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He survives only because theres no time left before the deadline to dump him and get someone new in place. If anything, if TP is smart, they instruct him the only players he can move are UFAs for picks and he is dumped by the end of the season so someone new can come in and do what they want with whats left of the roster.

For those prices, I hope they come painted.....

How did he get fleeced? He got rid of a player everyone wanted gone because he was sad and Botts got the guy he coveted in Tage! St Louis may have won the cup, but they won't have Tage on their roster.....

But you need to tank in order to get the best players to build around..... I think it's really helped Columbus that Elvis has entered the building and been pretty good. And we all know that every young hockey players dream growing up is to play in Columbus......

I'm a matter of a few weeks, Botts big trade acquisition ends up a healthy scratch......

I think there are a few breeds of players out there 1. Players who want to be on good teams with other good players to make things a little easier to win 2. Players who think/know they are the best so they are willing to go anywhere because they can carry a team themselves 3. Players who are in it for the $$$ and go where the money is the highest. 4. Players who are just happy to be playing a game they love and will play anywhere just for the opportunity to play the game 1 & 3 are the large majority of Pro athletes, 2 & 4 are basically Yetis and Unicorns......

I just checked on the game and saw Perlini got cut by a skate? Not a good year for players with ties to the Ice Dogs and skate blades......

I always wondered when they would get into vinyl wrapping them, since you can do it to vehicles and it's durable enough, why not goalie masks? A design can easily be created on a computer, printed, and wrapped onto the mask in no time. In this case, Campbell was brought in long term to atleast be the backup for the rest of the season, Johansson was brought in to be a short term fill in for an injured Ullmark with no guarantees he is here longer. Campbell is also the starter until Anderson is back and healthy. You can buy a product to change the color of your pads and gloves (Miller used them to quickly match his Sabres pads to team USA colors when he played in the olympics) I have some at home that I was going to use for mine to match my gloves to my pads but never got around to trying it out.

For some reason I think most of this is just a gag post...... If it isn't, you might want to get some meds......... But to weigh in, a custom paint job done by one of the pros who do them can cost a couple thousands because they have to be certified, you can't just grab some paint Nd paint one, they would no longer be certified to use by the manufacturer and league because there's a chance the paint could have weakened/damaged the mask material. (I have looked into mask painting before) Second, like all athletes, players usually have personal preferences with their equipment when it comes to fit and comfort, they also can be superstitious of they are playing well. The player would need to get a mask of their chosing to the painter, who would then have to get a design from the player and paint the mask, along with curing of the paint, this can take days to weeks depending on the design they want. Usually a player who was brought in to play in the minors, isn't going to have a custom mask made up ahead of time for the pro team if they aren't sure they are ever going to be called up, and also not knowing if they will be there long term. He isn't going to go through the expense and time to have one made if he isn't going to be in Buffalo long term. He isn't going to spend a couple of thousand dollars to get a custom mask made that may only be used once so that a fan can feel good that he is wearing a team themed mask...... As for Hasek (I have wanted to get a similar mask to wear when I play but they are tough to find outside of having a custom one made by a guy in Europe) he always had the mask color match the team (in buffalo he had a blue and a black one, in Ottawa I think he used black, and in Detroit he had red) I think the closest he came to customizing them was adding his number on the back or a team logo sticker on it. Although I seem to recall him maybe having the Ottawa and Detroit mask painted with the large team logo....

A Polish Patio? Don't we have that guy on the roster too?

Hopefully Hutton's family emergency is his family trying to talk him into retirememt

Ralph's approach is that he may not be the best Xs & Os guy, but he is a motivator, he knows what to say to get guys motivated and play hard. The problem is that when results arent good, these guys get tuned out easily and players don't listen as much when the lockeroom is a mess. The dictator style of coach who runs his guys through walls for not doing what they are told usually have some success early on, but it doesn't last long as players don't enjoy it when things aren't going well. Many times, getting the dictator coach in there first to get the locker room right, then going to a motivator works good. Problem here is that it still seems the lockeroom is a mess and things are too easy on the players. They need the discipline to know that this is their jobs and they need to give 110% for the full game or they wont be doing this much longer. The positive motivation won't work when the discipline and work ethic isn't there.....

I think it looks really bad and probably brought up because of his comments about the team the game before. If your going to comment about the effort of the team, you better not get caught looking that way at any point afterwards or else your gonna get called for it. You better be giving 120% out there or else your going to look hypocritical.

Players can demand trades, happens a bunch of times

One step at a time........

I have a feeling they win this game. A goalie getting his first start with the team against a bad team, this one to me looks like the Sabres win by a few

Clifford gives them playoff experience, but is that really an issue for them? Their 2 biggest problems are defence and goaltending. They picked up a backup goalie who is better then the guy they currently have (that's not saying much though) so it's hard to say if this is such a great deal although they didn't spend much to do it, and if they sound Hutch down, it's a wash cap wise....

DeBrincat can come too......

But aren't they doing it wrong? Shouldn't they be waiting for the market to set itself and evaluate every possible option first before making a move? Campbell is an upgrade over Hutch, but there are very few who aren't right now, but how much of an upgrade I don't know

Kadri seems like the kind of guy that you get a smile on your face watching him get beaten down, knowing that he probably did something to deserve it.

Because he probably wouldn't make it past goal #1 before getting hurt again.....

Are the numbers in the poll the amount of years? Cause at their rate, 23+ years could be a good bet.......

I don't know looking at the list though, I think it is a lack of true #1 guys now. There haven't been alot of young guys coming up that can handle the workload.

Seeing as how they have played a little more then half the season, as of right now out of the 81 goalies who have played a game in the NHL this year, 3 goalies has played 40+ games (Anderson in TO, Price and Helleybuck), 18 have played 30+ games. I would say that atleast 10+ of these players, barring injuries will play close to 60 games. It happens alot when a team has someone entrenched in the starter position, the backup usually gets 15-20 games. But because of a lack of guys good enough to have the full time starter role, many teams are running tandems now with 2 good goalies instead of one really good one and one ok one.

That's exactly what I thought when I was reading it, Marty was here before Miller, it's why Milllers still playing and Marty's been on the radio for the last few years....