Mojo is on the books for one more year.

The Sabres need better hockey players. That is the bottom line.
- Pegullaville

Yes, we do
But we also have to bring in the RIGHT players
Especially when you consider how you’re building a TEAM

What you’re building is the Sabres after we lost Briere & Drury

Acquiring more 3rd liners & playing them on line2 is a recipe for continued failure

and your vote matters







- homiedclown

its a joke and its sad. this is the best two people this country of 330 million can come up with.

Every year i think Tampa is screwed & then they figure it out
I like your trade idea
But I’m not gonna believe Tampa makes a move like that till i see it

Hope you’re right though & we can benefit
Jack, Cirelli & Cozens down the middle would be awesome
Especially if we kept Larsson in theat heavy defensive role
Then i think you’d see Cirelli’s points be up more In the 60ish range

Jack > Briere
Cirelli = Drury
Cozens ? Roy/Connolly
Larsson = Gaustad

That’s a Cup Contending Center group right there
- jdfitz77

get your boy for the third line


Skinner-Eichel-Cozens
Olofsson-Cirelli-Reinhart
Casey-Bonio-Tage/Johansson

its a joke and its sad. this is the best two people this country of 330 million can come up with.
- wingz4life

CNN and MSNBC didn't want people to vote for Tulsi

get your boy for the third line


Skinner-Eichel-Cozens
Olofsson-Cirelli-Reinhart
Casey-Bonio-Tage/Johansson
- homiedclown

To be clear...
i don’t WANT Bonino for 2C
Just think he’s the best option who might be available if we have to put a “3C” in that spot

Your lineup above looks pretty good to me!
**minus Tage,
but we already agreed to disagree on him

That's the point.
Sabres have 3 relatively capable 2RhD, an overload at LW and BS at 2C, 2RW, 3C, 3RW.
Use those redundant assets to acquire capable players at those positions of need.
It upgrades the team overall, even if it hasn't optimized each position

Ya 40 pt player at 2C isn't optimal by any means, but better than they have and doable for short-term.

What would be awesome is to fall into 2-OA slot and get Byfield. Then we have a very, very high probably 2C will be addressed nicely between Cozens and him. Limp along until then isn't perfect, but I could live with it
- IonSabres

Yes sir !

CNN and MSNBC didn't want people to vote for Tulsi



- homiedclown

does it matter who is the president anymore,really? the other party is always going to go after the party thats in the whitehouse, the country is 23 trillion in debt, politicians arent in politics to enrich the country, they are in it to enrich themselves..

johansen is like david legwand. best player on a crap team for many years doesnt necessarily make you a good player on any other team.
- wingz4life

He’s just an offensively talented guy who never became the player he could’ve been
And now,
Johansen is just to overpaid to take a chance that he’ll ever be that guy
Should’ve been a ppg player with all that talent

That’s just not the type of example the kids on this team need

does it matter who is the president anymore,really? the other party is always going to go after the party thats in the whitehouse, the country is 23 trillion in debt, politicians arent in politics to enrich the country, they are in it to enrich themselves..
- wingz4life

This guy gets it

I think we should be speculating on what Montour would bring because Risto is signed for two more years and I'm not sure they will sign Montour for what he wants. Not to mention as was written in TBN Ralph reportedly likes Risto more.

I don't know, neither one probably wants to be here so it's kind of a flip of the coin except for TBN article as to who Ralph likes better.

I think we should be speculating on what Montour would bring because Risto is signed for two more years and I'm not sure they will sign Montour for what he wants. Not to mention as was written in TBN Ralph reportedly likes Risto more.

I don't know, neither one probably wants to be here so it's kind of a flip of the coin except for TBN article as to who Ralph likes better.
- GilPerreault11

How about we trade both of them for the forward help the team so badly needs?

I think we should be speculating on what Montour would bring because Risto is signed for two more years and I'm not sure they will sign Montour for what he wants. Not to mention as was written in TBN Ralph reportedly likes Risto more.

I don't know, neither one probably wants to be here so it's kind of a flip of the coin except for TBN article as to who Ralph likes better.
- GilPerreault11

I'd say montour's value is similar to his pre-buffalo value.

Late 1st and guhle type prospect

1 of the couple decent jbotts trades.

People get so hung up on scoring goals.

Florida and Toronto score a lot of goals and each of them were playing musical chairs with that 3rd spot in the Atlantic all year long prior to the stoppage.

