Sell, Darcy, sell

Mike Harrington has a piece in today's Buffalo News that talks about how the Sabres approach to the trade deadline could change depending on what happens over the next two weeks and seven games.

Personally, that shouldn't change a single thing.

I don't care what happens over the next two weeks. It won't change two important things:

#1 - The Sabres are NOT making the playoffs in 2011-12. The Sabres are not only 8 points out of 8th place in the East. But, they have to jump over a half-dozen teams or so to do it. There is no way that this team can do that regardless of what they do at the trade deadling.

#2 - This team still has flaws when it comes to leadership and character. I don't value Bucky Gleason's opinion pieces very often, but that is about the only part of this column that I agreed with. Derek Roy and Drew Stafford are just two of the flaws with the Sabres. If Regier can move them for players that can help the Sabres over the next 3 to 4 years, then he has to do it.

I hope that Regier moves the UFAs-to-be for whatever he can get and look to move "core guys" that are a part of the problem and not part of the solution for players that can help get this team where everyone wants it to be over the near term.

Some random thoughts from the Sabres weekend:

- That comeback versus Dallas was awesome.

- The regression to the January version of the Sabres against Tampa Bay was less than awesome.

- Watching the Amerks destroy the Texas Stars on Friday night was awesome.

- Luke Adam pouting after getting sent down to Rochester on Saturday was less than awesome.

- I hope Ryan Miller's recent run of solid play is what he can bring to the Sabres for the rest of his time here. I want to believe in Miller. But, he's still too up and down for my liking.