Why? If Hall is open to signing a 3 to 4 year deal at $7M per, why would the Sabres not do that?
- kingcong39

You think those are the terms???

Or both!

Hall. Cozens. Skinner.
- Gr8daygo

Nothing to lose at this point....
except more games 😢

If he’s a 8 mil player I’m lost and give up.
- Camel

Cool. So you’ll let it go then?
That would be great.
Thanks

Turned the game off after the 1st.

Troubling to know that the only player on this team with a pair of nuts is the 19 year old rookie.

Hopefully the rumours are true and Pegula sells the team.

It’s honestly impressive how this team can manage to suck after securing Eichel, Dahlin, Cozens, and Reinhart.

Such ineptitude to build around a core of high draft picks. They franked up a wet dream

hall has been bad either with eichel or staal...in fact the only time he looked consistently good was on the second line with cozens pumping energy into those old farts
- Michael Pachla

Hall is an old fart now?

"Fighting will help that"

Don't get me wrong, I love what Cozens did, but this again proves my point. Fighting does nothing to actually help you win games.
- ImThatGuy

Don’t let Boss see this

You think those are the terms???
- Lunaion

I wouldn't sign hall to anything more than 3 or 4 years.

I'm not signing him until he is 37, no way no how.

No idea. The way I heard it was they were looking to sell but no mention of a specific buyer. I was just told that Harborcenter will be next and then the Sabres. I do trust the source as far as I can track it but it's very much hearsay and I'm several layers removed
- jcragcrumple

What you're saying does kind of go with what I said before, he doesn't want to pay anymore GM's and Head Coaches that are not on the payroll anymore.

You think those are the terms???
- Lunaion

Do you think any team is giving Hall even $8M on the open market this offseason?

Talk is he wants to settle with a team finally and he likes it in Buffalo.

Regardless of that, it makes total sense right now for Buffalo to see if they can get Hall signed to a deal that is less than what they thought it might take 6 months ago.

No idea. The way I heard it was they were looking to sell but no mention of a specific buyer. I was just told that Harborcenter will be next and then the Sabres. I do trust the source as far as I can track it but it's very much hearsay and I'm several layers removed
- jcragcrumple

This was the guy from last years rumors if I remember right.... he certainly has the cash, let’s just hopes he commits to keeping the team in buffalo. The fans will support them, it’s a mad hockey town and if you put a REAL product on the ice, watch out!

3) Galen Weston: C$11.7 billion ($8.4bn/£6.9bn)

The third richest person in Canada, Galen Weston has earned his billions from his food distribution company Weston Foods. If that wasn’t enough of an income stream, Weston also heads up luxury goods retailers Holt Renfrew of Canada, Selfridges of the UK, Brown Thomas of Ireland, the De Bijenkorf department store chain in the Netherlands and the Ogilvy department store in Montreal. His son Galen Jr (pictured) is now taking over the helm, running several of his father's businesses.

What you're saying does kind of go with what I said before, he doesn't want to pay anymore GM's and Head Coaches that are not on the payroll anymore.
- SABRES 89

He really went downhill fast as an owner who supposedly gave a sh!t.

From someone who looked over at the French Connection and had tears in his eyes to someone who seemingly can't get away from this franchise fast enough.

"Fighting will help that"

Don't get me wrong, I love what Cozens did, but this again proves my point. Fighting does nothing to actually help you win games.
- ImThatGuy

I thought they played like their asses were on fire, especially after the fight. They just can't buy a goal as they easily could've scored 5 tonight.

"i've been thinking about getting into one for a few games and was waiting for the time..."


"that was the main goal, to get them fired up on the bench"

cozens on the fight

Do you think any team is giving Hall even $8M on the open market this offseason?

Talk is he wants to settle with a team finally and he likes it in Buffalo.

Regardless of that, it makes total sense right now for Buffalo to see if they can get Hall signed to a deal that is less than what they thought it might take 6 months ago.
- kingcong39

He probably signs another 1year deal,
but with a team that’ll actually play some offense
He should’ve taken the $6mil the AVs supposedly offered- maybe we trade him there at the deadline?

