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

Mar 2 @ 10:28 AM ET
nah

his plan was trickle up

cinncy and rochester went from bottom dwellers to decent teams

terry rushed the rebuild and picked ralph


botts was a puppet that controlled the draft

- homiedclown


well, as the face, he failed. (frank)ing guy couldn't hire a competent coach, a competent staff, competent players. Couldn't make competent trades and misused the poop out of many players. Drove guys away. Fostered a toxic work environement.

He sucked and anyone who disagrees is god damn wrong.
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Mar 2 @ 10:28 AM ET
You have to wonder if the guys in the locker room see what is going down and get deflated because Adams doesn't help.

Marty Biron - Bringing in Bob Corkum deflated us.

Adams is just hanging them out to dry.

- sabresfan69



Would you trade futures to bolster or are there roster players you would trade? In your opinion what would push this young group to maximize their chance of playoffs?
lacaprup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.23.2006

Mar 2 @ 10:30 AM ET
Bergeron probably retiring
Pasta has openly said he won't resign there while sweeney is still GM
Marchand... well he'll be there for a minute.

- JCSabs06


And Pasta stays in Boston.
JCSabs06
Buffalo Sabres
Location: The Edge...The only people who really know where it is have gone over
Joined: 09.06.2012

Mar 2 @ 10:30 AM ET
You do realize Ottawa can pass the Sabres very easily. They are 2 points behind the Sabres and are starting to get healthy and just added a top pair d-man without touching their roster.
- ImThatGuy


I guess the argument is that between them and us whoever got chych was going to finish the year stronger. They're still closer to a better pick than we are at the moment.
JCSabs06
Buffalo Sabres
Location: The Edge...The only people who really know where it is have gone over
Joined: 09.06.2012

Mar 2 @ 10:31 AM ET
And Pasta stays in Boston.
- lacaprup


Yea, lol, it's been pointed out to me
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Mar 2 @ 10:31 AM ET
Would you trade futures to bolster or are there roster players you would trade? In your opinion what would push this young group to maximize their chance of playoffs?
- washedup20


the Chychrun Ottawa trade.

Buffalos pipeline isn’t touched.



Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Mar 2 @ 10:32 AM ET
Gibson has a full no-trade and I believe he's been unwilling to waive. He's not coming to Buffalo, plus in 2 years Levi is our future.
- turbo044


Levi is at the very least 2 years away. I wouldn’t even slot him in the roster yet after his 2nd season.

More likely 3 years away
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Mar 2 @ 10:32 AM ET
Armstrong is talking out of his ass again, he said that when Chychrun first went on the block and has been saying it since. Not only did I say it but so did the folks on Sportsnet and TSN. Armstrong is full of S$$T.
- SABRES 89


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

Mar 2 @ 10:32 AM ET
I know you are. I respect it.

But you’re too smart to not know where this is all headed.

Mediocrity

- sbroads24


Way I view it is he's a nothing piece that maybe, at best, adds a dimension to a defense that's already way too shallow to stand up consistently to good teams.

If we have any hope of ascending, Kevo needs to take a page out of Boston's book and start trading and hiring competence for the back end. Not now necessarily because we all know that won't happen, but in the next calendar year.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 2 @ 10:32 AM ET
Would you trade futures to bolster or are there roster players you would trade? In your opinion what would push this young group to maximize their chance of playoffs?
- washedup20

They need to maximize Cozens and Power. That should’ve been their goal.

A bonafide T6 winger to pair with Cozens for a long time

A top 4 D that Dahlin or Power could pair with for a long time
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Mar 2 @ 10:32 AM ET
the Chychrun Ottawa trade.

Buffalos pipeline isn’t touched.

- ImThatGuy


Maybe he needed the picks for a goalie 👀
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Mar 2 @ 10:33 AM ET
Maybe he needed the picks for a goalie 👀
- Sabretooth9


I'll just sit here and keep praying to spaghetti for Saros.
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Mar 2 @ 10:34 AM ET
So you are an insider...
- DirtyDan


If I had to power rank sources giving us inside information.

Gerbe would be #1 and 89 would be #2.


My source is a mid level Sabres employee. So I would say mine is 4th or 5th
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Mar 2 @ 10:35 AM ET
Why the (frank) do we have a 41 year old goalie and 2 guys who sometimes play below average at best
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Mar 2 @ 10:36 AM ET
If I had to power rank sources giving us inside information.

Gerbe would be #1 and 89 would be #2.


My source is a mid level Sabres employee. So I would say mine is 4th or 5th

- Sabretooth9


well tell em to blow their load on saros.
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Mar 2 @ 10:36 AM ET
the Chychrun Ottawa trade.

Buffalos pipeline isn’t touched.

- ImThatGuy



I would rather Adams go after Provorov.


I watched the cbus game and it seemed like Power played the entire game. That kid is an absolute STUD

Adams, needs to focus on defensive dman and GRIT.
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

Mar 2 @ 10:36 AM ET
Why the (frank) do we have a 41 year old goalie and 2 guys who sometimes play below average at best
- TheSabresTaco


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

Mar 2 @ 10:37 AM ET
Can we talk about Dylan Larkin making 1+M than Ptage
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Mar 2 @ 10:37 AM ET
Why the (frank) do we have a 41 year old goalie and 2 guys who sometimes play below average at best
- TheSabresTaco

UPL wins games though………………
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Mar 2 @ 10:38 AM ET
They need to maximize Cozens and Power. That should’ve been their goal.

A bonafide T6 winger to pair with Cozens for a long time

A top 4 D that Dahlin or Power could pair with for a long time

- sbroads24



Konency and Provorov - what would it take to acquire them?

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

Mar 2 @ 10:38 AM ET
"The Plan".
- buffalofan19


I was irrationally angry about the goaltending last year and it's going to be so much (frank)ing worse if he doesn't do something about it this year.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Mar 2 @ 10:39 AM ET
Konency and Provorov - what would it take to acquire them?
- washedup20


Sabres top 3 1st. And Bryson

yes all day
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 2 @ 10:41 AM ET
well, as the face, he failed. (frank)ing guy couldn't hire a competent coach, a competent staff, competent players. Couldn't make competent trades and misused the poop out of many players. Drove guys away. Fostered a toxic work environement.

He sucked and anyone who disagrees is god damn wrong.

- TheSabresTaco

thank kim and terry
JCSabs06
Buffalo Sabres
Location: The Edge...The only people who really know where it is have gone over
Joined: 09.06.2012

Mar 2 @ 10:42 AM ET
"The Plan".
- buffalofan19



Just trust the pro-cess.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 2 @ 10:42 AM ET
Can we talk about Dylan Larkin making 1+M than Ptage
- TheSabresTaco

stillman wants to be here


moral victories are for losers
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