Goal differential is what matters. If Kerfoot comes in here and stabilizes the 2nd line and we get 45 points from him and his on ice impact reduces our goals against by an additional 5-10 goals we are in the playoffs.

Mojo puts up his 40 points on the third line in a role much more suitable for him.

Scoring goals is great, we scored more goals than Columbus, Dallas, Isles and they are all in the playoffs this year.

Goal differential is what matters. There are multiple ways to win. We are already a strong defensive team, Kerfoot would amplify that and bring more scoring to our roster.
- Pegullaville

Kerfoot was on one of those teams playing musical chairs. Not sure how he'll have a bigger impact on a wosre team.

Cal Foote is ready for the NHL
they already signed Semykin and I heard they really like Alex Green
saves the bolts about 8-10 mil on their cap and gives them a top 7 pick


they are going to have to make a trade like that IMO
- homiedclown

Wasn't Foote traded to the devils for coleman

Wasn't Foote traded to the devils for coleman
- dmarsden2988

Wrong Foote...

https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/308013

Per Lysowski

All Pilut wanted was a one-way deal, and he would've stayed.

Sabres said no.

Every year i think Tampa is screwed & then they figure it out
I like your trade idea
But I’m not gonna believe Tampa makes a move like that till i see it

Hope you’re right though & we can benefit
Jack, Cirelli & Cozens down the middle would be awesome
Especially if we kept Larsson in theat heavy defensive role
Then i think you’d see Cirelli’s points be up more In the 60ish range

Jack > Briere
Cirelli = Drury
Cozens ? Roy/Connolly
Larsson = Gaustad

That’s a Cup Contending Center group right there
- jdfitz77

Goose had seven 20 point seasons and two 30+ point seasons and was a career 56% on the dot. Larry has never hit 20 points, let alone 30, and is a career 50% on the dot.

Larry is Mair minus the fisticuffs, not Gaustad

Per Lysowski

All Pilut wanted was a one-way deal, and he would've stayed.

Sabres said no.
- Powerslave

But he was guaranteed a spot i thought.

Sabres are garbage.

They also just promoted within for their top positions, no search done.
So things are going well.

But he was guaranteed a spot i thought.

Sabres are garbage.

They also just promoted within for their top positions, no search done.
So things are going well.
- ImThatGuy

Not according to Lysowski.

He only wanted the guaranteed money. Nothing about a "spot".

I have no problem with the purging of the scouting dept.

I'm withholding judgment on Adams. I want to see who he hires and surrounds himself with.

Putting action behind the words. There will be a shift to using more analytics.

https://buffalonews.com/n...ea-ae8c-3fecd4c47fc6.html

Goose had seven 20 point seasons and two 30+ point seasons and was a career 56% on the dot. Larry has never hit 20 points, let alone 30, and is a career 50% on the dot.

Larry is Mair minus the fisticuffs, not Gaustad
- jcragcrumple

Larry is very good defensively. He’s a perfect 4C who should be brought back.

Larry is very good defensively. He’s a perfect 4C who should be brought back.
- Pegullaville

Larry is the first guy I think will want to leave. He's never seemed "happy" here. (just an outsiders observation. I could be totally wrong)

Not according to Lysowski.

He only wanted the guaranteed money. Nothing about a "spot".

I have no problem with the purging of the scouting dept.

I'm withholding judgment on Adams. I want to see who he hires and surrounds himself with.
- Powerslave

My "Spot" comment was in jest to eveyone here saying he was guaranteed a spot on teh big club.
If they were guaranteeing him a spot there is no reason not to give him teh one way deal so the money is the same regardless.

Adams is surrounding himself with people from within. Just promoted the director of analytics and a long time scout.

My "Spot" comment was in jest to eveyone here saying he was guaranteed a spot on teh big club.
If they were guaranteeing him a spot there is no reason not to give him teh one way deal so the money is the same regardless.

Adams is surrounding himself with people from within. Just promoted the director of analytics and a long time scout.
- ImThatGuy

I didn't hear about this, sorry.

And that doesn't mean they don't deserve the promotions.

Companies are built on promoting from within. Keeping a well deserving employee happy generally results in good work being done. That organization could really USE a positive working environment, from what we're all hearing.

Larry is very good defensively. He’s a perfect 4C who should be brought back.
- Pegullaville

OK, but Gaustad he is not. He's closer to Mair or a center version of Matt Ellis.