PASabreFan

I forget why I wanted to respond to this. They're not rumors. I'm trying to buck up and believe, somehow some way, this is the stake in the heart of the Pegulas' ownership. Wait. You're Canadian? The image is burned into my brain: the trainer behind Jack, looking like he's trying to off the guy, Jack grimacing and turning and exclaiming what I can only believe was a, "What the *****, are you trying to kill me?"

It'll be interesting to see if he's a villain in this. Of course Sabres fans don't need a reason to boo. Same division? Who cares? One more thought. I really have to step away. How can the Sabres not issue some sort of counter-statement?

I wonder if the rumor mill re: being in therapy came straight from the arena. I wonder that because I know through a trusted friend with Sabres' alumni contacts that a group text among alumni was talking about the rumor. Pretty clearly something terrible happened to end the relationship. (And anyone who thinks it's not ended after watching that presser is naive.) Also gotta wonder if the delay in Jack appearing was due to the team questioning whether to put him on.

I wonder if there were/will be any "holy *****!" moments in the league offices. Destroying your relationship with your franchise player is not a good look for the Pegulas.

ZGF TM was impressed. Terrible take. I'll gladly eat my words. Remember this was Jack AFTER sitting down for an exit interview that went long.

Paul asked why Jack didn't just go to his doc and get surgery. It's all about his contract, apparently.

That look on Rivet's face said it all.

Yeah. I understand your incredulity. This is cray cray.

I'm a little surprised the Sabres haven't pulled the plug on this.

"Doesn't work like that, Paul!" Captain Jack is one angry young man.

This is unhinged by pro athlete standards. That exit interview must have been wild. Jack said "***** it" to himself. He's no longer a Sabre as we speak. I kinda love this.

Jack has a camp.

Something pretty serious went down between Jack and the organ-eye-zation.

Jack not doing the Sabres (and us) any favors re: pending trade. And because now KA's hands are tied.

WOW! "Wherever that might be." Bye.

Yes.

Jake starts with an update on his rehab without being asked about it. Talking to the rest of the league?

Losers sick of losing. Be the change you want to see in the world.

If true, then that's Eichel assessed value. It seems obvious that how a fan base assesses their best player and how the league's GMs assess that same asset are not going be the same.

You're kidding.

So it's always going to be the chef looking into the fridge and making the best meal he can from the random ingredients someone else bought? I understand the desire to run the Sabres that way in the short term. We need to make the playoffs. Now. But there has to be a more coherent way of doing things, which gets to the discussion above about how winning organizations operate. We want to make delicious, low-fat, vegan meals (I mean, no one does, but play along). So the shopper gets those ingredients and the chef goes to work.

No. It's a reasonable assumption though. Maybe.

Officially, the final cut is LGR4GM, Brawndo, TaroT, Thorny, MODO, inkman, dudacek and Doohickie. Eleven got two nominations, but it was unclear if other mentions were nominations per se. It is in my purview to grant a third nomination under special circumstances. So add Eleven to the list. Pimlach has two votes. Here's someone's chance to put him over the top. Now, I also have special powers to nominate and to correct any egregious omissions. Thus, I will add rakish, DarthEbriate and Marvin, Sabres Fan, who all have made impressive contributions in their unique ways. As a wild card (but not WildCard), in the tradition of Time magazine not actually naming a specific person for man/person of the year, I nominate The Game Thread Poster as poster of the year. There were some folks who heroically posted during every game from the sweet beginning to the bitter end. Too many to single out. I'll wait a bit longer to see if any other bodies float to the surface. Apologies to anyone who feels slighted. You know who you are. I think everyone recognizes there could be many winners of this award.

He Tweeted something similar last year.