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  1. I know how this movie ends.
  2. Darcy Regier had about a seven year run, beginning with the Drury/Briere/Vanek-offer-sheet debacle, and culminating with a team so devoid of hope that the only option was to Tank. And there are other examples from other eras that represent far worse GM seasons than this one. This year is nothing!
  3. The problem is that they actually showed some legitimate promise in the latter half of last season. They have massively regressed since then. It's easy to be patient when the overall trajectory is upward, even if it's a slow climb. But right now, the once-upward trajectory has reversed. Badly.
  4. It doesn't take insider knowledge to know that the Sabres organization is a dumpster fire.
  5. Oh, for crying out loud. Of course they care. They just aren't very good at winning these days.
  6. I know, it's like a good fart. Timeless.
  7. Not always, but it certainly can be. Look at guys like Messier, Chelios, Jagr - or their football equivalents like Bruce Smith, Clay Mathews, Jerry Rice - They all had significant injuries at some point in their careers (I think), but mostly they played game after game of violent pro sports at the highest level for much longer than virtually all of their peers could. And many of those peers worked every bit as hard at conditioning. They had the luck of good genetics, and probably a good measure of balance, skill, and smarts to avoid damage. That's TALENT. That said, most guys probably have to rely on conditioning and luck.
  8. Mair-Grier-Gaustad? With a sprinkling of Pyatt, Peters, and... the legendary Jiri Novotny?
  9. The only Bruin I really like. A fantastic player, a true gamer, and a classy guy, night in and night out, for a long, long time. Happy retirement, Patrice.
  10. This one was not really important in the long run, but I thought it was significant at the time, so I'll mention it since nobody else likely will. When they traded Andrej Sekera, in my mind they officially kicked off the tank era. He was a Sabres 3rd round pick who they had developed for several years into a rising star on D, and he had just signed a team-friendly deal. Then they just up and unloaded him for a pick and Jamie McBain. That was when I knew they were no longer trying to ice a decent team in the near term. I also thought he was a consistently really good player, and I was sad to see him dumped. That trade kinda made me sick.
  11. Mogilny was arguably the best player out of him, Turgeon, Barasso, and especially Vernon. Vernon was never, at any point in his career, one of the best at his position. From his era, I would put Hasek, Roy, Brodeur, CuJo, Barasso, Belfour, Fuhr, and Richter ahead of Vernon. Maybe even Vanbiesbrouck. And a few others you could throw in who had shorter peaks - Khabibulin, etc. He was a little above average for a really long time. I don't get it.
  12. I haven't seen someone so young look so good in a long time, including Dahlin. Smart and steady like a vet, size, athleticism, and skill out the wazoo that will only get more refined with time. I hope they sign him to a very long contract, and I don't care what it costs.
  13. If Alex Ovechkin goes on the record criticizing Putin and the war, he's potentially signing a death warrant for his entire family in Russia, and he may never be able to return to his home country again. Same thing if Putin invites him to a rally and he declines. What is he supposed to do? I don't envy him at all, and I don't blame him for having shown support for Putin in the past. He pretty much has a gun to his head.
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