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I'm kinda coming around to this argument lately mainly because of the huge amount of money and effort being dumped into all of this military recruitment advertising in pro sports. If we want to draw parallels between soldiers and athletes, then let's do that. Let's fix the pro athlete system to something that serves these guys better later in life (like we supposedly do with our vets) when they're brain damaged and useless just because they wanted to play a game for our amusement (or fight a war for no reason). I'm tired of feeling bad about these guys. I'd rather just do right by them when they hang em up.

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You hate the troops or something?

I agree, PA. I don't think the Moulson thing sends a message at all. These guys might be talking the talk, but they're going to have to sell me on it. I don't think any of them are worried about their roster spots.

Shot differential should equate to winning if your shooters are any good. The problem is our shooters are total garbage. Nobody finishes.

Thanks!

Sneak Preview:

Hmmmmm.... Nah. I'm out.

Jumbo Joe got beat by Tom Wilson in a fight tonight

Hindsight on my end certainly agrees. The goal should have simply been to rebuild and the team probably would have just sucked all on its own. Not that I didn't enjoy turning over the old failed core, but it would have been nice if this team had had anyone on it who was worth keeping to fill the roles of illegitimate transplants like Gionta and Moulson. The tank murdered the whole concept of being a Buffalo Sabre.

Probably not. New guy is listed as a C/LW so I'm wondering if he's basically there to compete with Pouliot, Nolan and then fill a spot if Kane goes and a LW doesn't come back.

Reinhart is a guy that fits that bill in my opinion. Pretty low risk/high reward since he's still on his ELC and is an RFA. But he's clearly not developed into a full fledged NHLer like we need him to be.

I mean, I guess I could be convinced to care about Jack's feelings with respect to Moulson, but I doubt it.

Fasching immediately to O'Reilly's wing is interesting. No idea what order those lines really are though. I see a first line but everything after that is kinda...whatever?

I don't give a crap?

Why on Earth would they waive Nolan?

I agree. I've said before that I think what Dan was doing in trying to shelter this team and its shortcomings was problematic. His play-not-to-lose approach severely stunted any growth that might have been expected from playing a more appropriate system but being just plain old bad. Housley isn't sheltering this team and their true mediocrity has been exposed. This roster was worse than Bylsma's system was letting on, but I think Botterill and Housley probably knew that might happen. Botterill should be familiar enough with Bylsma to know what he was getting in to.

Kane, Reino, Reino.

That was me, and yes, I think we're doing another makeover. I can't see Botterill committing to any cap mistakes. Which is why I think guys like Kane and Reinhart are probably gone. He isn't going to get Kane to sign for a price he likes. Sam Reinhart is going to want more in RFA that he's probably interested in giving. So trade them away.

I'll trade one of Johnson or Lehner if we can pry a goalie away from Vegas when Fleury comes back.

Tomorrow at noon.

They are not going to figure out how to hockey if they haven't by now. I guarantee more moves are coming. This team is out of the playoffs and it's time to start handling assets accordingly and looking towards next year.

Yup. Literally no point in hurting the Amerks for the Sabres sake. Which is why I don't see Ullmark getting called up unless Botterill can replace him with another AHL level goalie.

This is just another in what is becoming a long string of Jack Eichel body language incidents. I understand being frustrated, but at some point the "displays of emotion" become unconvincing/unproductive. I'm no longer convinced that Jack is earning the right to act this way.