Brady Tkachuck... come on down
You're the next contest on "Stop the Tank"!
Brady Tkachuck... come on down
You're the next contest on "Stop the Tank"!
Historian (10-21-2017)
So here's the deal...
Murray has left this team an absolute mess...
The Sabres will be forced to trade EK9 in spite of him being the only one besides Jack and Poms that is producing. #1 EK9 probably doesn't want to be here. He's a party boy and Buffalo is NOT a destination. #2 We can't afford to take on another high cost long-term deal.
For as much as I like ROR, the game is RAPIDLY changing. It's all about speed and skill. ROR is NOT a speed player and is long-term at $8 mil per.
Okposo is 5 more years at $6 million. After he pots 10-15 goals this year, people are going lose patience fast. Another contract that is going to hurt for next 5 years.
Reinhart is a bust.
So outside of Poms and Eichel... this team has ZERO offense.
Riato is struggling to become a true #1 And had a multi year deal, and Lehner is complete garbage.
The Sabres aren't making the playoffs anytime in the next 3 years.
Agree. You pretty much described how I feel about each of those players. But I disagree with trading Kane. At least yet.Originally Posted by coastal
We simply can't afford another long-term high dollar contract
I'd rather see them move an unproductive big contract than one that is actually producing.
Kane can be a big fish in a small pond in Buffalo or lost in the ocean that is LA or NYC.
I get the reasoning in wanting to trade him. Get value while he is scoring. But I can't overcome my want to keep him, because he's about the only part of this puke team I like watching.
Gorges & Moulson? Really? It was a good idea 4 or 5 years ago.
Agreed that Moulson, Bogosian, and Gorges all need to go. Okposo is goijng to be on that list sooner rather than later.
ROR... not sure yet.
swiper (10-17-2017)
The Sabres forwards are fine outside of Moulsons' idiotic contract. EK9 is likely gone after this year so trading him to a contender at the deadline will be the right play.
Defensively they're soft and Lehner is garbage. At least Gorges will be gone next year. Unfortunately there's no solid goalies set to become free agents this offseason.
So you're looking at a very similar team in 18/19 to this team with 2 main replacements and some spare parts.
The Sabres are just waiting until the Bills season is done or whenever they are eliminated from playoff contention, Sept. to Dec. is football season. Theseason really starts in January (usually after the A
B)-April for the Sabres
Last edited by DetDannyWilliams; 10-15-2017 at 12:19 PM.
Simply pay the players with The City of Buffalo's greatest asset -- chicken wings.
Agree. It is ridiculous the amount of dead weight still on this team three years after the tank.
swiper (10-17-2017)
That's my biggest issue. Or how many players have become deadweight
The culture of the tank...
Historian (10-21-2017)
Pittsburg was worse and they came out of it just fine.
I remember things were so bad, in 05-06, Sebastian Caron allowed a full ice goal to the caps. No one on the pens came over and smacked his pads, or said anything to him. The commentators droned on and on a out how dysfunctional the team was, how horrible the culture was. That even Mario and leisure had checked out. Remember, that's a team where palffy and Mario walked away mid-season from. And of course, the pens were able to overcome that and build a winning culture.
New coach, new GM... Get rid of the dead weight, they'll be fine. Maybe not this year (still early) but hopefully they'll shake that soon.
Besides, whose even left from the tank years? Outside Pegula, not much.
And a rebuild isn't the problem, nor is a tank. Gotta strip down the old core for youth. The issue is they haven't gotten the right people to build them up. So far.
Last edited by JATMtheJATM; 10-17-2017 at 08:44 AM.
No.
There's a right way to tank and a wrong way. The Pegula's threw money at someone doing it the wrong way.
First Darcy Regier, then Tim Murray.
Murray isn't on pegula. That was lafontaines hire.
Do you know what also isn't on Pegula?
Kim.
That limpdick couldn't get stiff even with popscicle sticks affixed to his weiner.
A more incompetent professional sports team owner I have never seen.
High hat.
This is why I don't favor tanking.
It reinforces poor work habits in the very young guys you need to build your team around.
And why does Ristolainen never takes any heat on these boards?
He is one of the worst defensemen I have ever seen.
YardRat (10-21-2017)
My favorite tweet of the week:
New drinking game: Do a shot every time Jeaneret says, "Cleared, but not out!"
coastal (11-21-2017)
I have asked the same about Ristolainen.
Reminds me more of Tyler Myers than Niklas Lidstrom.
I understand he needed some time to grow into his role as a #1 NHL defender, but at this point he is officially behind in his development.
Historian (11-03-2017)
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