While I Applaud your effort and imagination I'll give you an 'A' there.

But I also think you're on Acid.
- Pairo11

Hey, Rico once posted that his neighbor works for TSN

the man has street cred

don't be hatin' on Rico

Everything is fine, Darcy and wife on their way to Ellicottville for a day of skiing!

Everything is fine, Darcy and wife on their way to Ellicottville for a day of skiing!
- Irish 14

NHL GM's only work in the summertime, darcy says so, it must be true

From Buffalo News article on Gerbe:

"He's got incredibly intensity when it comes to his work ethic," coach Lindy Ruff said prior to Saturday's 4-2 loss to the New York Islanders. "He'd be close to the top on our team when it comes to diligence, when it comes to how hard he works out. His practice habits, they're incredible."


on a professional sports team this would be impressive, on the Sabres.....not so much

Blow...it...up...

Blow...it...up...
- Pierceme69

nothing saves this season, nothing

i'm starting to get fed up with darcy to my breaking point. i know he's not going to tip his hand to the news media but he was being a jerk to mike schopp (i know, people that don't like schopp say the same thing about him, he kind of is but his job is to facilitate) and made it seem like everyone was too stupid for demanding the core be broken apart. personally i would have shed some salary last year at the deadline. my debate last year: keep connolly and trade roy?) i know he was hurt, and that killed the debate, but it still seemed like he might have had some value before and around the draft. now, we're in such state of affairs that i miss the days when we had connolly on our team...

who would you rather be paying right now? roy at 4 million or connolly at 4.5? kind of makes you sick? doesn't it?

i really hope someone is bluffing, either darcy with a big trade, or pegula with his unwaivering trust of darcy, something has to give!

last year at this time i was praying for a lottery pick, and i was wrong to want that because this team was damn fun at the end of the year, but this year i see the sabres and lottery picks sound like a fine prize for what we have to watch lately (and i was at the leafs game last night and it was fun!)
- FIREonICE

Sure one of the worst Sabre moves of all time.Tiny Tim played how many games for us and made how much money ?I think you can say Roy has been more bang for the buck over his time here.

Sure one of the worst Sabre moves of all time.Tiny Tim played how many games for us and made how much money ?I think you can say Roy has been more bang for the buck over his time here.
- buffalo 1

Agreed.

Nothing short of Connolly posting 80+ points while playing in 75+ games in each of the next 3 years would prove to me that we're NOT better off with him playing elsewhere.

Lucy pulled the football out from under THIS Charlie Brown's feet toooo many times and I won't fall for it again.

Burrrrrr

Garth, try and be objective just once in your blog. Pat Kaleta is not now, nor has he ever been, a worthwhile NHL player. He could get by before when he was allowed to cheat on a game in and game out basis. He stalked players on the ice (also known as charging), left his feet often, got his elbows up, and always took himself out of position to try and hit people. Now, he's being called on it. boo-friggen-hoo. Either learn to play like an NHL player or cut this bum. I don't care where he grew up.

When you build a team, you have to build it with strength down the middle.
Goal should be ok for this team, but center has been a problem. Without strenth down the middle, you will always have a problem with puck possession. Gaustad is the only good center the sabres have and chances are he might be gone at the trade deadline if the sabres don't get him signed up for a couple of more years.

On the trade front, I think from what I have read and I am hearing that
Buffalo should try to get Selanne to help bring Armia along next year.
The question is whether Selanne would like to come to Buffalo and play at least another year. Armia is the read deal, and there is not a Finn out there that does not have respect for Selanne. Could Nummenen convince Selanne to come to Buffalo?

Roy, Miller, Lepold plus a pick may be a deal that has been proposed to get Getzlaf, Hiller and Selanne. Money wise it feels good and it shakes up both teams! Hiller is two years younger than Miller and getzlaf is younger than Roy...so this helps us from that perspective.

