Of course, if Buf had won the McDavid sweepstakes, then things are totally different.  Not that Jack Eichel ain't a bad Miss Congeniality award, but like Matthews, Laine, Werenski, those kind of guys, they're very good players, but McDavid, he's the 1ce every 10 yrs so-called generational talent.

No surprise this, it's been the talk of the town for a week or so.

The Pegulas, uh, lots of money of course, but their reputation is as meddlers. maybe bumblers, too much hands on, when they should be hiring the best people available and getting out of their way so they can do their thing and make the Pegulas look good and lots of dosh.

But, to be fair, pretty hard to get the best people to go to Buf.  St. Mike of Babcock used the Sabres to get much more term and $ out of Your Leafs, who likewise have too much $, and not enough of something else, Babcock well aware of that, and leveraged all he could get, and good for him.