He wants to be a Sabre?

[Ginger Vitis]

http://www.diebytheblade.com/2016/2/12/10978968/sabres-are-steven-stamkos-first-choice-bob-mckenzie-maple-leafs-toronto-lightning



Masturbate to these line combinations

Reinhart - O'Reilly - Stamkos
Laine/Puljujarvi - Eichel - Kane

Is it a bit of a red flag if what Mackenzie is saying is true..That Stamkos may want to avoid the boiling pot pressure cooker of playing in Toronto and in essence doesn't want the heat all on him

[JATMtheJATM]

When I read that... woof

[OpIv37]

I can't see anything happening at the deadline because Stamkos would have to waive his no trade clause AND the would have to negotiate a long term deal with the Sabres. No sense getting a rent-a-player when we wont make the playoffs.

So, if this happens it would be in the off-season. And if it happens then there are no excuses for not making the playoffs n ft year.

[YardRat]

It's probably more about the owners deep pockets. Cha-ching.

[Ginger Vitis]

This guy is claiming Stamkos has little interest in being a Sabre and the Leafs are prepared to pay him 11 to 12 million a year


http://www.sportsnet.ca/590/dean-blundell-and-company/steven-stamkos-down-to-tampa-bay-lightning-or-toronto-maple-leafs/

[DetDannyWilliams]

I would give anything to see the Sabres throw the Leafs rebuild plans off track, it would be just like the late Seymour H. Knox III and his brother late Nordy hiring the the late Punch Imlach after he was fired by the Leafs to be coach and GM of the Sabres...

When Stafford Smythe fired George “Punch” Imlach as the head coach and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1969, Imlach said that someday he’d “shove those words down (Smythe’s) throat.”
It came to pass when Imlach was hired to manage and coach the Sabres two years later, he took out full page ads in the Toronto Telegram with the words, “Remember Me? I am in Buffalo now. Come over and see me!”

http://history.buffalonews.com/2016/02/08/buffalo-in-the-70s-blame-punch-imlach-for-your-coffee-cravings/<strike></strike>

[rbochan]

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/web05/2011/9/18/17/anigif_best-animated-gif-ever-1762-1316380595-2.gif

[DetDannyWilliams]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">GMTM on June draft period: &quot;We&#39;ll be a buyer.&quot; Says picks for players possible, hopes to be a destination for FAs too. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sabres?src=hash">#Sabres</a></p>&mdash; Mike Harrington (@BNHarrington) <a href="https://twitter.com/BNHarrington/status/704419987021283329">February 29, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>