Boy this big summer is coming together with a lot of asterisks and disclaimers
- sbroads24

Only you and a few othe posters demanded this be a "big summer"

Most of the rest of us realize how the current management team works.

Draft and resign/ pay guys that you know.
Guys that deserve pay raises, and the best way is to sign guys that you know....

To be fair he may have been 3/4 drunk 1/2 the time.
- ImThatGuy

60% of the time it works all the time

Only you and a few othe posters demanded this be a "big summer"

Most of the rest of us realize how the current management team works.

Draft and resign/ pay guys that you know.
Guys that deserve pay raises, and the best way is to sign guys that you know....
- Boss34

I DEMAND a top 4 D and an nhl caliber G.

I DEMAND a top 4 D and an nhl caliber G.
- IndianaSabresFan

Next year kyvyn Adam's will be in the running for nhl awards as a top 3 gm.

Potential executive of the year ,if / when we make the playoffs.

No playoffs, no plaque for ka

Only you and a few othe posters demanded this be a "big summer"

Most of the rest of us realize how the current management team works.

Draft and resign/ pay guys that you know.
Guys that deserve pay raises, and the best way is to sign guys that you know....
- Boss34

Agree with some of this, disagree with the bolded especially.

Why is it just “a” RHD and not the best RHD we can possibly get and (frank) the cost because we’re freaking loaded with forward talent and we absolutely don’t need to draft 13oa?

Just get the best guy possible.

Or we can settle, as the Sabres always do with guys like Lyubushkin and Comrie
- sbroads24

Like settling for Radko Gudas, Josh Mahura, Gustav Forsling, Carter Verhagee, and Anthony Duclair for nothing but cap space ?

I think you’re just obsessed with optics and the sticker price at this point.

Just because you get the headlines and trade a high first rounder.

Doesn’t mean you actually improve your team.

Just ask Pierre Dorion.

Like settling for Radko Gudas, Josh Mahura, Gustav Forsling, Carter Verhagee, and Anthony Duclair for nothing but cap space ?

I think you’re just obsessed with optics and the sticker price at this point.
- Swedish_Jesus

The team you're referencing traded a 100 point winger and their 2nd best D man for another star winger after a disappointing finish

They're the last team to use as an example of settling

No Mogilny in the HOF but Turgeon is in. what in the world does the HOF have against Mogilny?

he has all the numbers. triple crown winner, paved the way for all Russians in the NHL.

I just don't get it

Like settling for Radko Gudas, Josh Mahura, Gustav Forsling, Carter Verhagee, and Anthony Duclair for nothing but cap space ?

I think you’re just obsessed with optics and the sticker price at this point.
- Swedish_Jesus

Which RD in UFA are you targeting.

Your top choices are
Dumba
Gudas
Klingber
Mayfield
Shattenkirk


Not to mention earlier this month an exec called this “the worst UFA class in a long time”

which one of those guys you overpaying for.

No Mogilny in the HOF but Turgeon is in. what in the world does the HOF have against Mogilny?

he has all the numbers. triple crown winner, paved the way for all Russians in the NHL.

I just don't get it
- hehateme

Putin won't allow future Russians to make the move to the NHL if they induct him due to how he defected...I'm making this up but its totally plausible.

Just because you get the headlines and trade a high first rounder.

Doesn’t mean you actually improve your team.

Just ask Pierre Dorion.
- Swedish_Jesus

Review the Sabres track record of middle of the 1st round picks and get back to us.

I DEMAND a top 4 D and an nhl caliber G.
- IndianaSabresFan

Do these players require development and enduring tough times to move on shortly after and win a stanley cup? If yes, proceed with transaction.

Just because you get the headlines and trade a high first rounder.

Doesn’t mean you actually improve your team.

Just ask Pierre Dorion.
- Swedish_Jesus

Good post

Good post
- DirtyDan

Now do
Florida
Tampa
Boston
Vegas
St Louis
Pittsburgh

All teams that traded first rounders pretty consistently.

All but Florida it helped them win a cup.

But because Ottawa did it…..

Now do
Florida
Tampa
Boston
Vegas
St Louis
Pittsburgh

All teams that traded first rounders pretty consistently.

All but Florida it helped them win a cup.

But because Ottawa did it…..
- ImThatGuy

Not all first rounders are created equal.

I’m cool moving next years first (depending on the player)

I don’t see why we need to trade 13 this year (unless it’s to move up even higher).

Agree with some of this, disagree with the bolded especially.
- IonSabres

Very risky buying ufa's over the years.

I love the fact that our management group recognized skilled/ good buffalo type guys, for below market value.

You've seen these guys a practice, in the lockerroom ect.

Better chance of hitting on long term deals, when dealing in house IMO.

It's not the only way, of course...

Review the Sabres track record of middle of the 1st round picks and get back to us.
- washedup20

“Just because you pick a highly touted player in rd 1 doesn’t mean he’s ever going to make your team”

See - Sabres, Buffalo and NHL, rest of.

Imagine if Edmonton had traded all those 1st overall selections for kings ransom…..


You can play the what if game for everything.

The team you're referencing traded a 100 point winger and their 2nd best D man for another star winger after a disappointing finish

They're the last team to use as an example of settling
- sbroads24

And they also fired their Presidents' Trophy winning coach.

“Just because you pick a highly touted player in rd 1 doesn’t mean he’s ever going to make your team”

See - Sabres, Buffalo and NHL, rest of.

Imagine if Edmonton had traded all those 1st overall selections for kings ransom…..


You can play the what if game for everything.
- ImThatGuy

Edmonton traded Matt Barzal for Griffin Reinhart.

Good times

Edmonton traded Matt Barzal for Griffin Reinhart.

Good times
- Swedish_Jesus

So Adams = Charelli?

Now do
Florida
Tampa
Boston
Vegas
St Louis
Pittsburgh

All teams that traded first rounders pretty consistently.

All but Florida it helped them win a cup.

But because Ottawa did it…..
- ImThatGuy

when they became contenders...

Rivet/Peters droppings truth bombs on the latest episode.

Rivet/Peters droppings truth bombs on the latest episode.
- washedup20

ATW aint a bad pod but those guys are dumber than a dogs @ss. Some how Peters sounds smarter than Riv almost every episode.

No Mogilny in the HOF but Turgeon is in. what in the world does the HOF have against Mogilny?

he has all the numbers. triple crown winner, paved the way for all Russians in the NHL.

I just don't get it
- hehateme

Mogilny
Tkachuk
Roenick

Hall of Canadian Famers..............