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jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Sep 16 @ 11:42 AM ET
The last decade of Sabres hockey as a whole has been satire?
- kingcong39


Basically. Did you ever read Candide by Voltaire?

It's like that
Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Sep 16 @ 11:45 AM ET
The last decade of Sabres hockey as a whole has been satire?
- kingcong39


Satire would be too savvy. Too intellectual for sabres hockey. The last decade of Sabres hockey is more like the guy who graduated last out of clown college...
navinrjohnson
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are finally good, NY
Joined: 12.08.2009

Sep 16 @ 11:52 AM ET
I would highly recommend using CapFriendly over any other sight regarding NHL contract information.

https://www.capfriendly.com/browse/ntc-nmc

- kingcong39

I'll consult with you before I post any more links


#d!ickdaywednesday


navinrjohnson
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are finally good, NY
Joined: 12.08.2009

Sep 16 @ 11:53 AM ET
Satire would be too savvy. Too intellectual for sabres hockey. The last decade of Sabres hockey is more like the guy who graduated last out of clown college...
- Gr8daygo



#d!ckdaywednesday


Gr8daygo
Joined: 04.23.2014

Sep 16 @ 12:06 PM ET


#d!ckdaywednesday

- navinrjohnson



I, of course, meant no disrespect to clowns. But have the Sabres not been run like a circus or clown show?
navinrjohnson
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are finally good, NY
Joined: 12.08.2009

Sep 16 @ 12:39 PM ET
I, of course, meant no disrespect to clowns. But have the Sabres not been run like a circus or clown show?
- Gr8daygo

you are still insulting the clowns

they run an organized family friendly atmosphere on a daily basis

unlike the sabres
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Sep 16 @ 1:08 PM ET
I'll consult with you before I post any more links

#d!ickdaywednesday


- navinrjohnson


It's all about how you choose to consume a response.

All I did was recommend using the most reliable resource for contracts.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Sep 16 @ 1:17 PM ET
I'm guessing you didn't watch him at all last year or in the playoffs then lol..

If you want a guy making 6.7 for a Bottom pairing go for it .. lol

- GERBE!!!75PTS


I watched the Flames I think 7-8 times. But I'd be willing to bet the Flames blogger watched almost, if not, all of the games. So I'm pretty sure I can trust his opinion a little more.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Sep 16 @ 1:25 PM ET
I watched the Flames I think 7-8 times. But I'd be willing to bet the Flames blogger watched almost, if not, all of the games. So I'm pretty sure I can trust his opinion a little more.
- TheSabresTaco



Seems to me many Calgary players had a down season compared to the last few....Monohan, Johnny, Giordano, more? (Too lazy to really investigate it).
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Sep 16 @ 1:31 PM ET
I watched the Flames I think 7-8 times. But I'd be willing to bet the Flames blogger watched almost, if not, all of the games. So I'm pretty sure I can trust his opinion a little more.
- TheSabresTaco


This just came out right now suggesting you read it

https://thehockeywriters....19-20-struggles-concerns/
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Sep 16 @ 1:33 PM ET
Seems to me many Calgary players had a down season compared to the last few....Monohan, Johnny, Giordano, more? (Too lazy to really investigate it).
- IonSabres


Was just a bad year for that team, all the way around.

Giordano. Good defensman. Really good still. In decline. A risky contract to trade for. Flames take celery or 2M back, he'd be excellent in Buffalo. He no doubt has 2 years left.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Sep 16 @ 1:33 PM ET
This just came out right now suggesting you read it

https://thehockeywriters....19-20-struggles-concerns/

- GERBE!!!75PTS


Already did.

A. I don't deny the decline
B. The team as a whole declined.
C. He's still, quote, a very good player.

Bonus:
The people that write on that site are sub par intellectuals. When it comes to hockey.
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Sep 16 @ 1:36 PM ET
Already did.

A. I don't deny the decline
B. The team as a whole declined.
C. He's still, quote, a very good player.

- TheSabresTaco


We really don't need an old guy thats pushing 37 that just seems incredibly dumb and at the price for 6.7 .. it be different if we're the lighting And just wanted to add To make sure we win a Stanley cup..

TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Sep 16 @ 1:38 PM ET
We really don't need an old guy thats pushing 37 that just seems incredibly dumb and at the price for 6.7 .. it be different if we're the lighting And just wanted to add To make sure we win a Stanley cup..
- GERBE!!!75PTS


Not even the argument I was making.
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Sep 16 @ 1:38 PM ET
Already did.

