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

Jul 26 @ 10:49 PM ET
I shall go forward with calling him Pierre Lebrummer
MEBSabresFAN
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lancaster, NY
Joined: 07.17.2006

Jul 26 @ 10:51 PM ET
F**king Twitter! The downfall of society.
- c1067



My bad.....sorry guys....
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 26 @ 10:53 PM ET
I hate people
- Powerslave


Misanthropes unite!
SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Jul 26 @ 10:55 PM ET
Sabres will take Turcotte but Byfield has to be there and the Kings won't move him so Adams hangs up.
MEBSabresFAN
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lancaster, NY
Joined: 07.17.2006

Jul 26 @ 10:56 PM ET
Poltapov is gonna be a player......

https://twitter.com/TheCh.../1418956099936571400?s=20
Slump Buster
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I root for draft picks but not the team, apparently, NY
Joined: 10.24.2006

Jul 26 @ 11:05 PM ET
Great. 2014-15 all over again!!!!
- c1067


You can't compare the two. That was much, much darker
Jet Jaguar BD
Seattle Kraken
Location: BD look 👀 at you pic and you look like a burned out short order cook hiding in mommy basement!!
Joined: 07.17.2021

Jul 26 @ 11:24 PM ET
I'm with you on this 89

The strategy of signing guys long term isn't the answer

- MEBSabresFAN

You are a crazy person. The Sabres entire problem for going on 20 years is the lack of this. Giving contracts to the wrong players and not locking up the right ones long-term.
Jet Jaguar BD
Seattle Kraken
Location: BD look 👀 at you pic and you look like a burned out short order cook hiding in mommy basement!!
Joined: 07.17.2021

Jul 26 @ 11:24 PM ET
Well this exists

https://twitter.com/shari.../1419689118238486532?s=19

(frank)ing bush league team

- TheSabresTaco

broken link
SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Jul 26 @ 11:31 PM ET
SHARKS LISTENING ON MEIER

Per the 4th Period.
c1067
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 12.08.2006

Jul 26 @ 11:33 PM ET
You can't compare the two. That was much, much darker
- Slump Buster

Is it? Different coach, different GM same owners.
SDSabre
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.05.2014

Jul 26 @ 11:38 PM ET
SHARKS LISTENING ON MEIER

Per the 4th Period.

- SABRES 89


Meh, modest production, still has two years left at 6M cap, but 10M salary the last year with arbitration rights
MEBSabresFAN
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lancaster, NY
Joined: 07.17.2006

Jul 26 @ 11:43 PM ET
SHARKS LISTENING ON MEIER

Per the 4th Period.

- SABRES 89


He has Size, Right age range and we are Thin on RW

Any thoughts to what else we would be getting? Obviously San Jose 1st Plus any prospects they have that interest you?

SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Jul 26 @ 11:55 PM ET
He has Size, Right age range and we are Thin on RW

Any thoughts to what else we would be getting? Obviously San Jose 1st Plus any prospects they have that interest you?


- MEBSabresFAN

I didn't look at there list, I read he was available on the 4th Period. Interesting player though.
c1067
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 12.08.2006

Jul 26 @ 11:59 PM ET
I didn't look at there list, I read he was available on the 4th Period. Interesting player though.
- SABRES 89

I want Couture. I met him at my work. Cool guy and a Huuuuge Bills fan.
SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Jul 27 @ 12:05 AM ET
I want Couture. I met him at my work. Cool guy and a Huuuuge Bills fan.
- c1067

He's on the older side isn't he ?
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Hail Satan
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 27 @ 12:05 AM ET
broken link
- Jet Jaguar BD


It was about Antipin and the Sabres not helping him with English
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jul 27 @ 12:34 AM ET
We should have grabbed him
- SABRES 89


Why though…. aren’t we “rebuilding” again?

I think we need to accept that it’s gonna be a lot of losing these next couple years as the kids grow up & develop
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

Jul 27 @ 12:42 AM ET
It was about Antipin and the Sabres not helping him with English
- Wetbandit1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8t52ROZCxg
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jul 27 @ 12:50 AM ET
I want Couture. I met him at my work. Cool guy and a Huuuuge Bills fan.
- c1067


He’s a heck of a player
But he’s also too old
Doesn’t fit our timeline
MLew65
Buffalo Sabres
Location: hamburg, NY
Joined: 01.23.2013

Jul 27 @ 1:10 AM ET
I haven't checked in for so long! Not sure what I was expecting but a pointless vaccine debate seems about right.


I am actually super positive about this team. Yes they are starting over, but you can't let the number of times they have started over deter you if it is in fact the right move. You hire a creepy manipulative soccer guy as coach, you have to redo it. Over and over again until you get it right.

Ultimately, the sabres failed Jack and Sam. Failed them by not surrounding them with a winning team, but more importantly failed them by not surrounding them with a leadership group to teach them how to be leaders themselves. But drafting high is still a great way to get good.

The sabres also really failed to develop prospects. They threw away extra picks for do-nothing veterans, they made bad draft picks, and they botched the development of young guys like Pilut and Mittelstadt. But accumulating prospects and picks is still the right way to grow your team.

Ultimately, we have no promise the team won't do it all wrong again. The same people own the team, the GM is still probably a longshot to succeed, and the coach isn't a legend or anything. There is a great chance they keep messing it all up. But for the first time in 3-4 years, there is actually hope, because they finally stopped trying to put band-aids on fatal wounds.

Owen Power, Rasmus Dahlin, Henri Jokiharyu, are still as good of a trio of young defensemen to build around as any team can have. Cozens, Mittelstadt, Quinn, Ruotsoleinan, Asplund, Thompson, and Olofsson are less impressive, but a trade of Eichel will add the one or two elite forward prospects to make this a fantastic group. Lukkanen and now Levi gives us some future depth in goal for the first time in a long time.

Anyway, feel free to resume ranting about Trump and Cole Beasley. Just sharing some rare optimism for this team I am feeling for the first time in years.

- matty12345


Rare indeed.

Too bad you couldn’t sell it at Christie’s..
MLew65
Buffalo Sabres
Location: hamburg, NY
Joined: 01.23.2013

Jul 27 @ 1:28 AM ET
It’s not a coincidence that the counties dealing with rapid increase of delta-variant and low vaccination numbers are the same counties that voted for Trump twice.
Low-income, limited secondary-education, generally low standardized test scores are all hallmarks of these same counties. So, one could easily draw the conclusion that people with limited means and low-intelligence don’t get vaccinated and also support former president Trump.

- jimmy mcnaulty

Jammerz04
Buffalo Sabres
Location: K, BC
Joined: 01.03.2014

Jul 27 @ 2:38 AM ET
OR - if you are so against getting the vaccine, know the consequences and make your decision from there. Like it or not, this is still America, and you have the right to choose in this scenario.
- atlsabsfan


They should have the right to choose but a simple vaccine shouldn’t prevent anyone from working; no matter the job.
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Jul 27 @ 4:27 AM ET
That's a very good thought.

Florida is probably going to be tight on the cap.
Montour looked good under donnie

- Boss34


2 years at $3.5M per get it done for Montour?
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Jul 27 @ 4:29 AM ET
I want Couture. I met him at my work. Cool guy and a Huuuuge Bills fan.
- c1067


🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

https://www.capfriendly.com/players/logan-couture
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Jul 27 @ 4:32 AM ET
I am more than happy to be wrong about that, however, I dont think i will be.
- Mentalorgasm5


Still think Cozens had 53 points in 57 games during his draft year...?
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