Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

[Block M]

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Sabres Draft Yakupov, Tanguay; Acquire LW Mike Cammalleri at 2012 NHL Entry Draft

Round One: Pick 1 Team Selection The Phoenix Coyotes select LW Alex Elliot first overall.   Round One: Pick 5 Team Selection Florida selects Buffalo Sabres target Doug Harvey a spot ahead of the teams first selection.   Round One: Pick 6 Team Selection Buffalo selects LW Nail Yakupov with the sixth pick.   Round One: Pick 11 Team Selection The Columbus Blue Jackets select another target the Sabres had their eye on, Pontus Aberg at 11th.   Round One: Pick 13 Team Selection Buffalo picks LW Alexandre Tanguay 13th overall.   Trade Team Players/Compensation Team Players/Compensation 2012 2nd round pick D Michael Sauer and 2012 4th round pick   Round Two: Pick 13 Team Selection The Sabres select C Andreas Tsogkas with the 13th pick in the second round.   Round Three: Pick 13 Team Selection LW Terry Trafford is Buffalo's selection with the 13th pick of third round.   Trade Team Players/Compensation Team Players/Compensation C Brian Sutherby and a 2012 4th round pick C Nate Thompson   Trade Team Players/Compensation Team Players/Compensation LW Ville Leino and G Jhonas Enroth LW Mike Cammalleri   Round Five: Pick 13 Team Selection Buffalo selects G Malcolm Subban with the 13th selection of round five.   Round Six: Pick 13 Team Selection The Sabres select D Jordan Auld in the sixth round.   Round Seven: Pick 13 Team Selection Buffalo's final selection is RW Johnny McGuire.

[bthomp05]

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Great draft and I hope cammi plays out for you.

I drafted Subban and now he is part of my goalie rotation down on the Marlies. A decent goalie prospect....

[Kovaz477]

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You should totally trade for the other Alex Tanguay now. Two Alex Tanguay LW on the same team would be too good.

Good trades, good draft.

What's the plan for Enroth's replacement?

[Block M]

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Great draft and I hope cammi plays out for you.

I drafted Subban and now he is part of my goalie rotation down on the Marlies. A decent goalie prospect....

I put the draft events in order as they happened so you can see I have plans plans for Subban as I picked him just after sending away the backup, maybe in a few seasons he'll be up in the big league.

[Block M]

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You should totally trade for the other Alex Tanguay now. Two Alex Tanguay LW on the same team would be too good.

Good trades, good draft.

What's the plan for Enroth's replacement?

That would be good, then I can refer to them as the one with hair...



and the one without...



The plan to replace Enroth in the here and now is free agency. Miller is the main guy until he retires so until Subban develops I'll just be looking for quality older goalies to backup Miller via free agency.

Philly offered me Sergei Bobrosky and Maxime Talbot at the trading deadline last season for Brad Boyes and our first round pick which happened to be the #13 pick. Since I didn't get Pontus Aberg with that pick and Boyes is an UFA that didnt produce much at all...it made me think that I should have made that deal but like I said Miller is the main guy and will be around for another four or five years and with the talent Bobrosky has I'd hate to be paying a backup goaltender 3-4M a year to play in 10-20 games.

[Block M]

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2012 Free Agency Period: Buffalo adds G Clemmensen; Trades With Vancouver BUFFALO, NY - The Buffalo Sabres adressed the gap in the lineup after trading away G Jhonas Enroth to the Calgary Flames at the NHL Entry Draft by signing goalie Scott Clemmensen. The 35-year-old Clemmensen signed a one year deal with Buffalo after playing with Florida last year. The Sabres made another addition on August 2nd when they added C Maxim Lapierre from Vancouver in exchange for winger Ales Kotalik who returned to the Sabres this summer after playing for HC České Budějovice in his home country of the Czech Republic last year. The Sabres also added a 2013 3rd round pick in the trade. Buffalo also decided to not renew the contracts of several players and let them hit free agency. RW Brad Boyes, D Shaone Morissonn, LW Colin Stuart and D Corey Fienhage were all released.

