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Has anyone every found a Devils game was exciting? When i think of them, I think boring/nap time

Maybe the Refs just went out to have fun tonight and will start Reffing tomorrow?

Hes more of a never was....... He had one decent season with the Blues and has never played enough over a season to really be seen as a #1 guy. At his age, the odds are extremely slim he is another Tim Thomas

Everything i have seen so far when talking about this division is that they are more likely to be fighting for the basement in this division instead of a top spot But thats not because they feel Buffalo will be extremely bad, but that the division is sooooo much better

Instead of having a coach that will make his system fit the talent he has, like usual, Buffalo has a coach that wants to force his system onto players that aren't suited for it. Unless rules have changed and you can now win games in some other way, you still win games by scoring goals. Skinner in his first season in Buffalo was Very Good at scoring goals, since then, they want to take away what he did best and force him to do other things that hes never been good at. They are basically wanting a Ferrari to be able to tow a camping trailer. But this is the same team that thinks parking a Camry (Tage) next to 2 Lambos (Hall & Eichel) will having us think its another supercar.....

Yeah, those teams that score goals almost never win hockey games.........

The Organisation still trying to make us believe the O'Reily trade wasn't a complete clusteref*** of ineptitude?

I believe they are for this year only

They make both the overpriced "Official" one, and the not as expensive (but still pricey) knock off thats typically just one of the 'Seconds' from the production runs.

Great, you just ruined Detroits plan of trading players they don't have the rights too. Or they think so low of Okposo (or Pilut) that they wouldn't even give up any of their own players to get them......

I think they should use Spezza and Thorton on their top line so they can move Matthews and Marner down to develop more, don't want to ruin them by rushing their development. Ten years ago, signing Spezza and Thorton would have been huge......

Wasn't it official that he signed? $700k for one year? I forgot they also re-signed Spezza too.

I just don't know if they are worth it though? They are all in their 30's

Im only not buying it cause I don't know where else they can get the cap relief from? Unless Bettman went with them to one of the tables and they were allowed to use the winnings as cap space, I don't know?

I think it was always going to cost more then what the fans would want to see them spend because Columbus doesn't have to trade either of them and they are on decent salary. They can wait til the deadline or the end of the season to deal one away if they feel they would lose one in the expansion draft and want an asset for them. Its always been known this move was to cash in on an asset at its highest. This isn't Vegas having to move MAF because they need the Cap space, in that situation they could probably get him for a low pick as long as they take on his full contract.

He was playing for a contract last year too.....

Reading comments on the signing on the sports site, that actually looks correct, seemed like no one was expecting this

Where else could he go that would be worse then all the teams he has played for already? Outside of the Rangers who got the #1 overall pick because of luck (or conspiracy theory...) he has played for all the teams that have been competing for #1 overall over the last decade basically....... Edmonton, NJ, Phoenix, now Buffalo...... Actual cap no, but internal cap maybe.....

I think he only felt shock because it wasn't expected, he intended to stay in Minny to end his career and I don't believe they informed him he was going to definitely be moved

Wonder if the Blue jackets want him for a goalie?

I wouldn't get too excited, its only a 1 year deal, he didn't convince him to spend the rest of his career here He is getting $8 mil to play one year for a coach who he played well for before and will be a FA again next year.

Give it more then a year, many players don't live up to a big deal after the first year (usually they have a down one but a bounce back one after.

Not if theres an internal cap.....

I would deal Reinhart for another **all name for that line just because.....

When I first saw this I thought they brought in another former coach from Edmonton.....