Buffalo Sabres and the NHL: 2025 - 2026

[QCity]

What the heck is up with this draft format? The production looks like something from the Covid years, I had to shut it off.

[That's No Moon]

45 minutes ago, ChevyVanMiller said:

Sabres use #9 pick to draft defenseman Radim Mrtka. He looked thrilled to join a team that hasn’t made the playoffs for 4/5ths of his life.

 

 

I was just as excited that the Sabres chose him if that matters. We will be fortunate to see him on the ice in 2029.

[UConn James]

58 minutes ago, ChevyVanMiller said:

Sabres use #9 pick to draft defenseman Radim Mrtka. He looked thrilled to join a team that hasn’t made the playoffs for 4/5ths of his life.

 

 

Well… consolation is that if he does develop into a decent player history shows that the Sabres will trade him for some hot dog water, whereupon he has a relatively high chance to soon win a Stanley Cup.

[BADOLBILZ]

45 minutes ago, ChevyVanMiller said:

Sabres use #9 pick to draft defenseman Radim Mrtka. He looked thrilled to join a team that hasn’t made the playoffs for 4/5ths of his life.

 

 

 

 

Radim.

 

Gradim.

 

Elevadim.

 

Tradim. 

[That's No Moon]

29 minutes ago, QCity said:

What the heck is up with this draft format? The production looks like something from the Covid years, I had to shut it off.

It's horrid. 

[Draconator]

I didn't even bother to watch it. I instead watched MasterChef with my wife. Seeing Gordon Ramsay throw raw meat is always entertaining. 

[That's No Moon]

1 hour ago, ChevyVanMiller said:

Sabres use #9 pick to draft defenseman Radim Mrtka. He looked thrilled to join a team that hasn’t made the playoffs for 4/5ths of his life.

 

 

I wonder when we get to the point where players frequently refuse to sign with the Sabres. Brendan Lemieux did that and got himself dealt as a 2nd rounder.

[PromoTheRobot]

1 hour ago, ChevyVanMiller said:

Sabres use #9 pick to draft defenseman Radim Mrtka. He looked thrilled to join a team that hasn’t made the playoffs for 4/5ths of his life.

 

 

 

He looked pretty happy most of the time. I'm so glad a photographer managed to catch that expression so we can build an entire narrative about what he was feeling. Because it never gets old.

21 minutes ago, UConn James said:

Well… consolation is that if he does develop into a decent player history shows that the Sabres will trade him for some hot dog water, whereupon he has a relatively high chance to soon win a Stanley Cup.

 

Yeah, the Sabres didn't need a top 4 right shot D-man and a gritty third liner to replace the creampuffs on this team now.

Edited Saturday at 02:45 AM by PromoTheRobot

[Mike in Horseheads]

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

>>> "OK, Mr. Adams.  Read the third line down on the eye chart."

 

<<< "Read it?!  I just drafted him!"

[That's No Moon]

As much as I'm thoroughly disenchanted with everything Sabres, you can hook this Bedkowski fella directly to my veins. 

[Gregg]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/nhl-expansion-race-reportedly-adds-fifth-american-city-to-list-of-contenders/ar-AA1HDrxk

 

Five American cities in the running to get the two expansion teams in the NHL wants to have.

[Doc]

55 minutes ago, Gregg said:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/nhl-expansion-race-reportedly-adds-fifth-american-city-to-list-of-contenders/ar-AA1HDrxk

 

Five American cities in the running to get the two expansion teams in the NHL wants to have.

 

So no relo team?  Asking for a Sabres fan friend...

[Gregg]

8 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

So no relo team?  Asking for a Sabres fan friend...

 

I guess not. I didn't even know the league was looking to expand. 

[Doc]

1 hour ago, Gregg said:

I guess not. I didn't even know the league was looking to expand. 

 

Been having this argument with someone for decades about how Ralph kept the team in Buffalo when he could have moved it, and the same goes for the Sabres.  The other person claimed there was never anywhere for him/the Bills/the Sabres to go.

Edited 3 hours ago by Doc

[May Day 10]

The New Orleans and Austin things are new.  If there are/is a billionaire interest, and they fail to procure one of these 2-4 expansion franchises, they could target an existing team.  The Sabres heading toward no-lease-land in a bad arena, and unprecedented fan apathy would be a prime target.  

[Doc]

7 minutes ago, May Day 10 said:

The New Orleans and Austin things are new.  If there are/is a billionaire interest, and they fail to procure one of these 2-4 expansion franchises, they could target an existing team.  The Sabres heading toward no-lease-land in a bad arena, and unprecedented fan apathy would be a prime target.  

 

Yup.  Sabres fans just might get their wish for a new owner...

[Gregg]

13 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Yup.  Sabres fans just might get their wish for a new owner...

 

He should sell as he has run the team into the ground. He has the Bills who are a cash cow to his bank account. The Sabres not so much.

[boater]

5 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

He should sell as he has run the team into the ground. He has the Bills who are a cash cow to his bank account. The Sabres not so much.

 

Actually, looking at the empty seats at a Sabres game, I think the Sabres are a negative cash flow for Pegs. He probably chips in monthly to cover expenses.

 

The Bills and the Bandits generate cash, lots of it.

[Gregg]

7 minutes ago, boater said:

 

Actually, looking at the empty seats at a Sabres game, I think the Sabres are a negative cash flow for Pegs. He probably chips in monthly to cover expenses.

 

The Bills and the Bandits generate cash, lots of it.

 

Terry bought the Bills for 1.4B. They are now worth over 4B in 2025.