Michael Pachla: Sabres GM Jason Botterill continues to roll with the trade for Jeff Skinner

Michael Pachla: Sabres GM Jason Botterill continues to fail by trading ROR for scraps. We should have never traded Ryan O'Reilly
- Michael Pachla

An Chéad

Samsonite

Congrats to you guys on this. No discussion...Sabres win and win big. I think Skinner wants to be there and will re-sign as noted by him waiving his clauses to go there. Just a great add and the cost was minimal in the greater picture. Good on you guys

Bravo to luck decock's parents on that name. Masterful.

Michael Pachla: Sabres GM Jason Botterill continues to roll with the trade for Jeff Skinner
- Michael Pachla

so much for taking a few days off




nice problem to have

so much for taking a few days off




nice problem to have
- homiedclown

I don’t love Skinner (defense)...
but he can skate and score

If he doesn’t work,
it’s not like we gave up much

Great trade

so much for taking a few days off




nice problem to have
- homiedclown

i'll take that problem

Hot take: I would like them to let him play out this year. Things go well, we can talk contract next may, if they dont, then TDL day should be fun.

Other than that, Skinner is a volume shooter like Kane, so I'd put him with Mitts

Sheary-Eichel-Reinhart
Skinner-Mittlestadt-Okposo

Me likely

if you move dahlin to the right, it could get real interesting



skinner, eichel, reinhart
berglund, casey, bailey/thompson
sheary, e-rod, okposo
wilson, pod racing villain, pommer


scandella, risto
mccabe, dahlin
guhle/pilet, bogo


I threw bailey on second line because we need a little toughness in our top 9 IMO

I don’t love Skinner (defense)...
but he can skate and score

If he doesn’t work,
it’s not like we gave up much

Great trade
- jdfitz77

when I see eichel flanked with skinner and reinhart, I am not worried about the D

Skinner - Eichel - Reinhart

I don’t love Skinner (defense)...
but he can skate and score

If he doesn’t work,
it’s not like we gave up much

Great trade
- jdfitz77

just a quick note on that defense thing:

kirk muller and bill peters, the two coaches who stressed that two-way play with skinner and limited his ice-time, went a combined 217-218-80 with zero playoff appearances in carolina

Amazing trade. Bent Waddell over.

when I see eichel flanked with skinner and reinhart, I am not worried about the D
- homiedclown

this is a good post

Amazing trade. Bent Waddell over.
- AdamFrench

as a le' thrash fan, it's nothing new to you, is it?

when I see eichel flanked with skinner and reinhart, I am not worried about the D
- homiedclown

Won’t need to worry about defense if they just keep control of the puck!

But in all seriousness...
it would be nice if Skinner would at least TRY in his own end

Amazing trade. Bent Waddell over.
- AdamFrench

I believe the term used around here is BOHICA.

as a le' thrash fan, it's nothing new to you, is it?
- Michael Pachla

Hossa-Trash-Goalvalchuk for life my dude.

just a quick note on that defense thing:

kirk muller and bill peters, the two coaches who stressed that two-way play with skinner and limited his ice-time, went a combined 217-218-80 with zero playoff appearances in carolina
- Michael Pachla

Bad teams don’t mean you shouldn’t try in your own end though
It would be nice if he could just be “ok” defensively
That’s all I’m saying

if you move dahlin to the right, it could get real interesting



skinner, eichel, reinhart
berglund, casey, bailey/thompson
sheary, e-rod, okposo
wilson, pod racing villain, pommer


scandella, risto
mccabe, dahlin
guhle/pilet, bogo


I threw bailey on second line because we need a little toughness in our top 9 IMO
- homiedclown

Interesting
And i think you & i might be the only 2 who haven’t given up on Bailey

RK_Stimp
Jeff Skinner's most common linemates (Courtesy of @NatStatTrick)

2017 - 2018: Derek Ryan
2016 - 2017: Victor Rask
2015 - 2016: Victor Rask
2014 - 2015: Elias Lindholm/Rask

You beat me to it....

Totally sold the farm the year the Thrash made it to the playoffs, all to lose 4 straight to the Rags.

He was and seems to still be HORRIBLE.

Botts is gonna have to dump some guys anyways, correct?

Only additional thing I’m doing is moving Pominville

None of this is happening anyways...
don’t know why this is such a big deal?

Just saying we’d have a pretty damn good team right now with ROR and Kane

And wanted to show how it
COULD BE POSSIBLE

That’s all
No biggie
- jdfitz77

One. One guy.