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I'll admit to being part of that. if Samson is the baseline for a Sabre showing signs of improvement/development, then Mitts doesn't belong in the league.

If he's "our best young forward" then get him out of here. We need far better.

Mitts arguably suffered from being thrust directly into a NHL lineup. Cozens is likely to suffer the same way. Dahlin was the exception, not the rule. We don't need to screw up yet another prospect because our GM lacks the ability to find and make deals.

Sorry. I'm sure it will make sense to other people. Especially Dustin, if he reads it.

I didn't know Bill Gates and Dustin Byfuglien were clones. Learn something new every day, I guess.

He's made ~ $60mil from hockey. He'll be okay.

This is the only way we get a piece back that will actually be effective.

Hmm, can't talk about preseason hockey, now we can't talk about hockey until the season is over. So the time to talk about hockey is the summer?

What are you basing this opinion on?

I have not at all been impressed with anything he's said the past two post-game pressers. Not one iota of angst, no early signs of an internal monologue that repeats "what have I gotten myself into..." Where's the hope train, I need a ticket...

Holy Mother of God! Are we FINALLY there? I'm going to save all of you a lot of time. Mitts isn't a 2C and won't be. He shouldn't even be in the NHL.

Mitts got in a lot of XBox training all summer.

The roster-whisperer hasn't done his job.

Dump n' chase. Shots from the perimeter. Yikes.

Uninspiring.

Looking good!

I'd tried the veal, are you here all week? FWIW, I wasn't turned off to Dishes last night. He at least went to the net and hit people along the boards.

It's also true that if you touch it wrong, you get warts. You've been warned.

Maybe they're trolling everyone.

Okay, so now that I'm over the trauma of the preseason lineup shenanigans, I guess it will be interesting to see those top two lines play. Also, that top D pairing looks interesting on paper - can't recall if they played together much last season. What I'm really hoping to see is if RK caught on last night about how low these guys can get when they get low for whatever reason and somehow addresses that.

I actually find this lineup more interesting that last night's. Curious to see Olofsson, Mitts, and Pekar on offense, Montour and Borgen on D. Also want to see where Linus is at.

What does this mean? Did he look nice in his suit? Did he give the impression that he belonged behind the bench? Or is this just another opportunity you took to try and institutionalize your bastardized short-hand for RK, Freddy, Krueger, HCRK, Ralph, etc.

Awful. Freddy has his hands full.

I might have to watch these games without sound this season.

Oh here we go, they're trying to do too much. Didn't take long for Ray to get there.