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Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 14 @ 3:16 PM ET
DLo has 7 goals all 5v5 this year
- adambuffalo


I really like d-low. Good to see but,

He only had 12 goals in 211 games as a sabre.

Zero in 40 plus last year.

Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Feb 14 @ 3:17 PM ET
I'm about to go to Jamaica tomorrow, so... yeah pretty (frank)ing awesome actually.

I thought they took my whistle away, wtf?

- nfph

irie mon
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 14 @ 3:17 PM ET
McNabb not that kind of player?
Guy that "win's" games.

Vegas wins quite a bit. 1st place?

And they extended McNabb, which adds to their "winning" formula

- Boss34



Was McNabb that kind of player FOUR years ago?
I’d say no

It was (and still is) a dumba$$ trade

Thinking that keeping McNabb would’ve cost us Jack is an extreme reach
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 14 @ 3:19 PM ET
FIFY. You're not very witty for being the world's greatest bartender. Customers must hate you.
- Hatboro_Swords


Served your boy Murray a couple times

He was a fine customer, pretty quiet
Smoked a lot

As a GM...
totally failed with our defense in every single thing he did with the Sabres

“Raw deal” my a$$
SABRES 89
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Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Feb 14 @ 3:20 PM ET
His accuracy is nice but i stil fear he turns into johnny manziel 2.0, beane and mcdermott seem to be all about character and the team as a whole. Scary
- TheHank

I didn't know much about him, just seen him play a few times.
SABRES 89
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Buffalo Sabres
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Joined: 02.17.2007

Feb 14 @ 3:22 PM ET
Me too. Best anticipatory thrower in the draft and we know how it is to have a QB who can't do that
- turbo044

Seems as though it would be hard to grab him.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 14 @ 3:22 PM ET
Was McNabb that kind of player FOUR years ago?
I’d say no

It was (and still is) a dumba$$ trade

Thinking that keeping McNabb would’ve cost us Jack is an extreme reach

- jdfitz77



I see what your saying, but I remember thinking he was going to be good. He would come up from Rochester and play well.
I also like most of our prospects and think they look good. So maybe he wasn't?

He is 27 now so he wasn't a kid when we traded him
SABRES 89
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Joined: 02.17.2007

Feb 14 @ 3:22 PM ET
CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora reports "confidants of [Dolphins owner] Stephen Ross" informed him that Ross "was ready to move on" from DT Ndamukong Suh.

Suh is heading into the fourth year of a six-year, $114 million mega-deal and is set to count a whopping $26.1 million against the Dolphins' salary cap. That's almost $9 million more than the next-closest defensive tackle. Suh just turned 31 last month but remains a legitimate game-wrecking force inside. However, the Dolphins need a lot more than Suh before they start competing for Super Bowls. Designating Suh a post-June 1 cut would save Miami $17 million versus the cap.


Gee, who would have thought.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Feb 14 @ 3:23 PM ET
Served your boy Murray a couple times

He was a fine customer, pretty quiet
Smoked a lot

As a GM...
totally failed with our defense in every single thing he did with the Sabres

“Raw deal” my a$$

- jdfitz77



Huh. I did not know that.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 14 @ 3:23 PM ET
Seems as though it would be hard to grab him.
- SABRES 89


All we have to do is make 2 different trades up costing only 5/6 pieces

That’s easy to do

Just ask Hat, he’ll tell ya
SABRES 89
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Buffalo Sabres
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Feb 14 @ 3:25 PM ET
All we have to do is make 2 different trades up costing only 5/6 pieces

That’s easy to do

Just ask Hat, he’ll tell ya

- jdfitz77

That seems like a lot also but I like Mayfield.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 14 @ 3:26 PM ET
I see what your saying, but I remember thinking he was going to be good. He would come up from Rochester and play well.
I also like most of our prospects and think they look good. So maybe he wasn't?

