tom webster

It depends what side you are on. I’m of the belief they made great strides last year and were only goaltending and a 2C away from a top 8 in the conference team. If you truly believe they were bad, then yeah, it makes little sense.

They would like that too but convincing Larry might not be so easy, at least not at their number.

Lazar is going to be 13th forward. Casey is not going to be 3rd center.

A) I fully expect a player like Toffoli to play on Jack’s wing. B) I believe they are open to trading Sam but only if he’s part of a package that they believe brings back an even better forward or number one pairing defenseman C) I believe they are open to signing Kahun at their number but I believe when the dust settles people will be happy if they don’t over pay for him. D) A goalie upgrade is guaranteed

Yep, a lot of angst over nothing.

I’m not down on anyone really, just busting some b.... As far as trading down, Detroit could have traded down too but what if you don’t get your guy? LGRM, posted a while ago, identify your guy and take him. You don’t know what everyone else thinks.

I am amazed at the “absolute” of you all. You are a resilient bunch refusing to let the lessons of history and draft busts of past stop you from proclaiming success or failure three years into the future.

Raymond That’s good for Buffalo, right?

I’m pretty certain they will happen. I personally believe a vaccine, rapid testing and antibody treatment will have this pandemic under control by Spring. Now whether there’s another one coming......

You figure the odds gotta be in their favor.

Sounds like he is going to Leafs.

No, they will have no television platform once Olympics start. They will end one way or the other by end of June, mid July. (I think Olympics start 7/22) I could see then playing entire non conference schedule in bubble although I have also heard thoughts of playing all divisional games except one home and one road.

I’m assuming that was sarcastic

But now you have a GM with local ties. I’m guessing that has made a slight difference, more for Vogl then Harrington.

I believe there will be some sort of hybrid season where they start with multiple bubbles before returning to their own arenas to finish season. One thing is definite, they will finish before NBC starts Olympic coverage.

I just realized he was Geoff’s son. Carry on.

If we had drafted Thompson people would be excited about his prospects. Because he was part of the worst trade in Sabre’s history, and the Sabre’s have been bad for so long, people are skeptical and with good reason. I am glad that while the team isn’t counting on it, they know they may have something special.

It’s funny, you mention Smith and Oglivie and you are told they didn’t show enough in the AHL. You mention Tage and you are told his tearing up the AHL doesn’t mean anything.

That’s a notch above Ecklund

99.9% of me really wants want some astute drafting but I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that part of me wants them to pick LGRM’s least favorite player just to read his venom. And I hope he knows I say that with all due respect and appreciation for what he brings to this board.

Top 10 by what metric. Two different columnist posted they were 18th in yards allowed last time. Don’t have time to check it out now but I will later.

And, as someone pointed out, the Chief’s D was 18th last year, the Pats were 19th the last time they won. Two of the Bills SuperbBowl teams were mid 20’s on D. Besides the points you made above, teams that score a lot and score quickly are going to give up a lot of yards for reasons that should be obvious. The trick is holding your opponent to field goals and forging mistakes.

Have you watched the Chiefs play? This is exactly how they won the Super Bowl. Their defense gets torched half the game until the opponents offense makes a mistake and the Chiefs offense makes them pay for it.

Don’t be so hard on yourself. I’m sure there is more you know. You just have to find your calling.🤪

You are missing the point. All I said was that these guys will have a shot. Either one will have to step up their play to actually contribute on an NHL level but I don’t dismiss the possibility.