Confirmed Trade: [SJS/BUF] E.Kane for D. O'Regan, 2019 cond. 1st/2nd round, 2019/2020 cond. 4th/3rd round [MOD 274]

[ref88]

Their future is fine because they have enough pieces to remain competitive for many years to come. The team is not just Joe Thornton and that's it. Try looking at their team and watching them play.

I have, that's the problem. The young guys aren't anything special.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

I have, that's the problem. The young guys aren't anything special.

They don't need to be anything special to you. Your opinion is irrelevant. They play good enough as a team to win games to be a playoff competitive team.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[karnige]

Buffalo could have done better than this.

sabers GM said he took the best offer he got. Kane's attitude (whether it's a problem or just reputation) was the problem.

 

[ref88]

They don't need to be anything special to you. Your opinion is irrelevant. They play good enough as a team to win games to be a playoff competitive team.

Umm No. This is my last post in this thread.

 

[CupsOverCash]

sabers GM said he took the best offer he got. Kane's attitude (whether it's a problem or just reputation) was the problem.

Hope Kane does well for SJ and resigns. I'd like to see Buffalo competitive again.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Umm No. This is my last post in this thread.

There really is no argument to be made that your opinion is relevant on this matter but I'm glad this is the last post for you in this thread because you don't bring anything valuable to the conversation.

 

[Gecklund]

sabers GM said he took the best offer he got. Kane's attitude (whether it's a problem or just reputation) was the problem.

I thought he said he took the offer with a first

 

[Pinkfloyd]

I thought he said he took the offer with a first

I thought I read that he took the only legitimate offer on the table but that's typically just GM speak.

 

[Moskau]

I thought he said he took the offer with a first

He said he took the ONLY offer he got.

 

[68 Z-28]

He said he took the only legitimate offer he received. Read that how you want.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[antiqueslivers]

ooh jumbo joe gave kane the talk.

 

[Flyerfan52]

Big Joe probably laid down the law to him on the way to the hotel.
Jumbo being proactive & showing that leadership.

 

[Flyerfan52]

ooh jumbo joe gave kane the talk.

The 1 from Second Hand Lions.
Excellent reference!

 

[spintheblackcircle]

ooh jumbo joe gave kane the talk.

Son, watch me. Watch Burnzie. You call that pathetic growth on your chin a beard?

These are the playoffs kid, if you can't grow that out.......we're going to have problems.

 

[antiqueslivers]

Kane: "hey joe nice to se... whoa I didn't know you smoked"
Joe: "get in the car.."

 

[Mattb124]

He said he took the ONLY offer he got.

That is what I saw in a tweet from BUF's GM.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

I have, that's the problem. The young guys aren't anything special.

Depends how you define special, but they have all stepped up this year and have put the team in a playoff spot in the extremely competitive western conference. Pavelski, Burns, Vlasic, Jones have all had down years relative to their contract and expectations, and Thornton has missed almost 20 games with injury. Tierney, Meier, Hertl, Donskoi, and LaBanc have 63 goals, 83 assists and 146 points combined. Meier, Hertl, and Donskoi are amongst 3 of the top-30ish possession forwards in the NHL. Chris Tierney is the leading PK'ing forward on the #1 penalty killing team in the NHL. Joakim Ryan has been babysitter for Brent Burns in a year where Burns has seriously struggled defensively when partnered with anybody except Ryan, but has been very good with him. These guys are all 25 or younger. Then you've got Couture who is middle aged with 25 goals and 22 assists despite battling injuries. Martin Jones is also middle aged and while he isn't an elite goaliec he's pretty much proven he can take on 60+ starts and consistently put up average starter numbers at the very worst and he has never been anything but world class in the playoffs. Then you add a 26 year old Kane who already has 20 goals and 20 assists to that bunch and who is also a very good possession player and you're looking at a very solid young group of players, even if they are mostly complimentary players.

They definitely don't have a young elite #1C or #1D but they have ~20M in cap space this off-season and Doug Wilson implied in every way possible that he would be using that cap space to go after Tavares this off season.

 

[ddawg1950]

That's pretty late for an old guy like Joe to even be up, let alone wandering around San Jose International.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

That's pretty late for an old guy like Joe to even be up, let alone wandering around San Jose International.

Shirtless Joe will be fine. It's unsuspecting civilians that should be worried.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Joe works as an uber driver while on the IR, just a coincidence Kane got him as a driver

 

[RickyHP]

supposedly doug wilson held meetings with all the shark vets asking for their essential approval of kane. they all approved, so i don't think chemistry or attitudes will be a problem.

 

[AustonsNostrils]

 

[Boy Hedican]

ooh jumbo joe gave kane the talk.

They’ve hung out/partied together many times in the off season. Probably just talked about where they’re partying this summer after they win the cup