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I thought KA signed Johnny Boychuk to get to the cap floor.

Sports hernia.

Not to pick nits, but more than 50% of the teams make it (until this year.)

Do you watch any other teams? It certainly isn't as often as it used to be, but I see it all the time, just not in Sabres games.

Isn't that the byline on the PSE letterhead?

There wasn't a single angle that I didn't think it was high.

It wasn't a goal, but I love Zegras' reaction to Milano. He absolutely could not believed he scored that goal.

Yes, I know. We only want good character guys that want to be here.Who cares if they suck and get laughed at by the opponent. Just make sure they take nice pictures with the kiddies. I'll take a$$holes that I don't like who win, anyday. It's not "just a game" (I ***** HATE that phrase). It's professional sports. That is a huge difference.

Absolutely. Just ice, though. The NFL can go screw.

I'm kinda in agreement with dark,… but my beers are a lot cheeper.

With this attitude, Buffalo fans are getting the exact team they deserve.

From every angle, it’s a high stick.

Absolutely a high stick. Toronto can go ***** itself.

I like 6K. Sorry. Don’t need to PM you. ESPN+ and Hulu.😂

Where was this thread in October?… September? Are people really surprised by this team, now? This is the team and season we knew we had back then. We were in 31st place and we got rid of everyone that mattered. It's a tank. Ride it like a wave, baby. At least we get to cheer some goals.

He ***** nailed him.

I completely disagree with this. If it's a tank (and I have truly believed that it is for quite some time), for god's sake don't say it. Why should he give a crap about what the fans think as long as he has a plan and is sticking to it? Jack's non-answer about it getting personal from "higher up than KA" in that Barstool interview tells me all I need to know. I think once KA knew he lost Jack, the tank was on and the yard sale started, and once again, this is the path we're stuck with. I think we're in a better position this time around, though. It looks like we actually have some prospects worth a crap, and the team can actually score now (didn't we set a record lowest number of goals scored in one of the tank years?) Get some more high end talent in the next draft and actually fix the goaltending, and we're in business.

Cuz they aren't very good.

Here are some more of my buddy’s NFL Films segments. All are Bills pieces. You have to watch them on YouTube. Of course.

A friend of mine works at NFL Films. He says he can now retire peacefully after having mixed this segment.😀

Here’s an interesting post from Reddit about future considerations. All of the answers here are correct, but I'll also add that 'future considerations' can be named in the future, and often times we're not privy to what is explicitly spelled out in the trade paperwork. To take an example, Kevin Poulin was recently traded from Tampa Bay to Calgary for future considerations. Hypothetically, let's say that the specific consideration is that in the 2016 Entry Draft, Tampa Bay will swap 5th round picks with Calgary if Calgary's pick is higher in the draft. If this ends up being the case, we'd hear about it, but if Tampa Bay already has the higher pick, we wouldn't necessarily find out that that was the 'consideration' because it was so minor, and ultimately not fulfilled. It tends to be pretty minor stuff. In the old days you could trade players for cash (Quebec famously got a buttload of cash in the Lindros trade, along with their haul of players) and Kris Draper was infamously traded from Winnipeg to Detroit for $1. You can't do that anymore. (I believe it was eliminated in the 2005 CBA.) What you also can't do is essentially loan a player, explicitly or implicitly. For example: Arizona trades Shane Doan to Chicago for future considerations. The legalese of that paperwork can't then be 'The consideration is that in June of this year, Chicago will trade Shane Doan back to Arizona for a 7th Round Pick.' You can't put restrictions on a player being traded into the wording of 'future considerations.' I wouldn't be surprised (though I don't have anything to back this up) if some teams just drew up completely insane conditional scenarios in order to facilitate a trade of a player for essentially nothing. IE: To use the Poulin example, Tampa Bay trades Poulin to Calgary for future considerations. The consideration being that if Calgary wins the cup the next 5 years running and Poulin posts a +.95SV% in each year and ties the single season win record, Tampa Bay receives a 7th. You know, something extremely unlikely, because you can't just give a player away, but the teams don't want to hassle with the possibility of a condition being satisfied (even for a 5th round pick.) Which may be why so many 'considerations' amount to nothing-- the ridiculous premises aren't satisfied.

To quote a great man, Dahlin will be fine.

No. Our goalies are really bad. The play led to a routine stop. But because it’s us, it felt like a RJ call the cops highlight reel stop.

Not sure if that was the the play, but even if it was, imagine that, a Sabres goalie covering for the skaters.

I’d be totally fine with that.