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

Aug 8 @ 8:39 AM ET
In case he goes back to more the Sam of the first 30 games of last year.
- sbroads24


He’s played ~250 games in the NHL. 220 of those suggest we should buy up the free agency years and get them as cheap as we can. Don’t get distracted by the 12% exception - focus on the 88% rule.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 8 @ 8:42 AM ET
He’s played ~250 games in the NHL. 220 of those suggest we should buy up the free agency years and get them as cheap as we can. Don’t get distracted by the 12% exception - focus on the 88% rule.
- Der Kaiser

I am shocked he could not produce with griffith and pouliot on the wing
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Aug 8 @ 8:47 AM ET
Richie Incognito at it again

https://www.yahoo.com/spo...st-signing-221611188.html
RhinoFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Visionville
Joined: 10.12.2015

Aug 8 @ 8:50 AM ET
He’s played ~250 games in the NHL. 220 of those suggest we should buy up the free agency years and get them as cheap as we can. Don’t get distracted by the 12% exception - focus on the 88% rule.
- Der Kaiser


You're smart.
RhinoFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Visionville
Joined: 10.12.2015

Aug 8 @ 8:52 AM ET
Richie Incognito at it again

https://www.yahoo.com/spo...st-signing-221611188.html

- gerbe75pts


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

Aug 8 @ 8:53 AM ET
You're smart.
- RhinoFan


I’m an useless moron blunt.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Aug 8 @ 8:55 AM ET
If it came from anybody but Harrington, it would be taken more seriously. This fanbase should demand, not just hope for, greatness from Jack Eichel, especially given his current profile.
- buffalofan19


The boy who cried "I'm an bumhole"
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 8 @ 8:56 AM ET
I am shocked he could not produce with griffith and pouliot on the wing
- homiedclown

$32M over 6 or $40M over 7. Hell, Give him $67.5 over 10.
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 8 @ 8:56 AM ET
The boy who cried "I'm an bumhole"
- jcragcrumple


Beady?
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Aug 8 @ 8:59 AM ET
woods
rory
day
finau



that would be the 4 I pick

put fleetwood and hossler on the bench

- homiedclown


Don't think Tiger will do much this week, he seems to be running out of gas.

My picks are Koepka, DJ, Rory and Thomas with Finau and Fleetwood in the bench.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Aug 8 @ 9:06 AM ET
$32M over 6 or $40M over 7. Hell, Give him $67.5 over 10.
- Der Kaiser


Id rather pay him a premium after 2 years of producing. I still feel his ceiling is 60-65 points. His floor is still a 3rd line PP specialist to me. If he shows he can hit 70 points, sweet
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 8 @ 9:09 AM ET
Don't think Tiger will do much this week, he seems to be running out of gas.

My picks are Koepka, DJ, Rory and Thomas with Finau and Fleetwood in the bench.

- mhp


Jon Rahm.
Reed
Rose
Koepka.

Tiger is still gonna make money, but he’s not a real contender anymore.
RhinoFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Visionville
Joined: 10.12.2015

Aug 8 @ 9:09 AM ET
I’m an useless moron blunt.
- Der Kaiser


Yes, but you're our useless moron blunt and we'd wouldn't have you any other way.
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 8 @ 9:10 AM ET
Id rather pay him a premium after 2 years of producing. I still feel his ceiling is 60-65 points. His floor is still a 3rd line PP specialist to me. If he shows he can hit 70 points, sweet
- jcragcrumple


60-65 points is a $6M contract these days
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 8 @ 9:10 AM ET
Yes, but you're our useless moron blunt and we'd wouldn't have you any other way.
- RhinoFan


Suck it Ion.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Aug 8 @ 9:13 AM ET
60-65 points is a $6M contract these days
- Der Kaiser


Before they pay him that, though, I'd like him to hit 60-65 points.

What's he worth now, $4.75-5.25?

I'd rather they do that for 2 years than pay him for a projection
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 8 @ 9:18 AM ET
Before they pay him that, though, I'd like him to hit 60-65 points.

What's he worth now, $4.75-5.25?

I'd rather they do that for 2 years than pay him for a projection

- jcragcrumple


That’s not how investing works, though.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Aug 8 @ 9:20 AM ET
That’s not how investing works, though.
- Der Kaiser


I've seen too many of these sabres deals that look like bargains go to poop: Hodgson, Ennis, Myers. I'd rather pay him market value than guess what he might be. No way I'd hand him $40m today
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Aug 8 @ 9:21 AM ET
Jon Rahm.
Reed
Rose
Koepka.

Tiger is still gonna make money, but he’s not a real contender anymore.

- Der Kaiser


Not bad.
RhinoFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Visionville
Joined: 10.12.2015

Aug 8 @ 9:25 AM ET
I've seen too many of these sabres deals that look like bargains go to poop: Hodgson, Ennis, Myers. I'd rather pay him market value than guess what he might be. No way I'd hand him $40m today
- jcragcrumple


Agree it's safer to do the bridge, but with Dahlin and Mittelstadt coming down the turnpike to big deals, you might be in the place where saving now affords you the ability to keep the team intact around them.

Reinhart could stall out at 50pts and make his long term deal an albatross, but I think it's just as likely, if he signs a bridge, that he scores 65pts and gets 7-8 in a couple years. Remember, prices are going up.
CoHo_to_B-Lo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: East Amherst, NY
Joined: 02.29.2012

Aug 8 @ 9:26 AM ET
Not bad.
- mhp


How you been buddy? Did you check out Caledonia this year?
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Aug 8 @ 9:32 AM ET
Agree it's safer to do the bridge, but with Dahlin and Mittelstadt coming down the turnpike to big deals, you might be in the place where saving now affords you the ability to keep the team intact around them.

Reinhart could stall out at 50pts and make his long term deal an albatross, but I think it's just as likely, if he signs a bridge, that he scores 65pts and gets 7-8 in a couple years. Remember, prices are going up.

- RhinoFan


So far, Reinhart isn't able to hold his own line, or produce on his own.

If he shows he can do that, or if he shows he's consistently great with either Eichel or Mittelstadt, I'd pay him, but I'd rather do the bridge deal.

It would also be nice to know that he can play C/RW, but that nearly always looks bad. He can't produce from the 3rd line. He's not a driver on the top-2 lines, he's more of a passenger. I'm not saying these things will always be this way, but until it changes, there are warning signs against signing him long term.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 8 @ 9:43 AM ET
So far, Reinhart isn't able to hold his own line, or produce on his own.

.

- jcragcrumple

how many from that draft class holds their own line though?


hell they have to put leon with connor all the time
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 8 @ 9:43 AM ET
Jon Rahm.
Reed
Rose
Koepka.

Tiger is still gonna make money, but he’s not a real contender anymore.

- Der Kaiser

rahm



jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Aug 8 @ 9:50 AM ET
how many from that draft class holds their own line though?


hell they have to put leon with connor all the time

- homiedclown


Sure, but until we get a really nice season (60-65p), I just wouldn't commit long term. Reinhart worked pretty well with ROR, let's see if he has the chemistry with one of these guys to have a career year.
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