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There's one extra dude there. Plus there's a Mitts, a KO, a Sobotkaka, and a Scanderella. Yikes. There's also a Hutts. Doom.

If they're happy with Johansson as the 2C, what if they trade Hutton and Risto for a goalie?

Yes. Too bad he's so young.

No one was going to the net, otherwise Cozens might have had an assist there.

Meanwhile, this Redmond guy...

McCabe - trade him!

Tage looks better than Mitts. That's not saying much, though.

Semantics.

That's very generous of you! Has it ever occurred to any of you that perhaps YOU are refusing to see what's right in front of your face? Pretty common theme throughout history for people great and small.

Okay! Okay!

People don't communicate solely through words. How many times have people like yourself or liger said something to the effect of coaches and/or players will say the right words. The words mean s%^t. Compare his body language and tone of voice (the way he says the meaningless words) between when he's speaking about Mitts vs. when he's speaking about Borgen. Very obvious distinction.

That's fine. I do.

This gives me some hope. It doesn't sound like he likes Mitts very much. It sounds like he has a higher opinion of Tage. And he clearly seems to favor Borgen.

I'm shocked...shocked, I say...that this didn't work out.

The D, okay. Mitts on the 3rd line. Okay. The rest?

It's the Tank™ 3.0 lineup.

There are no leading issues; I think all of the issues with Cozens staying up carry the same weight. That said, one that has yet to be mentioned is the 82 game schedule and the toll it takes, the playoffs notwithstanding. Dahlin was a wreck by the end of last season''s campaign. We can't rely on Cozens to be any different and, Lord help us, if we make the playoffs we certainly shouldn't be relying on him to be a 2C this season.

Yes.

I can, but not a 2C. I like ERod, but he's a 3rd line player, mostly, who can travel on the wing. I wasn't pleased with his appearance the other day.

Pheromones.

This is more like it.

I don't, man, I think Botterill should let them all sweat. Three weeks into the regular season, several other D men get injured, they come crawling to him. "You have...many of them. What do you want. WHAT DO YOU WANT?!"

Ted Nolan agrees with you. http://www.buffalohockeybeat.com/interim-sabres-coach-ted-nolan-moving-rookie-zemgus-girgensons-to-center/

I really can't. Without going into a @Randall Flagg-esque hyper-post. Otherwise, I conveyed my thought as efficiently as the language allows.

Oops, my bad. It should say "If..."