News Article: Scott Cullen Off-Season Game Plan: Buffalo Sabres

[AustonsNostrils]

A new approach is probably not enough to get the Sabres where they want to go, but it’s a start. In addition to a new coach, the Sabres still need to augment their depth. That brings one of this summer’s hottest issues into focus and that is the status of star left winger Jeff Skinner, who scored 40 goals last season and is an unrestricted free agent.

Skinner apparently would like to stay in Buffalo, but the deal isn’t done yet, which opens the door to considering that he may end up somewhere else. If that happens, it’s hard to imagine that the Sabres would be playoff contenders next season and it’s tough to look at the team and, year after year, know before the season starts that they are playing for the future. Realistically, if the Sabres were to lose Skinner, they could surely add another scoring winger, but that would only mitigate the loss of Skinner, and not give Buffalo roster the upgrade that they sorely need.

Really, the Sabres know that they have two cornerstone pieces, in center Jack Eichel and defenseman Rasmus Dahlin, and it’s up to management to build a competent supporting cast. That means having skilled players that are good enough to complement Eichel and it means depth players that don’t get completely destroyed when the stars leave the ice.

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[Jim Carr's Rug]

I don't understand, did Cullen trade Risto?

EDIT: For Poolman and Appleton??

 

[Icicle]

these are hilarious every year

 

[Chainshot]

If I bark at him on Twitter, will he be snippy about it on GR again?

 

[AustonsNostrils]

uh this guy's got problems, some woman somehow grabbed his Twitter account.

Drina Cullen (@tsnscottcullen) | Twitter

it appears he's no longer with TSN.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

I don't understand, did Cullen trade Risto?

EDIT: For Poolman and Appleton??

color me horrified.

 

[Club]

uh this guy's got problems, some woman somehow grabbed his Twitter account.

Drina Cullen (@tsnscottcullen) | Twitter

it appears he's no longer with TSN.

I think he was released from TSN in October of last year. But I could be wrong

 

[Chainshot]

I'd totally missed the Risto deal. Poolman and Appleton? What the actual f***.

 

[Fjordy]

Well, thanks that at least not Lucic.

 

[Gabrielor]

He basically didn’t change anything.

 

[vcv]

I'd totally missed the Risto deal. Poolman and Appleton? What the actual ****.

Who?

What the f*** is this. Did the person who took over his twitter account write this?

 

[TheMistyStranger]

I'd totally missed the Risto deal. Poolman and Appleton? What the actual ****.

It doesn't even make sense for Winnipeg, due to the cap. Unless his Jets writeup has some serious moves going on.

 

[Chainshot]

Who?

What the **** is this. Did the person who took over his twitter account write this?

Seems on par with what he did the last few years. They are AHL guys with the Moose, though Appleton played 36 games for the Jets this year and Poolman had more than a cup of coffee with them last year. Not nearly enough.

And the idea of letting players walk in RFA? It's that sort of stupid that makes this even worse.

 

[Royal Thunder]

This guys power rankings on tsn a decade ago were so bad that to this day I can't take anything he says seriously.

 

[AustonsNostrils]

Risto is a decent fit for Winnipeg. They have players I like. Roslovic, Copp, Poolman, Vesalainen, Samberg.

 

[GellMann]

I don't understand, did Cullen trade Risto?

EDIT: For Poolman and Appleton??

Without reading this or the comments below it, I'd have a 1/30 chance of guessing the trade partner correctly based on those two names.

And I consider myself well-acquainted with every roster in the NHL.

Who the hell are those guys and why does this guy think that's what Risto would return lol

 

[Buffaloed]

I don't understand, did Cullen trade Risto?

EDIT: For Poolman and Appleton??

Botterill is the new Chiarelli. People expect him to get hosed in trades.

 

[tsujimoto74]

These are never not funny/horrifying.

I like how he basically made one move, and it unequivocally makes the team substantially worse both short- and long-term. That's, uh...interesting.

 

[Weaves]

Risto is a decent fit for Winnipeg. They have players I like. Roslovic, Copp, Poolman, Vesalainen, Samberg.

Ive heard rumblings the Jets brass is listening on calls for Ehlers..

 

[jc17]

Botterill is the new Chiarelli. People expect him to get hosed in trades.

I think he needs one or 2 more stinkers before that becomes the case

 

[Sabre the Win]

This guys power rankings on tsn a decade ago were so bad that to this day I can't take anything he says seriously.

the one Canadian who remains an embarrassment to our great sport lol

 

[Ralonzo]

I don't understand, did Cullen trade Risto?

EDIT: For Poolman and Appleton??

That's a worse return than Tucker Carlson and Crabby Appleton.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

 

[Fjordy]

Is that the guy who trade Risto in Winnipeg for Poolman and Appleton?

 

[paulmm3]

Sheary-Mittlestadt-Okposo second line? Brutal.