darksabre

There's nobody in the building now. Pegula was and still is a coward.

I still think it's possible the Regier plan would have worked if Terry had been a better owner. They came to an agreement on how to proceed, Regier pulled the lever, and then Terry lost his nerve.

Joke all you want, but the Sabres are a team of losers and they're all available. I don't care what their stats are.

Package him up with Thompson and see what we get.

Wish I had checked this thread, would have kept an eye out for you. Great show, can't believe how good Static-X still sounds. The tribute to Wayne during Cold was very nice. GWAR was wild. Going to be thinking about the video from that Lot Lizards song for a while...

Tage Traded

I, too, would have picked Buffalo over the Island.

They must be paying him sooooo much money to be KA's #2.

Ray Whitney

Okay, so this guy's schtick is "try to make a bunch of suburban kids farm strong". It is funny that so much time and energy has been spent on all sorts of gimmicky training programs, supplements, diets, when all anyone really needs to do is lift heavy, build core strength, run like... 3 miles every couple days, get good sleep, and eat a shitload of chicken and pizza.

I'm tired of strength and conditioning. Where's the liquor and coke coach?

Bring Mike Commodore in for the intermission report and finish driving the sword into me.

They're certainly linked, but I think if you asked him to his face, you'd get a bunch of pathetic responses that make him the victim of the entire thing.

I don't think it's pride, I think he's tired of looking like the one sowing chaos by firing so many different GMs, coaches, etc. over his time as owner. I think he sees himself as a victim. A victim of bad advice from outsiders, a victim of bad staffing internally, etc. So now he's digging in. "The NHL is a development league" I want to take those rumors with a huge grain of salt. If Adams was doing presentations, I have to assume they were scheduled and may have even been his idea. That kinda stuff is his background. I don't believe he is in any kind of danger whatsoever.

I'm just going to keep saying it until it sticks, but I don't think Pegula has any intention of deviating from the plan he and Adams have previously agreed on. He may want to know how it's going, what has worked, what hasn't, and what Adams intends to do about it. But he's not going to pull the rip cord. He's not going to disrupt or interfere anymore.

I posted months ago after that Palm Trees Presser that KA was acting with Pegula's full confidence because Pegula has finally decided to pick a path and stick to it. They're fully bought into "the NHL as a Development League" talking point and they're running with it. They've also completely written off making the playoffs anytime soon, and you should too.

Fine

Fine

Cozens being tough is such a great bit. I hope whoever dreamed that up for the TSN guys is having a good laugh today.

Definitely something this team needs more of. Remember Hinostroza amazing everyone just because he moved his feet?

I think good players want to play well all the time, regardless of any rumours they might be hearing about trades or whatever. These guys are conditioned to tune it out, it's part of the job. Sports psychologists abound, as do veteran players with sage advice. If Cozens was letting it affect his game in some way, then that's on him for being immature. I don't put much stock in it any of it. I think he's just not the player we thought he was.

I think what I like most about this trade is simply that it removes a guy from the team whose face I am tired of seeing and name I am tired of hearing. There are a lot of guys on this team that fit into that boat. Just a really unlikable group (with a few exceptions).

For two whole seasons? I don't think it's fair to say he played like crap either. He just isn't the type of player this team needs.

This is my hope. Maybe Norris is just a smarter player who can help this team clean things up in their own end while not hurting their scoring output (which is good by league standards) too much.

They couldn't send him to the A, so they're doing exactly what they should be doing with him. If you have a problem with that, take it up with Gary Bettman.