shrader Posted October 9, 2020 Posted October 9, 2020 It’s tough to read much of anything from what happened today. Very little of significance happened anywhere around the league. The bigger signings, a Markstrom or a Holtby, those are t guys we were ever going to be in on. 1 Quote
BillsFan4 Posted October 10, 2020 Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) Edit: done deal. I figured he must have wanted out of buffalo when he signed in AZ for that price. But then John Vogl retweeted this: somewhat puzzling if true. Edited October 10, 2020 by BillsFan4 Quote
BillsFan4 Posted October 10, 2020 Posted October 10, 2020 listening to this interview (especially the second half) doesn’t exactly leave me hopeful that we are going to be seeing any major changes to this team. Quote
BillsFan4 Posted October 10, 2020 Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) He was pretty decent in Dallas and Vegas. Had 22g a couple seasons ago. Down year last year. It fills a need. He plays C and should definitely add a bit more offense to our bottom 6. I’ve read he’s good in the locker room too. Edited October 10, 2020 by BillsFan4 1 Quote
BillsFan4 Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) nice pickup by the devils. Shrewd move. This is the type of move I want the Sabres to make (not this specific trade since I don’t see the leafs doing this trade in the division). I’d actually like to see Kevyn Adams make a couple moves like this. This seems like a truly unique opportunity to pick up good players from other team for nothing but cap space. And we actually have some cap space to take advantage of this situation. I sure hope Adams uses this opportunity. And I hope the Pegula’s let him. Just look at all the players that have basically been given away in the last few days. If there was ever a time to weaponize our cap space, it’s now. Edited October 11, 2020 by BillsFan4 1 Quote
DJB Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 That's awesome for the Sabres! Apparently 1 year 8 million 1 1 1 Quote
YoloinOhio Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 10 minutes ago, DJB said: That's awesome for the Sabres! Apparently 1 year 8 million Jackets wanted him bad 1 Quote
snafu Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 22 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Wow! Wow, indeed! ...still need a goaltender. 1 1 Quote
ChevyVanMiller Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 Wow, this is a game changer. My interest in the up coming Sabre’s season just went from zero to sixty very quickly. 1 Quote
BillsFan4 Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) Holy ****!!!! I’m in shock! Hall really does love Krueger after all. Said a few times over the years that he was the best coach he’s ever had. Edited October 12, 2020 by BillsFan4 2 Quote
YoloinOhio Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 The Wikipedia update 🤣 Buffalo MF Sabres https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Hall 3 4 Quote
shrader Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 Rolling the dice on one year with Eichel and then much more open wallets post-covid. Very risky, but hey, it works for us. Quote
ChevyVanMiller Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 From TSN : According to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger, the deal has a $1 million signing bonus and a $7 million salary. 1 1 Quote
BillsFan4 Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) I honestly can’t believe he picked the Sabres. This is such a huge signing. A motivated Hall is a game changer for the whole team. He almost single handedly dragged the devils to the playoffs a couple seasons ago in his MVP season. And this has to boost the entire teams morale. Especially Eichel. I was legit worried this would be his last season in buffalo, but not anymore! Not only do we have a legitimate top 6, it’s actually a pretty damn good one! Eichel, Hall, Skinner, Staal, Reinhart, Olofsson. Those are all actually legitimate top 6 caliber forwards. Not guys forced into higher roles than they should be in. Legit top 6 players. We also have a decent bottom 6. Reider should hopefully help improve the PK. Eakin should help add some scoring to the bottom 6 and IMO gives us a legit #3 C (assuming he rebounds from his down year last season, which I think he will). Then if we get any contributions from Cozens, Mittelstadt, Thompson, Asplund... and add in some expected growth from Dahlin + a second year in Krueger’s system... this could potentially be the best Sabres team we’ve had in years. I’m actually excited for the season now. I was getting closer and closer to totally checking out every day. Still some work to be done, but overall I’m pretty damn happy so far. Edited October 12, 2020 by BillsFan4 1 3 Quote
shrader Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 I’ll very gladly show off this new purchase at the golf course later this week: Quote
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