Dave Pagnotta of the Fourth Interval was on Sirius XM NHL Community Radio final Friday with Steve Kouleas and Bruce Boudreau and was requested if Sabres administration can cease the exodus out of Buffalo. As Pagnotta notes, in some unspecified time in the future, the rejigging of the core has to cease.
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Bruce Boudreau: “Properly, what? I feel in the event that they (Buffalo Sabres) wish to enhance the staff, and that’s nice. They usually can enhance the staff and get higher proper now, as a result of I feel 14 years is lengthy sufficient to overlook the playoffs. Then go forward, by all means, commerce him (Bowen Byram). However I feel you’re on a slippery slope.
If a man desires to depart the staff and also you commerce the primary man, and now abruptly, one other man desires to depart the staff, and also you commerce that man. You understand what’s going to occur now? Someone’s going to say, ‘Properly, hey, everyone desires to depart. I’m getting out of right here too.’
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And so I feel, I hope that’s not the rationale. I really like my Sabres. However so I hope that’s not the rationale that they, in the event that they do do away with him, that they find yourself eliminating him.”
Dave Pagnotta: “Yeah, it’s an ideal level. I imply, you don’t wish to set a precedent right here. After which everyone who’s a bit bit sad for no matter motive, apart from, no, neglect about it, get me out of right here. In some unspecified time in the future, they’ve bought to cease the bleeding, and are you aware sufficient patchwork to maintain issues going?
Now, on the intense facet, it looks like Alex Tuch is poised for an extension in Buffalo. They’ve began these discussions, and I’m certain that may carry over into subsequent week, in addition to they attempt to lock him right into a long-term deal. So that you’ve bought signal there.
You’ve bought Tage Thompson locked in for some time. You’ve bought (Rasmus) Dahlin, you’ve bought (Owen) Energy. You’ve bought (Michael) Kesselring proper now, Josh Doan coming in that commerce as properly. You’ve bought some strong foundational items. They introduced in Josh Norris within the Dylan Cozens commerce. So that they’ve bought some good items to construct round.
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I feel the messaging right here, to your level is, all proper, we’re going to get this finished as a result of that is going to be a hockey commerce. It’s going to make us higher. However that’s it. From that time on, we wish to add to this group. We wish to proceed to insulate our core. We don’t wish to simply rejig our core.”
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