A counter offer that includes Myers, may have come back to Buffalo and that is not likey to happen. Murray is not in a position to fleece teams.

Knowing that Armia is the read deal, would anyone deal him with Miller and Roy to get Getzlaf and Hiller plus a pick so that selanne can bring him along in Anaheim instead?....maybe it just ends up being Roy and Armia for Getzlaf....not sure that I would go in this direction either, but its the cost of getting a shake-up done.

Besides Anaheim,
Columbus is definitely a possible trading partner...they desperately need defensive prospects......Buffalo likes Ryan Johansen a lot and two of Weber, Brennan, Pysyk or Person might get us a nice young center in Johansen who played well with Kassian and Foligno last year at the World juniors; Brassard could be had right now for Weber and a pick, but Buffalo cannot fit him in under their cap right now because it may ties us down too much. Vermette would be nice, but ts too much money aginst the cap over the next few years; Prospal could work, but should not cost more than a 3rd pick.

And for whatever reason, NJ's coach likes Roy (who he coached in Kitchener). And after Parise recently made a few comments about his status, you have to figure that he could be had in the right trade (and probably would have followed Calameri if he was in Montreal). What about Roy and Enroth for Parise?
That does not solve our center problem, but it defintely creates excitement.

In Edmonton, Hemsky does not look like he will sign next year, so a pick is what it is going to cost to get him.....Sam Gagner may be a center we could target out of there also for defensive prospects.

Then there is Detroit....they have the cap room and they always like to add a veteran or two at the deadline...Boyes or Hecht could go there perhaps for Miller's brother or Darren Helm or Abdelkader to help create some cap space here.

Montreal is going to dump off a few more players and I bet they would love to get their hands on Gragnani and Gautier Leduc to help appease the clammer for French players. Do Josh gorges or Hal Gill interest anyone?

At this point, I think that Buffalo should be both sellers and buyers....selling to the highest bidder and buying salary and contract term from teams that need a shake-up.

Anyone else have some constructive ideas to suggest for Reiger?

PS. what is the difference between last year's team and this year's team.......veterans Connolly, Grier, Niedermeyer, Rivet, and Montador....replaced by youngsters Leino, boyes, Gragnani, Ehrhoff, Reiger and adam.....somehow we got younger and slower..NO....its puck possession....center down the middle and goal....hope they get the message.
- RicoMartin

Ek has nothing on Rico Martin when it comes to bull poop rumors...

Burrrrrr
- homiedclown

Yeah. What's it down to in J-Ville ? 55 degrees ???

It was 5 here when I woke up..

Id like to see Roy moved for his own benifit.I think hes a top 2 center but like alot of players on this team need a change.I think hed fit well on alot of teams in the East but not in the West.Hecht is another underrated player on this team.Hopefully the Sabres can get a deal done with him this offseason.Granani try him at wing he sucks on d and if you must force him on us set Leinio and put him there.Stafford totally lost and useless as I am what to do with him and his salary.This has got to be the most underachieving most depressing team Ive seen since I became a fan in 97.Doesnt matter how many trades we make or players we aquire Lindy has lost his magic and Darcy continues to make deals with players who dont fit this sytem.

Garth, try and be objective just once in your blog. Pat Kaleta is not now, nor has he ever been, a worthwhile NHL player. He could get by before when he was allowed to cheat on a game in and game out basis. He stalked players on the ice (also known as charging), left his feet often, got his elbows up, and always took himself out of position to try and hit people. Now, he's being called on it. boo-friggen-hoo. Either learn to play like an NHL player or cut this bum. I don't care where he grew up.
- lacaprup

He had a key role in the goal last night.I think we have a lot worst players on this team then Kaleta .At least he shows up and plays hard night after night alot like Mat Ellis.I dont know how many times this guy has made a difference for this team via a hit, a timely goal or a pp for us.Must be a Buffalo area thing the hate for Kaleta.

don't we have enough pylons?
- billyk

Read the comment I am quoting for context.