Athanasiou maybe we would have to add a pick but that would be my target
- gerbe75pts

He’s good and the Sabres don’t currently have a player like him.

I hope we trade jake to the wings instead of risto

And trade risto for the center
- gerbe75pts

Who is going to be our LHD if we trade Jake?

Who is going to be our LHD if we trade Jake?
- Mentalorgasm5

Rolling 6 RHD.

Mantha for Risto straight up is not worth Risto. Easy pass

Also Mantha hasn’t lived up to his draft hype.

Mantha would be the wings version of nylander.
- Sabretooth9

Accept he’s a rw, 6-5, 225 and has scored 24 goals the last two years.

He was on pace for 31 goals and 59 points last year.

A career .622 ppg


He’s the exact opposite of the wings version of Nylander.

He went from 17 goals his rookie year to 24 goals/48 points (in 80 games) to 24 goals/48 points in 67 games.
- Powerslave

Consistent shooting percentage too.


His last 3 years
12.8
12.6
12.6

I think it’s looking like a playoff team. If the coaching/goaltending is up to par.

That and trading Ristolainen for a legit forward.

We have a young franchise center and franchise D man. That’s incredibly important

We have acquired depth with playoff experience in Miller and Johansson

Other solid young D depth in Montour/Joker who weren’t here or here all of last year

Mittelstadt will be better. Olofsson could be a shockingly good player

This team is one move away from being pretty dangerous.

Its a good time to be a Sabre fan
- sbroads24

Funny how risto is average and a 3rd pair defenseman in most of your posts , but he's going to bring back a legit forward.

How can it be both?

Funny how risto is average and a 3rd pair defenseman in most of your posts , but he's going to bring back a legit forward.

How can it be both?
- Boss34

Because Ristolainen is 24 and will absolutely be coveted by GM’s who loved him his draft year or are desperate to replace Trouba/Myers on the Right side like WPG is.

You can question it, but he will absolutely bring back a decent piece and he’s also absolutely an average player. Both are and will be 100% true

Because Ristolainen is 24 and will absolutely be coveted by GM’s who loved him his draft year or are desperate to replace Trouba/Myers on the Right side like WPG is.

You can question it, but he will absolutely bring back a decent piece and he’s also absolutely an average player. Both are and will be 100% true
- sbroads24

I have a love:hate relationship with Risto - love his undeniable talent/hate his seemingly lack of hockey IQ. I am intrigued with how Ralph May be able to simplify the system for him and change his performance

Girls are expensive I mean does anyone here like going to furniture stores

:guntohead:

Girls are expensive I mean does anyone here like going to furniture stores

:guntohead:
- gerbe75pts

I hope she makes you buy some lamps.

I hope she makes you buy some lamps.
- jochfr

It's not furniture, but he does need a new microwave.

Huge trade brewing, multiple sources, news outlets will be dropping this one tomorrow and it will shake the NHL world...

Mark my words...

Carey Price will NEVER play another game in Montreal. I can't say much more but Montreal is going to pay the PRICE with that contract. Lawyers trying to cover this one up as we speak.

Scandalous.

Huge trade brewing, multiple sources, news outlets will be dropping this one tomorrow and it will shake the NHL world...

Mark my words...

Carey Price will NEVER play another game in Montreal. I can't say much more but Montreal is going to pay the PRICE with that contract. Lawyers trying to cover this one up as we speak.

Scandalous.
- BeadyEyedDouche

Girls are expensive I mean does anyone here like going to furniture stores

:guntohead:
- gerbe75pts

It’s life that’s expensive not everyone has daddy to buy everything for them.

You need furniture. Well I guess you don’t NEED furniture but most people have it.

But anyways. Where is that trade we were told was imminent

Because Ristolainen is 24 and will absolutely be coveted by GM’s who loved him his draft year or are desperate to replace Trouba/Myers on the Right side like WPG is.

You can question it, but he will absolutely bring back a decent piece and he’s also absolutely an average player. Both are and will be 100% true
- sbroads24

Sounds like 2 opinions that you feel are %100

And

That you're smarter then nhl gms

😀

Huge trade brewing, multiple sources, news outlets will be dropping this one tomorrow and it will shake the NHL world...

Mark my words...

Carey Price will NEVER play another game in Montreal. I can't say much more but Montreal is going to pay the PRICE with that contract. Lawyers trying to cover this one up as we speak.

Scandalous.
- BeadyEyedDouche

Weird how his major knes never worked out.

Huge trade brewing, multiple sources, news outlets will be dropping this one tomorrow and it will shake the NHL world...

Mark my words...

Carey Price will NEVER play another game in Montreal. I can't say much more but Montreal is going to pay the PRICE with that contract. Lawyers trying to cover this one up as we speak.

