O'Reilly's contract is fine. Your last paragraph says it all. Pacioretty is too old for our core. He'll be declining as we're presumably entering our window of contention. He'll almost assuredly get a big contract with a long term that we shouldn't be giving him.
MolsonOnly if you assume Buffalo's objective is making our team worse both now and in the future. I don't think it is, but then I'm not the GM.
Also, Bergevin is still the Habs GM. Does anyone think the guy who turned Subban, Sergachev, and Galchenyuk into Weber, Domi, and Drouin is capable of pulling off that kind of fleecing?
ROR for Pax.
O'Reilly's contract is fine. Your last paragraph says it all. Pacioretty is too old for our core. He'll be declining as we're presumably entering our window of contention. He'll almost assuredly get a big contract with a long term that we shouldn't be giving him.
If you are going to trade O’Reilly then why even bother to acquire a winger?
The Sabres offense is just putrid. They better keep ROR unless they are in full tank mode.
I’m sure Dahlin will be a great player but this team has so many holes, my gosh.
Watch the Canes trade with the Sabres: Skinner + Hanifin for ROR + 32nd pick
Montreal gives up 3rd overall, patch, drouin and petry for Oreilly, duclair and seabrook? Terrible trade for Montreal and one of the worst trade proposals ever. No Montreal fanMTL
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Montreal gives up 3rd overall, patch, drouin and petry for Oreilly, duclair and seabrook? Terrible trade for Montreal and one of the worst trade proposals ever. No Montreal fan
would ever agree to that. Their management though? Well that's a different story. They'll take that everyday of the week and twice on Sunday's.
I think we could definitely use a vet in the locker room that commands respect and will positively influence these young guys. I don't know that they need that guy to be captain material or that they need to instill a culture change. The team has been bad because the majority of the roster hasn't been very good and coaching has been terrible to boot. Get better players in here, and hope Housley learned some things in his 1st season as a head coach and will improve. Those things improve the on ice product, which results in more wins which tends to sort out this losing culture narrative. Regardless I don't think the players being discussed are the leaders in the locker room that are culture changers and captain material.They aren’t trading for goals though, what they need is a captain. I’ll conclude this link to the article Shane Doan wrote: “The Right Way”. It does a pretty good job summarizing what Buffalo needs right now. It needs a culture change. It needs someone to come in and teach these kids the right way. Eichel is a great player, make no mistake, but that team needs someone to set the example. Too many hotshots.
Link: Growing Up In the NHL | By Shane Doan
Wait Montreal gives up Drouin, no. 3, Pacioretty and Petry for Ryan O'reilly and Seabrook?
Are you ****ing serious?
Wizard
Looking at Skinner, Pacioretty, and Nash is like looking to buy a BMW, a Corolla, or a 98 Taurus.
Verry different options.
Well technically it's the best car of the 3.Comparing Pacioretty to a Corolla
We would feel that's pretty shit quite honestlyHow would Sabres fans feel about ROR for Tanev 4.45 per for 2 years, Sutter 1.375 million retained so 3 per for 3 years and Baertschi RFA. You get Tanev to pair Dahlen with and Sutter to take over 3C behind Eichel and Reinhart plus bring Mittelstadt along on wing. Baertschi for added depth in your top 9. The cap hit would be a saw off between Tanev and Sutter=ROR Baertschi I see getting 2.5 -3 max per on bridge deal. Thoughts?