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Cody Hodgson due for breakout season in 2012-13: With six games remaining, Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos has 55 goals and a legitimate shot at 60. Meanwhile, Tyler Seguin has taken over as Boston’s go-to scorer as a sophomore, leading the team with 61 points through 75 games. James Neal has been a revelation for the Penguins, nearly doubling his offensive production from last year and smashing his previous career high by 20 points. Carolina’s Jeff Skinner is on nearly the same points-per-game pace as last year’s Calder Trophy-winning season, despite missing 16 games to a concussion and two to suspension. What do all these players have in common? They all train with Gary Roberts in the off-season. And I have a sneaking suspicion that next year’s breakout player in the NHL will be Buffalo’s Cody Hodgson. Not surprisingly, the newest Sabres weapon is also a client of ‘Scary’ Gary and whatever subterfuge has been out there in the past about Hodgson’s attitude can pretty much be tossed out the window based on the company he keeps in the summer. Simply put, Roberts does not mess around. What the former NHLer preaches is no less than a lifestyle decision, where players commit themselves to both rigorous workouts and nutrition rites involving organic food and the right kinds of it. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/45945-Kennedy-Cody-Hodgson-due-for-breakout-season-in-201213.html

NHL scout calls Hodgson-Kassian deal “a terrible trade for Vancouver” http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/26/nhl-scout-calls-hodgson-kassian-deal-a-terrible-trade-for-vancouver/

kassian has played 6 games for vancouver and hasn't shown much either... was a minus 2 , with just 2 hits in last nights loss to phoenix in 9 minutes of time.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — By the time the second period rolled round Tuesday night, Zack Kassian felt better. At least he could breathe again. “I was nervous to start, but I think I got better as the game went on,” Kassian said after making his Vancouver Canucks debut in a 2-1 NHL shootout loss to the Phoenix Coyotes. Asked when he finally got those butterflies under control, Kassian said: “I don’t think I settled down that much. I started breathing a bit after the first period, but for the most part I was pretty nervous the whole game.” It really didn’t show. For the most part, Kassian was effective in the 12:27 of ice time he logged. He had five hits, one shot and won two of three faceoffs. He played 20 shifts and he’ll never forget the first one. It was with Daniel and Henrik Sedin after an early Canuck penalty-kill. http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/02/29/zach-kassian-adjusts-to-life-with-canucks/

No club will move down more than one position as a result of the Draft Lottery.

CODY HODGSON

KASSIAN ??.....WOW !!!!

with an etrade app ?

i have not read all of the previous responses..... #1- the only thing "gutless" was the sabres response. #2- Lucic should have gotten a 1-2 game suspension, but what he did was not "gutless". if anything, he pushed the envelope and got away with it. If Kaleta had done the same thing to an opposing goalie , half the folks in here would be celebrating it. #3- i wonder what they are "coached" to do in this situtation......i remember an earlier game this season against Florida, at the very end of the game (like 6 min left) we were winning by one goal (2-1), florida got a major 5 min penalty called against them (i'm thinkin game over..) then stafford came in to defend a teammate for some cheap shop and got called for a penalty, a minute later gerbe got one too for something else....and we wound up losing the game. maybe Ruff told em to be smarter ??...who knows. i'm sorry, but i have never seen another team NOT respond to their goalie getting run....i think they are getting mixed messages from Lindy.

Did Brendan Shanahan get new marching orders at today’s GM meetings when it comes to protecting goalies? it sure sounds like it. Shanahan attended today’s meeting in Toronto and said afterward that everyone “had a really good conversation” about the goalie-safety issue which came to the forefront after Milan Lucic collided with Ryan Miller on Saturday. “The general managers expressed to me the importance of all the players on the ice, but also the extreme importance of the goaltender,” said Shanahan. Shanahan was then asked, if the same Lucic-Miller play were to happen again, would the player in Lucic’s position be suspended? “I look at each and every play individually,” he said. “All I can say rather than going back and retrying any of my old cases or any cases from previous years, I think that some people in the room felt it should have been a suspension and some people in the room felt that the right decision was made. Regardless, going forward certainly the direction and the conversation of the issue was certainly of a heightened sensitivity to the well-being of our goaltenders. As I’ve said many times, I’m not a policy maker, I’m a policy enforcer.” Sounds like a yes to me. Otherwise Shanahan would have just said no, Lucic still wouldn’t be suspended. Instead, he said, “I’m not a policy maker, I’m a policy enforcer.” http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/15/welcome-to-the-age-of-heightened-sensitivity-to-the-well-being-of-nhl-goalies/

great read...i agree totally.

buffalo sabres jukebox... http://www.sabresalumni.com/media/jukebox.php

old school: http://www.jaygeiger.com/downloads/sabre_dance.mp3 not good enough....