Ok GM how about Roy, Gerbe, + Calgarys 2nd
- HotSauceBlueChs

Not bad. Just remember Ruutu is a UFA.

i agree.. but if there is a trade to be had you have to consider it, i think too many people over value miller. you woudl need some value back though in the way of goaltending..
- SabresFaninIndiana

Face of the franchise movement only goes over well once every blue moon...

Pegged you for younger than that, sorry.

I'm going to be 33 and lived and breathed hockey since 1st watching HNIC during the 83/84 season.

But I have no hockey knowledge.
- dadeadhead

Admitting that you have a problem is the first step.

I don't know if I'm the first, and hopefully I'm not the last, but congratulations on starting the long road to recovery.

Face of the franchise movement only goes over well once every blue moon...
- MillerTime1130

lets face it.... this team doesn't have a face unless it is the face of failure

I never even smelled hockey ice til I was about 20... I played college football (DL) so i never did much of recreational sports outside of racquetball haha.
- MillerTime1130

I know you sad you're working right now, but you really owe it to yourself to watch the highlights of Sabres-Sens game 1 of the semifinals in 05-06. That team was, to borrow from the Eklund dictionary, magical.

are we talking about christian ruutu?

Yip has 2 ponts in 3 games with the Preds.


We should have listened to Rico!
- CaptainRivet

"you will all wonder what I knew that you did not"

"you will all wonder what I knew that you did not"
- keptupl8

classic

are we talking about christian ruutu?
- b0s0o1

yeah hes coming back on

All stats aside you dont trade your starting goalie and hope a guy like enroth is up to the challenge right away. Thats bad hockey management.
- HotSauceBlueChs

Starting goalies like Captains get traded all the time actually.

6.25 mil for a goalie in the cap era is just as bad if not worse hockey management.


You spend 10% of your cap on a player, that player better be the best at his position. Something Miller isn't IMO.

yeah hes coming back on
- HotSauceBlueChs

great!!!

when does paul cyr return?

Not bad. Just remember Ruutu is a UFA.
- Gunner Staal

I just have a real hard time wanting to see "Ruutu" on the back of a Sabres sweater... his brother jarkko is a real jackwagon.. and Sabres have hated him for as long as I can remember...

remember jarko messing with and laying down on miller during the olympics?

"you will all wonder what I knew that you did not"
- keptupl8

best Rico quote in a long time

Starting goalies like Captains get traded all the time actually.

6.25 mil for a goalie in the cap era is just as bad if not worse hockey management.


You spend 10% of your cap on a player, that player better be the best at his position. Something Miller isn't IMO.
- dadeadhead

thats easy to say now.. but his Vezina year I know you didn't say that..

I really do believe that he has been shaking cobwebs out of his head since the Lucic/Tootoo hits.. and is now starting to play better.. 2 GAs in the last 2 games.?

Admitting that you have a problem is the first step.

I don't know if I'm the first, and hopefully I'm not the last, but congratulations on starting the long road to recovery.

- keptupl8

I think the problem is remembering games from almost 30yr ago. I remember Gretzky losing the right glove and Kevin Lowe coming off the ice throwing his glove to him and Gretzky scoring a goal.

thats easy to say now.. but his Vezina year I know you didn't say that..

I really do believe that he has been shaking cobwebs out of his head since the Lucic/Tootoo hits.. and is now starting to play better.. 2 GAs in the last 2 games.?
- MillerTime1130

His Vezina year he played well up untill the Olympics were over with. I said it then and I say it now. He played well because he wanted the #1 spot for team USA.

Starting goalies like Captains get traded all the time actually.

6.25 mil for a goalie in the cap era is just as bad if not worse hockey management.


You spend 10% of your cap on a player, that player better be the best at his position. Something Miller isn't IMO.
- dadeadhead

go back to when he was a pending ufa...miller stole games or kept the team in games, and was considered a top-five goalie in the league, right behind lundqvist...

and he was given a contract equal to his status

Starting goalies like Captains get traded all the time actually.

6.25 mil for a goalie in the cap era is just as bad if not worse hockey management.


You spend 10% of your cap on a player, that player better be the best at his position. Something Miller isn't IMO.
- dadeadhead

Name the starting goalies traded in the last 3 years?

Auld? Gigeure? Toskala? Varlomov?

Huge trades.....

His Vezina year he played well up untill the Olympics were over with. I said it then and I say it now. He played well because he wanted the #1 spot for team USA.
- dadeadhead

Well if thats the case... Boy am I looking forward to Miller next season!!!!

Name the starting goalies traded in the last 3 years?

Auld? Gigeure? Toskala? Varlomov?

Huge trades.....
- HotSauceBlueChs

Wasn't Luongo, Vokoun, and Bryz all technically traded?

don't forget about Dan Ellis, and Dwayne Roloson

go back to when he was a pending ufa...miller stole games or kept the team in games, and was considered a top-five goalie in the league, right behind lundqvist...

and he was given a contract equal to his status
- b0s0o1

and i never greed with it back then Boos.

Lengthy article on Sabres from si.com:

http://nhl-red-light.si.c...n/?sct=hp_wr_a5&eref=sihp

thats easy to say now.. but his Vezina year I know you didn't say that..

I really do believe that he has been shaking cobwebs out of his head since the Lucic/Tootoo hits.. and is now starting to play better.. 2 GAs in the last 2 games.?
- MillerTime1130

i bet at one point in his career even steve shields played two solid games in a row

His Vezina year he played well up untill the Olympics were over with. I said it then and I say it now. He played well because he wanted the #1 spot for team USA.
- dadeadhead

i'd hazard to guess, although i'll never have the statistical backing, that miller has faced more odd-man rushes than any goalie in the league post lockout...

the ferrari team of '06/'07 rarely played d...

the defense has been puck-mover heavy for years and the post-driere offense couldn't back-check if the playoffs were on the line.

I just have a real hard time wanting to see "Ruutu" on the back of a Sabres sweater... his brother jarkko is a real jackwagon.. and Sabres have hated him for as long as I can remember...

remember jarko messing with and laying down on miller during the olympics?
- MillerTime1130

Tuomo is a good player. I dont think Buffalo is in the market to trade for impending UFA's as they realistically arent making any kind of playoff push.