Gotta say... you just took an upcoming fast and exciting team and made them aged and slow. Carlson, Green, Stastny, and Perron.... JMHO.

This team needs experience and leadership. Read RoR interview from today. Nobody even cared when they lost because it was normal. There aren't many options for this year but JC is going to be good for a while. He is like a Sergei Gonchar. As Dahlin gets experience and more ice time Carlson gets less. Mike Green will be gone by the time Dahlin or Middlestadt or Nylander get a big pay raise. If you suck like Buff, AZ, etc. you need to pay guys more. That is how you get anybody signed.

That’s how the Sabres got into this mess though. ROR, Moulson and Okposo all signed big contracts with Buffalo, and the last two have fallen off a cliff (Moulson moreso). Even if you trade Moulson, we have basically no cap room, so I can’t see our GM spending lots of money on slower, older players. Lehner also won’t re-sign for that little, Reinhart will probably make closer to 4, and some of our other prospects (Bailey, Fasching, etc) aren’t signed.