Kristian

And it's not like Doug Gilmour weren't a plus in that deal as well. He pretty much was the reason the Sabres made the playoff that season. And then things went south with him the next season *insert pointless Lindy bashing here*. We came from a situation in which we were loaded down the middle, and we pretty much were stocked at that position since the early 2000's. It's hard to believe, but I believe he got so used to seeing centers switch to wing, and play reasonably well there, that he believed wingers could just as easily be plugged into the C position. Darcy definitely had his shortcomings when it came to building a team. Maybe, but it's not like Darcy did much to clear himself of the suspicions that he just wasn't a very good GM, after Quinn was out the door?

While I'm no shootout fan, I'd say the only place the shootout makes any sense, is in the knockout stages of a tournament. You need to finish the game within a reasonable time frame. Imagine one semi-final ending in regulation, and another going to 3OT. You can make the argument than the team winning in regulation has earned the right to be better rested, but ultimately the sport is about entertainment, and a fresh team beating a dead tired team in the final isn't very entertaining. It's different in the NHL playoffs, as you're playing a series and not true knockout games - If you go to 3OT, your opponent suffers equally, or you get a few days off before the next series starts.

Oshie beating Russia in the shootout. Talk about going with the hot hand.

I understand why people debate this, but seriously - Who cares who were the better goaltender through his first 75 starts, or 500 starts for that matter? Right now we have two goalies, and by the looks of it, the better of the two won't be here next season. Can Enroth become the better of the two down the stretch? No idea, all I know is he needs to be better than he is now.

Tavares has been a bad influence on him :P

I agree, there's no guarantee he'll succeed in adjusting, let alone try. At least it's in his own hands though.

Enroth can work around any size problem he has easily - Just don't drop into the butterfly the second someone pulls their stick back. His problem is not his size, his problem is he goes down too early and too often. And like I said - He can work on that.

Looks like someone playing NHL 14 online, always going for that far side glove corner :P

Took me 20 minutes before I could tell the teams apart. Similar colors, sure, but identical color schemes and patterns, just flipped? Come on.

That's what I think. Most likely, they'll alternate for the first 4 games unless either (or both) play themselves off the team, then go with the hotter of the two. Team USA may still have flashbacks of Mike Richter, so I doubt they'll just pick a goalie and go with him.

Would make sense. Both nhl.com, and wikipedia has Hasek listed at 6' 1" http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8447687#&navid=nhl-search http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominik_Ha%C5%A1ek Other sites list him at either 6' 1" or 6' 0".

I love how it sensors the letters J-A-P for Japan.

I like his pest game, but other than that, IMHO he's the prototypical Sabres forward - Hands of stone in the worst way, and I don't see why he would bring anything special? But then again, Gaustad was even worse, so what do I know?

I'm guessing he's pretty much packed and heading back to Sweden if nobody claims him. The whole reason he wanted out of Edmonton was that he couldn't crack the big club, and didn't want to spend more time in the AHL.

I doubt KHL teams are lining up for Omark. Grigs perhaps, he is after all Russian, but Omark? A Swede who has shown nothing outside his native Sweden? Doubt you'll find many takers.

Ouch......

If a team goes out and sign a free agent winger to one of the biggest contracts on the team, with the intention of making him a center on a team void of centers, without making damn sure that player is able to play center at least reasonably well, they all deserve to be fired. Oh wait - They were! :w00t: No seriously - Darcy was an assclown, and although I love to hate on him, I don't think he was this big an assclown. I feel pretty convinced Leino and his agent sold his center abilities a little too well in that deal. Circumstancial and guesswork? Sure, but not at all unreasonable to think that's how it went down. I do however think Darcy was a big enough assclown to keep his prestige signings around until their contracts expired, regardless how much they sucked. Hell, he even resigned a few of them when that happened, so to think Leino would be gone just because he oversold himself? That isn't how Darcy did things.

And the fact that he wears #23 pisses me off to no end too!

You know what pisses me off the most about Leino? It's not that his making WAY too much money, and brings absolutely nothing. It's that he claimed he could play center, then two weeks into the season starts bitching about it, making remarks about "how he's much more comfortable on the wing" etc. etc. Yes, Darcy made a huge mistake bringing in him in, and basically everyone could see in advance that Leino was NOT a center, but nevertheless he should've kept his yap shut about being able to play that position cause he sure as ###### can't.

Not that I can blame him....

Is the season over yet.... ? :(

Well, one could argue that's exactly how it sounds when Cpt. Ron tries to rally his guys on the bench?

Thank god that picture hasn't got sound....

I'm sure they can get better and cheaper players locally.

Oh crap, here comes the W.