Hes also going to cost you a hell of a lot more. And we don't even know if hes truly available.
- ImThatGuy

Valid. The term doesn’t bother you at $8 per?

I wouldn’t complain. He’d clearly be the answer at 2c. And MUCH better than my expected bjustead for sheary move.

Lindy would be better as our head coach then this ass clown.
- SABRES 89

Put Lindy back behind the bench and bring back the Goat Head !!!

Valid. The term doesn’t bother you at $8 per?

I wouldn’t complain. He’d clearly be the answer at 2c. And MUCH better than my expected bjustead for sheary move.
- Gr8daygo

No. Hes a near 55% Corsi guy. He controls play. Hes signed long term and 8Mil is going to be a great deal in 2-3 years.

He is the exact Center this team needs for Skinner.

Hes a 20G 50A guy with Skinner.
SKinner is a 30+ goal guy with him.


Hes 27 and signed until he is 32.

Put Lindy back behind the bench and bring back the Goat Head !!!


- 22sabresQ

That is F ing GREAT !!!

That is F ing GREAT !!!
- SABRES 89

Such a shame they missed the boat on that this year

They should have rocked them at least once

Put Lindy back behind the bench and bring back the Goat Head !!!


- 22sabresQ

solid A

Well written blog, again. Too bad the sabres are so bad I am avoiding most of my usual hockey reading.

I'm going to throw down a bit of a run on post that you should all just ignore, mostly for therapeutic reasons...

Everything in the NHL should be thought of as an asset. A pick is a high return, high risk investment that takes 2-4 years to mature. Exception is a top ten pick, which is a relatively low risk, high return, investment that starts paying off in 0-3 years usually.

A prospect is a lower risk, lower return investment that starts paying dividends in a similar time frame to a top ten pick.

A roster player is an investment that pays dividends now, basically. Cap space is just a roster player in disguise. Having 5 million is cap space is better than having a 5 million dollar roster player if you can get a better free agent for 5 million. That simple. Most people forget that when the Bruins traded a premium asset like Thornton, the biggest asset they got back was 7 million in cap space, a portion of which became Savard.

The problem with Botteril is the same as Murray, he mismanages assets. Simple. Murray did great liquidating his assets into picks, but when it cam time to convert the picks back into prospects or roster players, he either made poor trades or bad draft picks. It wasn't the actual trading away of picks that was the problem, it was the poor returns.

With Botteril, how many times does he need to mismanage an asset before it becomes too painfully obvious he's not good at this?

1. Scandella, traded for a fourth, goes for a 2nd and a 4th the same year.
2. OReilly, nuff said.
3. Skinner - good trade, but in less than a year he managed to A) Not resign him after the trade and wait to see how the season went, B)inflate Skinner's value by playing him all season with Eichel, C) overpay him to keep him, wasting a valuable 1-2 million cap space, an ASSET, and finally D) stop playing him with Eichel, so his value plummets. In one year he managed to turn a young, affordable goal scorer into a 9 million dollar dead weight.
4. Risto - he has held this asset forever, and the value of the asset has dropped basically every year. I doubt he even brings in a top six forward now, where 2 years ago he would have brought in a major piece.
5. Evander Kane
6. Mittelstadt - an 8th round pick has to be big for you, and it's not just the draft pick being a bust, it's how he was managed that many rightly feel ruined him.
7. Hunwick and Sheary.
8. Reinhart, should have been signed long term for 5-7 million, instead will be our next overpaid player

Enough is enough.
- matty12345

Love a good therapeutic run on post

Such a shame they missed the boat on that this year

They should have rocked them at least once
- Stripes77

bigger shame is the product on the ice

Such a shame they missed the boat on that this year

They should have rocked them at least once
- Stripes77

Those should be our jerseys.

bigger shame is the product on the ice
- homiedclown

I agree, but it would have eased the pain a bit showing they at least have a pulse on the team

Put Lindy back behind the bench and bring back the Goat Head !!!


- 22sabresQ

oh my that's pretty

Those should be our jerseys.
- SABRES 89

Eh, I am 36 years old I liked them but the original is the best one IMO

They should be royal (next year) and a 3rd jersey should be goat head, AND WHITE AT HOME

Still want to see the marching band jerseys

Still want to see the marching band jerseys


- ImThatGuy

OH MY what in the hell are those?

OH MY what in the hell are those?
- Stripes77

Its my favorite concept design ever!

Sadly, they still would have been better than the turd burger

Its my favorite concept design ever!

Sadly, they still would have been better than the turd burger
- ImThatGuy

I thought the turd burger had some cool concepts but the mustard yellow color was AWFUL and the New Times Roman "BUFFALO" looked like amateur hour.

It's sad that they messed it up so badly because they ruined the concept for other teams to try something along those lines

Eh, I am 36 years old I liked them but the original is the best one IMO

They should be royal (next year) and a 3rd jersey should be goat head, AND WHITE AT HOME
- Stripes77

I’m 50, I Love Lindy and the Goat

I thought the turd burger had some cool concepts but the mustard yellow color was AWFUL and the New Times Roman "BUFFALO" looked like amateur hour.

It's sad that they messed it up so badly because they ruined the concept for other teams to try something along those lines
- Stripes77

People bought those still, which blows my mind!

Still want to see the marching band jerseys


- ImThatGuy

GAF

Still want to see the marching band jerseys


- ImThatGuy

Good place to sell this particular Jersey. Target audience.

Jg is making 6,750,000 I believe.
Probably around Sam's next contract would be?

We would have the room to take on the extra $.

Johnny only has 14 goals and they are battling for the last spot.

Interesting adding montour, mccabe or risto.
Salary would probably need to be worked out if its risto
- Boss34

After Johnny hockey said he would play with the Philadelphia Flyers it's been weird ever since

Put Lindy back behind the bench and bring back the Goat Head !!!


- 22sabresQ

He came for an interview in the summer and he didn't get the job

No. Hodgson for four more years at $791,000
- Gr8daygo

That's not right. We're paying Erhoff through 20/21.

Good place to sell this particular Jersey. Target.
- Boss34

I was thinking Big Lots