Eh, they need some guys who will finish a hit without an invitation and a mint on their pillow.
Okay Chain! That made me laugh! I get so annoyed on UFA day. It's hard to watch my favorite franchise flounder and be run into the ground by such pathetic owners.
Unsigned 3C possibilities ... Henrique, Roslovic, Wennberg. Stephenson at 7x$6.25 is crazy. I honestly wonder if GMs' staff factor in a future buyout on deals like that.
What about our backup? Was hoping Levi at least starts the season in Rochester. It's UPL's net until he proves last season was a fluke.
Adams shouldn't be saddled with the drought. That baggage can be dropped. Be mad at Botterill and Murray if you want. Adams stepped into a smoldering fire and helped clean it up and rebuild the prospect pool. His two failures was addressing the goaltending in the years he has been here and not addressing key (bottom six Quinn replacement) needs last off-season. Goaltending looks to be stable for the first time since Miller and the bottom six is vastly different. Right now a top 4 RD and a top 6 winger are needs and he will have more than one day to address them. Even if he does not address those two needs, this is the most complete team he will have assembled and it looks like it could make noise under a coach like Ruff.Adams doesn't have a sense of urgency, he's waiting it out for one of his 35 draft picks in the last 4 years to become a superstar. He has the same pulse as a corpse. I love the drafting, and I trust some of the development, but we're 14 years into a rebuild in it's fourth iteration. There needs to be urgency. The trusting the process died, when we followed a 1 point playoff miss, by missing so monumentally. They say the right things, but they don't follow up on promises. They continue to feign contempt with pleasing plausible things like bringing back Ruff. I love Lindy Ruff, but it's not enough. They're covering shit with cologne.
You haven't seen top 6 forwards traded today. In all likelihood, today is about UFAs and then trades will come in the next week or two. Especially with teams having to clear cap after their UFA spending sprees. Or for guys that want trades out of town like Pinto, Robertson, RMcG, and others.He’s not making trades though, so are fans allowed to complain about that part of it?
I’m sick of Yeardon’s constant complaining about fan reactions when the team does nothing to move the needle year after year.
He’s not making trades though, so are fans allowed to complain about that part of it?
I’m sick of Yeardon’s constant complaining about fan reactions when the team does nothing to move the needle year after year.
Adams shouldn't be saddled with the drought. That baggage can be dropped. Be mad at Botterill and Murray if you want. Adams stepped into a smoldering fire and helped clean it up and rebuild the prospect pool. His two failures was addressing the goaltending in the years he has been here and not addressing key (bottom six Quinn replacement) needs last off-season. Goaltending looks to be stable for the first time since Miller and the bottom six is vastly different. Right now a top 4 RD and a top 6 winger are needs and he will have more than one day to address them. Even if he does not address those two needs, this is the most complete team he will have assembled and it looks like it could make noise under a coach like Ruff.
Sabres just announced Jacob Bryson and Dennis Gilbert on one-year deals.
I'd be so much happier with this offseason if we had kept mitts and extended him for 3x$5.75 and had picked up one of the very affordable top 4 RHD, or even a LHD.
I know Adams said he wasn't in the market for a top 4 rhd, but that doesn't mean it's not still a gaping hole in the lineup.
All of these upgrades that we've been told are impossible or too expensive to make for the last 3-4 years and then all of these pretty reasonable deals get made this year by other teams.
Marino 2x 2nds
We could have easily tacked on +2million to either of these deals or an extra year to get it done
Roy 6 x $5.75m
Pesce 6 x $5.5m
Demelo extended for only 4X$4.9m. You're telling me we couldn't have traded a 3rd for his rights and signed him for 5x$6m?
lhd
dillion 3 x $4m
Even Zads at 6 x$5m
What a disastrous weekend for the Sabres.
That's a problem. Levi needs starts. UPL has fully earned the starter role, at least for now.We signed Sandstrom from Philly, all signs point to him as the #1 in Rochester now
I would say no because we have no idea what he is trying to do or not do.He’s not making trades though, so are fans allowed to complain about that part of it?
I’m sick of Yeardon’s constant complaining about fan reactions when the team does nothing to move the needle year after year.