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jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Jul 22 @ 5:21 PM ET
if we had traded for Oliver Bjorkstrand for pennies on the dollar

literally could have had our rw positions filled for the next 4 years with good players with him, tuch and quinn

- homiedclown

He didn't want to be here.
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Jul 22 @ 5:22 PM ET
Doesn’t fit our timeline
- sbroads24


Or we were on his 10 team no trade list
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Jul 22 @ 5:29 PM ET
He didn't want to be here.
- jochfr

Which is probably true.
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 22 @ 5:34 PM ET
Can't block the 2026 picks
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 22 @ 5:35 PM ET
Will Butcher has signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Dallas Stars.
Butcher had two goals and eight points in 37 contests last season. If he plays in the NHL, he'll come with a $750,000 cap hit.
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Jul 22 @ 5:46 PM ET
if we had traded for Oliver Bjorkstrand for pennies on the dollar

literally could have had our rw positions filled for the next 4 years with good players with him, tuch and quinn

- homiedclown


MNTC...
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Jul 22 @ 5:52 PM ET
Or we were on his 10 team no trade list
- Pegullaville

I can’t wait until all those lists change after another bottom 10 playoff less season.

Really weaponizing this cap space we got
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jul 22 @ 6:00 PM ET
I can’t wait until all those lists change after another bottom 10 playoff less season.

Really weaponizing this cap space we got

- sbroads24


They managed to turn it into a liability.
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Jul 22 @ 6:02 PM ET
MNTC...
- Stripes77


And he was ok going to Seattle.

Are they going to be good anytime soon?
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Jul 22 @ 6:10 PM ET
if we had traded for Oliver Bjorkstrand for pennies on the dollar

literally could have had our rw positions filled for the next 4 years with good players with him, tuch and quinn

- homiedclown


The trade to Seattle tells me not to expect much in trade value for Olo unless he burns down the house.
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 22 @ 6:21 PM ET
And he was ok going to Seattle.

Are they going to be good anytime soon?

- kingcong39

Seattle may or may not be good soon but, the Sabres have been bad for way to long and players see it.
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

Jul 22 @ 6:39 PM ET
The trade to Seattle tells me not to expect much in trade value for Olo unless he burns down the house.
- IonSabres


The roof is on fire Olo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adgx9wt63NY
Fattony1187
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.12.2015

Jul 22 @ 6:40 PM ET
Seattle may or may not be good soon but, the Sabres have been bad for way to long and players see it.
- SABRES 89



That will change soon
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 22 @ 6:43 PM ET
That will change soon
- Fattony1187

Going to be a couple years.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Jul 22 @ 6:43 PM ET
Really solid two way forward. We have 3 2nd rounders next year

I look forward to reading how there was no room for him on this juggernaut from the usuals

- sbroads24


I would have made that trade. 25-30 G / 50 Pt pace for past several seasons, all at $5.4m cost controlled for next 4 seasons. Would have been a Solid acquisition.

Olo, Tuch, Bjorkie, Quinner, Okposo on the right.
How would you guys deploy them? Who goes where?
Fattony1187
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.12.2015

Jul 22 @ 6:44 PM ET
The trade to Seattle tells me not to expect much in trade value for Olo unless he burns down the house.
- IonSabres



Wingers are available every season if we need one. Seems like we will be pretty deep there for foreseeable future anyway
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Jul 22 @ 6:52 PM ET
I would have made that trade. 25-30 G / 50 Pt pace for past several seasons, all at $5.4m cost controlled for next 4 seasons. Would have been a Solid acquisition.

Olo, Tuch, Bjorkie, Quinner, Okposo on the right.
How would you guys deploy them? Who goes where?

- IonSabres



Alpha Centauri via Space-X
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 22 @ 6:58 PM ET
Doesn’t fit our timeline
- sbroads24

Nothing does
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 22 @ 7:01 PM ET
Seattle may or may not be good soon but, the Sabres have been bad for way to long and players see it.
- SABRES 89

Oh My God!! Really players see this 11yr sh!t show, can't be true "Hockey Heaven"🥳🥳
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Jul 22 @ 7:24 PM ET
And he was ok going to Seattle.

Are they going to be good anytime soon?

- kingcong39


Well they were gifted Wright to go with Beniers.

Burakovsky and Bjorkstrand are two nice additions to their top 6.

Western Conference is a toss up but I still don’t think they have enough to get out of the bottom 10 this year.
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Jul 22 @ 7:26 PM ET
They managed to turn it into a liability.
- Lunaion


Cap space is always an asset.

Bjorkstrand only going for a 3rd and a 4th is indicative of that.
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Next year is gonna be 05/06 all over again, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Jul 22 @ 7:44 PM ET
That will change soon
- Fattony1187

Agreed. Everyone knows what’s coming.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jul 22 @ 7:54 PM ET
Cap space is always an asset.

Bjorkstrand only going for a 3rd and a 4th is indicative of that.

- Pegullaville


You'd think that, but if you don't want to spend to the floor, it's a liability.
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Next year is gonna be 05/06 all over again, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Jul 22 @ 8:01 PM ET
What era was the best for the Bills and Sabres to be good at the same time? Definitely the 90’s, but were the Super Bowl Bills/playoff Sabres teams better than the Stanley Cup Sabres/Playoff Bills teams? I’m going with the Super Bowl years. Could we be on the verge of the greatest era in history of Buffalo sports teams? Bout to be friggin Boston up there.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jul 22 @ 8:02 PM ET
Judge is gonna get paid, Cashman might have screwed the pooch on that one.
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