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Per Sylvester today, the 24th will be a home game. 25th on road.

Those are not bad lines. Only problem is, it puts too much pressure on the top-6 forwards. Not sure how much the 3rd line can score. And we all know that 4th line won't be scoring at all. This is the opposite of a balanced attacked.

Yeah i heard the firing had nothing to do with the Luongo trade. Leafs have new owners and a very corporate structure now. They run the Leafs just like any corporation runs it's business. Burke on the other hand is not very pro-corporations and didn't care much for the suits. He swore in his speeches in board meetings and swore in random e-mails when responding to board members inquires. They warned him a few times.

Based on production, and what Lindy Ruff has said, i'd be beyond shocked if they split Vanek and Pominville up. Kevin Sylvester today made good points on lines- Vanek - Hodgson - Pominville Foligno - Ennis - Stafford Leino - Hecht - Ott Scott - Grigorenko - Kaleta (or Grigs on wing, Ellis at center) Grigorenko sees limited 5v5 time, but a lot of pp minutes.

Too much. Way too much. Looks like a really great crowd, on and off the ice.

They were too busy trailing Shane Doan all summer to worry about it.

Heard he's going to get a chance to play with Henrik and Daniel Sedin this season.

More on O'Rielly - Link-

yup, send you a PM.

Killing it. McDavid is a lock to be first overall in 2014. 18goals, 24ast, 42pts in 36 games. Ekbald - 5 goals, 15ast, 20pt in 31 games... is 6'3 already at his age. #2 pick lock in 2014.

I doubt Whitmore has an out clause.

Exactly. Colorado isn't really pleased with him by going over there and signing a 2 year deal. He's still there now and unless something drastic changes, he's not coming back for camp or even season. Usually guys like this are not available, but this is a different case. The relationship is broken, even if the money becomes right, its doubtful they can work things out. They need defense, i'm sure theres a deal to be made, essp if you add a guy like Luke Adam.

Anyone selling?

For a committed owner to buy the team and who will keep the team in Buffalo no matter what happens financially. Oh wait... I'll buy some stuff at 50% off and be happy with it. I'm already over the lockout. People boycott tickets and merch? Sweet, more opportunity for me to go, and more selection at the team shop.

Is that what Mario Williams said... ?

I was too young to remember the last time the league played a half season but comparing to the NBA who last year started off on Christmas, the start of the season was normal. Not much was off, but few weeks into the season, is when games got real sloppy. Lots of turnovers, ect. I expect the same will happen with NHL. Players are so amped up for the start that they'll play well, but they'll regress quickly.

More Sabres schedule info per Andrew Peters-

Exactly. Thanks for getting back on topic and for understanding my point. Seems it was missed.

To add to my post- Link-

I agree with Sabres fan in NS with Nathan MacKinnon. No knock on Jones, im sure he will be a heck of a player for a very long time, but MacKinnon has some Sidney Crosby comparisons in him. I'd take him 10 out of 10 times, These type of players win you Stanley Cups.

From what i have heard- Sabres only east team off Jan 19th 20th- vs. Philadelphia 21st- @ Toronto 24/25th- home and home vs. Carolina to complete week 1 Source: Andrew Peters

5-3* Few things from the game- -Girgensons played extended minutes, on a line with Mancari and Porter. Line looked good. -Luke Adam played well, scored a goal. -Joe Finley hell of a pass to Tarnasky which resulted in a goal, but soon there after fell asleep and gave Syracuse a easy goal. -Kevin Sundher played absolutely awful. Didn't backcheck anyone and out of position all game long. In the third, down 1, he had a opportunity for a breakaway but was beaten by both Cuse defenders. Worst player on the ice. -Team has zero heart. -Despite allowing 5 goals, David Leggio played a pretty solid game. He was left out to dry on most of the goals but score could of been much worse if it wasn't for some of his big saves. Still had 40 saves.

Per ESPN's Scott Burnside, he is. Link- http://espn.go.com/c...oaches-hot-seat I have to disagree with him though. We all know the love-affair Terry Pegula has with Ruff and Darcy. If the Sabres do start off slow, i think they'll be quick to blame the inexperience at forward, bright prospects on the horizon and short season as not a good way to judge.

Check out this beauty goal by 7th round pick Christian Isackson from the University of Minnesota Gophers. This was Isackson's 3rd goal of the season. #1 Minnesota beat #2 Notre Dame 4-1.

Rewind back to July 1st, 2011 when Terry Pegula send a army to Brad Richards' agents office in Ontario. Teams camped out with hopes to have a chance to speak with Richards and his agent. It all seemed pretty chaotic. Nobody to this day even knows if we spoke to them, and if so, for how long? The madness which ended with the famous butttweet "so no richards" by one of the Pegula daughters. Pegula and Black have been committed to making Buffalo a destination for players to come play. From better locker rooms, to treating players like gods, to helping their families with anything and everything, to commitment to winning, and so and so. They somehow got Robyn Regehr to waive his no-trade clause to come to Buffalo. According to Pierre LeBrun, the NHL is adopting a NBA free agent rule, where from the end of the draft until June 30th, teams can meet and speak with upcoming free agents. This gives us (and any team interested) a chance to sell any upcoming free agent on coming to Buffalo. No more stakeouts at players' agent offices, but players can come, visit with our management and owner, and be sold on the team and city. If the money is right (cap reasons), who wouldn't want to play for Pegula? Just a thought, but i feel like this could really help us lure some top notch free agents. Link- http://espn.go.com/b...ore-cba-details