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Congrats Pittsburgh, Sidney et al were the better team... but my distaste for his goonery and whining like Kevin McCale makes any chance of rooting for them impossible. Still congrats.

Congrats Swamp, this is a big deal, and while reading the further posts, I have hope for my son's seizures. Though he has a brain malformation... lysencephaly pachygyria, a neuromigration issue due to a partial chromosomatic deletion. He is considered a light case but it affects his speech, motor control and he is significantly delayed and will need assistance all his life. He is on Kepra, Tompomax and Depakote for his seizures. Worried about his liver and kidneys because of the depakote. Looking for alternatives. Not sure canniboids are the best but who knows. I will bring it up. Also we are not far from Massachusetts and own property up there so it could be a possibility for us to check it out. Charlie so far has gone from 2 seizures a day to usually 2-3 in groups every 2-3 weeks. Still they are scary for him, he is 10 though sadly we are use to it. Anything with Children, many in my Charlie's group who have autism could benefit would a great thing. Keep us posted.... we need to know, keep spreading the word.

Turned it off after that penalty and subsequent goal. Crosby should get a game for that bs, but he won't what a load of crap. Man I hate him. Hope McCabe or Risto lays him out next season. Haven't hated on a player this much since Neal.

. I retweeted you a couple times and your print, hope it helped, one of these days i'll comission a Schoenfeld from you.

October cant come soon enough here...

lmfao my latest for going home is my special needs sons name is Charlie and is obsessed with trains...

Im not sure, he stepped up to no. 1 D pair this past year and took on more responsibilty. Have seen him play, great shot smooth skater, needed to work on physicality and did. I see him putting it together this year. Confidence was his biggest issue imo and not wanting to make mistakes. He has size. Fair list if top 20, but i could see him jumping up. PS 2 different coaches in 2 years. Think stability this year will help.

yeh i saw that too

left off Chukarov, soon to be Junior D at UMass... later pick

https://theathletic.com/65742/2017/06/07/jan-rutta-agrees-to-one-year-deal-with-blackhawks/ Hawks sign a defensman Blackhawks name Ulf Samuelson asst coach, Scott Gomez to Isle as Asst coach according to twitter sources

lmao tho i say just get a young nhl ready D and be done with it. The specturation abt if and who and when is exasperating..

https://twitter.com/rumorbreak/status/872157015614926849 Leafs offer for Manson of Ducks rumor.

Still think one of the 70s Isle teams are in this conversation... but nothing wrong with the oil from that era. Hard to just judge 1 year. For me its over a number of years with same group of players

Or is all rumor and innuendo from other teams... fake news.

Jeez i am 6'2" 196, would fit right in with that group... not! only wish... sigh...

So as the Sabres look for mobile defensemen... Ivan Chukarov at UMass comes to mind to keep an eye on. Smooth skater with a heckuv of a point shot. Good passer, but was asked to be a shut down guy this year. As talent at UMass picks up, Ill be interested in seeing if he takes the next step as a junior in the always tough Hockey East

I assume you are talking typical VIP porotocol, not actual care of KO. Makes sense.

Glass welcome back, been there done that... keep your head up and dont isolate. I switched careers twice, ego takes a blow but i found my spot. Not sure how old you are but i went back to school at 48 and it is keeping me young. All my best. PS put a profile up on Linkedin and indeed.com as you go through this process and do something good for you each day to keep your spirits up. All my best.

Hey thinking the same thing, lack of speculative b.s., was getting boring. [quote name="Sakman" post="952422" timestamp="1496691796" The Ovechkin thing isn't going to happen (I mean, he isn't going to get traded at all, let alone to Buffalo). I just posted it as it's fun to talk about in the off-season prior to actual transactions occurring, hopefully soon. My reason for supporting such a theoretical trade was captured in several of the posts above in that: a) It's not a 'trade away current assets for future assets' deal that we've had enough of ... b) Aren't giving away any really high end young assets (Risto or even McCabe, Sam, Nylander, #1 pick this year, etc) c) I think getting Ovechkin in his early-mid 30's is an significant upgrade. vs. Kane with an extension (assuming he would re-sign) in any set of consecutive year's in Kane's career. The whole 'getting into his 30's, waiting for the performance drop-off' thing is very true for 95%+ of players in the NHL. Ovechkin is not one of those players however. He's really like Jagr, Hossa, Thornton, or Iginla (to give recent examples) except that he is actually better than any of them. The only thing I'd take out of this in the real world is if the Sabres could make a 'hockey trade' for Kane (as opposed to selling him off) that they get more value back in terms of on ice contribution in the next few years than they think they'll get with Kane even with an extension, then why not do so?

Probably easier to do something straight up. Too complicated any other way and would use up too many chits for 11th overall assuming Kings would even give that up given their cap constraints.

I have read both arguments for and against and do think that Kane is a risk with a long term contract and his behavioral past. That being said, I loved his scoring and hard play in the corners last year. I wish one of the young guys could step up in scoring, while also showing a little more vision on ice. Then trading Kane would be a little more palatable. Till the uncertainty on wing gets resolved and Molson, Ennis and even Okposo medical issue gets figured out, I'm thinking the Sabres keep him. Only if the return makes sense a la a D and a high draft pick say next yea then my mind could change. Feel like a see saw going back and forth on this one....

Just saw this defenseman on hockey rumors, assume there are other Sabres might take a stab at. https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2017/06/league-interest-raddysh.html Discuss and list links or opinions.

Not so sure about Housley now and where his loyalties might be...http://m.startribune.com/minnesotans-phil-and-karin-housley-make-sports-and-politics-mix/425842693/

-2 for LV +2 Sabres... addition by subtraction...

Discussed Duffs, Anchor bar or Gabriels Gate as the place to meet.