Released Team Players RW Brad Boyes, D Shaone Morissonn, LW Colin Stuart and D Corey Fienhage.   Re-Signed Team Players C Paul Szczechura, LW Michael Ryan, RW Ales Kotalik, D Kyle Cumiskey, D Alexander Sulzer, G Drew MacIntyre, G David Leggio.   Tendered Qualifying Offers Team Players C Travis Turnbull (Buffalo), LW Tyler Ennis (St. Louis made an offer, Buffalo matched), D Dennis Persson (Buffalo), D Drew Schiestel (Buffalo), D T.J. Brennan (Buffalo), D Alex Biega (Buffalo), RW Patrick Kaleta (Buffalo).   Entry Level Contracts Team Selection C Joel Armia, C Colin Jacobs, LW Nail Yakupov, RW Johnny McGuire, G Malcolm Subban.   Free Agent Additions Team Selection G Scott Clemmensen.   Trade Team Players/Compensation Team Players/Compensation C Maxim Lapierre and a 2013 3rd round pick RW Ales Kotalik   NHL Free Agent Signings Team Player RW Mikael Samuelsson signs with the Boston Bruins. C Jay McClement signs with Calgary. D Joesph Corvo agrees to terms with Chicago. G Brent Johnson signs with Colorado. RW Lee Stempniak lands with Columbus. G Dan Ellis signs with the Florida Panthers. RW Brad Boyes signs with Minnesota. LW Marco Sturm signs with Montreal. G Brent Johnson signs with Colorado. D Pavel Kubina signs with the Islanders. D Johnny Oduya signs with the Islanders. D Shaonne Morrisson signs with the Ottawa Senators. C Sammy Pahlsson joins the Flyers. D Scott Hannan signs with San Jose. RW Teemu Selanne joins St. Louis. G Evgeni Nabokov signs with Tampa Bay. D Sheldon Souray signs with the Vancouver Canucks. LW Shane Doan signs with Winnipeg.   Trade Team Players/Compensation Team Players/Compensation C Scott Gomez and a 2013 2nd round pick RW Andreas Nodl

[SENS_AK27]

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Really nice writeup. Very informative and easy to read. Awesome seeing Doan join up with the Jets for nostalgia sake. What is Gilmour's rating and Overall? You signed him but wasn't he your 7th Round Pick? A real diamond in the rough from the sounds of it.

[bthomp05]

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Selanne in St Louis, wow..

[Block M]

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Really nice writeup. Very informative and easy to read. Awesome seeing Doan join up with the Jets for nostalgia sake. What is Gilmour's rating and Overall? You signed him but wasn't he your 7th Round Pick? A real diamond in the rough from the sounds of it.

McGuire you mean? He has a low overall but nice wheels, I mainly signed him because I was short of bodies at right wing.

[Braeden]

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This 'chise looks awesome. Loving your writing. Just read through the whole thing!

[Block M]

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This 'chise looks awesome. Loving your writing. Just read through the whole thing!

Thank you very much!

[Block M]

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Buffalo eliminated from any chance of making the real life playoffs in game 81. I got this realism thing down! lol

2012-2013 info should be up tonight or tomorrow.

[Block M]

