Sorry, trade all there sorry asses, Kaleta sucks, Stifford sucks, roy sucks etc, etc .
Is that better.
- SABRES 89

much



and Kaleta does suck

You should worry about getting Karlsson re-upped. He's gonna get at least what Myers got.
- dadeadhead

Yea that's true but we also have a retarded amount of cap space next yr with only really foligno and karlsson to sign I doubt filatov is coming back that dacosta kid has done much

this is way off topic but

just walked through our break room and one of the guys is watching a doc on the marianas trench

one of the oceanographers said " don't put anything in the ocean you can't afford to lose"

that is an astute observation, much like my observation that oceanographers must never get laid

Yea that's true but we also have a retarded amount of cap space next yr with only really foligno and karlsson to sign I doubt filatov is coming back that dacosta kid has done much
- arnpriorguy

Foligno, Karlsson, Lee, Regin, and Daugavins are RFA's. You not re-upping Regin?

this is way off topic but

just walked through our break room and one of the guys is watching a doc on the marianas trench

one of the oceanographers said " don't put anything in the ocean you can't afford to lose"

that is an astute observation, much like my observation that oceanographers must never get laid
- billyk

Or they get laid all the time by girls looking for the easy A.

The real issue is Gaustad, Hecht and Boyes contracts are done in 3 months. I don't think they can stomach the PR nightmare by bringing any one of them back let alone all 3 even if they would like to. I.E. they knew how the fans felt about Connolly.

With that roughly 8.8 mil in cap space you need get 1 or 2 really good players, and fill in the third with a good value player like Szrzyszyz. Be patient and wait for free agency. If the Sabres make the right moves they can preserve Myers and Mcnabb on D and get the offense fixed. Then its time to start thinking about a cup.
- Buffalo--Sabres

What exactly is your lovefest with Szczcehura? I like the way he's played the few times he got called up, but really? He's probably a career AHLer. Someone who is a good fill in, but not going to be a quality player over a full season in the NHL.

Re-upping goose? Really? I know he scored a few recently, good at face offs, kinda tough but at some point we need dudes who score more than 8, 12 goals a season. Seriously.
- Buffalo--Sabres

Not everyone on the team is going to score 20+ goals a year. Essentially Gaustad is a decent 3rd line center in a "checking" role. He can win faceoffs and is good defensively. He's the type of guy you put out against the top line of the other team to shut them down. Or, you could put that as the 4th line, depending on how things shake out. But if the money is right, I'm ok with keeping him. I don't think he really deserves the $2.3 he's making right now, but if it's for like 1.5 or so, I'd be ok with it.

What exactly is your lovefest with Szczcehura? I like the way he's played the few times he got called up, but really? He's probably a career AHLer. Someone who is a good fill in, but not going to be a quality player over a full season in the NHL.
- HonkFortheGoose

unless he's with the Sabres where they will try to make a 1st line center out of him while stunting the development to the closest thing we have of a 1st line center in Luke Adam

Not everyone on the team is going to score 20+ goals a year. Essentially Gaustad is a decent 3rd line center in a "checking" role. He can win faceoffs and is good defensively. He's the type of guy you put out against the top line of the other team to shut them down. Or, you could put that as the 4th line, depending on how things shake out. But if the money is right, I'm ok with keeping him. I don't think he really deserves the $2.3 he's making right now, but if it's for like 1.5 or so, I'd be ok with it.
- HonkFortheGoose

Problem is he isn't anything more than a 4th liner that can play the pk and win key draws.

Foligno, Karlsson, Lee, Regin, and Daugavins are RFA's. You not re-upping Regin?
- dadeadhead

Regin is made of glass, lee is just not going to get full time play duties in Ottawa anyways and daugavins won't be much he is a pk guy, at the most we got turris pretty much to replace Regina plus we have zbad and silferberg in Sweden right now

unless he's with the Sabres where they will try to make a 1st line center out of him while stunting the development to the closest thing we have of a 1st line center in Luke Adam
- billyk

I still hate how Ruff moved Adam off of that line. Granted Pommer and Vanek have remained productive without him, but I feel like he was the most productive player they've been with. Hecht has chipped in 1 or 2, but really Adam's production has dropped since he's been moved.

Not everyone on the team is going to score 20+ goals a year. Essentially Gaustad is a decent 3rd line center in a "checking" role. He can win faceoffs and is good defensively. He's the type of guy you put out against the top line of the other team to shut them down. Or, you could put that as the 4th line, depending on how things shake out. But if the money is right, I'm ok with keeping him. I don't think he really deserves the $2.3 he's making right now, but if it's for like 1.5 or so, I'd be ok with it.
- HonkFortheGoose

don't really see him taking a pay cut but he really should re sign for the same deal, if the Sabres wouldn't have stuck with him early in his career in Roc when his skating skills weren't even near NHL caliber he'ld be back in North Dakota selling farm implements right now

Problem is he isn't anything more than a 4th liner that can play the pk and win key draws.
- dadeadhead

I don't think they've used him in the wrong way at all the last 2 years or so. He doesn't really belong on the PP, but he hasn't been really since before last year. He played a few shifts on it when we were decimated with injuries a few weeks ago, but I think a 3rd/4th line role is just fine for him. At the right price of course.