Scandalous.
- BeadyEyedDouche

and yet Buffalo39 has hit on 5 or 6 trades ....... and you keep giving him flack. I dont get it.

and yet Buffalo39 has hit on 5 or 6 trades ....... and you keep giving him flack. I dont get it.
- Sabretooth9

Nah, it's in good fun. I appreciate him dropping info, but this one was too funny.

It is time that the Sabres made a couple of additional moves to take this team to the next level. I propose that we deal on July 18 after Lucic gets his $3 million bonus as follows:

Ristolainen ($5.4million next three years)
Scandela ($4.0 million for one year)
Sobotka ($3.5 million for one year)
Wilson ($1.05 million for one year)
Plus Buffalo's 6th round pick in 2020

For

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins ($6.0 million next two years)
Milan Lucic ($6 million next four years, where Edmonton pays $2 million of his salary for each of the next 4 years)
Jesse Puljujarvi ($1 million RFA for 1 year Maybe)
Edmonton's 4th round pick in 2021)

Eichel would play with Skinner & Olafsson/Pomminville on the 1st line
Nugent Hopkins would play with Reinhart and C J Smith/ Sheary on the 2nd line
Mittlestadt would play Lucic/Sheary/Thompson and Okposo/Puljujarvi on the 3rd line
Larsson would play with Girgensons and Lucic/Thompson/Sheary/Smith/Pomminville on the 4th line


This is 14 forwards, but you manage the load by never allowing the older forwards to play back to back games or only play if someone is injured or one of the younger players is not going.
Pomminville, Lucic, Okposo, Thompson or whoever is not playing well sit out

Pomminville has to sign a 1 year contract for $2million knowing that he will play about 60 games. Hunwick needs to sign a contract extension.

On defense you have

Dahlin Montador
Jokiharju Miller
McCabe Begosian
Hunwick Pilut
Casey Nelson and Willie Borgen
For the expansion draft, you then have Lucic and Okposo available.

To me this looks like the best trade option for Buffalo other than sending:
1) Okposo to Nashville for Turris where we take on an extra $6million for the fifth year of the contracts and get someone who can play center for a winger
2)Risto and Wilson to Philly for Couturier and a prospect defenseman
3)Risto and Sobotka to Columbus for Boon Jenner and Dennis Savard/Nick Foligno

Hope these ideas make sense
Risto, Scandella, sobotka and a couple of pickS for Kopitar would be great as well.

Hopefully Botterill is still out there working the phones

It is time that the Sabres made a couple of additional moves to take this team to the next level. I propose that we deal on July 18 after Lucic gets his $3 million bonus as follows:

Ristolainen ($5.4million next three years)
Scandela ($4.0 million for one year)
Sobotka ($3.5 million for one year)
Wilson ($1.05 million for one year)
Plus Buffalo's 6th round pick in 2020

For

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins ($6.0 million next two years)
Milan Lucic ($6 million next four years, where Edmonton pays $2 million of his salary for each of the next 4 years)
Jesse Puljujarvi ($1 million RFA for 1 year Maybe)
Edmonton's 4th round pick in 2021)

Eichel would play with Skinner & Olafsson/Pomminville on the 1st line
Nugent Hopkins would play with Reinhart and C J Smith/ Sheary on the 2nd line
Mittlestadt would play Lucic/Sheary/Thompson and Okposo/Puljujarvi on the 3rd line
Larsson would play with Girgensons and Lucic/Thompson/Sheary/Smith/Pomminville on the 4th line


This is 14 forwards, but you manage the load by never allowing the older forwards to play back to back games or only play if someone is injured or one of the younger players is not going.
Pomminville, Lucic, Okposo, Thompson or whoever is not playing well sit out

Pomminville has to sign a 1 year contract for $2million knowing that he will play about 60 games. Hunwick needs to sign a contract extension.

On defense you have

Dahlin Montador
Jokiharju Miller
McCabe Begosian
Hunwick Pilut
Casey Nelson and Willie Borgen
For the expansion draft, you then have Lucic and Okposo available.

To me this looks like the best trade option for Buffalo other than sending:
1) Okposo to Nashville for Turris where we take on an extra $6million for the fifth year of the contracts and get someone who can play center for a winger
2)Risto and Wilson to Philly for Couturier and a prospect defenseman
3)Risto and Sobotka to Columbus for Boon Jenner and Dennis Savard/Nick Foligno

Hope these ideas make sense
Risto, Scandella, sobotka and a couple of pickS for Kopitar would be great as well.

