You're listing jobs that require you to already have assets and capital.

Have to have a car, insurance, etc. Same with ticket flipping.

People come out of college with no job opportunities and they're faced with crippling debt. There are now two options: do what you said, get a $10 an hour job, remain in debt in perpetuity, or double down and go to grad school and increase your debt load.

We're not talking about delivering pizza money, we're talking tens of thousands of dollars plus interest. It's a different world.
- jcragcrumple

he's a literal idiot if he's serious right now.

I used those two as the primaries....as far as I know, Johnson doesn't have a no-trade clause...

and...

you really hate bogo
- Michael Pachla

Not a Johnson fan...
but we should definitely make that trade if available
Gets us out of Bogo’s contract

And the hate here on Bogo is almost certainly much higher than how he’s seen across the league
Not that I’m saying he’s an all-star or anything
Just that I don’t think all the league’s
GMs see him as the garbage player he’s described as by most here

to be fair if people take key career advice from a hockey forum they've got bigger underlying issues
- Sabresfan-365

Agreed here.... Don't take anyone's advice from this blog or any other blogs on here.

Not a Johnson fan...
but we should definitely make that trade if available
Gets us out of Bogo’s contract

And the hate here on Bogo is almost certainly much higher than how he’s seen across the league
Not that I’m saying he’s an all-star or anything
Just that I don’t think all the league’s
GMs see him as the garbage player he’s described as by most here
- jdfitz77

Homie described the offers for him being 5th/6th rounders in the summer...before his most recent debacle of a season.

He's cooked imo, at least as long as hes attached to that cap hit.

Right but he derailed this entire thread with his first post

and then I'm getting poop for it.

guy's great when... he talks about hockey.

everything else and I'm not surprised they hired Shawlinda over him.
- BeadyEyedDouche

i just skip right over the non hockey talk tbh, idk why you got poop for it though.

I think botts is just setting expectations too high here, you'd think he would have learned from the previous GM.

Not saying he can't or won't get it, but now after the ask if he doesn't get that it will look like failure
- Sabresfan-365

Totally disagree
GMs almost always “ask” for more than they end up getting

That’s not failure
That’s negotiating

This place is going to call for Botts head when he doesnt bring back forsberg for kane
- Sabresfan-365

How are you going to react if they get more than a 4th and a used garbage bag for him?

i just skip right over the non hockey talk tbh, idk why you got poop for it though.
- Sabresfan-365

because there's a lot of conservative old men on here and I'm the embodiment of everything they aren't.

Homie described the offers for him being 5th/6th rounders in the summer...before his most recent debacle of a season.

He's cooked imo, at least as long as hes attached to that cap hit.
- Sabresfan-365

He wasn’t terrible this season
Just hurt again

His salary is most likely why offers were that low

To your point,
we could retain some salary

Would be better than buying him out

Agreed here.... Don't take anyone's advice from this blog or any other blogs on here.

- jochfr

Honestly with all these self help (ranging from any category) blogs out there if you're the guy or girl that goes out and picks up a book you're ahead of 95% of your peers.

He wasn’t terrible this season
Just hurt again

His salary is most likely why offers were that low

To your point,
we could retain some salary

Would be better than buying him out
- jdfitz77

His numbers were pretty bad

Honestly with all these self help (ranging from any category) blogs out there if you're the guy or girl that goes out and picks up a book you're ahead of 95% of your peers.
- Sabresfan-365

If you simply read a book cover these days you're already smarter than 90% of your peers, tbh

How are you going to react if they get more than a 4th and a used garbage bag for him?
- kingcong39

I think a good deal is a 1st, b prospect and conditional pick.


If it's a little lower, thats unfortunate but the main win for me is not tying themselves to another awful contract. Anything higher and it's a great deal.

I agree but there's a key difference between hope and expectations. If he brought back a 1st and a b prospect would you consider that a good return?
- Sabresfan-365

Of course the answer is yes to that.

If you simply read a book cover these days you're already smarter than 90% of your peers, tbh
- BeadyEyedDouche

it's actually uncanny how mentally lazy the 18-25 year olds are now. Bar has been set so low

I FOUND THE ONE GUY DUMBER THAN HOMIE TODAY^^^^^
- BeadyEyedDouche

who?

I think botts is just setting expectations too high here, you'd think he would have learned from the previous GM.

Not saying he can't or won't get it, but now after the ask if he doesn't get that it will look like failure
- Sabresfan-365

To be fair, how do we know what is out there is what he has actually said he is expecting to get in return from teams?

Because somebody like Dreger says it, does not mean it is true, especially with Dreger's track record recently.

His numbers were pretty bad
- Sabresfan-365

So are almost all the Sabres though,
right?

By the eye test,
He wasn’t terrible imo

yes, i hate really bad hockey players. Combine that with old school mentality and outdated form of defensive play...woof.

Bogo is a microcosm of everything wrong with the sabres.
- Sabresfan-365

i'll give you the game has changed and that style of play isn't as effective any more, but you make it sound like he's an ahl'er

To be fair, how do we know what is out there is what he has actually said he is expecting to get in return from teams?

Because somebody like Dreger says it, does not mean it is true, especially with Dreger's track record recently.
- kingcong39

Thats true too. I trust lebrun's bit over dregers but even then

i'll give you the game has changed and that style of play isn't as effective any more, but you make it sound like he's an ahl'er
- Michael Pachla

I'm pretty sure Bogo stole 365's lunch money for years while 365 was growing up.

It's the only logical explanation for his level of hatred for him.

To be fair, how do we know what is out there is what he has actually said he is expecting to get in return from teams?

Because somebody like Dreger says it, does not mean it is true, especially with Dreger's track record recently.
- kingcong39

I'm firmly in the "if someone has offered you a prospect on the cusp, pull the trigger now" camp.

I just know Kane is gonna dive into a wall at 55 mph while we're losing 5-1 and blow his shoulder up into 100 pieces

YOU (frank)ING MORON HE IS THE ONE WHO SAID IT
- BeadyEyedDouche

Well I guess I missed it

Still man...
u can express your opinions without being suck a d!ck

I disagree with a lot of the conservatives on here too

No reason to flip out like you’re doing though

Take a breath
Step back from the ledge

And we can go back to talking about hockey if the other stuff is bothering u so much
Just try n skip over it like 365 said

- BeadyEyedDouche

You have no sense of humor, a mountain of self-absorption, little to no judgment, and a proclivity over-react by orders of magnitude.

Sit down somewhere else, get a hold of yourself, and take a few deep breaths.