tom webster

Yes, it was

Nope Nope again

No to both

I know this isn’t the place for this but I have to say, I love that someone that I respect and genuinely like is so on the opposite side of this issue as me. Of course, it helps that eleven is wrong and I’m right 😉

I know I sound like a broken record, but people have been worrying about free agent signings and salary cap implications eventually catching up to teams since Andy Messersmith signed with the Braves. Bill Polian has become kind of a sad caricature of himself but he said it best when he said, smart teams will always figure it out and will seldom, if ever, lose someone they really want to keep.

Two of those guys played the entire regular season and one played the entire playoffs. Third guy still not mentioned.

I’ll send out clues later today if no one guesses correctly

I believe they made it clear to the veterans on this team that they would “go” for it. People spend a lot of time discussing the explicit language of contracts but when guys sign deals, there is a lot of conversation about implicit language. I’ll be shocked if they don’t add a goalie, a defenseman and maybe a center. Nobody there cares what I’ll feel though. They do care about what that locker room will feel though.

That is correct

No sir

No

Yep. They have almost no draft picks, a weak prospect pool and like you said, Pasternak is the only player of value so what could they really do?

No to both

The “franchise altering trade” was a joke.

Glad to make you feel included.😉

Ok, for you “younger” guys, only one guy played every game in the other season that ended in game 6 of the Cup finals in Buffalo.

If no one else has a question, how about this. Only three players played all 80 games during the 74/75 run to the Cup and only two of them played all 17 playoff games. I think two are pretty easy and the third is not crazy, but it’s a slow Sunday night.

Probably.

You need to stop obsessing over things that don’t exist, or so I’ve been told.

Still worried about that cap crunch?

Scandella only has limited no trade clause and Philly not on list so he can’t be holding it up.

UPL has been underwhelming since his “great” junior season. Of course that was followed by hip surgery but he’s been awful in Rochester since then, not much better in Buffalo and I challenge you to find one league wife list of promising young goalies that includes him. He is a Buffalo only phenomenon.

You are assuming that the goalies are at least average and so far UPL and Comrie have very little good history to back that up on.

There is no way that anyone, not even Levi himself, can know for sure how he will hold up to the rigors of an NHL season. UPL has been either just below average or terrible since his one phenomenal season in Juniors and Comrie has been a career minor leaguer. Sure, given the unpredictability of goaltenders anyone of them could be the guy but if you are serious about contending this year, you can’t go into the season with this trio.

Sorry, I didn’t notice but I’m sure he played enough games, I’m surprised he didn’t play elsewhere