Hall is an old fart now?
- kingcong39

he's sure playing like one...looks slow, the puck's a hot potato on his stick, girgensons-falling syndrome...

you might disagree but that's what i've been seeing

"i've been thinking about getting into one for a few games and was waiting for the time..."


"that was the main goal, to get them fired up on the bench"

cozens on the fight
- Michael Pachla

👏👏👏 love it
Not that he fought per se
More than he’s thinking about what he can do to get the rest of the team fired up

This was the guy from last years rumors if I remember right.... he certainly has the cash, let’s just hopes he commits to keeping the team in buffalo. The fans will support them, it’s a mad hockey town and if you put a REAL product on the ice, watch out!

3) Galen Weston: C$11.7 billion ($8.4bn/£6.9bn)

The third richest person in Canada, Galen Weston has earned his billions from his food distribution company Weston Foods. If that wasn’t enough of an income stream, Weston also heads up luxury goods retailers Holt Renfrew of Canada, Selfridges of the UK, Brown Thomas of Ireland, the De Bijenkorf department store chain in the Netherlands and the Ogilvy department store in Montreal. His son Galen Jr (pictured) is now taking over the helm, running several of his father's businesses.
- Gr8daygo

Yeah, dad is 80, so if it's them, it's got to be the kid (48).

Let's just hope he doesn't try to move them to (frank)ing Hamilton or some sh!t.

👏👏👏 love it
Not that he fought per se
More than he’s thinking about what he can do to get the rest of the team fired up
- jdfitz77

sad, really...players on the bench were throwing props his way yet none of those sad sacks have the sack to do it themselves

He really went downhill fast as an owner who supposedly gave a sh!t.

From someone who looked over at the French Connection and had tears in his eyes to someone who seemingly can't get away from this franchise fast enough.
- Powerslave

10 years of bulls$$t with him and his wife, he has himself to blame.

10 years of bulls$$t with him and his wife, he has himself to blame.
- SABRES 89

The problem with this is that if you’re gonna blame them for the Sabres,
then you’ve gotta give them props for the Bills

Works both ways

10 years of bulls$$t with him and his wife, he has himself to blame.
- SABRES 89

they were dancing around in an entrepreneurial playground once he cashed in on his business...just dancing and having "fun" like kim said about being the president of both clubs..."it's fun"
really!?

It scares me to think about what may happen if this franchise is sold again.

Where they will call home is what scares me.

I honestly don't have any more solutions in mind of how you fix what ails this franchise.
That's scary too.
😔

he's sure playing like one...looks slow, the puck's a hot potato on his stick, girgensons-falling syndrome...

you might disagree but that's what i've been seeing
- Michael Pachla

He looks slow? I don't think he does. He nearly leads the league in puck retrievals on dump ins.

He's not even remotely playing like an old man to me. Staal and Okposo play like old men.

Yeah, dad is 80, so if it's them, it's got to be the kid (48).

Let's just hope he doesn't try to move them to (frank)ing Hamilton or some sh!t.
- Powerslave

That’s what I was thinking. It’s gotta be the kid. Just taking over for pops. And yeah, no Hamilton leafs. Keep the Sabres in buffalo. It’s the one market the nhl never has to worry about. If you have a semi competitive team they will sell out regularly. I think I remember reading a few times that one of the higher tv ratings for the playoffs is buffalo. And they haven’t been in the dance forever. Buffalo will support hockey. Plenty of other teams to move before the Sabres. At least if I’m looking at it from an nhl perspective.

Do you think any team is giving Hall even $8M on the open market this offseason?

Talk is he wants to settle with a team finally and he likes it in Buffalo.

Regardless of that, it makes total sense right now for Buffalo to see if they can get Hall signed to a deal that is less than what they thought it might take 6 months ago.
- kingcong39

If he extends, what are the odds that it's either too much, too long, or both? We're really good at both.

But really, this isn't working out for either side right now.