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2012-2013
BUFFALO SABRES
NO.	Name	POS	OVR	AGE	POT	SAL	YL	FROM
19	Cody Hodgson	C	81	22	B-	$0.595M	1	CAN
40	Maxim Lapierre	C	81	27	C	$1.000M	1	CAN
8	Cody McCormick	C	80	29	C	$0.980M	2	CAN
9	Derek Roy	C	88	29	C	$3.780M	1	CAN
13	Mike Cammalleri	LW	87	30	C	$6.000M	2	CAN
63	Tyler Ennis	LW	84	22	B-	$3.795M	1	CAN
82	Marcus Foligno	LW	74	21	C	$0.790M	2	USA
42	Nathan Gerbe	LW	82	25	B-	$1.215M	2	USA
26	Thomas Vanek	LW	88	28	C	$6.925M	2	AUS
36	Patrick Kaleta	RW	80	26	C	$0.750M	1	USA
29	Jason Pominville	RW	87	29	C	$5.080M	2	CAN
25	Drew Stafford	RW	83	26	C	$3.780M	3	USA
12	Kyle Cumiskey	D	82	25	C	$2.100M	4	CAN
10	Christian Ehrhoff	D	84	30	C	$3.780M	9	GER
3	Jordan Leopold	D	82	32	C	$2.780M	1	USA
57	Tyler Myers	D	85	22	B	$5.280M	7	CAN
24	Robyn Regehr	D	87	32	C	$3.800M	1	CAN
6	Mike Weber	D	82	24	B-	$0.730M	1	USA
31	Scott Clemmensen	G	82	35	C-	$1.275M	1	USA
30	Ryan Miller	G	89	32	C	$6.030M	2	USA
IN THE SYSTEM
NO.	Name	POS	OVR	AGE	POT	SAL	YL	FROM
20	Luke Adam	C	76	22	B-	$0.735M	1	CAN
17	Joel Armia	C	75	19	B-	$0.885M	3	FIN
7	Daniel Catenacci	C	71	19	B-	UNSIGNED	-	CAN
15	Matt Ellis	C	74	31	C	$0.525M	1	CAN
19	Colin Jacobs	C	72	19	B-	$0.795M	3	USA
46	Kevin Sundher	C	71	20	B-	$0.630M	3	CAN
18	Paul Szczechura	C	74	26	C	$0.605M	2	CAN
19	Andreas Tsogkas	C	66	19	B-	UNSIGNED	-	CAN
39	Travis Turnbull	C	73	26	C	$0.575M	1	USA
27	Riley Boychuk	LW	74	21	C	$0.565M	2	CAN
16	Jacob Lagacé	LW	73	22	C	$0.560M	1	CAN
25	Michael Ryan	LW	74	32	C	$0.845M	1	USA
93	Alexandre Tanguay	LW	68	19	B-	UNSIGNED	-	CAN
16	Terry Trafford	LW	66	18	B	UNSIGNED	-	CAN
10	Nail Yakupov	LW	74	18	B-	$0.860M	3	RUS
21	Johnny McGuire	RW	67	19	C	$0.680M	3	CAN
24	Johnathan Parker	RW	71	21	C	$0.525M	2	USA
19	Shawn Szydlowski	RW	71	22	C	$0.525M	2	USA
78	Corey Tropp	RW	73	23	C-	$0.525M	1	USA
2	Jordan Auld	D	69	19	B-	UNSIGNED	-	CAN
38	Alex Biega	D	73	24	C	$0.580M	1	CAN
4	T.J. Brennan	D	74	23	C	$0.780M	1	USA
14	Nick Crawford	D	74	22	C	$0.570M	1	CAN
37	Joe Finley	D	76	25	C-	$0.525M	2	USA
48	Jérôme Gauthier-Leduc	D	71	20	C	$0.665M	3	CAN
14	Alex Lepkowski	D	68	19	B-	UNSIGNED	-	USA
47	Matt MacKenzie	D	72	20	B-	$0.600M	2	CAN
5	Brayden McNabb	D	74	21	C	$0.615M	2	CAN
28	Dennis Persson	D	76	24	C	$0.575M	1	SWE
41	Mark Pysyk	D	73	20	B-	$0.900M	3	CAN
45	Drew Schiestel	D	76	23	B-	$0.645M	1	CAN
52	Alexander Sulzer	D	75	28	C	$1.145M	2	GER
33	David Leggio	G	72	28	C	$0.700M	1	USA
31	Nathan Lieuwen	G	73	21	C	UNSIGNED	-	CAN
31	Drew MacIntyre	G	77	29	C	$0.725M	2	CAN
30	Malcolm Subban	G	71	18	B-	$0.790M	3	CAN

[Block M]

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It's Must-Win Time in Buffalo BUFFALO, NY - Hockey is too important in the city of Buffalo to have a losing hockey team. After missing the playoffs three of the last five years the Sabres have definitely done their fair share of losing. Now, new owner Terrence Pegula is making it crystal clear the time is now to break this spell of bad runs, or else. Over the summer Pegula suggested new GM Block M's job may be on the line if the Sabres suffer a similar season as last year when they lost their final four games to fall out of the playoffs. Pegula also suggests he has no worries as he is confident the Sabres will be greatly improved. In the off-season Buffalo loaded up for the future with two first round draft picks but also made some moves to win now by adding winger Mike Cammalleri and center Maxim Lapierre. Those two, along with rookie Marcus Foligno will be input a lineup that has loads of chemistry. The Sabres top six defense men all remain the same and former Vezina winner Ryan Miller returns between the pipes. The Sabres traded away Miller's backup in the deal that brought Cammalleri to town but replaced Jhonas Enroth with the free agent signing of Scott Clemmensen. Your 2012-2013 Buffalo Sabres starting lines...

Left Wing Vanek Cammalleri Foligno Gerbe Center Roy Hodgson McCormick Lapierre Right Wing Pominville Ennis Stafford Kaleta

Left Defense Regehr Ehrhoff Leopold Right Defense Myers Cumiskey Weber Goaltenders Miller Clemmensen

[johnnyrocks]

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Lapierre is a hard-working player, I am so glad you got him. It looks like 3 Canuck players went to Buffalo! Am I glad.

I really hope you do make it to the finals! Wish you luck.