Don't encourage him

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Who is screaming? And I wasn't aware he flipped a coin. But I will say, in the larger scheme of things, I will follow this guys page to the end of the season to see how it all pans out based on the numbers I posted from his site. If it appears as though those numbers were less than..lets say 70% accurate, I'd be surprised, even with the coin toss.

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HEY!!! I remember that from stats class... i think my professor put it as garbage in = garbage out....

I haven't been following the stats discussion... BUT that sounded familiar!

Im knida on hold with expectations of this team until ownership is settled... Best christmas ever would be Terry in place as the owner! And I mean NO disrespect to Big Tom... I appreciate all he has done for this team, with the exception of the mighty Quinn.... I would simply LOVE to see a hockey guy, a sabres fan, in charge of the team! Come on Terry and Big Tom... get it done!

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Too bad a trade like that doesn't exist. Try and name a team that will trade away one of their star forwards for Miller.

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Chicago? Dallas? Philly?

Yeah? Which players? You think Chicago could afford Miller?

And with the way Philly and Dallas are playing, I find it hard to believe they would make such a major move as to trade their most important pieces to acquire Miller.

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that was the point.

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fisticuffs! who wants to be first?

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Anyone can afford Miller if they give up enough cap space in return. Atlanta, Colorado, and Tampa Bay are all playoff teams (at the moment) that could use an upgrade in goaltending and have a ton of capspace according to capgeek.

Philadelphia has scorers coming out the ass (Briere, Giroux, Zherdev, Carter, Richards, Hartnell, Leino, van Reimsdyk). They might not mind parting with one or two and Bobrovsky/Leighton/Boucher for a stud goaltender. (I have no idea what a star goalie's value is in skaters.)

Miller + Connolly for Laich and Varlamov in Washington?


I don't really know, but I think the options are certainly out there.

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I'm just saying the type of player that we'd need that would compensate Miller's depature isn't going to be available. You really think Laich and Varlamov are better options than Miller? And when was the last time you saw a goalie get such a big return? Historically, goalies aren't involved in blockbuster trades.

It's a moot point anyways, because it will be a cold day in hell when the Sabres trade Miller.

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Well Laich would definitely give us some much needed help at Center though it's hard to tell what his impact would really be since his point totals are below Connolly.

Yep, you and me, rooting for the players whose contracts make them virtually immovable.

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Clearly the best thing for a franchise that has a hard time attracting talent is to trade talent that is already here and wants to be here.

This notion that trading Miller because he has high value is silly. The objective is to keep the talented players you get, not to trade them away once you have a bad couple of months.

Miller will always have high trade value. He's an established, solid #1 goaltender, and that's not going to change in the next 3-5 years, barring a catastrophic injury. The question really is whether anyone in the system (i.e. Enroth) is good enough to become a reliable #1 goaltender, and it's far too early to know that. If this does turn out eventually to be the case, then trading Miller to acquire high level talent would make a lot of sense.

Exactly.

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Trading Luongo really worked out for Florida.

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and letting Boumester (spelling) go really strengthened their roster... shipping talent ALWAYS works out ....

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I don't think that anyone is saying that it would be the best thing. (And I don't feel that if Miller is ever to be traded, that now is the time.) But I also don't think such a move should be considered off the table as an option to make the team better.

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I will only trade Miller if we get a capable goal scorer and a goalie who doesn't suck, maybe a bit more. Philly has a few of each of those, and they want a franchise goaltender.

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The last time we traded our best goalie at the time, we received a forward who did not want to be here, who exited quickly with a self imposed season ending injury. I am sure Regier could do better if he still has a job.

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Let's go Buffalo!

When Pegula takes over as owner, all options will be on the table, including Miller.
Pegula isn't interested in fan favorites, he's interested in Stanley Cups.

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