26CornerBlitz Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 http://youtu.be/CYwm5qjjQnw Digital Press Box Game Preview: 10/15/17 at ANA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 SABRES RECALL BAILEY FROM AMERKS BUFFALO, N.Y. (October 15, 2017) — The Buffalo Sabres today announced the team has recalled forward Justin Bailey from the Rochester Americans (AHL). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zevo Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I just do not get the love for ROR, dude was garbage last year, and is invisible again this year. Mr. Big Stuff on ice. If Botteril can dump that salary and get any asset in return, he is GM for life. Throw in Okposo in the trade and he can own the GD team. And I don't buy the timeline, Toronto ain't have any of these conversations. Freaking New Jersay has more exciting young players than the Sabres. It's broken, history says they ain't making the playoffs, no need to fool ourselves, start over . As I said, I got any bet up top 5K they ain't making the playoffs, and yes, I will escrow the money with anyone who wants to make the bet Man...I was a fan of TM when he was here...I loved his transparency....he absolutely !@#$ed this team over hardcore....we are in terrible spot. Besides jack things look very bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 (edited) I just do not get the love for ROR, dude was garbage last year, and is invisible again this year. Mr. Big Stuff on ice. If Botteril can dump that salary and get any asset in return, he is GM for life. Throw in Okposo in the trade and he can own the GD team. And I don't buy the timeline, Toronto ain't have any of these conversations. Freaking New Jersay has more exciting young players than the Sabres. It's broken, history says they ain't making the playoffs, no need to fool ourselves, start over . As I said, I got any bet up top 5K they ain't making the playoffs, and yes, I will escrow the money with anyone who wants to make the bet Here is my opinion - Just because it's looking like the Sabres won't make the playoffs this year doesn't mean we need to start over again. We just started over like 4 years ago and it was on an epic scale. It's not the type of thing you just recover from in a few seasons. We are barely out of the tank years... dumping good young players only sets the timeline back even further. I didn't think ROR was garbage last year. Not at all. He wasn't as good as he was year 1 but he was still damn good and his season still qualifies as that of a #1 C. He started the year out with a back injury too, and I don't think it ever got the chance to heal, especially with Bylsma using him for every single face off. I know you said you don't want to hear about his minutes, but that is a thing. He faced some of the toughest QOC in the NHL, while playing damn near the most minutes of any forward. You trade ROR and you leave a huge hole at #1 or #2 C. As Eichel takes over the #1 C role, and ROR takes that #2 spot he will be one of the better/best #2C's in the NHL. He's a borderline #1C and a very strong #2C. We seen for YEARS with the old Sabres teams how hard it was to find top line centers. It was our biggest weakness before the tank and a huge reason why the Sabres tanked in the first place. Now we finally have some good C depth and you want to trade it away for anything you can get? No thanks. Top centers are just as hard to come by as top defenseman. When you have them you usually don't trade them, and for good reason. Also, it's not fair to compare Buffalo to Toronto. They did not do the same type of tear down rebuild we did. They did a retool. They had been rebuilding and drafting high since 2007-08 (outside of one good year IIRC) and they kept a lot of those players from previous teams who are impact players for them now. Where as Buffalo completely turned over their roster on a scale that is hardly ever seen in the NHL. Our longest tenured player is Zemgus Girgensons who's been here 4 going in 5 seasons. So Toronto has a 5 year jump on us the way I look at it. Plus they hired possibly the best coach in the NHL during their one tank year and are also gifted the 1st overall pick that one last place year (something the Sabres never got). New Jersey also did not do the same type of rebuild Buffalo did, and it's only been 5 or so games. Buffalo once went on a 10-3 run with their tank team, so let's not crown them yet. They do look exciting so far, though. It would be more accurate to compare Buffalo to the rebuilds of teams like Pittsburgh or Chicago, who struggled and rebuilt for many years before climbing out of it. Chicago had 4 losing seasons followed by 1 playoff appearance, then 5 more losing seasons before they made the conference finals in '08-'09 and won the Cup the following year. Pittsburgh had 4 straight years of #1 or #2 overall picks, where they got literally the best player in the world and another top 5 NHL player. Pittsburgh wasn't even stripped as bare as Buffalo was, either. BTW, I am not opposed to good hockey trades (player for player) that make Buffalo a better team right away. But they should absolutely not even be thinking about trading guys like ROR or Reinhart for whatever they can get, or even for draft picks. That would just set us back even further. Edited October 15, 2017 by BillsFan4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 When GMTM was still around, he made some pretty big and important decisions impacting draft picks and making key moves that would ultimately form the core this team was supposed to win multiple Cups around. At that time, I was somewhat critical, thinking "Really, you are going to build a mini-dynasty around Evander Kane and Bogo? There is a reason those guys are available." Then he took our youth-filled D core and reduced it to McCabe and Risto. The ROR acquisition was great but GMTM didn't put a lot of key pieces into the core other than him. Our "Dynasty Core" is still a work in progress. It needs more tweaking. I'd be all in favor of more moves to redefine it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Man...I was a fan of TM when he was here...I loved his transparency....he absolutely !@#$ed this team over hardcore....we are in terrible spot. Besides jack things look very bad He couldn't have done worse if he was trying. Maybe his uncle Bwian put him up to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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njbuff Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Congrats on the win, now get some freaking more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 It starts with ONE.... shootout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juEnitZ2Ok4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 Digital Press Box Game Preview: 10/17/17 at VGK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 They got a win, now I have em in the Cup final Big night of sports tonight for a Tuesday night! Little NBA, little baseball, little Sabres.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 @BradleyGelber Per @FriedgeHNIC, Sam Reinhart's name started to come up, but the #Sabres aren't looking to make a snap decision. https://www.nhl.com/video/nhl-tonight-friedman-on-karlsson/t-277350912/c-53560603 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 @BradleyGelber Per @FriedgeHNIC, Sam Reinhart's name started to come up, but the #Sabres aren't looking to make a snap decision. https://www.nhl.com/video/nhl-tonight-friedman-on-karlsson/t-277350912/c-53560603 package him with ROR and we got something!! Just kdding BillsFan4. You made some compelling points above, I am just not an ROR fan at this stage, and really started to turn on him about Christmas last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Faillllllllllll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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plenzmd1 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Just finished watching the Sabre game. Man, did this look like a lot of games last year. and glad to see Housley was pissed and not happy just cause they rallied for a point. They were awful for long stretches of this game. BTW, I hate west coast games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Just finished watching the Sabre game. Man, did this look like a lot of games last year. and glad to see Housley was pissed and not happy just cause they rallied for a point. They were awful for long stretches of this game. BTW, I hate west coast games At least ROR got going a bit. They're digging themselves too deep of a hole, though, which is really disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Why do the Sabres need 41 years to rebuild from a tank while an expansion team gets 10 points in their first 6 games ever? Answer: Tim Murray Does anyone think the Sabres will get 10 points in any 6 game stretch this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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