Bills holding Team Meetings and are having a walk through today.

https://giphy.com/gifs/season-13-the-simpsons-13x8-3o6Mb2BaTIMLz6uZ56
- Buff36

Darcy Regier drafted Jason Pominville, which was traded to Minnesota for what became Nikita Zadorov.

Darcy Regier drafted Mikhail Grigorenko.

Darcy Regier traded for Chris Gratton. Chris Gratton and a 4th were later traded for what became Andrej Sekera and Danny Briere. Sekera was later sent to Carolina for JT Compher.

Darcy Regier acquired the Murrency for Tim to use to acquire The Tank in order to sell for Tage.

Darcy Regier is the greatest GM of all time.

Tage "Mother(frank)ing" Thompson!

Tage "Mother(frank)ing" Thompson!
- jochfr

Why do the Predators suck

Rangers gave Vesey a two year extension for whatever reason.

And they all (frank)in love it.

Rangers gave Vesey a two year extension for whatever reason
- TheSabresTaco

"He wants to be there."

"He wants to be there."
- buffalofan19

Huge if big.

The other part is... what do you actually do here

Tage "Mother(frank)ing" Thompson!
- jochfr

just got this tramp stamped

Clague played 17+ minutes each of the past 2 nights, which is top 4 minutes.
- kingcong39

Sounded like a loud buffalo crowd last night.

Must have been a fun game. 👍

Darcy Regier drafted Jason Pominville, which was traded to Minnesota for what became Nikita Zadorov.

Darcy Regier drafted Mikhail Grigorenko.

Darcy Regier traded for Chris Gratton. Chris Gratton and a 4th were later traded for what became Andrej Sekera and Danny Briere. Sekera was later sent to Carolina for JT Compher.

Darcy Regier acquired the Murrency for Tim to use to acquire The Tank in order to sell for Tage.

Darcy Regier is the greatest GM of all time.
- TheSabresTaco

Darcy is up there for the Briere team, but Botts is looking real strong to me. There have been some good draft picks, none better than Dylan Cozens. Power and Dahlin were both no brainer picks. Cozens is a brilliant draft pick. He's already elite IMO.

Darcy is up there for the Briere team, but Botts is looking real strong to me. There have been some good draft picks, none better than Dylan Cozens. Power and Dahlin were both no brainer picks. Cozens is a brilliant draft pick. He's already elite IMO.
- lacaprup

Botteril drafted well but the rest of his moves were so astoundingly bad that he will never ever be considered good

Darcy is up there for the Briere team, but Botts is looking real strong to me. There have been some good draft picks, none better than Dylan Cozens. Power and Dahlin were both no brainer picks. Cozens is a brilliant draft pick. He's already elite IMO.
- lacaprup

it's not up for discussion.

Botteril drafted well but the rest of his moves were so astoundingly bad that he will never ever be considered good
- robz228

in all seriousness Botts had some nice picks but his team management was crap overload.

Darcy Regier drafted Jason Pominville, which was traded to Minnesota for what became Nikita Zadorov.

Darcy Regier drafted Mikhail Grigorenko.

Darcy Regier traded for Chris Gratton. Chris Gratton and a 4th were later traded for what became Andrej Sekera and Danny Briere. Sekera was later sent to Carolina for JT Compher.

Darcy Regier acquired the Murrency for Tim to use to acquire The Tank in order to sell for Tage.

Darcy Regier is the greatest GM of all time.
- TheSabresTaco

Gotta give love to the Coach too!! Lindy is a perfect coach for a young team (see Devils)

in all seriousness Botts had some nice picks but his team management was crap overload.
- TheSabresTaco

Team and asset management was also poop.

He off loaded a top 4 minutes guy for nothing so he could acquire a player who was a healthy scratch.

Let’s not forget that.

He was the Richard Jauron of Sabres GMs.

“Trading is hard in the NHL”

in all seriousness Botts had some nice picks but his team management was crap overload.
- TheSabresTaco

Montour at RW defines JB. The moves were fine, but when you put the pieces together, they just didn't fit.

Darcy is up there for the Briere team, but Botts is looking real strong to me. There have been some good draft picks, none better than Dylan Cozens. Power and Dahlin were both no brainer picks. Cozens is a brilliant draft pick. He's already elite IMO.
- lacaprup

Darcy set TM up nicely coming in as GM. It's to bad TM was stupid. This rebuild should have been over 5yrs ago.

In today's edition of Paul's officially branded NHL, NHLPA, Turner Media, Buffalo Sabres trivia calendar we have error #2 of the new year.

What forward did the Sabres select from the Red Wings roster with the first overall pick of the 1970 Expansion Draft?

I won't give the answer and play spoiler, but can you spot the error in the question itself? The calendar did at least give the correct answer to their incorrect question.

4 corporate entities, zero quality control. shameful.

Why do the Predators suck
- TheSabresTaco

Coaching?

Rangers gave Vesey a two year extension for whatever reason.

And they all (frank)in love it.
- TheSabresTaco

He’s been really solid in a depth role for them.

I looked at the Capitals stats last night -

Johansson is doing well, Sheary has absurd numbers and fits on their top line

Montour is crushing it in Florida

Maybe Botterill’s biggest fault was hiring god awful coaches

Why do the Predators suck
- TheSabresTaco

They've slowly been getting worse by the year and are worn down?

Vrána on waivers. Interesting prospect for Sabres 3rd line. The guy can score
- lulags

The guy can score goals and the white powder. Let Edmonton claim him, E.Kane can have a ski buddy.

In today's edition of Paul's officially branded NHL, NHLPA, Turner Media, Buffalo Sabres trivia calendar we have error #2 of the new year.

What forward did the Sabres select from the Red Wings roster with the first overall pick of the 1970 Expansion Draft?

I won't give the answer and play spoiler, but can you spot the error in the question itself? The calendar did at least give the correct answer to their incorrect question.

4 corporate entities, zero quality control. shameful.
- lacaprup

Alexei Yashin

He’s been really solid in a depth role for them.

I looked at the Capitals stats last night -

Johansson is doing well, Sheary has absurd numbers and fits on their top line

Montour is crushing it in Florida

Maybe Botterill’s biggest fault was hiring god awful coaches
- sbroads24

That's likely it. I'm not faulting him for Housley. He was well sought after, and what he did with the World Junior team in 2013 was phenomenal. Sometimes promising guys don't pan out for whatever reason.

Ralph Krueger was unacceptable. He was out of hockey for a while, and was a mediocre soccer executive. The fanbase, myself included, tried to talk itself into it being a creative, out-of-the-box type of hire, but the warning signs were absolutely there. And he deserves to be fired for that alone.

However, his drafting, Friedman's Mittelstadt story aside, and his cap management was very good.

He’s been really solid in a depth role for them.

I looked at the Capitals stats last night -

Johansson is doing well, Sheary has absurd numbers and fits on their top line

Montour is crushing it in Florida

Maybe Botterill’s biggest fault was hiring god awful coaches
- sbroads24

between this and the post above, it's all of it. team, assets, coaching, fits. just horrendous management.