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This isn’t going to end well for the Sabres if they’ve convinced themselves that they need to move on from Eichel now, at his lowest value ever, and set some stupid internal deadline to do it. I know all the extenuating circumstances but I still wish they would just keep Eichel until they get proper value in return.

Love that the isles eliminated Boston! I always like to see Boston lose (didn’t mind seeing Hall lose either), but it helps the Sabres since they hold Boston’s 2nd round pick. I think I’ll be rooting for the Isles the rest of the way.

not that I put much faith in Jeremy White’s “super secret Sabres source”, but I figured I’d share it anyway. this has seemed like the most likely outcome all along. I’m ok with it. I stil” would have preferred a veteran coach like Boudreau or Gallant but I’d take Granato over another inexperienced NHL coach (like some of the college coaches they interviewed) or David Quinn (who was also rumored to be in the mix). Still holding out hope that they surround Granato with at least 1 experienced coach (my ideal scenario would be someone like Boudreau as an associate head coach), but I’m guessing it’ll probably be guys like Dan Girardi and Matt Ellis, or maybe some other lesser known coach Granato has worked with over the years.

Not so sure about that one. Edmonton has been as bad as Buffalo at developing players. They actually might be the only team worse than Buffalo... (before Ken Holland anyway). They went something like 10 years without having a contributing player drafted outside the 1st round of the draft. Iirc I think they hit on like 1 second round pick in that entire time or something ridiculous like that. Draisaitl would be Draisaitl no matter what team drafted him.

https://www.cover1.net/buffalo-bills-harrison-phillips-acl-tear-recovery/ ‘I DIDN’T HAVE A DAY OFF’: HARRISON PHILLIPS TALKS RECOVERY FROM ACL TEAR, GROWTH AS LEADER This was a good read.

Isles tie up the series with Boston at 2 games each. I love it!

If they trade Eichel for a pile of crap that really, truly might be the last straw for me.

🤢🤮 shill

I didn’t even watch the lottery draw. Just saw that Buffalo won. I guess I’m glad they won it but I can’t say that I’m really excited or anything. This feels nothing like when we won the Dahlin draft lottery. There’s no player I’m overly excited about in this draft. It’s nice to have 1st pick of any player we want but I don’t exactly have a ton of faith in this scouting staff to get the pick right, and now it’s just more embarrassing if they miss.

didnt even know this was tonight.

I Don’t blame Adams for this one. Davidsson hasn’t done much to be worth signing. and to be fair to botterill, the rest of that 2017 draft actually looks ok, especially now that Mittelstadt is finding his game. Mitts, UPL, Laaksonen, Bryson, Weissbach. Time will tell on UPL and the rest but it looks like we might get a few contributors from that class (which is more than I can say for many of Buffalo’s draft classes).

Get to see some of these changes in person on Friday. Super excited!

Damn, that was an epic choke by the leafs. They’ve taking choking in the playoffs to another level. It’s like a new art form. When will they ever be given an easier path to the conference finals? Montreal then Winnipeg...

brutal for CBJ fans. For whatever reason they just cannot keep star players in Columbus.

Crazy! What a series. Cant believe it’s going to game 7 after the leafs were up 8n the series 3 games to 1. They have to get it done on Monday or I have to believe there will be changes to the core (unless the write it off as the team just missing Tavares). 😂

I would absolutely ******* HATE trading Reinhart for a goalie. Especially someone I don’t even consider elite. I’d put Merzlikins right around Ullmark, personally. Reinhart was top 10 in the NHL in goals this past season. Merzlikins is not top 10 in any stat. Never has been. He’s maybe a mid tier starter IMO. Oh, and he already made comments about Buffalo a while back.

This doesn’t surprise me at all. I know I stopped watching last season, and I’ve always been one who watches every game (even through the tank years). But this last season I just lost all interest. I couldn’t do it anymore. I did start watching again towards the end when it looked like they were finally giving an effort again, but even then I’d only tune in for maybe 1/2 the game, or I’d only 1/2 watch while I was browsing on my computer or something.

really good podcast/interview with Don Granato.

Looks like Dion Dawkins put on weight.

No. He was the much talked about “favorite” among hockey media but Botterill never even ask permission to interview him. When asked about it he said he “had too much respect for the PIT coaching staff” to break it up (or something along those lines), which I thought was odd. Made me think there was some reason he wasn’t interested in Tocchet (from their time together in PIT).

Pretty much every player we traded away this season looks better after leaving. Except Staal. Hall. Montour (he’s looked pretty good for Florida). Even Jonas Johansson looks like a competent backup in Colorado. and it’s not just this season either. ROR won a selke and a cup and the Conn Smythe (playoff MVP) his 1st season away from the Sabres. Sheary found his game again. Marcus Johansson looks decent for Minnesota. Beaulieu looks decent for Winnipeg. Even Bogosian looked passable.

Yeah, for real. We see it happen over and over again. Wtf is poisoned here? Clearly SOMETHING is toxic in the Buffalo Sabres organization.

Realistically I don’t think they can buy him out until summer of 2023 the earliest. If they bought him out in 2022, he’d be on the books for 10 years. $8.8M $1.3M $1.3M $4.3M $6.3M $2.3M $2.3M $2.3M $2.3M $2.3M 2023 doesn’t really look super great either, but more manageable. 1.6 1.6 4.6 6.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2024 starts to look more realistic. 1.4 4.4 6.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 man, what a terrible ******* contract! I’d say “thanks Botterill” but I read/heard the Pegulas got involved.

Some info on the surgery Eichel wants: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2219656/ I can see why the Sabres want him to exhaust other options first.