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jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Jul 18 @ 2:59 PM ET
This whole line started with the idea that they've been too indecisive with prospects and their hesitancy has hurt them.

The market valued Ullmark at 4x5. We got nothing. A year earlier, when he was under team control, and they had the opportunity to move him or give him a multi-year extension, they opted for a 1 year. That's inexcusable asset management by a rookie GM.

- Lunaion



I see...
I would have never thought a rookie GM could make a mistake.
Hopefully he learned from making that egregious mistake.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 18 @ 3:01 PM ET
Kinda, he signed Olofsson to a 2yr deal
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Jul 18 @ 3:04 PM ET
I would take 41 starts and anything close to a 2.45Gaa and .917 save %. Anything close to that and we win 10-12 more games last year.
- Buff36


Dont take it personally,..
At the time he was roundly ridiculed. Now 20/20 hindsight says he was the best of the past several and years.

I like the Comrie signing quite a bit actually. And UPL needs to prove himself in the A for 50 games
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 18 @ 3:05 PM ET
https://youtu.be/16zbdjSM5mI
They just break him out of a IceBerg, that's a hockey nose.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jul 18 @ 3:05 PM ET
Kinda, he signed Olofsson to a 2yr deal
- Buff36


Not a VO fan, but 1 year on him would have driven me crazy. Let's see how they follow up on those 2 years.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jul 18 @ 3:06 PM ET
Texas power grid, lol.
- ImThatGuy

buy more electric cars
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 18 @ 3:08 PM ET
Dont take it personally,..
At the time he was roundly ridiculed. Now 20/20 hindsight says he was the best of the past several and years.

I like the Comrie signing quite a bit actually. And UPL needs to prove himself in the A for 50 games

- IonSabres

Hopefully Comrie takes that next step, and he continues his upward trajectory. Hopefully he can play 35-45gms.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 18 @ 3:09 PM ET
Not a VO fan, but 1 year on him would have driven me crazy. Let's see how they follow up on those 2 years.
- Lunaion

Actually like the 2yr with him. Perfect trade contract especially if we retain.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jul 18 @ 3:12 PM ET
Actually like the 2yr with him. Perfect trade contract especially if we retain.
- Buff36


So, do I, because I don't see a long term future for him here. 2 years is basically saying they need to pick the best time and trade him. Will they?
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Jul 18 @ 3:12 PM ET
Whiner!!🙂🙂
- Buff36


He wasted 2 years, and turned in the most boring hockey in the 50 years I have been watching the team.
Think about the damage he did to the players. Donnie said that the last half of that season was dedicated to being a pyscho-therapist to many players...Skinner, Dahlin leading the charge.

He is pissing me off again now, lol!
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 18 @ 3:15 PM ET
So, do I, because I don't see a long term future for him here. 2 years is basically saying they need to pick the best time and trade him. Will they?
- Lunaion

Questions Questions Questions
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 18 @ 3:15 PM ET
He wasted 2 years, and turned in the most boring hockey in the 50 years I have been watching the team.
Think about the damage he did to the players. Donnie said that the last half of that season was dedicated to being a pyscho-therapist to many players...Skinner, Dahlin leading the charge.

He is pissing me off again now, lol!

- IonSabres

Deep Breaths
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Jul 18 @ 3:17 PM ET
Not a VO fan, but 1 year on him would have driven me crazy. Let's see how they follow up on those 2 years.
- Lunaion

No need, he be gone soon.
If Quinn and JJ round into form by say end of January...look out, they will have signed his Sabres Death Warrant
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 18 @ 3:18 PM ET
So, do I, because I don't see a long term future for him here. 2 years is basically saying they need to pick the best time and trade him. Will they?
- Lunaion

This probably won't go over well. But might be his best decision so far. I don't know if that's good or bad!!
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 18 @ 3:21 PM ET
No need, he be gone soon.
If Quinn and JJ round into form by say end of January...look out, they will have signed his Sabres Death Warrant

- IonSabres

2 years definitely screams you are here in case are 2 studs need a bit more time, always carry a extra pair of underwear on road trips.
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jul 18 @ 3:40 PM ET
buy more electric cars
- homiedclown


Its not even that, It's Texas has its own power grid, separate from the rest of the US.

They are the only state that doesn't share power with the rest of the country.

F(&*) um.
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Jul 18 @ 3:49 PM ET
I surround my self with self starters, not with lazy people
- homiedclown




Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jul 18 @ 4:03 PM ET
Its not even that, It's Texas has its own power grid, separate from the rest of the US.

They are the only state that doesn't share power with the rest of the country.

F(&*) um.

- ImThatGuy


That's only a half-truth.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jul 18 @ 4:04 PM ET

- DirtyDan

have you not seen enough lazy play from the leino years?


DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Jul 18 @ 4:15 PM ET
have you not seen enough lazy play from the leino years?
- homiedclown


He's a smart young player, i'd like to see him with a full season under his belt.




homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jul 18 @ 4:23 PM ET
He's a smart young player, i'd like to see him with a full season under his belt.
- DirtyDan




so smart he couldn't stop stuffing his face or learn how to do a pullup


got it
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Jul 18 @ 4:31 PM ET



so smart he couldn't stop stuffing his face or learn how to do a pullup


got it

- homiedclown


Livin' in the past
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jul 18 @ 4:42 PM ET
Livin' in the past
- DirtyDan

is he banging your sister, or are you banging his?

way too much love for a bust
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Jul 18 @ 4:47 PM ET
is he banging your sister, or are you banging his?

way too much love for a bust

- homiedclown



Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 18 @ 4:55 PM ET
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