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Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Aug 24 @ 6:53 PM ET
Larsen Omer Eakins any time!! At least Larsen fights!!
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Aug 24 @ 6:53 PM ET
I went through pages and pages of us arguing about how tuff Girgensons is.

Good times.

More Gus times ahead!

- Hank Balling


He's gonna have a letter at camp πŸ˜€

Honestly, I think being a season ticket holder and seeing these guys play 200 times, definitely adds some sentimental value that cant be backed with stats.

Risto and great28 sadly " try hard" and that's enough to appreciate them.

I've had season tickets since the sam year. His tryout 9 games. Looked like a mini mite, skated like a pre wee.
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Aug 24 @ 6:54 PM ET
Do you think it was just Ralph who decided to sign Eakin and not any input by GMJB and the hockey department and not re-sign Larsson who was on a LOT of losing teams and played a certain style and also you are all believing his brother when he said he wanted to come back to the sh*t hole team Buffalo? I am skeptical of a lot of people who try to save face for various reasons I would think a blogger would be as well and not write like a fan. That is getting to be like Garthish.
- GilPerreault11


You have to remember that JB was gone by this time and Kevyn Adams had no AGM. Ralph was seizing as much power as he could and had inserted himself as de facto GM by landing Hall.

It was wild times.
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Aug 24 @ 6:54 PM ET
Hank you do a fantastic jod covering the sabres!! Thank you!! Much better than mike P!!!
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Aug 24 @ 6:56 PM ET
He's gonna have a letter at camp πŸ˜€

Honestly, I think being a season ticket holder and seeing these guys play 200 times, definitely adds some sentimental value that cant be backed with stats.

Risto and great28 sadly " try hard" and that's enough to appreciate them.

I've had season tickets since the sam year. His tryout 9 games. Looked like a mini mite, skated like a pre wee.

- Boss34


Gus probably deserves a letter on this team. Gus and Okposo probably both get letters. Tough to find one on the defense

Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Aug 24 @ 6:58 PM ET
Hank you do a fantastic jod covering the sabres!! Thank you!! Much better than mike P!!!
- Rsh


That's like saying sammy hager is better then david lee Roth.

Both excellent bloggers and musicians


I agree with your risto post. He's gonna hammer the Sabres for years too come.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Aug 24 @ 6:59 PM ET
Gus probably deserves a letter on this team. Gus and Okposo probably both get letters. Tough to find one on the defense
- Hank Balling


Dahlin for sure.

3 A's

Miller as a long shot
Khmylev
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'll take some olives on my pizza!, NY
Joined: 03.13.2015

Aug 24 @ 6:59 PM ET
Gus probably deserves a letter on this team. Gus and Okposo probably both get letters. Tough to find one on the defense
- Hank Balling

No "C" this year. Nobody is even close to worthy of it.
GilPerreault11
Buffalo Sabres
Location: IL
Joined: 07.21.2011

Aug 24 @ 7:00 PM ET
You have to remember that JB was gone by this time and Kevyn Adams had no AGM. Ralph was seizing as much power as he could and had inserted himself as de facto GM by landing Hall.

It was wild times.

- Hank Balling


Do you think maybe Larsson wasn't getting the bigger offers from teams around the league to get the Hell out of Buffalo he came back with his tail between his leg and then decided to sign with them and it was maybe a bit too late?

Do you think that KA who has been clearing out the losing culture with players like Sam, Risto, Jack had no problem saying goodbye to Larsson when he was the GM, thank you for reminding me, and had a say instead of your wanted narrative?
Jet Jaguar BD
Seattle Kraken
Location: BD look πŸ‘€ at you pic and you look like a burned out short order cook hiding in mommy basement!!
Joined: 07.17.2021

Aug 24 @ 7:00 PM ET
Yeah, maybe he did use some analytics or common sense when they signed Skinner after his 40 goal year but finished 5th last in the league...still. One line doesn't cut it. So, Ralph with all his flaws decides to develop a 2nd line with our all-world 9 million dollar player on that line and maybe having 2 lines that might be a threat and maybe develop another scorer on the top line, Olofsson. Not popular with the incessant and very loyal Skinner crowd but the Sabres did develop a Calder Candidate; Jack did have his besest, best year ever in the NH of L Dahlin had 40 pts in 50+ games. Sam produced but the one-time 40 goal scorer who had a shot percentage that was off the charts the previous year when he scored his miraculous 40 goals was back in the crapper. Trying to develop a team with more than one line was a problem.
- GilPerreault11

Skinner was not really on the second line though and he certainly wasn't playing with 2nd line players, by any stretch of the Eakmagination.
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Aug 24 @ 7:01 PM ET
Do you think maybe Larsson wasn't getting the bigger offers from teams around the league to get the Hell out of Buffalo he came back with his tail between his leg and then decided to sign with them and it was maybe a bit too late?

