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Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Jun 6 @ 8:31 PM ET
Hank Balling: The Offseason Pt. 1: Pay The Man
danwest58
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.27.2009

Jun 6 @ 8:48 PM ET
Thank god you are not the GM. We would be screwed again for another 10 years be throwing out 3 prime assets for 1 player in return. The SAME poop we did that caused us to be in a 10 year rebuild.
Hank Balling
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.18.2021

Jun 6 @ 8:58 PM ET
Thank god you are not the GM. We would be screwed again for another 10 years be throwing out 3 prime assets for 1 player in return. The SAME poop we did that caused us to be in a 10 year rebuild.
- danwest58


It got the Blues ROR - and a cup ring

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 6 @ 9:13 PM ET
big mad
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Jun 6 @ 9:16 PM ET
It got the Blues ROR - and a cup ring

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

- Hank Balling



While I'm not opposed to moves, the Blues were, in theory, one move away from the cup.

We are not.
Slump Buster
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I root for draft picks but not the team, apparently, NY
Joined: 10.24.2006

Jun 6 @ 9:19 PM ET
Hank Balling: The Offseason Pt. 1: Pay The Man
- Hank Balling


Hank, as always great work. I love these moves.
Freddie krug
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Dryden, ON
Joined: 11.17.2020

Jun 6 @ 9:21 PM ET
Very well done Hank. Just add Kadri and this team makes a huge jump next year.
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Jun 6 @ 9:31 PM ET
big mad
- TheSabresTaco

Hugely mad
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Jun 6 @ 9:31 PM ET
Very well done Hank. Just add Kadri and this team makes a huge jump next year.
- Freddie krug


No thank you. Age wise he doesn’t fit
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Jun 6 @ 9:33 PM ET
Hank,
Didn't Dr Pot tell you that you
1) don't have to smoke your whole allotment in one sitting on your 1st night
2) need to observe the Don't Smoke then Write rule
JK'g.

Fun blog actually.

EK has Gibson going to the Leafs, so there is that.
ChrisMS
Joined: 05.02.2012

Jun 6 @ 9:46 PM ET
Fun. But 2 years at 20 mil total for tanger. Nope. He will get 4-5 at 8.5-9. Low end he rakes 34 mil over 4 years. You could actually make this real by offering 4x10. That’s a real take.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 6 @ 9:57 PM ET
Blow it up Baby!! No actually it's not bad.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Jun 6 @ 10:02 PM ET
Great blog

The gibson trade could be a real target and possibility IMO. Love the Pennsylvania connection and proximity.
Sabres could really sell a likeable group of "locals"

*Bonus - when we play tampa , buffalo would be even in net.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 6 @ 10:04 PM ET
Hank Balling: The Offseason Pt. 1: Pay The Man
- Hank Balling

OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 6 @ 10:07 PM ET
Great blog


*Bonus - when we play tampa , buffalo would be even in net.

- Boss34



with peace and love



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 6 @ 10:15 PM ET
what would Puljujarvi cost in a trade?


bryson and a third?
Freddie krug
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Dryden, ON
Joined: 11.17.2020

Jun 6 @ 10:17 PM ET
No thank you. Age wise he doesn’t fit
- Sabretooth9


If KAGM can swing Kadri to play in Buffalo he will be here. It may require a little extra coin but for 3 to 4 years it will be a blast.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 6 @ 10:21 PM ET
If KAGM can swing Kadri to play in Buffalo he will be here. It may require a little extra coin but for 3 to 4 years it will be a blast.
- Freddie krug

future consideration to tampa for Brent Seabrook
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Jun 6 @ 10:25 PM ET
Just like the EPL, LaLiga, and Serie A were about the Super League, except those guys won and the Super League folded fast.
- Wetbandit1


Fan backlash had a lot to do with that though. Golf doesn't have anywhere near that loyal of a following.

Hell, the sport's biggest events (majors) aren't even league events.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 6 @ 10:26 PM ET
what would Puljujarvi cost in a trade?


bryson and a third?

- homiedclown


Even if that’s his “value”
Does EDM actually want Bryson over Puljujarvi?
Bc if not, a 3rd doesn’t convince them to make that trade imo

Don’t think they’re ready to give up on him either
He’s not where they want him to be,
but he’s been somewhat productive this season & last
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 6 @ 10:26 PM ET
Fan backlash had a lot to do with that though. Golf doesn't have anywhere near that loyal of a following.
- buffalofan19

as a golf fan

I applaud those giving the pga the middle finger to try to make a living
SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Jun 6 @ 10:27 PM ET
None of that will happen, they will pay our own players before anything . No chance they pay 10 a year for Letang, none. The only Goalie they had interest in paying 6 mill a year for was Markstrom before he signed in Calgary. I'm not getting into Fiala again.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 6 @ 10:28 PM ET
Even if that’s his “value”
Does EDM actually want Bryson over Puljujarvi?
Bc if not, a 3rd doesn’t convince them to make that trade imo

Don’t think they’re ready to give up on him either
He’s not where they want him to be,
but he’s been somewhat productive this season & last

- jdfitz77

he is 24 years old and playing 10 minutes a night
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 6 @ 10:29 PM ET
None of that will happen, they will pay our own players before anything . No chance they pay 10 a year for Letang, none. The only Goalie they had interest in paying 6 mill a year for was Markstrom before he signed in Calgary. I'm not getting into Fiala again.
- SABRES 89

buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Jun 6 @ 10:30 PM ET
as a golf fan

I applaud those giving the pga the middle finger to try to make a living

- homiedclown


I do too, though I think "to make a living" is a bit of an exaggeration. Most of the guys going over already have comfortable incomes. This is about using their talent to make obtain more available money, and there's nothing wrong with that.
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