Buffalo Sabres
Location: St Louis
Joined: 02.24.2007

Dec 4 @ 1:24 PM ET
Well lets see

Out is Moulson who can't skate for crap
In is E-Rod who can fly
In is Wilson who after reading up about him doesn't take a shift off.

When he starts taking shifts away from guys like Reinhart and Okposo and Pouliot then maybe just maybe the rest of the team will get the hint.

Work and work hard or be prepared to sit.

Acting like this is all Botterill is going to do like bringing in Bob Corkum for a playoff run is asinine.

This team needs talent yes but it also needs players that work their a$$es off

- Stripes77



Would love to see this Top line before Kane is gone:

ERod, Eichel, Kane
MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Dec 4 @ 1:25 PM ET
3g 3a in the playoffs last year playing about 11 minutes a night. Adding another guy that won the Cup for a 5th round pick is not a bad move.
- adambuffalo



Yep. That playoff experience alone is a step in the right direction as far as culture goes. Honestly if this was simply a move to improve Rochester and help with a playoff run down there, id be fine with it for a 5th round pick.
thatsapickle
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Dallas, TX
Joined: 03.08.2012

Dec 4 @ 1:25 PM ET
Would the Islanders consider a trade if Buffalo retained salary?


Okposo?
adambuffalo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: United States, NY
Joined: 01.30.2007

Dec 4 @ 1:26 PM ET
#Sabres GM Jason Botterill: "We are very happy to add Scott to our roster. Scott is a hard-working, young player that will be a great fit for our club. As a two-time Stanley Cup Champion, his experience will be an asset both on and off the ice."

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Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
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Dec 4 @ 1:27 PM ET
Yep. That playoff experience alone is a step in the right direction as far as culture goes. Honestly if this was simply a move to improve Rochester and help with a playoff run down there, id be fine with it for a 5th round pick.
- MCGUIZZY



Exactly!

Now if this is all Botterill does come deadline time then by all means all the posters freaking out about this move can carry their torches to the arena and I will be right behind them.

But until then, this roster is such a mess, this team is completely lost and lazy every move being made isn't just happening to just make a move.

Botterill has to start somewhere, since there are no real leaders in the top 6 the bottom 6 is going to have to take command.

Sad to say but guys like Nolan and now Wilson show the effort the rest of the team needs.
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
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Dec 4 @ 1:28 PM ET
Okposo?
- thatsapickle



Moulson (from EK's blog) so obviously that's not going to happen
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Dec 4 @ 1:29 PM ET
Get ready for us to be moving a center
Atomic Wedgie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: The centre of the hockey universe
Joined: 07.31.2006

Dec 4 @ 1:30 PM ET
So...

The Bills.

It's over, isn't it?
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Dec 4 @ 1:31 PM ET
So...

The Bills.

It's over, isn't it?

- Atomic Wedgie



With the Ravens winning yesterday...pretty much yes

washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Dec 4 @ 1:32 PM ET
Genuinely don't know who he is. Is he a tuff
- jcragcrumple


Scott Wilson is a talented mofo. He was a teammate of E-rods on Georgetown. My boy Nelly played D for them. When they came to Vermont I met up with them and we got pretty banged up together. He will bring more to this team than Girgs or Larsson for sure.
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Dec 4 @ 1:32 PM ET
Get ready for us to be moving a center
- sbroads24



Larsson or Girgnensons have to be nervous at the moment (or you know happy to be leaving the last place team in the NHL)
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Dec 4 @ 1:33 PM ET
Get ready for us to be moving a center
- sbroads24

You know something
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Dec 4 @ 1:33 PM ET
Get ready for us to be moving a center
- sbroads24


It certainly feels like girgs or Larsson will be gone for a 3rd or 4th
hehateme
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 04.11.2017

Dec 4 @ 1:33 PM ET
So...

The Bills.

It's over, isn't it?

- Atomic Wedgie


Realistically its been over since we lost to the Jets and Chargers...

Let me say it is so awesome to be a Buffalo sport Fan...
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Dec 4 @ 1:35 PM ET
Realistically its been over since we lost to the Jets and Chargers...

Let me say it is so awesome to be a Buffalo sport Fan...

- hehateme



Jets, Panthers, chargers. Take your pick, we needed one of those
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Dec 4 @ 1:36 PM ET
maybe. But on it's own there isn't much to wilson's game that makes him a better option than a guy who might available for a conditional seventh...or even free.

Like now the davidson thing looks stupid. Cause if you're willing to make this move why wouldn't you put in a claim for davidson who is markedly better defensively than anyone we could put on the third pair

- Sabresfan-365

This is a locker room move IMO. Not a performance one
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Dec 4 @ 1:37 PM ET
Larsson or Girgnensons have to be nervous at the moment (or you know happy to be leaving the last place team in the NHL)
- Stripes77

Not them, according to one of our posters here with a source.

BINGO!
Carolina Hurricanes
Location: I'll always remember the last words my grandfather ever told me. He said, "A Truck!", SK
Joined: 09.21.2009

Dec 4 @ 1:37 PM ET
Get ready for us to be moving a center
- sbroads24


Jack to the Canes eh?

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

Dec 4 @ 1:38 PM ET
You know something
- ImThatGuy

No, a hunch
Atomic Wedgie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: The centre of the hockey universe
Joined: 07.31.2006

Dec 4 @ 1:40 PM ET
Realistically its been over since we lost to the Jets and Chargers...

Let me say it is so awesome to be a Buffalo sport Fan...

- hehateme

Any news on Tyrod?

I mean, it's already over.

But if he's out, it's really, really over.
Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Dec 4 @ 1:41 PM ET
This is a locker room move IMO. Not a performance one
- sbroads24



I guess but you and I would both be foaming at the mouth if Murray did this with some guy from Ottawa
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