Well, there's not much substance to that statement if you live in buffalo. You're practically in the arctic already.
- rawwdogg88

I'd rather lick Kevin Smith's armpits than live in New Jersey. Although the former is a requirement for the latter, I believe

So can you. Go on another thread and talk your junk there.
- c1067

Your a Devils fan on the low. Your "racing cams" is named after our elite goaltender. Something Buffalo seems to have long forgotten about employing on their team.

What sillier:
- having your team finish 31st with players who apparently are problem child’s, but fans wanting to keep the same roster
- expecting teams to trade the Sabres gems for their castoffs
- focusing on changing the bottom 6 and bottom pairings when the team
A) was the lowest scoring team in the league
B) had one of if not the biggest goal differential
C) is stocked at center, yet has zero LWs and one RW who can produce

Where is the help coming from the?

I know you aren’t saying trade Larssons for Patrick Laine ... but how would you suggest filling so many holes without burning through 3 - 4 more years of Jack or acquiring studs like Moulson, Pommer and Okposo?
- IonSabres

Problem children according to who? RoR is wearing a letter for Team Canada, we are the only ones saying this. Kane was a lockerroom nightmare until he went to SJ and started literally taking the WC by storm.

I would promote from within. Unfortunately we won't so it's a moot point. I'd move Mitts or RoR to wing. I would pay anything I could to trade Okposo and Bogo. If it isn't a 1st rounder, it's yours. Rinse, repeat until the dead weight is gone. Continue to sign low risk, high reward types in FA. I would keep Lehner so I could ease in Ullmark for a year. I'd keep just about anyone 25 or under with 20+points.

I don't expect to be good next year, just better. But by following this path I think we could be "good" or at least contending for a playoff spot in a couple years.

Your a Devils fan on the low. Your "racing cams" is named after our elite goaltender. Something Buffalo seems to have long forgotten about employing on their team.
- rawwdogg88

I actually don't have any issues with the Devils or their fans. I don't go on their thread and talk sh!t.

I actually don't have any issues with the Devils or their fans. I don't go on their thread and talk sh!t.
- c1067

Slow day at the office, I'm bored. Thanks for the laughs, Sabres fans. Ya'll stay warm up there now!

dahlin will become the best sabre d man ever once he puts the jersey on


we finally have our doughty, pronger, neids, lindstrom, robinson, potvin
- homiedclown

Better than Jim Watson and Ray McKay?

Certainly one of the (many) ripple effects of Dahlin is commanding better return from any traded player. Re: ROR, maybe he fetches even more at the trade deadline, after a) Mittelstadt has played most of an AHL season as #1C, and b) we have payed most of ROR's 18-19 salary.
- bblaine

He probably will never play a shift in Rochester

Problem children according to who? RoR is wearing a letter for Team Canada, we are the only ones saying this. Kane was a lockerroom nightmare until he went to SJ and started literally taking the WC by storm.

I would promote from within. Unfortunately we won't so it's a moot point. I'd move Mitts or RoR to wing. I would pay anything I could to trade Okposo and Bogo. If it isn't a 1st rounder, it's yours. Rinse, repeat until the dead weight is gone. Continue to sign low risk, high reward types in FA. I would keep Lehner so I could ease in Ullmark for a year. I'd keep just about anyone 25 or under with 20+points.

I don't expect to be good next year, just better. But by following this path I think we could be "good" or at least contending for a playoff spot in a couple years.
- RhinoFan

I do like some of your points and do want to see the kids get their chance for a longer period of time than 3 or 4 games. Bailey and Baptiste now need to produce or will be gone given their status, no longer able to be sent done without clearing waivers.

I’ll be amazed if Botts can dump Bogo or Okposo without taking something back, giving something of value up...hopefully I’m wrong.

BTW - we started “saying”about ROR and his constant comment about needing to be better, yes. However, you will agree that HE dropped the bomb about losing passion and accepting losing. THAT is a problem...I didn’t create it, he did.
And various players have boldly stated some other players don’t play the system and it is a problem...multiple players, multiple times said it...Botts said it at the Presser.
Just because some don’t like PHam but when he named Risto as one of the guys, many on this board discarded it as BS. Funny as hell to me...I guess this board knows more from these discussions and watching games on their phones then the players themselves and the reporter embedded with the team.
So yes, problem child’s for sure...there are probably a couple more...I.e. Larssons.

But what the hell, let’s keep the faint of heart and hope they have the fortitude to lead the kids through their development years.

Slow day at the office, I'm bored. Thanks for the laughs, Sabres fans. Ya'll stay warm up there now!
- rawwdogg88

This is why the whole country rolls their collective eyes at Jersey and snickers.

