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IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Aug 4 @ 7:43 PM ET
Don’t think Ottawa would trade him to us. We’d have to get him as a UFA next year.
- Pegullaville


Or get San Jose involved again, lol!
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Aug 4 @ 7:45 PM ET
I’d rather move the assets it would cost for Kessel, to get Stone from Ottawa

Younger, good scorer, great defensively

- jdfitz77


He cant be moved till the deadline now I believe
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Aug 4 @ 7:46 PM ET
He cant be moved till the deadline now I believe
- gerbe75pts


Isn't it usually Jan 1st ?
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Aug 4 @ 7:47 PM ET
Stone is titties, doubt he’s getting dealt in the division. I want Dzingle from Ottawa
- washedup20


Yeah, trading in division might be tough

Apparently Karlsson to Tampa was a possibility though

So maybe an inner division trade isn’t completely out of the question
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Aug 4 @ 7:49 PM ET
He cant be moved till the deadline now I believe
- gerbe75pts


Why’s that?
Didn’t he sign before the arb award was given?
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Aug 4 @ 7:50 PM ET
Don’t think Ottawa would trade him to us. We’d have to get him as a UFA next year.
- Pegullaville


Well we wouldn’t have to give up any assets that way
But we’d also have to pay him more most likely
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 4 @ 7:51 PM ET
Why’s that?
Didn’t he sign before the arb award was given?

- jdfitz77

that's I thought

he can be traded now, trouba later
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Aug 4 @ 7:54 PM ET
Why’s that?
Didn’t he sign before the arb award was given?

- jdfitz77


I thought the money he received was awarded by arbitration
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 4 @ 7:54 PM ET
I thought the money he received was awarded by arbitration
- gerbe75pts

gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Aug 4 @ 7:55 PM ET
Nvm you guys are correct I was thinking he made it to arbitration
Antilles
St Louis Blues
Joined: 10.17.2008

Aug 4 @ 8:04 PM ET
Florida with Ekblad?
Maybe that was his 2nd year though...
Not positive

- jdfitz77


Missed playoffs his first year, and Brian Campbell was still their #1 guy when they made playoffs his second year, Kulikov and Ekblad kind of split first pair duties with him.

Tyler Myers?

Closest for a sabre at 19

- jcragcrumple


Yeah, wasn't 18, needed an extra year in juniors.

Expecting Dahlin to be ready to be a #1 defenseman at 18 seems pretty unrealistic, especially if you are talking about making playoffs, and when you remember some of Sabres forwards are pretty suspect defensively. And that's not a knock on Dahlin. Even the absolute best defense prospects tend to need a couple years after getting drafted before they can be relied on to carry the defense. I would expect it's more likely Scandella is the Sabres top pairing LHD until Christmas, while Dahlin adjusts to the NHL.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Aug 4 @ 8:09 PM ET
I thought the money he received was awarded by arbitration
- gerbe75pts


Nope
He signed before the arbitration hearing

https://www.google.com/am...-avoiding-arbitration/amp
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Aug 4 @ 8:13 PM ET
Missed playoffs his first year, and Brian Campbell was still their #1 guy when they made playoffs his second year, Kulikov and Ekblad kind of split first pair duties with him.



Yeah, wasn't 18, needed an extra year in juniors.

Expecting Dahlin to be ready to be a #1 defenseman at 18 seems pretty unrealistic, especially if you are talking about making playoffs, and when you remember some of Sabres forwards are pretty suspect defensively. And that's not a knock on Dahlin. Even the absolute best defense prospects tend to need a couple years after getting drafted before they can be relied on to carry the defense. I would expect it's more likely Scandella is the Sabres top pairing LHD until Christmas, while Dahlin adjusts to the NHL.

- Antilles



To make the playoffs,
we’d pretty much need everything to go right for us
So yeah, it’s probably a bit of a long shot

I think the point is that we can FINALLY talk realistically about being in the race for a spot though

We are headed in the right direction
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Aug 4 @ 8:16 PM ET
that's I thought

he can be traded now, trouba later

- homiedclown


Ottawa is probably under the delusion they can sign him
So they might not move Stone till the deadline...
In which case,
we could possibly get him at quite the discount
seedy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: you don't need an ignore button to ignore someone., CA
Joined: 02.22.2007

Aug 4 @ 8:18 PM ET
Stone is titties, doubt he’s getting dealt in the division. I want Dzingle from Ottawa
- washedup20


it's Bazinga.
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Aug 4 @ 8:32 PM ET
it's Bazinga.
- seedy



seedy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: you don't need an ignore button to ignore someone., CA
Joined: 02.22.2007

Aug 4 @ 8:37 PM ET

- washedup20


What does one google to find that gif?

Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Aug 4 @ 8:37 PM ET

- washedup20


Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Aug 4 @ 8:37 PM ET
What does one google to find that gif?


- seedy


Family Guy ostrich?
seedy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: you don't need an ignore button to ignore someone., CA
Joined: 02.22.2007

Aug 4 @ 9:02 PM ET
Family Guy ostrich?
- Wetbandit1


Why?
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Aug 4 @ 9:03 PM ET
Family Guy ostrich?
- Wetbandit1


Bazinga
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 4 @ 9:15 PM ET
Bazinga
- washedup20


Didn’t work for me.

https://goo.gl/images/B8BC9s
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Aug 4 @ 9:23 PM ET
The amount of poop talking leafs fans are doing is incredible considering their major recent accomplishment is getting bounced in the first round twice in a row
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Aug 4 @ 9:26 PM ET
Didn’t work for me.

https://goo.gl/images/B8BC9s

- Der Kaiser



Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 4 @ 10:06 PM ET
The amount of poop talking leafs fans are doing is incredible considering their major recent accomplishment is getting bounced in the first round twice in a row
- jcragcrumple


I’m surprised you haven’t realized the Leafs are the most exciting team in hockey. Just ask their fans
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