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200' player, engaged defensively, and ever around-the-puck -- yes, yes, and yes. Stirrer and pest making life miserable for opponents and getting under their skin? No. Theoren Fleury, Esa Tikkanen, Marchand he was and is not.

I think that they are not thinking past 1 year either... but ultimately, I think the quote is a nothing burger... hey you gonna get fired or take another job... i am under contract so I am here means to me literally nothing... that is a no comment to me phrased in a way to avoid speculation cause he just doesnt know... that said I do not think the issue is Karamonos getting fired... I think if he leaves its for another job.

Alright Panthers, wake up, dust that last stinker off and end Carolina in Raleigh, sick of seeing Brind A'mours face.

Its incompetence wrapped in arrogance dipped in a thick sauce of condescension sprinkled with a bit a *uc* you little people with you little opinions mailed in a big ol box of spite...

Me too! Norris is so talented. Remember everyone thought Byram was injury prone and then he plays 82 games for us this year, I know his injury history is a risk, but he is an extremely talented player that once people start to see what he brings, no one will be upset with that trade anymore Now i thought Rossi had high end compete and was labeled as a poop disturber coming into his draft year? Am i not correct on this? I dont exactly remember all I know I was screaming Rossi at the tv when we picked Quinn

I think its more about that Aitcheson is just something we don't have in the hard to play against role Its also extremely possible that after the summer we wont have Byram or Samuelsson here, so suddenly left side of the D looks weak I am more on the Martin or Bear train of we keep 9

Eklund doesn't need to beat out TNT/Tuch/JJP/Benson/Zucker/Greenway to make the roster. Just Lafferty, Rosén, or Östlund, or (Quinn unless if he's moved). Kulich I'm already assuming is a lock. Edit: And Helenius. Benson beat Jost, Savoie (injured in preseason), Rousek (Amerks leading scorer the previous year), Kulich, and Rosén. You could also argue Biro or Murray if you're generous to their then-contracts. And also Olofsson, who was the first guy dropped out of the lineup while Benson stayed in it.

It makes sense for a team that needs to win now Most of the time that would not make sense, but Buffalo needs to win now, and Weegar, yes 31, is the exact kind of defensman we dont have and the exact that we need. We dont need another 24 year old offensive defensman, we have that in Power and Dahlin. If either one of those werent here you would never make that deal. But we have (like it or not) made our bed with Dahlin and Power and we need to build around them.

Maybe they’re the same height and weight?

Yeah, as much as I like collecting more talent, this isn’t the droid we should be looking for.

Stephon Diggs update

Hard to say. I cling to these two things which make me at least think if we go internal he is the best choice. 1. He is doing a good job as AGM, and as GM for Rochester based the fact they are competitive. You can argue if the players that come from there are good or not, that's another discussion but his teams wins. 2. He had much more FO experience than Adams when he got here, including Cup winning experience from a FO position. I prefer we bring in someone new but Terry has to know the person apparently.

I think he’s a good player he just always seems injured. If he can stay healthy great but IDK. If they could acquire Rossi with other pieces and go: Norris Rossi McLeod Krebs down the middle that is not bad at all.

Two things of note: 1) When 4Nations was being selected, Tage was still playing center for the Sabres. Top 6: Eichel, Matthews. No room there. Also on the roster: Hughes. Nope. And the bottom 6 centers: Larkin, Trochek, Nelson. 2) TNT was good in the Worlds. Cool. He had two overtime goals. Clutch. Against... Norway during a 4-on-3 PP and goalie Tobias Normann. And in the gold medal game against... Austria. 3-on-3 on a rush goal, against... Leonardo Genoni.

I'm not making any conclusive judgment on Ruff just yet because in my view the cause of this franchise's institutional failure is above him. Until the bigger issues associated with the ownership and GM are addressed, I don't see much hope for meaningful change. Another example as to why this franchise has failed is exhibited in how Ruff was selected after a charade hiring process. A fraudulent process for a hollow organization. It's sad.

I actually or oddly enough, have faith in Norris.

that's a helluva gif. i thought it depicted force-feeding spaghetti until i hovered over the image and saw what its name was.

Are you high or just obtuse? I stand by my 35% claim. The stats, which you choose to ignore, bear that out. I added that any reduction hurts. I'm not moving goalposts. But if you want to invent something to give yourself an excuse to slink away, go ahead.

And lineup Benson-Rossi to take the opening face off of next season.😛. Minny want a bigger centre. I would offer broken Norris for him in a heartbeat. I have no faith Norris plays regularly next season.

We are going to need a hire similar to this just to be credible again.....Very sad

Moving the goalposts I see. Now just arguing for the sake of arguing. i will move on.

Yea but the point is there's more depth now than when Benson joined. Eklund would need to beat out, Tage, Tuch, Peterka, Benson, and Zucker and probably Greenway and Quinn, and either Rosen or Östlund or even Kulich who could be considered a wing. Benson just had to beat Savoie.

Thanks for the quote an the reference.

Philly really wants a center to play with Michkov. Just saying.

This is a big nothing burger because you could just as easily interpret this to mean nobody's talking to him or keeping him in the loop. I'm not sure why people here are so enamored by him anyway. What's he done here worth noting?