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"Let's just trap Sekera in the caverns underneath HSBC arena." -BlueandYellow

Reporter: "Steve, you guys now lead the league in defensive scoring."
Montador: "It's probably because of how good-looking we are."

Solid points there, Aaron.

In all honesty, seeing as Hamilton's the one that picked this up, I wouldn't shocked if this was one of WGR's "well, let's see what Monty's agent says. Oh now we have a story to stir up shit" shticks.

Like I said, I wouldn't be thrilled about Monty leaving, but I wouldn't exactly be really pissed off about it.

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Girgensons for captain. Team Keep Nick DesLauriers forever.

@TJLuckman550

i don't know. i'd say it's pretty imperative to know how much your employees want to be paid next year. i'd certainly keep that information in the books if i was a gm. but then again if i was a gm expecting to be let go in three months, i probably wouldn't care as much.

Works for the church

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Fixed.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

lol, too true

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Who's our depth? Rivet? Butler? Some guys in Portland?

Unless the deal is pretty sweet, I wouldn't move Montador. Granted the coast to play this trade deadline has been pretty ridiculously high thus far.

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If your having goal problems, I feel bad for ya son....we got 99 problems but Vanek ain't one!

Moulson and Byfuglien are a couple players that are imperative to the team. While Montador has played well and I'd like him to stay for another two years, he's not a lynchpin to the d-corps that can't be replaced. Morrisonn is probably the guy to fill his void next season, with Weber stepping up into the player I always thought he would be, and Myers and Leopold rounding out the top four.

I prefer to land a bigger name d-man with Rivet's money (one that is actually healthy and plays), so that probably means no room for Montador, even though I'd like to keep him and stack a solid six d-corps. I just doubt the front office will put that as a priority, especially right now with an ownership change in the process and Myers needing a pay raise in two summers.

I've said it before but I'll put it down again. I want a very good/great d-corps to build on. I'd like to see...

(new guy, maybe Ehrhoff)-Myers
Leopold-Montador (or if he leaves, Wisniewski)
Morrisonn-Weber
Sekera

Montador was out for two weeks with an injury. It is hard to negotiate with a player who is unsure he will be traded during that time.

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Let's go Buffalo!

I'd rather see Montador traded instead of him being signed and seeing him suck after his new contract.

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

If Montador is to be traded, he should not be the first.

Connolly and Rivet are the first to see their asses leave.

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Let's go Buffalo!

Basically The only player so far to be extended has been Bfuglyien that hasn't involved a trade.

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Stafford has nothing though. They can wait all day to sign Stafford, he's a RFA and can't leave this team without the Sabres approving it. All he has is arbitration, and based on his past performances he won't get that much.

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Unless he's offered a contract like Vanek was.

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Wheelhouse

I'd like to think we learned from that.

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you'd think we would have learned about signing players earlier than after the season, too

We don't have anyone worth re-signing right now.

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i think that's more of an opinion

Pretty sure if we did they'd have done it by now.

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Then we take the picks and move on from him. If he gets a contract like that, then that GM is a fucking moron and should be shot in a firing squad.

He doesn't have 43 goals and 41 assists though.

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