Leafs Line up as posted by someone in their blog..

Parise (6M) - Grabo - Nash
Lupol - Bozak - Kessel
Frattin - Colborne - Kadri
Rosehill - Steckel - Brown

Suter (6.5M) - Phaneuf
Gunnarsson - Franson
Gardiner - Schenn

Lindback (2M)
Reimer

has a 200k cap space left over.

They do have large imaginations don't they...
- JVince117

pretty sure it'll take at least $7m for parise...same with suter

He did. During the WJC. That's ok. I'd prefer people like him not to be in my city anyway.
- HonkFortheGoose

I KNOW not what you meant, but your comment reminded me of this guy

if i'm not mistaken, etem dissed buffalo at one time recently
- b0s0o1

I believe he did when the World Jrs were in town.

http://prohockeytalk.nbcs...-calling-it-a-ghost-town/

They do have large imaginations don't they...
- JVince117

that's one of the problems with team building, especially when it comes to free agency...other cities offer much more than buffalo
- b0s0o1

Yet so many former players live here. Go figure. You can't appreciate it if you haven't experienced it.

- keptupl8

I have never once went that far... c'mon man!!!

thats like me saying we can trade Roy/Vanek for Malkin.. trade Leino/Gerbe for Nash... and then trade Sekera/McNabb for Weber... Sign Parise for 5M and then sign Suter for 4M

KILLER MILLER
- CaptainRivet

KILLER MILLER got hs SILKY MITS on HDTV's STAFF INJECTION and went ENZOMATIC on @ROY9ER

I have never once went that far... c'mon man!!!

Although I think we can trade Roy/Vanek for Malkin.. trade Leino/Gerbe for Nash... and then trade Sekera/McNabb for Weber... Sign Parise for 5M and then sign Suter for 4M
- JVince117

Leafs Line up as posted by someone in their blog..

Parise (6M) - Grabo - Nash
Lupol - Bozak - Kessel
Frattin - Colborne - Kadri
Rosehill - Steckel - Brown

Suter (6.5M) - Phaneuf
Gunnarsson - Franson
Gardiner - Schenn

Lindback (2M)
Reimer

has a 200k cap space left over.

They do have large imaginations don't they...
- JVince117

i'm assuming all they had to trade for all of those pieces was zagrapan and a 3rd, right?

I have never once went that far... c'mon man!!!

thats like me saying we can trade Roy/Vanek for Malkin.. trade Leino/Gerbe for Nash... and then trade Sekera/McNabb for Weber... Sign Parise for 5M and then sign Suter for 4M
- JVince117

Easy, easy. All they really did sign some UFAs and make the Nash trade. There have been worse propositions made around here

- LamontSanford

because darcy was an idiot and said straight up that he would match anything.. no team wants to lose that many 1st rounders on one player with that high of a salary.
- SabresFaninIndiana

I really don't think that played as big a factor into it as people say. In order to poach an RFA worth anything, you were going to have to offer a contract he wouldn't refuse, and that his current team would be tempted to walk away from. The RFA himself also has to agree to the deal as well. Vanek's agent, at the time, came out and said they were waiting for an offersheet, and weren't negotiating with the Sabres. Maybe Regier "keeping his mouth shut" may have been the difference of about 500k in cap room, but the reality was, if the Oilers really wanted Vanek, they were going to shell out that sort of deal no matter what Darcy Regier said or didn't say. If Edmonton had offered something like a $5 million per year deal, Buffalo would have matched that in a second. Everybody could see that. They didn't need Darcy Regier to tell them.

I really don't think that played as big a factor into it as people say. In order to poach an RFA worth anything, you were going to have to offer a contract he wouldn't refuse, and that his current team would be tempted to walk away from. The RFA himself also has to agree to the deal as well. Vanek's agent, at the time, came out and said they were waiting for an offersheet, and weren't negotiating with the Sabres. Maybe Regier "keeping his mouth shut" may have been the difference of about 500k in cap room, but the reality was, if the Oilers really wanted Vanek, they were going to shell out that sort of deal no matter what Darcy Regier said or didn't say. If Edmonton had offered something like a $5 million per year deal, Buffalo would have matched that in a second. Everybody could see that. They didn't need Darcy Regier to tell them.
- buffalofan19

I would also think they had to add some extra money to the deal as well because as much as people say they wouldn't want to play in Buffalo, more people seem to say they wouldn't want to go to Edmonton.

Emerson Etem is their prime offensive prospect.
- Gunner Staal

Wasn't impressed with him this past World Juniors. Maybe his comments about Buffalo still rub me the wrong way (although, I never really took offense to it), but I can't shake the label of "punk" from him. That, and he was one of the key elements of one of the worst performances in recent memory for the World Juniors, made me equate him to Derek Roy.

Honestly, I don't know that I would say that. They're different style players and both are going to have great careers. I loved that WJC team they played on. It was fantastic.
- HonkFortheGoose

Their only flaw....holding on to leads. They were a lot of fun to watch, but I wouldn't recommend them to anyone with a heart condition.

Leafs Line up as posted by someone in their blog..

Parise (6M) - Grabo - Nash
Lupol - Bozak - Kessel
Frattin - Colborne - Kadri
Rosehill - Steckel - Brown

Suter (6.5M) - Phaneuf
Gunnarsson - Franson
Gardiner - Schenn

Lindback (2M)
Reimer

has a 200k cap space left over.

They do have large imaginations don't they...
- JVince117

and they'll still suck

Wasn't impressed with him this past World Juniors. Maybe his comments about Buffalo still rub me the wrong way (although, I never really took offense to it), but I can't shake the label of "punk" from him. That, and he was one of the key elements of one of the worst performances in recent memory for the World Juniors, made me equate him to Derek Roy.
- buffalofan19

Agreed. That team seriously underachieved. I did like what Coyle did though. And if I'm not mistaken, he played part of that tourney with the flu. 4g, 1a in 6 games.

KILLER MILLER got hs SILKY MITS on HDTV's STAFF INJECTION and went ENZOMATIC on @ROY9ER
- ImThatGuy

McMUSCLE

Their only flaw....holding on to leads. They were a lot of fun to watch, but I wouldn't recommend them to anyone with a heart condition.
- buffalofan19

I honestly think that gold medal game was the best hockey game I have ever watched. It was fantastic.

Agreed. That team seriously underachieved. I did like what Coyle did though. And if I'm not mistaken, he played part of that tourney with the flu. 4g, 1a in 6 games.
- HonkFortheGoose

That sounds correct.

I honestly think that gold medal game was the best hockey game I have ever watched. It was fantastic.
- HonkFortheGoose

Agreed. If the Olympic team had figured out a way to win that gold medal game, 2010 would have been one monumental year for USA Hockey.

That sounds correct.
- buffalofan19

I'd love if Regier could pull off a trade with Minny that sends him our way.

Agreed. If the Olympic team had figured out a way to win that gold medal game, 2010 would have been one monumental year for USA Hockey.
- buffalofan19

I wanted the Sabres to draft Jack Campbell that year so bad. He didn't even make it to us. Stupid Dallas.

I wanted the Sabres to draft Jack Campbell that year so bad. He didn't even make it to us. Stupid Dallas.
- HonkFortheGoose

I thought Campbell was a better story than a goalie. He had his moments, but the team game in front of him made him look better than he is, IMO.

I don't think he's done much of anything since, has he?

I thought Campbell was a better story than a goalie. He had his moments, but the team game in front of him made him look better than he is, IMO.

I don't think he's done much of anything since, has he?
- keptupl8

I tend to agree, but given the Sabres' lack of depth at the goaltender position, he still would have been a good pick.