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What would you offer him to be a Sabre?

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It's got to be the legendary Ville Leino.

"assuming Norris is healthy". Well that's just it isn't it? He's never played a full season. If he did, he's potentially a 50-60 pt. player I'd guess but the odds of him playing a full season seems small to me. I'm pretty sure Ottawa moved on from him for that very reason.

Not just spelling it out is annoying.

Looks like Tocchet is in fact going to Philly as well. Obvious fit there and kind of expected. Right man at the right time. He will look like a softy compared to Torts so it could work well. Foote in Vancouver surprises me. Is he a cheap sacrificial lamb like Granato was? Rebuild tear down coming? Hughes to NJ? Petersson to ??? (Buffalo?) . Hard to say. Does Adam Foote do "party tricks" too or did his son learn that on his own? (too soon?) Seems like an odd hire regardless. One guy Sabres should look at if possible (but they won't) is Brad Shaw as a new assistant. If he's pissed that Philly passed him over for Tocchet he'd be a great guy to bring onto the staff. He's the guy credited by Philly fans with fixing Risto and improving Drysdale. He'd be a really good hire to work with Power and maybe even fix Samuelsson. Maybe he's fine to stay in Philly though. No idea. Just a thought. We need a good assistant to work closely with the D regardless. Sturm looking like a leading candidate in Boston. No idea what Seattle's doing. Woodcroft? Or is JBot talking to Kreuger about a comeback?

Great, kid! Don't get cocky

Totally get the logistical aspect. Just curious as a one-person survey, but do you feel compelled by the hype to watch it this evening versus reading about it in the morning? (If you set aside the fact that there is playoff hockey going on at the same time). The NFL wants eyeballs on them all year long, if possible.

That's fair and that's a huge difference between Avs and Sabres. You can argue about their mistakes but they do not sit pat and hope for the future. They constantly make moves and try to get better. I think they balance the future view with the present so I disagree a little with @Jorcus but they definitely don't wait for prospects to develop. If something isn't working they make a move and they move fast and aggressive. They gave Mitts a shot but their patience wore thin quickly. Goaltending with the Sabres has been a joke for years and now we wait on Levi. Hope that an AHL star goalie will carry us next year. Maybe, maybe not. Obviously Adams is banking on Levi being as impactful as Wolf in Calgary. Without a solid plan B it's a fool's gamble.

I too enjoy the draft from that perspective. Have for many, many years. It's the presentation and peripheral stuff that's gotten out of hand, IMO.

I think it could be What Could KA Even Have Done? ...but that's not funny enough. Who Called KA an Earnest Howdy Doody? Winds Created by KA's Extra-strength Hair Dryer? Wins Cannot! KA EEE Hath Decreed!

and April

I like Rob. I will miss him. He has gotten better year after year. Once I realized that it was schtick, I liked him even more (the time he filled in for the national guy who had a family emergency, there wasn't a single "acrost" or "seen"). He knows his audience.

Wow, KA is playing 3D chess, getting Hughes’ buddy in order to put a package together for EP. Norris is made of glass, but EP is damaged goods too.

Should I know what this means?

Very few hockey players want to be there.

That be Chytil, the guy they got in the JT Miller trade.

He is not a good playoff goalie. They showed a stat that he had allowed the first shot in in like 4 of his previous 5 games. That's nuts.

Jim Lorenz - Special Liason to the Bat Preservation Society

No reason to assume that in the hypothetical world where he plays 75 games? Sure he’s a legit 2C Ya I didn’t catch the player but they mentioned they had another C with injury concerns which is why Norris would be dicey for them specifically

Ticket availability for tonight: And for Friday... Game Notes. Roster.

Assuming Norris is healthy, how good is he? Is he a legitimate 2C with some individual scoring potential.

Jets have 8 goals in their last 5 road playoffs games. Issues are well beyond Hellebuyck, who played well yesterday

Out here they talk about Norris being more attractive because he’s Quinn Hughes’ buddy. All Canuck talk is filtered through “we can’t let Hughes walk when he gets to UFA”. They’re deathly afraid he will be joining his brothers in New Jersey. People already saying only reason Foote was hired is because Hughes likes him.