He is 27 now so he wasn't a kid when we traded him

- Boss34


I thought he was gonna be good too
But it’s not like he was (or is now) Karlsson who could take over games by himself

And even if he was...
keep him in Rochester during “the tank” like we are this year with Guhle

Don’t trade a promising defenseman when we are thin at the position

Terrible trade by Murray
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 14 @ 3:27 PM ET
Huh. I did not know that.
- jcragcrumple


Got up like every 10min to go outside & smoke

Maybe it was just the stress?
One time he was there with his family (I’m assuming)
Hardly spoke to them even
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 14 @ 3:29 PM ET
That seems like a lot also but I like Mayfield.
- SABRES 89


Hey...
if we trade up & whoever we pick becomes a “franchise” guy,
then whatever we traded toget him was worth it imo

I just don’t think it’s as EASY as Hat makes it seem

And we better make sure we take the right guy

Otherwise,
Losing all those picks & still having no QB will really set us back
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 14 @ 3:30 PM ET
I thought he was gonna be good too
But it’s not like he was (or is now) Karlsson who could take over games by himself

And even if he was...
keep him in Rochester during “the tank” like we are this year with Guhle

Don’t trade a promising defenseman when we are thin at the position

Terrible trade by Murray

- jdfitz77


My only explanation is the tank. Why else?
SABRES 89
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Feb 14 @ 3:30 PM ET
Hey...
if we trade up & whoever we pick becomes a “franchise” guy,
then whatever we traded toget him was worth it imo

I just don’t think it’s as EASY as Hat makes it seem

And we better make sure we take the right guy

Otherwise,
Losing all those picks & still having no QB will really set us back

- jdfitz77

I thought Beane said he wasn't going to mortgage the future ?
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Feb 14 @ 3:37 PM ET
My only explanation is the tank. Why else?
- Boss34



Because his talent evaluation was wrong about Fasching, and DLo was a lottery ticket at best.

He even said that wanted to use some picks to get players further along in their development to speed up the process.

He mucked that one up big time. It wasn't some super secret awesome tank ploy imo
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 14 @ 3:41 PM ET
My only explanation is the tank. Why else?
- Boss34


Or he just evaluated McNabb poorly
Thought he was expendable for a guy (Fasching) that he really wanted

Just one of the things GMTM screwed up on
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 14 @ 3:43 PM ET
I thought Beane said he wasn't going to mortgage the future ?
- SABRES 89


I don’t think we are gonna trade up
But i guess we will see
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 14 @ 3:44 PM ET
Because his talent evaluation was wrong about Fasching, and DLo was a lottery ticket at best.

He even said that wanted to use some picks to get players further along in their development to speed up the process.

He mucked that one up big time. It wasn't some super secret awesome tank ploy imo

- jcragcrumple


Agree
He just made a bad trade
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Feb 14 @ 3:44 PM ET
Or he just evaluated McNabb poorly
Thought he was expendable for a guy (Fasching) that he really wanted

Just one of the things GMTM screwed up on

- jdfitz77

or...he felt at the time that they an abundance of d-men and not enough forwards so he traded from a position of strength for a position of need
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Feb 14 @ 3:47 PM ET
Agree
He just made a bad trade

- jdfitz77


As every GM in the history of GM's has done. It happens.

But I feel we're in much better hands now, anyway.
turbo044
Joined: 02.18.2009

Feb 14 @ 3:47 PM ET
Seems as though it would be hard to grab him.
- SABRES 89


Especially considering nobody has any idea where he'll end up getting drafted. Could be #1 overall (unlikely) or he could last to #21 (even more unlikely). Rumors are the Jets love him, so You'd have to move ahead of them to get him. That would mean moving to #2 (Giants), and if you move to #2 why Mayfield over Rosen, #3 (colts), #4 (Cleveland), or #5 (Denver). Denver wants a QB and could very easily take Mayfield too, unless they sign Cousins.

I say sign Bradford, whom, if healthy (a big if) I think is the best available QB out there and draft Jackson as the future. Jackson needs to gain some serious wait, but, would fit in the new offense perfectly.
turbo044
Joined: 02.18.2009

Feb 14 @ 3:49 PM ET
I thought Beane said he wasn't going to mortgage the future ?
- SABRES 89


QB driven league. He said something like, if you're going to move that high up in the draft for whatever player, you better really really love that player
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 14 @ 3:54 PM ET
or...he felt at the time that they an abundance of d-men and not enough forwards so he traded from a position of strength for a position of need
- Michael Pachla


But we didn’t have an abundance of defensemen
We actually had a bunch of forward prospects at the time

If he did think that,
He was clearly wrong
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