tom webster

Taro and I decided to give this one more chance. Anyone interested in meeting up Saturday, April 16th? Sabres play Risto and the Flyers. I have two tickets left at $100 each. I’ll give it till the end of the week.

Maybe, because he’s old.

Sorry, I’ll delete it.

Goaltending is a tough position to figure out. Everyone thought Seattle pull off a huge coup with their tandem and the two of them are among the worst in the league this year. For that matter, our old friend Linus isn’t much better.

But can you get the good stuff?

Maybe

I have two first row tickets for day before Thanksgiving and two sets of blue line aisle tickets for day after Thanksgiving if anyone needs tickets.

I haven’t read the whole thread so someone may have covered this hut a lot of this is pain threshold and player agent driven. Agents do not want their clients playing until they are one hundred percent.

Peter McNabb 42 years ago. Perreault seems not to have noticed the game has changed. I’m not sure there are more then a handful of 2nd line centers consistently scoring 20.

Honestly, I’ve made that comparison so much, and I’m old, so I can’t definitively tell you I ever posted that here or had that conversation over a steak sandwich and a Heineken.

Boy, this sounds familiar.

Yes, but nothing I can prove and yes, the timing is not right.

Here’s hoping they never return to that “hardest working team in hockey” that got outshot terribly during the Ted Nolan era. I’ll take the 2005/2006 team that had just enough grit to go along with what really wins in this league, offensive talent.

I’ll give you Foligno and Deslauriers but Lemieux was part of a trade that actually made Buffalo “grittier” if that’s a word and Carrier was swapped for a starting goalie. Gaustad went in a trade that nobody would argue with. The team goes through cycles but my main point stands, there have been few instances were they traded grit for skill.

It was at least his second game. I saw he got an assist when his stick broke the other day.

I’m not sure if that was an answer to my question but it does not fit.

Like who else, exactly? I’m sure I’m forgetting a couple but other then the Jacques Richard trade in the 70’s which didn’t work out and the Barnaby/ Barnes trade which did, I can’t think of any off the top of my head.

Acquiring Boychuk is not only about exceeding the floor but giving them the flexibility to trade guys like Eakin, Miller and Haggard without worrying about said floor.

My God, everyone that disagrees with you is either insane or blindly following their team. The black and white world of Twitter, Facebook et al. The Sabres hired three of the hottest names available for their front office positions, Kyle reinvented himself to help facilitate change when he could of just gone through the motions, others have committed to the change. Apparently not everyone thinks the franchise is a joke. I’d be surprised if less the 40% of the league’s players sided with Jack. They may believe on the right to choose their medical options but a lot of them probably think he’s a jackass. It’s the real world. No position, no person has unanimous support. Franchises are a joke till they aren’t anymore. I remember a local broadcaster feeling sorry for a Patriots fan way back when.

I actually forgot I owe you a jersey but the clause means nothing in this situation. It only becomes leverage at the end or when you are the party desperate to end the relationship. The Sabres want to move on, Jack is desperate. And for the record, I twice tried to arrange a meet up with you to give you that jersey. I pay my debts and people on here who know me can attest to that.

This is nonsense. When the NMC kicks in they will be exactly where they are now. Jack can play for Buffalo or accept whatever trade the team works out. The NMC only becomes a factor near the end of the contract where Jack can say, I’ll sulk for six months and then I’m out of here. He’s not going to sulk for five years. It is all moot anyway, it will be done soon.

And, at this point in time, it’s still too early to know who the best player was in the last three, maybe four drafts. We can have an opinion, but it’s still too early to call

I’m still open to any changes if that works. Why don’t the two of you try and come up with a game that works for you.

It appears our esteemed colleague Wyldnwoody44 will not be able to attend so I have two tickets available if anyone is interested.

It’s doable but extremely unlikely. I’ll stick with LA, LV with Columbus as the dark horse.