Hookers and blow!

Regin is made of glass, lee is just not going to get full time play duties in Ottawa anyways and daugavins won't be much he is a pk guy, at the most we got turris pretty much to replace Regina plus we have zbad and silferberg in Sweden right now
- arnpriorguy

Sucks both guys had promise. Potential is a b!tch of a thing.


Mad you guys got Turris. If he gets regular pp time and plays the 2nd line with talented wingers he''l be a 60+ point guy for the next 7-10 yrs.

I don't think they've used him in the wrong way at all the last 2 years or so. He doesn't really belong on the PP, but he hasn't been really since before last year. He played a few shifts on it when we were decimated with injuries a few weeks ago, but I think a 3rd/4th line role is just fine for him. At the right price of course.
- HonkFortheGoose

Goose should never be off the 4th line.

Hookers and blow!
- jochfr

How's that working out so far?



It always worked for me.

Hookers and blow!
- jochfr

Yeeeessssssss!!!!!!!!


My treat...

don't really see him taking a pay cut but he really should re sign for the same deal, if the Sabres wouldn't have stuck with him early in his career in Roc when his skating skills weren't even near NHL caliber he'ld be back in North Dakota selling farm implements right now
- billyk

Being that our center depth sucks, they almost don't have a choice. But, let me tell you, if it's late in the 3rd and they have a 1 goal lead they're protecting, if it's a faceoff in their own end, I want Goose out there taking it. If it means we have to suck it up and pay him the same amount, I'll deal with it since the other options suck.

What exactly is your lovefest with Szczcehura? I like the way he's played the few times he got called up, but really? He's probably a career AHLer. Someone who is a good fill in, but not going to be a quality player over a full season in the NHL.
- HonkFortheGoose

You have to have value players on your roster that produce and make people around them better. Its called the salary cap.


I think Gaustad's fate should have been decided when he didn't go after Lucic the first time.

Sucks both guys had promise. Potential is a b!tch of a thing.


Mad you guys got Turris. If he gets regular pp time and plays the 2nd line with talented wingers he''l be a 60+ point guy for the next 7-10 yrs.
- dadeadhead

I hope so the kid has mad skills it's just the question if he will live up to the potential Murray is gonna have a good problem on his Hands in like two yes if zbad, stone,and silferberg turn out well

You have to have value players on your roster that produce and make people around them better. Its called the salary cap.


I think Gaustad's fate should have been decided when he didn't go after Lucic the first time.
- Buffalo--Sabres

I realize you have to have value players. Not everyone is going to be a high scoring skill guy. But with the guys that are coming up through the system, Szczcechura is going to be the odd man out most times. I like his hustle and he's shown us he has some finish too, but I still think he's a career AHL depth guy. Mark Mancari would be a good example of a guy that is the same way.

I realize you have to have value players. Not everyone is going to be a high scoring skill guy. But with the guys that are coming up through the system, Szczcechura is going to be the odd man out most times. I like his hustle and he's shown us he has some finish too, but I still think he's a career AHL depth guy. Mark Mancari would be a good example of a guy that is the same way.
- HonkFortheGoose

I think a lot of guys on the Sabres have proven they should be career AHl'ers, but they have 1 way contracts now. Too late.


The Gaustad thing is like, if we keep him, (frank) it we should keep the whole old old school Rochester crew. Roy, Staff, Pom, Van Miller, all of em.

I think a lot of guys on the Sabres have proven they should be career AHl'ers, but they have 1 way contracts now. Too late.


The Gaustad thing is like, if we keep him, (frank) it we should keep the whole old old school Rochester crew. Roy, Staff, Pom, Van Miller, all of em.
- Buffalo--Sabres

That is the dumbest logic I have ever heard.

Plus, a one way contract means nothing. You can still send a guy down. The only difference is that he makes the same amount of money no matter which club he's playing with. A guy with a 2 way contract will still need to pass through waivers.

EDIT: And BTW, Staff didn't play on the same Rochester team as any of the other guys you mentioned. He didn't start playing in Rochester until 06 and the rest had been in Buffalo the season before.

I think a lot of guys on the Sabres have proven they should be career AHl'ers, but they have 1 way contracts now. Too late.


The Gaustad thing is like, if we keep him, (frank) it we should keep the whole old old school Rochester crew. Roy, Staff, Pom, Van Miller
- Buffalo--Sabres[/i], all of em.

that dude is OLD, can he even skate?