St. Louis and San Jose Watch (1st round picks)

[Montag DP]

Botterill hasn't "walked all over" any other GM in a trade unless you count a trade where the player said he'd only come here. Guess we got two groups in these parts. "complainers" aka Realists who can see the **** job Botterill has done to date and the group that blindly defends Botterill's every move aka sheep. I'd rather be labeled "a complainer" personally. God forbid fans come on a Sabres message board and vent about the subpar job being done by our GM. Is this a franchise devastating deal? No probably not, we got a pretty good player in Montour, but it's one more cut on the way to our death by a thousand cuts.

You can always tell the people who are the most realistic and not blind/sheep because they feel the need to divide people into groups and label those who disagree with them as such.

 

[KeyserSoze81]

Would be shocked if Dallas beats the Blues. Really dumb trade by Botts.

Ehh, I fault Botts for a lot, but I am okay with the value in this trade. Montour fills a need, and we undoubtedly were bidding against other teams. Who isn't looking for a puck moving RD?

 

[Rowley Birkin]

The only sheep on this forum are the ones constantly trying to take over every single thread with the 'Botts suxxxx' narrative.

 

[BananaSquad]

MONTOUR..... holy f*** people

 

[BuzzKillington90]

The only sheep on this forum are the ones constantly trying to take over every single thread with the 'Botts suxxxx' narrative.

It’s overwhelmingly annoying. The more annoying thing is that should the stars align and the sabres get a sub-20 pick from the blues; they’ll just move on to the next thing to complain about...

I spend less time on this forum now because of it

 

[Snippit]

Blues win Game 1.

Even when we're not playing, it's already been a tough off-season.
- Bump down to 7th in the draft (only a 1/3 chance of that happening)
- Amerks get swept
- Our other pick probably going to be 28th overall
- Mitts not getting invited to the Worlds

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

So could we go from 16th to 31st?

 

[Cirris]

So could we go from 16th to 31st?

17th to 19th if St. Louis loses the Dallas series. 27th to 31st if they win their Dallas series.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

17th to 19th if they lose the Dallas series. 27th to 31st if they win their Dallas series.

That's a monster gap. Go Jackets. Go Avs too.

 

[Cirris]

i'd just be happy to be in the teens rather than the high 20s. So i'm really just rooting for Dallas.

I still remember Tim Murray packaging all 3 of our 2nd round picks one year just to move up around 10 spots in the late first round and no team would take it.

NHL picks are different than NFL. The value decreases far more exponentially as you move higher and higher up the board.

 

[Rasmus CacOlainen]

Come on Dallas, one more. When Binnington is not playing out of this world STL are totally beatable team and Dallas are showing it. Bishop is on fire too right now, so I'm optimistic. 7OA and late teens pick is quite good draft outlook for me.

 

[truthbluth]

I’m not only rooting for Dallas for the pick. Every time I see number 90 for St Louis all the rage and misery comes pouring back in. Go Stars.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

I’m not only rooting for Dallas for the pick. Every time I see number 90 for St Louis all the rage and misery comes pouring back in. Go Stars.

LOL. I cheered every face off loss. O'Reilly blew a ton of key ones last night. I still feel pathetic about trade.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

LOL. I cheered every face off loss. O'Reilly blew a ton of key ones last night. I still feel pathetic about trade.

It’ll be a long time until I’m over that one. Must be what Boston fans felt like after the Seguin trade...

 

[Snippit]

Game 6/7 will be the closest thing to a playoff game that Sabres fans will have experienced since 2011

The implications are huge. Even if we trade that pick, it will have a much higher value.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

On paper, St Louis seems to have the better lineup to me. Steen, Bozak, and Bmeester have seen better days but they have a lot of youth on that team too.

 

[JThorne]

Game 6/7 will be the closest thing to a playoff game that Sabres fans will have experienced since 2011

The implications are huge. Even if we trade that pick, it will have a much higher value.

Jonathan Toews says hello.

 

[Sabre the Win]

- Mitts not getting invited to the Worlds

Are you honestly surprised?

He was uninspiring all season and lost the magic hype about him, at least for me.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

Game 6/7 will be the closest thing to a playoff game that Sabres fans will have experienced since 2011

The implications are huge. Even if we trade that pick, it will have a much higher value.

This is actually true. FFS

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

Jonathan Toews says hello.

What does that mean?

 

[Snippit]

Are you honestly surprised?

He was uninspiring all season and lost the magic hype about him, at least for me.

I’m not surprised but Botts is.

 

[Genny Screamer]

LOL. I cheered every face off loss. O'Reilly blew a ton of key ones last night. I still feel pathetic about trade.

O'Reilly has been downright bad against Dallas. In 5 games he has 0 goals and 4 assists (-2). St Louis fans are speculating that he is injured. He is averaging 22 minutes a game, but doesn't stack up against better competition.

ROR has had a very good, steady year. He deserves the praise he receives, but he shouldn't be immune from criticism.

Why the Blues need more from Ryan O’Reilly

 

[The Red Helmet]

Are you honestly surprised?

He was uninspiring all season and lost the magic hype about him, at least for me.

Mitts cares more about partying than doing the work necessary to elevate his game. There is a better chance of him busting than being a top 6 forward at this point.

 

[truthbluth]

What does that mean?

Toews scored a pivotal goal in the run to 30th in 2015

 

[Aladyyn]

On paper, St Louis seems to have the better lineup to me. Steen, Bozak, and Bmeester have seen better days but they have a lot of youth on that team too.

It basically comes down to how long Bishop can carry the Stars for.