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Makes perfect sense. Probably because I said out loud, “Shades of Lindy”, when he got mad tonight.

“Proper procedure on herniated disc.” And the media isn’t shilling for Brisson. Right. What a disgrace.

Good barometer game. We’ve got a long ways to go. 2019.

Just move Quinn to C. 😆

Yet there is no fault on anyone’s behalf. This entire situation was brought about by an accident for crissakes.

Yep. Both Cernak and Kucherov deserve sticks to the nuts for their past transgressions. Sobotka was never the same after that dirty Russian cheap shotted him.

You have that completely wrong: there is no party with fault here. For many, it seems, their frustration with the situation compels them to assign blame for the situation where none exists. It’s a fascinating aspect of the human psyche.

Years of poorly mismanaging their relationship with Eichel? That’s what an eight year, $80m extension is indicative of, poorly managing the relationship? You and others have to stop insisting on good guys and villains.

Especially with Friedman, McKenzie, Dreger, et al sitting there with you. edit: I forgot Vogl. Can’t forget Vogl. He’s probably the heaviest weight on that end of the teeter totter

Like the old saying goes, if you’re not part of the solution…

Mustn’t worry

Per the bold, I wrote a post about the players that have received fusion surgery. All two of them; one a successful return, one forced to retire. If you could steer me to the research that says cervical ADR is becoming standard for the public and that ADR is best of Eichel, I’d be more than grateful as I’d really like to see that. I’ve only heard one doctor, Prusmack in Colorado, come out and advocate for it publicly. I’ve also heard that the preeminent spinal surgeon in the field, the one who has performed more ADR procedures than anyone, Dr. Cappuccino, advise against it. From all I’ve gathered, I just don’t think there is a medical consensus in favor of the ADR procedure for a 24 year old athlete. Perhaps the Sabres can be persuaded otherwise. I guess we’ll see.

When Terry signed Eichel to his deal, he GLADLY agreed to pay that money in the first place. He does not stand to “profit” from the current situation and he continues to pay Eichel’s salary. Again, the word “greed” is just not a word that applies.

If the Sabres wanted to test that, they could have already. They don’t appear to be out to punish him.

Fusion requires the extra time to allow the bone grafts to fully fuse together to form the single bone.

He’s currently getting paid, regardless.

The potential liability issues alone make the $50m look like chicken feed. In a previous time, the Pegulas were more than happy to see Eichel earn every penny of the $80m they signed him for and they’d have been more than happy to pay it. Every. Penny.

Seems that way. And it’s unfortunate.

Greed is the wrong word to use here, imo, as I’ve never heard it used to describe someone protecting their interests. The Pegulas aren’t look to gouge anyone here, nor are they looking to profit off the situation. Don’t see where greed applies at all here.

There’s a fine line between defending your position and discounting someone else’s. Both sides in this matter are justified.

I don’t see the greed on both sides. I think the Sabres would fully understand and accept it if Eichel decided to retire. Nobody could blame him in in the least.

Depends on how you look at it I guess. I see it as 50/50 Eichel plays at an All Star level again. Going by such limited examples is not advisable anyway. Every case, every patient, every prognosis is different.

When I looked into it, I could only come up with two: Kris Letang and Derek Dorsett. Both returned to play after six month rehabs. Letang continues to play at an all star level while Dorsett was forced to retire after recurring issues with his neck.

That’s not Granato’s style.

Well earned road point. They had nothing in the tank the last 30 minutes. I suspect this will be the norm in back to backs as high effort teams are gonna lose steam more readily imo.