Btw, wasn’t it great watching that trap crap for 25 years...real exciting hockey. The one team everyone hated to go see as STH’s. When I haD them.
Glad your team came out into the light.

Yes one has to go for us to get a Winger

You can't go into next year without a legit wing for Jack
You're just wasting another good year of his
- gerbe75pts

Pearson and muzzin for Ristolainen 😬😱

This is why the whole country rolls their collective eyes at Jersey and snickers.

Btw, wasn’t it great watching that trap crap for 25 years...real exciting hockey. The one team everyone hated to go see as STH’s. When I haD them.
Glad your team came out into the light.
- IonSabres

It wasn't boring watching all those banners get raised over those years. I can tell you that much.

It wasn't boring watching all those banners get raised over those years. I can tell you that much.
- rawwdogg88

Those banners are gonna look great in Quebec.

Those banners are gonna look great in Quebec.
- jcragcrumple

Those banners are gonna look great in Quebec.
- jcragcrumple

Lol, so original. What's that joke about 25 years old now? Plus, AZ, Carolina, and Florida would be way ahead of us for relocation considerations, if you want to speak seriously about that.

Lol, so original. What's that joke about 25 years old now? Plus, AZ, Carolina, and Florida would be way ahead of us for relocation considerations, if you want to speak seriously about that.
- rawwdogg88

Ooh looks like I touched a nerve there. Your team has what, 3 cup wins, and still nobody cares. Better start making the transition to being a flyers fan now. Or maybe the rangers or the Islanders.

The most interesting thing going on in Jersey is the two football teams from NY that play there

Ooh looks like I touched a nerve there. Your team has what, 3 cup wins, and still nobody cares. Better start making the transition to being a flyers fan now. Or maybe the rangers or the Islanders.

The most interesting thing going on in Jersey is the two football teams from NY that play there
- jcragcrumple

Bunch of duds on here with extreme lack of wit. Go read a book and do some math problems. You lames need brain exercise to keep up with me. No wonder buffalo has sucked for so long. Look at all the uninspiring fans they have to play for.

Bunch of duds on here with extreme lack of wit. Go read a book and do some math problems. You lames need brain exercise to keep up with me. No wonder buffalo has sucked for so long. Look at all the uninspiring fans they have to play for.
- rawwdogg88

Philly has the cheese steak, NY has pizza, Buffalo has the wing, and NJ has declining seaside cities, crime and depression

Bunch of duds on here with extreme lack of wit. Go read a book and do some math problems. You lames need brain exercise to keep up with me. No wonder buffalo has sucked for so long. Look at all the uninspiring fans they have to play for.
- rawwdogg88

Keep up with you how, you're a TROLL that has come onto our blog to run your mouth about a team and city, you don't like, and you call us lame brains. There, I've caught up to you.

Yes one has to go for us to get a Winger

You can't go into next year without a legit wing for Jack
You're just wasting another good year of his
- gerbe75pts

why not?...jack makes wingers better...he should have had skunk on his win the entire season...and I don't have a problem with mittelstadt being moved to the wing this year, preferably on eichel's left

Bunch of duds on here with extreme lack of wit. Go read a book and do some math problems. You lames need brain exercise to keep up with me. No wonder buffalo has sucked for so long. Look at all the uninspiring fans they have to play for.
- rawwdogg88

You need Jesus. It's okay, I forgive you too.

why not?...jack makes wingers better...he should have had skunk on his win the entire season...and I don't have a problem with mittelstadt being moved to the wing this year, preferably on eichel's left
- Michael Pachla

Mitts - Eichel - Rhino
Dahlin - Risto

Schedule the (frank)ing parade. That's all I'm saying.

Botteril was on a podcast a couple days ago saying he understood ROR's comments, I don't think it's a dealbreaker for him.

I'm a Hawks fan first, and can confidently say that trading ROR or Ristolainen would be a dumb move. Both guys tilt the ice toward the opposing net, and I'd kill to have either one on the Hawks.

Reinhart is only 22 or 23 I believe, he hasn't blossomed into a #2 overall expectation but he could also put up 65 points on a good team. You don't give up young cost controlled players who can compete.

Good luck next season boys, hopefully this year is a big turnaround for both our teams.
- ObeseOprah

^^^^this^^^^

is a good post....thx, hawks fan

You need Jesus. It's okay, I forgive you too.
- RhinoFan

Philly has the cheese steak, NY has pizza, Buffalo has the wing, and NJ has declining seaside cities, crime and depression
- jcragcrumple

Yes, that's right. Cause Buffalo hasn't been a depressed, rotten poophole for years and years now.

Yes, that's right. Cause Buffalo hasn't been a depressed, rotten poophole for years and years now.
- rawwdogg88

NJ's greatest exports are Snooky, Bruce Springsteen 30 years ago, and jokes about what a terrible place it is