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Michael Ghofrani
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.14.2020

Jul 11 @ 5:28 PM ET
Sonny Milano did not get a QO.
- jochfr

Granato coached him at the development program. đź‘€
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Jul 11 @ 5:29 PM ET
Career .902 and had an .896 this year. Is that really the answer?
- Hank Balling


Nope which means welcome to Buffalo

Kuemper to Washington
Campbell to Edmonton
Murray to Toronto

Trade for Aidan Hill or get Samsonov on the cheap...
chilliard77
Location: NY
Joined: 08.23.2011

Jul 11 @ 5:29 PM ET
Career .902 and had an .896 this year. Is that really the answer?
- Hank Balling

I'll take a shot on him. Young still and has potential. Better than Greiss
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Jul 11 @ 5:30 PM ET
Career .902 and had an .896 this year. Is that really the answer?
- Hank Balling

is anything the answer?
chilliard77
Location: NY
Joined: 08.23.2011

Jul 11 @ 5:31 PM ET
What dirt does Bryson have on Adams to earn 1.85 mil?
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Jul 11 @ 5:31 PM ET
Remember when we were loaded with prospects then we traded 1sts in a loaded draft for a goalie and 25-30 goal scorer and center. Then sucked because our Uber prospects didn’t even play the position they were drafted in at #2 overall. Then our expensive wingers with huge contracts didn’t play to that contract value and we were up to the cap?

Peppridge farm remembers

- Fattony1187

You don’t think our roster is much further along than 2015’s? Come on now
Michael Ghofrani
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.14.2020

Jul 11 @ 5:33 PM ET
What dirt does Bryson have on Adams to earn 1.85 mil?
- chilliard77



Mid 20s third pair guy, its about market rate. Zadorov is gunna get 4 from some nutter GM.
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Jul 11 @ 5:34 PM ET
You don’t think our roster is much further along than 2015’s? Come on now
- sbroads24


I think they're further along but how much further along is the question

They played a great 2 months to finish the year no question, but the real question is that going to carry over?

I will agree that the ONE thing Adams has to do is give this team a legit goaltender to really find out where they're at.


Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Jul 11 @ 5:34 PM ET
If the Bills miss the playoffs during the first year of McBeane, they could have been fired after the 6-10 second season. Rex only lasted two years, after all.

If that happened, where are the Bills now?

Where is Josh Allen developmentally?

- Hank Balling


The guy most responsible for that development is now coaching the Giants.
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Jul 11 @ 5:34 PM ET
is anything the answer?
- jochfr


Idk, Arby's I guess

https://twitter.com/nihil...gCTZjmG30jjc1exlIjhw&s=19
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Jul 11 @ 5:35 PM ET
Because Mike McCarthy or someone like him would be coach and Mike Tannenbaum would be the GM.
- Wetbandit1


That’s a hypothetical, we’ll never know for certain.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Jul 11 @ 5:36 PM ET
The guy most responsible for that development is now coaching the Giants.
- Pegullaville

We shall see if that was even remotely the case.

But hey buy all the Daniel Jones stock you want
TaroTsujimoto5
Location: Finding Secrets
Joined: 03.03.2010

Jul 11 @ 5:37 PM ET
That was the freaking point - they had to pay a king's ransom to get rid of minor contracts. Good managers don't put themselves in that position.
- Slump Buster
kings ransom? They moved back 13 spots, and got a player that could have went with their pick.

Marleau costing a first is a different animal due to age and buyout proof.

As I said. Your examples are very misleading
Fattony1187
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.12.2015

Jul 11 @ 5:39 PM ET
Career .902 and had an .896 this year. Is that really the answer?
- Hank Balling



For 3 years he could be. Been decent in past. Still young in goalie age
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 11 @ 5:40 PM ET
That’s a hypothetical, we’ll never know for certain.
- Pegullaville


Speculative, but based on years of data for 2 teams.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jul 11 @ 5:40 PM ET
is anything the answer?
- jochfr


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Fattony1187
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.12.2015

Jul 11 @ 5:41 PM ET
You don’t think our roster is much further along than 2015’s? Come on now
- sbroads24



We left the 2015 draft with

Eichel
Oreilly
Samsonite
Kane/molson/Okposo (all were still considered good)

Lehner. On our roster

Ya, that team ended up sucking but on paper it is way better then what our lineup is currently. I rather have our team now but it will take some time
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Jul 11 @ 5:41 PM ET
The guy most responsible for that development is now coaching the Giants.
- Pegullaville


The year is 2018, the Bills have missed the have missed the playoffs for 19 years in a row and have fired Sean McDermott, Brian Daboll and Leslie Frasier.

"We are proud to hire Adam Gase who has a proven track record of developing quarterbacks"
lacaprup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.23.2006

Jul 11 @ 5:41 PM ET
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- Wetbandit1


British humor.
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Jul 11 @ 5:46 PM ET
The following #Ducks players did not receive qualifying offers:

Sonny Milano
Sam Steel
Brendan Guhle
Jack Badini
Roman Durny
Lucas Elvenes
Jacob Larsson
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Jul 11 @ 5:50 PM ET

CapFriendly
The following #SJSharks players did not receive qualifying offers:

Joachim Blichfeld
Jonathan Dahlen
Zach Gallant
Jake McGrew
Nicolas Meloche
Antoine Morand
Brinson Pasichnuk
Zach Sawchenko
TaroTsujimoto5
Location: Finding Secrets
Joined: 03.03.2010

Jul 11 @ 5:51 PM ET
It does. Again, are we trying to build a championship team or are we trying to make the playoffs next year? I just don't care about trying to make it next year unless it is part of the path to winning the whole thing.

To be honest I don't think they make it even if they added Malkin and Letang. The supporting cast needs more time.

- Slump Buster
I love this question. Like the two are mutually exclusive.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Jul 11 @ 5:52 PM ET
We left the 2015 draft with

Eichel
Oreilly
Samsonite
Kane/molson/Okposo (all were still considered good)

Lehner. On our roster

Ya, that team ended up sucking but on paper it is way better then what our lineup is currently. I rather have our team now but it will take some time

- Fattony1187

That’s the team AFTER the trades though. That’s not a fair comparison
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Jul 11 @ 5:53 PM ET
We shall see if that was even remotely the case.

But hey buy all the Daniel Jones stock you want

- sbroads24


If Allen doesn’t skip a beat with Dorsey, then I still fail to see how breaking the drought has anything to do with where the Bills are today, considering Allen wasn’t apart of that team and apparently keeping the coaching staff that developed Allen was so imperative.

Especially since the head coach is the stooge whose defence gets lit up like the 4th of July come playoff time
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jul 11 @ 5:58 PM ET
Mid 20s third pair guy, its about market rate. Zadorov is gunna get 4 from some nutter GM.
- Michael Ghofrani


Wonder if it really is market rate. There's a lot of sub-1m 3rd pair guys. Is there really a significant difference between him Pysyk? Not that any of that matters when you're below the floor.
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