Hopefully Botterill is still out there working the phones
- RicoMartin

The bolded will have some, um, logistical challenges

Nah, it's in good fun. I appreciate him dropping info, but this one was too funny.
- BeadyEyedDouche

Classic

Nah, it's in good fun. I appreciate him dropping info, but this one was too funny.
- BeadyEyedDouche

What did he say?

It is time that the Sabres made a couple of additional moves to take this team to the next level. I propose that we deal on July 18 after Lucic gets his $3 million bonus as follows:

Ristolainen ($5.4million next three years)
Scandela ($4.0 million for one year)
Sobotka ($3.5 million for one year)
Wilson ($1.05 million for one year)
Plus Buffalo's 6th round pick in 2020

For

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins ($6.0 million next two years)
Milan Lucic ($6 million next four years, where Edmonton pays $2 million of his salary for each of the next 4 years)
Jesse Puljujarvi ($1 million RFA for 1 year Maybe)
Edmonton's 4th round pick in 2021)

Eichel would play with Skinner & Olafsson/Pomminville on the 1st line
Nugent Hopkins would play with Reinhart and C J Smith/ Sheary on the 2nd line
Mittlestadt would play Lucic/Sheary/Thompson and Okposo/Puljujarvi on the 3rd line
Larsson would play with Girgensons and Lucic/Thompson/Sheary/Smith/Pomminville on the 4th line


This is 14 forwards, but you manage the load by never allowing the older forwards to play back to back games or only play if someone is injured or one of the younger players is not going.
Pomminville, Lucic, Okposo, Thompson or whoever is not playing well sit out

Pomminville has to sign a 1 year contract for $2million knowing that he will play about 60 games. Hunwick needs to sign a contract extension.

On defense you have

Dahlin Montador
Jokiharju Miller
McCabe Begosian
Hunwick Pilut
Casey Nelson and Willie Borgen
For the expansion draft, you then have Lucic and Okposo available.

To me this looks like the best trade option for Buffalo other than sending:
1) Okposo to Nashville for Turris where we take on an extra $6million for the fifth year of the contracts and get someone who can play center for a winger
2)Risto and Wilson to Philly for Couturier and a prospect defenseman
3)Risto and Sobotka to Columbus for Boon Jenner and Dennis Savard/Nick Foligno

Hope these ideas make sense
Risto, Scandella, sobotka and a couple of pickS for Kopitar would be great as well.

Hopefully Botterill is still out there working the phones
- RicoMartin

Did Johansson get traded?

It’s life that’s expensive not everyone has daddy to buy everything for them.

You need furniture. Well I guess you don’t NEED furniture but most people have it.

But anyways. Where is that trade we were told was imminent
- IndianaSabresFan

What trade

It is time that the Sabres made a couple of additional moves to take this team to the next level. I propose that we deal on July 18 after Lucic gets his $3 million bonus as follows:

Ristolainen ($5.4million next three years)
Scandela ($4.0 million for one year)
Sobotka ($3.5 million for one year)
Wilson ($1.05 million for one year)
Plus Buffalo's 6th round pick in 2020

For

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins ($6.0 million next two years)
Milan Lucic ($6 million next four years, where Edmonton pays $2 million of his salary for each of the next 4 years)
Jesse Puljujarvi ($1 million RFA for 1 year Maybe)
Edmonton's 4th round pick in 2021)

Eichel would play with Skinner & Olafsson/Pomminville on the 1st line
Nugent Hopkins would play with Reinhart and C J Smith/ Sheary on the 2nd line
Mittlestadt would play Lucic/Sheary/Thompson and Okposo/Puljujarvi on the 3rd line
Larsson would play with Girgensons and Lucic/Thompson/Sheary/Smith/Pomminville on the 4th line


This is 14 forwards, but you manage the load by never allowing the older forwards to play back to back games or only play if someone is injured or one of the younger players is not going.
Pomminville, Lucic, Okposo, Thompson or whoever is not playing well sit out

Pomminville has to sign a 1 year contract for $2million knowing that he will play about 60 games. Hunwick needs to sign a contract extension.

On defense you have

Dahlin Montador
Jokiharju Miller
McCabe Begosian
Hunwick Pilut
Casey Nelson and Willie Borgen
For the expansion draft, you then have Lucic and Okposo available.

To me this looks like the best trade option for Buffalo other than sending:
1) Okposo to Nashville for Turris where we take on an extra $6million for the fifth year of the contracts and get someone who can play center for a winger
2)Risto and Wilson to Philly for Couturier and a prospect defenseman
3)Risto and Sobotka to Columbus for Boon Jenner and Dennis Savard/Nick Foligno

Hope these ideas make sense
Risto, Scandella, sobotka and a couple of pickS for Kopitar would be great as well.

Hopefully Botterill is still out there working the phones
- RicoMartin

Rico