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TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 26 @ 7:56 AM ET
Olofsson-Eichel-Reinhart
Skinner-Kerfoot-Cozens
Johnsson-Mojo-Kahun
Asplund-Larsson-Okposo

- Pegullaville


Steve Ott is NOT a center.
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jun 26 @ 8:06 AM ET
Steve Ott is NOT a center.
- TheSabresTaco


Ott is not being traded to St Louis.

30 seconds later.

Ott is traded to St Louis.
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Jun 26 @ 8:09 AM ET
“The NHL salary cap is expected to be locked in at around $81.5 million for the next three seasons to ensure that the loss of revenue from the COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t lead to large cap decreases.”

From a Facebook post, “complete hockey news”. Picture accompanying was of the leafs locker room. So take it with a grain of salt. Lol.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Jun 26 @ 8:11 AM ET
Steve Ott is NOT a center.
- TheSabresTaco


Reinhart is nOtt a Johansson
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 26 @ 8:14 AM ET
Per Lysowski

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

Sabres said no.

- Powerslave

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

Jun 26 @ 8:16 AM ET
Sabres are either picking 3rd or 8th, according to sources I have made up
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Jun 26 @ 8:17 AM ET
OK, but Gaustad he is not. He's closer to Mair or a center version of Matt Ellis.
- jcragcrumple

Nah. Those guys were well below replacement level. They were AHL’ers.

Larsson isn’t despite your hate
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Jun 26 @ 8:19 AM ET
Nah. Those guys were well below replacement level. They were AHL’ers.

Larsson isn’t despite your hate

- sbroads24


OK, well like I said, he's sure as poop not Gaustad. Goose had decent offensive numbers and was an above average face off guy. Neither of those things describe Larry
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jun 26 @ 8:20 AM ET
Nah. Those guys were well below replacement level. They were AHL’ers.

Larsson isn’t despite your hate

- sbroads24


Larsson is a great 4th line center.
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jun 26 @ 8:21 AM ET
If Okposo wasnt makign 6 mil.

The LOG line would be a damn good 4th line.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 26 @ 8:22 AM ET
Crowe seems like a new breed of Scout that incorporates a little of everything. Interesting to see who else they add, sounds like they want scouts that have analytical backgrounds to.
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jun 26 @ 8:22 AM ET
Ran lottery sim 5 times
7
9
1
3
1
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jun 26 @ 8:22 AM ET
Crowe seems like a new breed of Scout that incorporates a little of everything. Interesting to see who else they add, sounds like they want scouts that have analytical backgrounds to.
- Buff36


Money puck,
money puck,
money puck.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 26 @ 8:25 AM ET
Money puck,
money puck,
money puck.

- ImThatGuy

If it works I am all for it, nothing else has worked for the last decade.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 26 @ 8:26 AM ET
That write up from Lysowski is pretty interesting. Our hockey office sounds like it'll be pretty progressive.
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Jun 26 @ 8:27 AM ET
Money puck,
money puck,
money puck.

- ImThatGuy

34 yr. old Clarkson grad who was an assistant coach at Buf St. and was a Sabres pro scout the last three seasons...color me skeptical-with-high-hopes about this Kenmore, NY native
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 26 @ 8:31 AM ET
34 yr. old Clarkson grad who was an assistant coach at Buf St. and was a Sabres pro scout the last three seasons...color me skeptical-with-high-hopes about this Kenmore, NY native
- Michael Pachla

Sounds like a new wave of combining everything into scouting, could be a lot of younger scouts who have this background.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Jun 26 @ 8:36 AM ET
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


That team was awesome to watch play at the hockey thingy.
I must have missed at the SC's though.
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Jun 26 @ 8:40 AM ET
Sounds like a new wave of combining everything into scouting, could be a lot of younger scouts who have this background.
- Buff36

maybe...could they do any worse than what they had in the scouting department?...oops...he was a part of that group...

and they made him Director...

I remain hopeful
wingz4life
Detroit Red Wings
Location: Canada Sucks, MI
Joined: 01.31.2006

Jun 26 @ 8:42 AM ET
Ran lottery sim 5 times
7
9
1
3
1

- ImThatGuy


8,9,7,3,8 :/
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Jun 26 @ 8:44 AM ET
That team was awesome to watch play at the hockey thingy.
I must have missed at the SC's though.

- IonSabres


I can still see soupy airmailing that puck over the glass
Fattony1187
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.12.2015

Jun 26 @ 8:47 AM ET
Good luck today all. If we win I might even be nice to Gerbe for a bit. Trying to get that good karma for the Sabres going
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Jun 26 @ 8:48 AM ET
Good luck today all. If we win I might even be nice to Gerbe for a bit. Trying to get that good karma for the Sabres going
- Fattony1187

no. 2 headed buffalo's way
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Jun 26 @ 8:52 AM ET
34 yr. old Clarkson grad who was an assistant coach at Buf St. and was a Sabres pro scout the last three seasons...color me skeptical-with-high-hopes about this Kenmore, NY native
- Michael Pachla


The litmus test is Ristolainen.

If they truly value analytics he should be a goner or at least they should not play him more than 20 minutes a night in anything other then a high offensive zone start environment
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Jun 26 @ 9:00 AM ET
The litmus test is Ristolainen.

If they truly value analytics he should be a goner or at least they should not play him more than 20 minutes a night in anything other then a high offensive zone start environment

- Pegullaville

I don't think they're going full blown Dubas/Chayka analytics
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