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Forums :: Blog World :: Michael Pachla: The 2020-21 season is upon us. A look at the Buffalo Sabres
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IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Feb 5 @ 6:28 PM ET
Yeah pretty much the reason you can say goodbye to Brown.
- Buff36


Agreed, yet they should target another speedster in the draft.
Not sure how deep the draft is in various positions, but my way too early thoughts would be
1st Rd - OL / DL
2nd Rd - OL / DL
3rd - OL
4th - WR
5th - LB / Big CB
.
.
Something along those lines
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Feb 5 @ 7:01 PM ET
Agreed, yet they should target another speedster in the draft.
Not sure how deep the draft is in various positions, but my way too early thoughts would be
1st Rd - OL / DL
2nd Rd - OL / DL
3rd - OL
4th - WR
5th - LB / Big CB
.
.
Something along those lines

- IonSabres

Definitely need to hit up the trenches. I think they go LB or CB in the 1st.
Not to many burners at WR coming out, some very good ones though. Maybe Terry from Florida St. Or Smith from S. Carolina even Moore from Ole Miss.
It will be interesting to see what happens when the Cap number comes out.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 5 @ 7:02 PM ET
Agreed, yet they should target another speedster in the draft.
Not sure how deep the draft is in various positions, but my way too early thoughts would be
1st Rd - OL / DL
2nd Rd - OL / DL
3rd - OL
4th - WR
5th - LB / Big CB
.
.
Something along those lines

- IonSabres


Probably take an LB early if we lose Milano
Do we look for a Safety early if we lose Hyde?

O-line might not be a priority with holes we could have to fill on defense
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 5 @ 7:03 PM ET
Definitely need to hit up the trenches. I think they go LB or CB in the 1st.
Not to many burners at WR coming out, some very good ones though. Maybe Terry from Florida St. Or Smith from S. Carolina even Moore from Ole Miss.
It will be interesting to see what happens when the Cap number comes out.

- Buff36


I think i heard around $180mil for the Cap
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Feb 5 @ 7:12 PM ET
I think i heard around $180mil for the Cap
- jdfitz77

Yeah the NFLPA thinks it's gonna be around there, maybe even a little higher, which would help the Bill's. Cause if it does drop to 175mill the Bill's are about 8 to 10 mill over. And Oline might be just as big as Dline, Williams, Feliciano, and Ike are FA.
Edit: Ike B is a RFA
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 5 @ 7:39 PM ET
Yeah the NFLPA thinks it's gonna be around there, maybe even a little higher, which would help the Bill's. Cause if it does drop to 175mill the Bill's are about 8 to 10 mill over. And Oline might be just as big as Dline, Williams, Feliciano, and Ike are FA.
Edit: Ike B is a RFA

- Buff36


Williams shouldn’t cost too much
Same with Feliciano
Plus we can insert Ford back into a slot
Maybe Morse is let go to save some Cap?
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Feb 5 @ 7:47 PM ET
Williams shouldn’t cost too much
Same with Feliciano
Plus we can insert Ford back into a slot
Maybe Morse is let go to save some Cap?

- jdfitz77

Williams was rated the 6th best RT in the league this year, so he might get paid, and Feliciano is projected at 6-7mill a year on his next contract. It's gonna get interesting.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 5 @ 8:21 PM ET
Williams was rated the 6th best RT in the league this year, so he might get paid, and Feliciano is projected at 6-7mill a year on his next contract. It's gonna get interesting.
- Buff36


Hmmmmm
I guess we’ll see
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Feb 5 @ 8:38 PM ET
Hmmmmm
I guess we’ll see

- jdfitz77

Yeah, but they have ways to make it work if they want to bring them back.
Brown, Butler, Jefferson, Addison, Smith, Morse, will all probably be gone and a few restructures should give them enough to play a little bit.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 5 @ 8:55 PM ET
Yeah, but they have ways to make it work if they want to bring them back.
Brown, Butler, Jefferson, Addison, Smith, Morse, will all probably be gone and a few restructures should give them enough to play a little bit.

- Buff36


I won’t really miss any of them all that much

And I’m assuming most of the teams in the league will be in similar situations
So we may be able to get a few decent players for cheap once the first wave of free agent signings happens
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Feb 5 @ 8:58 PM ET
I won’t really miss any of them all that much

And I’m assuming most of the teams in the league will be in similar situations
So we may be able to get a few decent players for cheap once the first wave of free agent signings happens

- jdfitz77

Exactly, and Beane is pretty good with that.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 5 @ 9:03 PM ET
Exactly, and Beane is pretty good with that.
- Buff36


We’ll see
All those guys u have us dumping are guys he signed
Wasted a bunch of Cap last year imo
Now we have less to work with this year bc of all those D-line signings that really didn’t work out
3rd GM's the charm
Columbus Blue Jackets
Location: Look, it's a situation where thats a great question, OH
Joined: 07.01.2020

Feb 5 @ 9:11 PM ET
Your aim is to low... page 6969
- DirtyDan

user name checks out
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Feb 5 @ 9:12 PM ET
We’ll see
All those guys u have us dumping are guys he signed
Wasted a bunch of Cap last year imo
Now we have less to work with this year bc of all those D-line signings that really didn’t work out