Do you think that KA who has been clearing out the losing culture with players like Sam, Risto, Jack had no problem saying goodbye to Larsson when he was the GM, thank you for reminding me, and had a say instead of your wanted narrative?

- GilPerreault11


I railed against the stay-at-home forward Johan Larsson for years. Trust me, you don't have to convince me the Sabres were right to move on from him. Moving on to Eakin was not the right move, though
Jet Jaguar BD
Seattle Kraken
Location: BD look πŸ‘€ at you pic and you look like a burned out short order cook hiding in mommy basement!!
Joined: 07.17.2021

Aug 24 @ 7:03 PM ET
Nah i'll never work that hard to be a "popular" person on a computer site. It's rewarding enough to live rent free in your shallow dome.
- Khmylev

You don't lol what kind of gay crap is this
Khmylev
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'll take some olives on my pizza!, NY
Joined: 03.13.2015

Aug 24 @ 7:05 PM ET
You don't lol what kind of gay crap is this
- Jet Jaguar BD

So snowflake, lefty, cancel culture dude is also a homophobe? Shocking.....
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Aug 24 @ 7:06 PM ET
Here is a 4th line for you to think about! Liam O’Brien lw John Hayden center and Jake Virtanin real! You sabres are protected!! Just like the old day!! Ray barnby and McGuire!! Loss the game win the fights and protect the kids!!
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Aug 24 @ 7:07 PM ET
I railed against the stay-at-home forward Johan Larsson for years. Trust me, you don't have to convince me the Sabres were right to move on from him. Moving on to Eakin was not the right move, though
- Hank Balling


Of course nothing was documented, but I think you would have taken eakin. If given the choice of him or Larsson.

Most of us had enough of that style of play.
We need scoring from all 4 lines.

Like the stacked dynasty they had in st. Loius in 2018/19
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Aug 24 @ 7:10 PM ET
Here is a 4th line for you to think about! Liam O’Brien lw John Hayden center and Jake Virtanin real! You sabres are protected!! Just like the old day!! Ray barnby and McGuire!! Loss the game win the fights and protect the kids!!
- Rsh


Rsh34
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Aug 24 @ 7:12 PM ET
Sorry Jen? Jet 24 not a bad dude !! Just has issues.
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Aug 24 @ 7:13 PM ET
Of course nothing was documented, but I think you would have taken eakin. If given the choice of him or Larsson.

Most of us had enough of that style of play.
We need scoring from all 4 lines.

Like the stacked dynasty they had in st. Loius in 2018/19

- Boss34


I found it


Oct 12 @ 4:31 PM ET


He's bad
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Aug 24 @ 7:17 PM ET
No "C" this year. Nobody is even close to worthy of it.
- Khmylev


Agreed
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Aug 24 @ 7:18 PM ET
If you are going to tank the season again!! No more soft team!! Make the a bitsh to play again and protect the younger players!! It is bs coszins fight all the battles for the team!! He will be the best captain this team has seen since Peca when it is his time!! Light years better than captain SKIRT!!
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Aug 24 @ 7:18 PM ET
I found it


Oct 12 @ 4:31 PM ET


He's bad

- Hank Balling


My apologies.

Could be a deadline guy ..... maybe vegas sniffs around...
Sabres retain πŸ™„
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Aug 24 @ 7:20 PM ET
My apologies.

Could be a deadline guy ..... maybe vegas sniffs around...
Sabres retain πŸ™„

- Boss34


It doesn't really matter at this point. They need the salary to hit the floor.

Maybe he has a magical awakening.
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Aug 24 @ 7:21 PM ET
This team has been soft since Ruff left!!
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Aug 24 @ 7:31 PM ET
Wait till risto plays the sabres he will have the games of his career!! Scoring and hitting because the sabres are soft tissue in the nhl if Hayden is here chances not !! Then it’s up to cozins!! Great job ka !!
Rsh
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.23.2021

Aug 24 @ 7:35 PM ET
Hey jag mommy in the room? Your last blog you may have some after all? Then again?
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