some guys just lose it once they get in that 30 year range

cheechoo
richards
ryan
simmonds
moulson
okposo
- homiedclown

Almost all of the pretty good not great players start to really fall off at 30

The sabres are garbage but we have some blame to we just continue running people out of here payers etc

All that matters is the last 4 years
- gerbe75pts

Tell us how the hell fans are able to run players out of town? Last time I check non of us are the GM or owners of the team. Also if the fans have any influence on getting a player or coach outed there are WAY bigger problems with the team...

The sabres are garbage but we have some blame to we just continue running people out of here payers etc

All that matters is the last 4 years
- gerbe75pts

but we have been rebuilding for 12 years though

but we have been rebuilding for 12 years though
- homiedclown

When we got jack everything was supposed to line up for us to greatness but it’s been poop

but we have been rebuilding for 40 years though
- homiedclown

fixed

Samuelsson is still years away though
He’s got a lot of developing to do
Probably another year in college
Then a year or 2 in the AHL

Borgen & Dougherty will likely be the first defensemen call ups next season

Pilut seems like he’s here full time
Laaksonen should be in a Rochester,
at least to start
- jdfitz77

I really haven’t liked pilot lately but then again, everyone sucks

When we got jack everything was supposed to line up for us to greatness but it’s been poop
- gerbe75pts

so would it have been better for terry and kim to keep tim murray?

I really haven’t liked pilot lately but then again, everyone sucks
- 716

It’s sad that Vegas is going to win A cup before Buffalo

fixed
- hehateme

so would it have been better for terry and kim to keep tim murray?
- homiedclown

No he went stupid nuts and ruined everything but they did the right thing and removing him

you know what's great? Having the lottery when the season ends instead of waiting a (frank)ing month. Landing between 3 and 7 will be a lot of discussion, which is nice, but winning 1 or 2 will be a little boring, after, you know, the excitement of winning.

I was at the Deuce when we won Dahlin. I screamed in some poor girl's ear. She was terrified.
- TheSabresTaco

But what did you do after they won Dahlin?

It’s sad that Vegas is going to win A cup before Buffalo
- gerbe75pts

That is who I am backing in the playoffs this year, along with the Islanders in the east...

just got back from Vegas, they really have taken a liking to Hockey in that town..

But what did you do after they won Dahlin?
- Wetbandit1

some guys just lose it once they get in that 30 year range

cheechoo
richards
ryan
simmonds
moulson
okposo
- homiedclown

Cheechoo was because he blew his knee out

He went after the high end free agents fans wanted signed coaches and gms fans wanted Kim made the harbor center for a better hockey community and more exposure to buffalo

Yep both are bad
- gerbe75pts

Both have failed so, which is worse?

"If you build it, they will come"

-some guy the Pegula's paid to not work for them, probably

That is who I am backing in the playoffs this year, along with the Islanders in the east...

just got back from Vegas, they really have taken a liking to Hockey in that town..
- hehateme

I can’t root for a team without a cup to win one before us.
Petty I know.

when was the last time a top 10 drafted player decided to stay in russia instead of play in the NHL
- homiedclown

Malkin.

I can’t root for a team without a cup to win one before us.
Petty I know.
- 716

what if they were the leafs and have not won 1 since we came in the league?


asking for a friend

what if they were the leafs and have not won 1 since we came in the league?


asking for a friend
- homiedclown

F the leafs

Malkin.
- Wetbandit1

so the 850 regular season nhl games didn't really happen?


or the 158 playoff games?



he would have been here earlier but there was dispute between nhl and IIHF


bottom line he wanted to be here

My buddy repeated that the "Berglund situation " was a big deal

Players were not happy with the way the Sabres handled it. I know you mentioned eichel calling berglund out, I didnt hear that part. (Not saying it didnt happen)

None of these guys wanted to see a fellow player lose out on millions of $. They all have families. Many of the guys put themselves in his position. Basically the fact that he became I'll. (Depression) and we cut bait instead of helping him.

Yes, I know he quit on his team.
- Boss34

I call bullpoop. Lehner came out and said how much the Sabres helped when he finally asked for help. Why wouldn't the same management group help Berglund? No one, not him, not the PA, stood up and said "we don't like this, they're doing him dirty". No grievances were filed.

so the 850 regular season nhl games didn't really happen?


or the 158 playoff games?



he would have been here earlier but there was dispute between nhl and IIHF


bottom line he wanted to be here
- homiedclown

Well, no, the bottom line is he stayed in Russia for 2 years, one of them being a lockout year. Plenty of Russian players were drafted before him and had no problems coming here, including the dude drafted right before him in Ovechkin.

My buddy repeated that the "Berglund situation " was a big deal

Players were not happy with the way the Sabres handled it. I know you mentioned eichel calling berglund out, I didnt hear that part. (Not saying it didnt happen)

None of these guys wanted to see a fellow player lose out on millions of $. They all have families. Many of the guys put themselves in his position. Basically the fact that he became I'll. (Depression) and we cut bait instead of helping him.

Yes, I know he quit on his team.
- Boss34

Eff Berglund and eff any player on the team that supported him quitting on them.

on Ovi, per wiki

"He was so highly regarded that the Florida Panthers attempted to draft him in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft in the ninth round, even though his birthday was two days after the cut-off (15 September 1985). Rick Dudley, the general manager of the Panthers, claimed the pick was legitimate, claiming that Ovechkin was old enough with leap years taken into consideration"


I did not know this

Well, no, the bottom line is he stayed in Russia for 2 years, one of them being a lockout year. Plenty of Russian players were drafted before him and had no problems coming here, including the dude drafted right before him in Ovechkin.
- Wetbandit1

he came to the nhl

my question was how many russians picked in the top 10, refused to play in the nhl


I went back 20 years and found none