We wouldn’t want those guys PLUS our “good” players?
I feel like we’d be a stronger team then if we just “Evander Kane’d” them
- jdfitz77

Signed them all to 7 year deals?

That’s a terrible freaking return for O’Reilly

How does that make us better?

A top15 pick could just as easily be Grigorenko as it could be Forsberg
(they were drafted 1 pick apart)

And a “B” prospect is most likely a 3rd liner or bottom 6 defenseman

Wow...
no freaking way is that a good deal
- jdfitz77

Im hoping for a Top 10 draft pick maybe the habs or canucks

hell maybe the arizona coyotes will do it

Dude what? You are the one who won’t let people use Kane’s lack of points in Buffalo because he’s a goal scorer.

Are you trolling or just not remembering?
- sbroads24

I remember you talking about Kane’s production in terms of seasons & not per game bc he was always hurt

Don’t even try to say u didn’t

does MacKinnon have a shot for the Hart?


does the odds change if he did it for a bigger market than colorado?
- homiedclown

No, Compher does though.

I remember you talking about Kane’s production in terms of seasons & not per game bc he was always hurt

Don’t even try to say u didn’t
- jdfitz77

Yeah, and if Eichel gets hurt for another 3-4 years in a row we can play the same game I guess.

What is your obsession with Kane? He’s gone and was never signing here. It was a massive mistake to trade for him. Good riddance to all of Tim Murray’s giant (frank) ups.

Bogo and O’Reilly are next

It's a risk/reward thing. Suck for a decade and win a championship in Year 11 (not suggesting it's automatic) and that decade becomes a distant memory real fast.
- buffalofan19

We could just as easily be Edmonton or Arizona or NyIsles though

Sucking for a decade doesn’t mean we will be Pitt or Chicago

It’s certainly a debatable theory though

How many of Pitt & Chi players were actually drafted in the top5 who were a big part of their winning Championships

With Pitt,
I’d say just Crosby & Malkin (for the last 2)

With Chicago,
I think it was just Toews & Kane picked really high, right?

Does we really “need” 3 more top5 picks after this year?

Not saying it wouldn’t help...
but that’s A LOT of losing over a long period of time

Yeah, 1 of them at least. Not all three on a whim
- sbroads24

Maybe not in the same post
But u have repeatedly called for each of them to be traded

Yeah, and if Eichel gets hurt for another 3-4 years in a row we can play the same game I guess.

What is your obsession with Kane? He’s gone and was never signing here. It was a massive mistake to trade for him. Good riddance to all of Tim Murray’s giant (frank) ups.

Bogo and O’Reilly are next
- sbroads24

8. Buffalo likes what it has at centre with Eichel, Mittelstadt and Ryan O’Reilly. The Sabres believe a healthy Zach Bogosian and Jake McCabe will help Brendan Guhle and Casey Nelson, because they’ll be properly slotted.

We could just as easily be Edmonton or Arizona or NyIsles though

Sucking for a decade doesn’t mean we will be Pitt or Chicago

It’s certainly a debatable theory though

How many of Pitt & Chi players were actually drafted in the top5 who were a big part of their winning Championships

With Pitt,
I’d say just Crosby & Malkin (for the last 2)

With Chicago,
I think it was just Toews & Kane picked really high, right?

Does we really “need” 3 more top5 picks after this year?

Not saying it wouldn’t help...
but that’s A LOT of losing over a long period of time
- jdfitz77

You need luck and smart management along with elite talent. We don’t have elite talent or luck yet

too bad we never made the playoffs with kane, as he appears to be a perfect playoff player

it's not temptation. it's calculated. I don't view it as tanking because i dont see it as trading away assets for a shot at a top pick.

I see some players who just don't fit their given roles at their current salaries. you may take a hit in the short term yes, but long term moving on from bad value is always in your best interest.
- Sabresfan-365

Maybe
What i see u guys doing though is what Boston & Toronto did with Kessel

HE was the problem there & needed to go
Yet he went to Pitt & has been a HUGE part of their success

So was Kessel the problem?
Or was it the team around him

U guys say stuff like O’Reilly is overpaid
I see him being a very valuable player who does a good job in his role with VERY LITTLE HELP around him

too bad we never made the playoffs with kane, as he appears to be a perfect playoff player
- robz228

Best TDL acquisition and Sabres will need a miracle to get a 1st round pick* for him. Smart management, we’re all set now.

And if it’s Grigorenko than I guess we will just be a bad team again and draft really high and get someone really good.

Sounds like a win
- sbroads24

Or we could just draft Ristolainen, who is “barely a 4”

Or Girgensons, who is gonna be our future Captain

Or Nylander, who many are calling a bust

Best TDL acquisition and Sabres will need a miracle to get a 1st round pick* for him. Smart management, we’re all set now.
- Hatboro_Swords

happy for him though. 15 other playoff teams are idiots for not trading for him and hes in a great spot.

Maybe
What i see u guys doing though is what Boston & Toronto did with Kessel

HE was the problem there & needed to go
Yet he went to Pitt & has been a HUGE part of their success

So was Kessel the problem?
Or was it the team around him

U guys say stuff like O’Reilly is overpaid
I see him being a very valuable player who does a good job in his role with VERY LITTLE HELP around him
- jdfitz77

you do realize that after both teams moved on from kessel, they got way better right?

It is entirely possible the team is a problem for ROR as much as if not more than ROR is a problem for the team.

That doesn't change the fact that either scenario would require the Sabres to move on from him

happy for him though. 15 other playoff teams are idiots for not trading for him and hes in a great spot.
- robz228

3 game samples are fun

Tonight was Kane’s first assist in 13 games.

Can we stop pretending we traded prime Corey Perry?

Signed them all to 7 year deals?
- buffalofan19

I’d have been cool signing Kane long term

I didn’t like the Okposo signing,
didn’t hate it either

Was cool with the Risto contract

I have repeatedly said Reinhart should get a 1 or 2 year bridge deal

Eichel will be overpaid at 10mil per
But like O’Reilly, we pretty much had to overpay

3 game samples are fun
- sbroads24

yeah these 3 were all flukes

a team will lose in 4 to 7 games and could have badly used these 3 so i have no (frank)ing clue why you're trying to sound enlightened about SaMpLe SiZe!11!1

Auston Matthews - 1 goal in 3 games

Evander Kane - 2 goals in 3 games

Kane >>>Matthews

Tonight was Kane’s first assist in 13 games.

Can we stop pretending we traded prime Corey Perry?
- sbroads24

"i dont like to just look at stats like the average simple mind" - sbroads

you're a caricature of yourself sometimes

yeah these 3 were all flukes

a team will lose in 4 to 7 games and could have badly used these 3 so i have no (frank)ing clue why you're trying to sound enlightened about SaMpLe SiZe!11!1
- robz228

Dude I get it. He’s a true playoff player.

He’s getting more praise than the guy with 9 points in 2 games.

My god you guys are weird

Dude I get it. He’s a true playoff player.

He’s getting more praise than the guy with 9 points in 2 games.

My god you guys are weird
- sbroads24

maybe because he played here? and was traded for peanuts?

"i dont like to just look at stats like the average simple mind" - sbroads

you're a caricature of yourself sometimes
- robz228

Can you find that quote? Unless this is an awful job at paraphrasing

"i dont like to just look at stats like the average simple mind" - sbroads

you're a caricature of yourself sometimes
- robz228

3 game samples are too large a sample size. Prefer shift long samples. As long as Compher or Armia score on that shift every 10 games