A. I don't deny the decline
B. The team as a whole declined.
C. He's still, quote, a very good player.

Bonus:
The people that write on that site are sub par intellectuals. When it comes to hockey.

- TheSabresTaco


And yet you want to win An argument with a hockey buzz Blogger?

IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Sep 16 @ 1:42 PM ET
Was just a bad year for that team, all the way around.

Giordano. Good defensman. Really good still. In decline. A risky contract to trade for. Flames take celery or 2M back, he'd be excellent in Buffalo. He no doubt has 2 years left.

- TheSabresTaco


Welp, at $6.75 for 2 years and being 36 yo, for a LhD; $2m held is low by a out $1m more IMO.
If he were a RhD I'd be ok to try him next to Dahlin....but he isn't. I'd spend the Cap elsewhere.
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Sep 16 @ 1:43 PM ET
We really don't need an old guy thats pushing 37 that just seems incredibly dumb and at the price for 6.7 .. it be different if we're the lighting And just wanted to add To make sure we win a Stanley cup..
- GERBE!!!75PTS


In my scenario I was only taking Giordano back in order to lessen the asking price on Monahan.

Was just a mock trade idea that served its purpose as it stimulated conversation.

Context is important.

I’m sure we all agree that it wouldn’t be ideal to trade for Giordano at this point otherwise.
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Sep 16 @ 1:43 PM ET
Was just a bad year for that team, all the way around.

Giordano. Good defensman. Really good still. In decline. A risky contract to trade for. Flames take celery or 2M back, he'd be excellent in Buffalo. He no doubt has 2 years left.

- TheSabresTaco


Rather sign Brodie for 3 y then have that headache
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Sep 16 @ 1:44 PM ET
In my scenario I was only taking Giordano back in order to lessen the asking price on Monahan.

Was just a mock trade idea that served its purpose as it stimulated conversation.

Context is important.

I’m sure we all agree that it wouldn’t be ideal to trade for Giordano at this point otherwise.

- Pegullaville


I see ... as you know I'm not a fan of Monahan

And talking to many Flame fans I don't think you'll work here they basically said hes just a trigger man that needs some one to set him up for plays .. So what's the point if hes not gonna help skinner
SabreWest
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BC
Joined: 03.02.2015

Sep 16 @ 1:44 PM ET
Welp, at $6.75 for 2 years and being 36 yo, for a LhD; $2m held is low by a out $1m more IMO.
If he were a RhD I'd be ok to try him next to Dahlin....but he isn't. I'd spend the Cap elsewhere.

- IonSabres


We need a real 2C more than anything else. That should be Kim's/Adam's focus.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Sep 16 @ 1:45 PM ET
And yet you want to win An argument with a hockey buzz Blogger?


- GERBE!!!75PTS


Convincing you of anything is asking a pile of rocks to sing a show tune. I'm just telling you he's not "dumpster". That's really the whole thing.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Sep 16 @ 1:46 PM ET
Welp, at $6.75 for 2 years and being 36 yo, for a LhD; $2m held is low by a out $1m more IMO.
If he were a RhD I'd be ok to try him next to Dahlin....but he isn't. I'd spend the Cap elsewhere.

- IonSabres


You wouldn't take Gio for 4.75 for 2 years? Clearly not the only move the team would make. What if it was Montour for Gio with 2M shaved off?
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Sep 16 @ 1:48 PM ET
We need a real 2C more than anything else. That should be Kim's/Adam's focus.
- SabreWest



Maybe they should hire a staff.
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Sep 16 @ 1:48 PM ET
Convincing you of anything is asking a pile of rocks to sing a show tune. I'm just telling you he's not "dumpster". That's really the whole thing.
- TheSabresTaco


He was very dumpster in the playoffs if you watched ..

Maybe he Will rebound but he was getting manhandled by everyone and everyone was just zipping by him and he had no control over it

Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Sep 16 @ 1:48 PM ET
I see ... as you know I'm not a fan of Monahan

And talking to many Flame fans I don't think you'll work here they basically said hes just a trigger man that needs some one to set him up for plays .. So what's the point if hes not gonna help skinner

- GERBE!!!75PTS


I’d hate to give up 8th OA for Monahan.

However if we can acquire him with a combination of other assets I wouldn’t mind it.

The trade proposal that started the Giordano talk was:

Montour, mojo, Mitts, 2021 first.

Monahan and Giordano
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