- jdfitz77

Brown was good, unfortunately he dealt with injuries, Addison had 9 or more sacks in 4 consecutive years, Jefferson was very good with Seattle. Morse was highly rated when we signed him. Butler was a ?, but decent. Yes they haven't worked out, but he built options into there contracts so the Bill's could get out of them with minimal cap damage if need be and he had no way of knowing how bad the pandemic would escalate and affect the cap. If the cap had not been affected and went up like usual we would have had about 35mill in cap space.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 5 @ 9:28 PM ET
Brown was good, unfortunately he dealt with injuries, Addison had 9 or more sacks in 4 consecutive years, Jefferson was very good with Seattle. Morse was highly rated when we signed him. Butler was a ?, but decent. Yes they haven't worked out, but he built options into there contracts so the Bill's could get out of them with minimal cap damage if need be and he had no way of knowing how bad the pandemic would escalate and affect the cap. If the cap had not been affected and went up like usual we would have had about 35mill in cap space.
- Buff36


Idc about what all these guys did PREVIOUSLY
They weren’t effective with us (Brown was good last year)

Yeah, it’s easy to say that now i guess
But i HATED the number of D-line signings

Murphy was a healthy $10mil scratch
Can only play 2 DTs & 2 DEs at once- having so many guys rotating in & out was more wasted Cap space sitting on the bench
Guys can play more than 40-50% of the plays

I’m not saying Beane sucks
Simply acknowledging that he’s made significant mistakes while building a good team
We don’t have room for any mistakes this offseason though
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Feb 5 @ 9:39 PM ET
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- 3rd GM's the charm


I remember you said you like the Mandalorian a lot. Idk if you have a PS or Xbox but have you played Jedi Fallen Order? I know the game is a year or so old but I am loving this poop. It's fantastic. So rare to have a campaign-centric game instead of online multiplayer
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Feb 5 @ 9:55 PM ET
Idc about what all these guys did PREVIOUSLY
They weren’t effective with us (Brown was good last year)

Yeah, it’s easy to say that now i guess
But i HATED the number of D-line signings

Murphy was a healthy $10mil scratch
Can only play 2 DTs & 2 DEs at once- having so many guys rotating in & out was more wasted Cap space sitting on the bench
Guys can play more than 40-50% of the plays

I’m not saying Beane sucks
Simply acknowledging that he’s made significant mistakes while building a good team
We don’t have room for any mistakes this offseason though

- jdfitz77

Well that goes with the Coach and D Cord. to they like to rotate Dlineman, have since they got here. And can agree on Murphy.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 5 @ 10:06 PM ET
Well that goes with the Coach and D Cord. to they like to rotate Dlineman, have since they got here. And can agree on Murphy.
- Buff36


Whatever the reasons, mistakes were certainly made- & Cap wasted
Hopefully they’ve learned from their mistakes
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Feb 5 @ 10:49 PM ET
Ruotsalainen scored tonight
3rd GM's the charm
Columbus Blue Jackets
Location: Look, it's a situation where thats a great question, OH
Joined: 07.01.2020

Feb 5 @ 10:59 PM ET
I remember you said you like the Mandalorian a lot. Idk if you have a PS or Xbox but have you played Jedi Fallen Order? I know the game is a year or so old but I am loving this poop. It's fantastic. So rare to have a campaign-centric game instead of online multiplayer
- jcragcrumple

I bought it on launch day when it came out but didn't get around to playing it until this past fall.

It was excellent. Start to finish, it pulled me right in. The finale especially is incredible.

Not on the level of Knights of the Old Republic II (and the first KotOR) but was still up there.

Fallen Order is hard as hell though, the game kicked my ass. I had to turn the difficulty down for the last battle, which I never do. But after 50+ attempts and just wanting to finish the game, I reluctantly turned it down to 2/4 difficulty. I was playing on 3/4.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Feb 5 @ 11:13 PM ET
I bought it on launch day when it came out but didn't get around to playing it until this past fall.

It was excellent. Start to finish, it pulled me right in. The finale especially is incredible.

Not on the level of Knights of the Old Republic II (and the first KotOR) but was still up there.

Fallen Order is hard as hell though, the game kicked my ass. I had to turn the difficulty down for the last battle, which I never do. But after 50+ attempts and just wanting to finish the game, I reluctantly turned it down to 2/4 difficulty. I was playing on 3/4.

- 3rd GM's the charm


I haven't finished it yet, but I'm playing on 3/4 difficulty as well. I played the (2nd) second sister fight and the jail fight probably 20+ times each. I wanted to throw my controller against the wall. It's so hard. But so fun.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Feb 5 @ 11:15 PM ET
Ruotsalainen scored tonight
- Powerslave

How did UPL do if you happen to know.
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Feb 5 @ 11:16 PM ET
How did UPL do if you happen to know.
- Buff36


I think it was Tokarski in net
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Feb 5 @ 11:20 PM ET
I think it was Tokarski in net
- Powerslave

Really, thought UPL was supposed to get the start, well just in case of a emergency. How did he look.
3rd GM's the charm
Columbus Blue Jackets
Location: Look, it's a situation where thats a great question, OH
Joined: 07.01.2020

Feb 5 @ 11:23 PM ET
I haven't finished it yet, but I'm playing on 3/4 difficulty as well. I played the (2nd) second sister fight and the jail fight probably 20+ times each. I wanted to throw my controller against the wall. It's so hard. But so fun.
- jcragcrumple

Just wait until the last fight with 2nd sister. She flat out cheats.

The jail fight, you mean where you have to fight in that arena after you get zapped and kidnapped?
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