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Detroit is reportedly in talks with the flames trying to trade for Jay Bouwmeester as per T.S.N.

Mitchell of the American relay team felt a pop in his leg and ran the last 200 with a broken fibula. Amazing.

If we can pry the first round pick out of Edmonton and hope they tank we'll have a shot at Mackinnon in 2013. Make it so

Maybe you should. It is a funny clip.

#1 If Pegula and Regier are willing to give a 35 year old who has maybe 4 productive years left a 10 year contract we as fans of the Sabres are fukced. #2 circulates out of Philly every few years except the names have changed. It used to involve Brindamour and Lindros. Could have a ring of truth to it. Hockey players are human. Or it could be an urban legend type of thing that takes on a life of its own .

We need some of her type on this Sabres squad. There's nothing wrong with playing to win as evidenced by the play of both teams. Perhaps she should have been tossed. Again that falls on the officiating.

I agree. Its one of the reasons I don't watch european football. Officiating and embellishment of injuries. That being said I've really enjoyed the womans play in these olympics. They play through and don't seem to fake the injuries as much as the men do. I'm Canadian so I admit to an obvious bias when it comes to the match yesterday but I think the Canadians got jobbed. But I will add the American team is a great team and they won. Congrats to them. The fact that footballs governing body is now investigating Sinclair for her comments post game instead of investigating their own referee is laughable. Perhaps we'll have to play for the bronze without our best player ? So be it. What she said was spot on. Imo.

That 5th goal was so gretzky-esque it was sick and that 6th was icing on the cake.

Agreed on the officiating. Hand balls not called and It is so rare to see a keeper penalized for holding onto the ball too long especially in international play. Another great game on the losing side for Sinclair. She's my bro in laws cousin so I've had fun watching her game. Anyways we lost to a great team.

Its not a secret that teams employ players this way. Gillis out of Van. says they started Cody hodgson in the offensive zone and in man advantage situations as much as possible leading up to the trade with Buffalo to mask his defensive liabilities and raise his offensive profile or worth. Good coaches will coach to a players strengths. But I agree. A player shouldn't come out of the farm systems without knowing how to play defence.

I have to agree on both of the above.

I think a better analogy in this case is a guy walks up to you in the prison cafeteria and loud enough for everyone to hear announces that he's going to have you for his girl later that night . You either hit him across the throat with your dinner tray and proceed to show the entire prison population that you aren't that type of guy or you sit there and you do become his girl and the girl of every other guy in that cafeteria. Thats the type of defining moment the Sabres had in the Lucic incident. By their lack of response they let everyone know what kind of character they had and what kind of team they were going to be moving forward. Despite what some say on this board about not responding with violence ( cough..are you kidding me? ) there is a code in the game and at times in life where you absolutely have to stand up.

When they signed Kaleta I remarked now when are they going to do something that actually improves this team. I like the added grit but with Darcy its always too far in one direction. He seems to have a hard time finding the proper balance. I don't believe this is a significantly better team than the one that missed the playoffs and I'm hoping Darcy isn't relying on the perfect storm of positive outcomes this season to get us there. I sure hope he's got something in the works that pans out.

Carl Lewis ? So we're going to include dopers in the mix ? :P

Thanks for the heads up. It'll be interesting to see how Grigs stacks up against his peers.

Just watched the South Korean weightlifter dislocate his elbow trying to lift twice his weight. Oh my friggin gawd that must have hurt something fierce. Don't watch if you search it out and are squeemish.

True. I think Vancouvers window is now but without someone like Doan added to the mix I'm not sure they're good enough to win the cup.

Your second statement isn't true. He may have received a star in his first game or two but his play quickly fell off and his minutes were cut back drastically after that. The fact is he didn't play too bad the first couple of games. If the Vancouver media was responsible for doing what you say to try and placate the fans they would be run out of town. Vancouvers media and fanbase are pretty knowledgable about hockey and this fanbase wouldn't allow themselves to be hoodwinked in the way you claim. Maybe I missed some sarcasm?

According to Vancouver media ( apparently he met with the canucks brass on tuesday and things went very well ) the most important thing to Doan right now is the chance to win a cup. We're out. The way this team is currently built I have to think we don't fit his criteria. Its a shame cause he would change the character and attitude of this locker room in so many ways not to mention the mentorship for the young-uns. I suppose we can always dream.

Most of these guys move the family. Thats whats best for his family. Follow the money. Sure its all about balance but kids adapt pretty good to change.

Winning the cup is whats best for his family. There are monetary gains to be had for winning the cup and financial security is whats best for your family. I don't care what any of these guys says. Its all about the money.

Time to change the system. The fact that this can take place at this level is dim.

Its funny but the only place you hear Doan and the sabres mentioned in the same conversation is here. In other media sources from north of the border they mention the Phillys the Rags the Canucks etc. but in most articles and talk radio I've read or listened to no mention of the Sabres. I would think that makes us a very long shot to land him.

ahem. Cough. Does Tebow play center or wing?

I agree that there has to be a response. A message is sent to the other team and the entire league whether you respond or not. Its almost impossible as a team to recover from a lack of response and as we are seeing now changes in one form or another are required.