GDT: Trade Deadline Thread - Trades, Rumors, Speculation, etc.

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

I'm much more disappointed in Botts inability to do anything to augment/modify/improve the roster for the last 4 months (including today).... then I am with the return on Evander Kane.

im much more frustrated with what wasnt done that what was

but I was guaranteed that we'd have 2 1st to draft a defenseman with, even more concerned with the draft now

another offseason hoping we get 2 more D

 

[Sabre Dance]

Has Botterill given us a team that is in a better position than it was when he found it?

I'll give him a couple years before answering that question.

 

[enthusiast]

I'll give him a couple years before answering that question.

Should it have to take that long? I'm not asking for a cup winner here.

 

[struckbyaparkedcar]

I'm much more disappointed in Botts inability to do anything to augment/modify/improve the roster for the last 4 months (including today).... then I am with the return on Evander Kane.

One led to the other.

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

I .... can’t ..... stop .... the .... pen .... it .... keeps .... moving.... towards.... the contract....

...... damn it’s signed.

Yeah I get it, but there seemed to be a real risk Antipin made to sign in Buffalo, and it might have been not just poor form to go back on preliminary agreements, but bad policy that could prevent future FAS from considering the Sabres. Regardless of how much Bott liked him, coulda been a real tough spot he was put in.

 

[struckbyaparkedcar]

I'll give him a couple years before answering that question.

Another GM too incompetent to churn free and low cost talent. Next.

 

[dotcommunism]

Also, regarding the possibility that O'Regan was not loaned and the seeming certainty that Rodrigues was not, it must be kept in mind that teams can't loan themselves down below 18 skaters on the active roster. With Baptiste and Nelson going down, that means that no one else really can. What stands out then is this continuing reluctance to be willing to play the waiver wire. Why not pick up someone on waivers or see if you can acquire a roster filler for future considerations if it lets you make someone AHL eligible for the rest of the season?

 

[dotcommunism]

Okay, much ado about nothing, then. Sorry for the false alarm.

 

[Chainshot]

One thing I have learned is that if HF is down, I will argue with people on twitter.

 

[HaNotsri]

I think the minor pieces are adders to any Kane deal

=(

 

[Chainshot]

Okay, much ado about nothing, then. Sorry for the false alarm.

He's a really good AHL-level scorer at this point. Given how the roster is looking for next year, I'm sure he'll get at least a Griffith level opportunity to show what he can do. That he has history of chemistry with Eichel and Rodrigues would lend me to believe Housley won't ever play him with either let alone together.

 

[Jame]

Okay, much ado about nothing, then. Sorry for the false alarm.

You were close to going full DJP there

 

[Jame]

Did I just read that Nelson got sent down?

 

[brian_griffin]

Today feels like a Christmas / New-Years holidays drop-in party where you cleaned the house, and did the downstairs bathroom twice, baked, cooked, and got a couple special variety packs of adult beverages, and the only people who came were a few neighbors down the street you don't have anything else in common with, and work colleagues whom you don't care for, and they didn't bring squat to pass around.

 

[Sabreality]

Did I just read that Nelson got sent down?

too keep AHL playoff eligibilty no?

 

[brian_griffin]

Did I just read that Nelson got sent down?

Keeps him eligible for AHL playoffs. Paper transaction only.

 

[Fezzy126]

One thing I have learned is that if HF is down, I will argue with people on twitter.

oh no, don't do it! Facebook & Twitter are truly where intelligence goes to die. Any debate quickly deteriorates into a grammar school level playground fight, before ultimately somehow transforming into a political debate. Although there isn't a profanity filter, so there's that...

 

[Jame]

So what's the condition on the 4th rounder?

 

[Sabre Dance]

So what's the condition on the 4th rounder?

 

[Fezzy126]

So what's the condition on the 4th rounder?

Botts simply said that SJS can delay it a year and make it a 3rd, strictly at their discretion.

 

[Jame]

Botts simply said that SJS can delay it a year and make it a 3rd, strictly at their discretion.

weird...

I was hoping it became a 3rd, if the first conditional was a 2nd...

 

[sabrebuild]

On the upside, perhaps the lack of interest in trade leads to a low offer for Kane at free agency.

Who is up for 5 years at 5.5 and let Kane be the third line superstar he was always meant to be!!!!

 

[OkimLom]

Botts simply said that SJS can delay it a year and make it a 3rd, strictly at their discretion.

Let the presents keep on coming.

 

[sabrebuild]

weird...

I was hoping it became a 3rd, if the first conditional was a 2nd...

You can take your hopes and shove it.

I know this a lie, but if we don’t win the lottery and get dahlin, I might take the rest of 2018 off.

 

[Jame]

You can take your hopes and shove it.

I know this a lie, but if we don’t win the lottery and get dahlin, I might take the rest of 2018 off.

I'm looking forward to playoff hockey in Tampa for the next few years.