Yeah, thanks Tim Murray, for:
Gorges
Kulikov
Bogosian
and
Franson

And for trading away McNabb & Pysyk

Damn... he was a genius

But at least we had the sh!tty Falk for a couple years
Hahahahahahaha
- jdfitz77

Bend the knee or fetch me a beer peasant.

Bend the knee or fetch me a beer peasant.
- Hatboro_Swords

Go watch some golf gramps

Dear Tim Murray,
thanks for the utter & complete failure

Where’s he working now btw?

Basically looks like the same numbers as last year with Kane and ROR

But a bottom 10 team

Botts better be looking for a legit winger
- gerbe75pts

And if he secures a "legit winger" what does that do for:
A) winger's productjon...G/ A?
B) Sabres finish, Pts and ranking?

And if he secures a "legit winger" what does that do for:
A) winger's productjon...G/ A?
B) Sabres finish, Pts and ranking?
- IonSabres

Playoffs in my opinion
85-97 points

No excuses

Dude I genuinely feel bad for you.

This O’Reilly trade wrecked you.

I went through this after the Kane trade.

It gets better
- sbroads24

I was mostly fine with the trade when it happened, and I still am.

I like Berglund and the first, wanted Kyrou, Fabbri or Thomas instead of Thompson. It's a B/B+ trade atm

You're misreading what I'm saying. People are very negative about this team's chances, but there are too many new people at key positions to evaluate what we're gonna be.

Based on last year, a Bottom 10 Team would have around 82 points ... which is exactly what i have projected as were are constituted right now.

A true #1 LW gets what 60 points +/- (elite gives you far more)
A good #2 LW ... what 35-45 ?

I was mostly fine with the trade when it happened, and I still am.

I like Berglund and the first, wanted Kyrou, Fabbri or Thomas instead of Thompson. It's a B/B+ trade atm

You're misreading what I'm saying. People are very negative about this team's chances, but there are too many new people at key positions to evaluate what we're gonna be.
- jcragcrumple

Agree Completely.
Who knows what this team does, and who will be on it as I still think there is another set of trades coming to
- reduce the number of LHDs
- reduce the number of F's
- acquire another LW
- maybe get another RHD

Currently, it feels like 80 - 85 pts.

If the Sabres somehow didnt care to help antipin learn the English language, that leads me to believe:

The Sabres were not trying to win.

Sorry taco
- Boss34

But they DID help him, they got him a tutor. Hamilton was wrong. So, no tank?

You can either believe he was being disingenuous or that he didn't know they provided a teacher. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. It was clear that he didn't have a translator and that he struggled with even simple questions from the media.
- Lunaion

In his statement at the end of the year he thanked the Sabres for helping him learn English, pretty much above everything else. English is an incredibly hard language to learn, especially coming from being a Russian speaker.

Agreed.
Pham should have done a better job in understanding the real situation better. Coming out with a definitive statement like that does cause a bit of skepticism. He shoul d have just left it atthe fact Antipin struggled withtne english language based on his direct contact with him.
- IonSabres

Antipin also could've pulled the "no habla" thing because he didn't want to talk to Hamilton.

The kids, 20 or 30 of them, from Belarus and Ukraine that were in my grade or near it always used to pull that poop with teachers, even though they spoke English pretty well, especially as we got into high school.

"Antipin has said since he arrived here in August that he likes the city of Buffalo a lot. He had an English tutor and he said, “It’s cool, I learned English, so thank you Sabres for helping me."

https://wgr550.radio.com/...-not-sure-if-hell-be-back

"Antipin has said since he arrived here in August that he likes the city of Buffalo a lot. He had an English tutor and he said, “It’s cool, I learned English, so thank you Sabres for helping me."

https://wgr550.radio.com/...-not-sure-if-hell-be-back
- Wetbandit1

https://youtu.be/M1UjlkQ8BN4

In his statement at the end of the year he thanked the Sabres for helping him learn English, pretty much above everything else. English is an incredibly hard language to learn, especially coming from being a Russian speaker.
- Wetbandit1

I heard his interview when he gave it. He had so much trouble answering that I felt bad for the guy.

Rookie?
It will be his 3rd straight year in the A.
- IonSabres

? In the nhl

Playoffs in my opinion
85-97 points

No excuses
- Boss34

Yea if he got OV lol

I will say out of the bottom 10 and close to 12

I heard his interview when he gave it. He had so much trouble answering that I felt bad for the guy.
- Lunaion

He was probably self conscious. I speak some German, but the two times I've been there, I almost feel bad when I'm trying to converse, because I know I'm probably (frank)ing up every other sentence

He was probably self conscious. I speak some German, but the two times I've been there, I almost feel bad when I'm trying to converse, because I know I'm probably (frank)ing up every other sentence
- jcragcrumple

He probably was. I was left with the impression that his English was very rudimentary though.

In his statement at the end of the year he thanked the Sabres for helping him learn English, pretty much above everything else. English is an incredibly hard language to learn, especially coming from being a Russian speaker.
- Wetbandit1

Very true

I took 2 semesters of Arabic. Learning not only a new language, but a new alphabet is daunting. German is in the same language family as English, and even french, while different, isn't too foreign. Learning completely new sounds and letters that we don't have is really, really hard, especially at 25. Must have sucked for him

shazam trailer Looks lit

But I was excited about BVS and SS

And those 2 are probably the worst

Very true

I took 2 semesters of Arabic. Learning not only a new language, but a new alphabet is daunting. German is in the same language family as English, and even french, while different, isn't too foreign. Learning completely new sounds and letters that we don't have is really, really hard, especially at 25. Must have sucked for him
- jcragcrumple

It's also true of most people learning new languages that they understand much more than they can speak.

I was mostly fine with the trade when it happened, and I still am.

I like Berglund and the first, wanted Kyrou, Fabbri or Thomas instead of Thompson. It's a B/B+ trade atm

You're misreading what I'm saying. People are very negative about this team's chances, but there are too many new people at key positions to evaluate what we're gonna be.
- jcragcrumple

We’re going to be better. But not only that we have more flexibility and more assets to make the right moves at the right time.

Zero chance Aquaman will suck

That trailer looks just as beautiful when I first saw the Wonder Woman one

He was probably self conscious. I speak some German, but the two times I've been there, I almost feel bad when I'm trying to converse, because I know I'm probably (frank)ing up every other sentence
- jcragcrumple

Reminding them who won WW2 does wonders for your confidence.

Zero chance Aquaman will suck

That trailer looks just as beautiful when I first saw the Wonder Woman one
- gerbe75pts

No, I'm pretty sure it will suck just as bad as every other superhero movie out there.

No, I'm pretty sure it will suck just as bad as every other superhero movie out there.
- sskkoo1

This