apuszczalowski
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Well, he got that part right, but it has nothing to do with the first part..........Overheard in Philly: 15-year-old kid, "I wonder why the Danny Briere jerseys are on sale." Dad: "That's because the Flyers cut him." "What? The Flyers are so stupid."
Theres plenty of other reasons why thats true
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twice IIRC (Toronto and Vancouver?)Inherited Burke's team?
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Wow, no one is going to use this to start a Leino to be bought out theory?Sabres Twitter feed just pointed out that Drew Stafford posted to the team's Facebook feed to thank people for well wishes on his nuptials.
And that led me down a rabbit hole of NHL players who post to Facebook. Including this gem of an exchange between Ville Leino and Dan Carcillo.
Someone with his contract ssys that he needs to save money and thats why he has cheap seats to the Stones Concert, i thought someone would be all over that meaning he knows the Sabres are going to void his contract or something along those lines, people here are really slipping/letting this slide. Something must be wrong!
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The Saviour? DoubtfulYou wish, agreed it is a mess, but until Stafford is gone there is no sense in cleaning it up. Because every time you do Stafford comes along and dumps more crap on the floor that we all can wallow in and create another 24 pages of posts worth. Too much fun. My only question is, who will be the next whipping boy? Grigs?
It would have to be whomever is left from the "rotten old core"
Maybe Tallinder although he did just return, but fans here seem to enjoy whipping the old dogs that are on cheap deals to fill a lower type role (See 2012-2013 - Hecht, Jochen)
If I had to guess, I'm taking someone who is playing 3rd or 4th line minutes or maybe the number 5-7 defencmen on the team cause those guys are always expected to be superstars around here and are whipped for only being role player guys
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Yup, all stuff that was already said before he was signed and Columbus knew about6 months seems pretty standard for just about anything involving shoulder surgery. That's one complex joint. They've been saying January since before he even signed.
He is signed long term, its not like they signed him for just this season and he would be the centrepiece to their team making a run
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That would be awesome, and much more entertaining then the 2014 Sabres will be!Who said "they" were bad? (Kim, too?) He's an idiot "fan" who thinks he can run a hockey team. That's my beef, not that he dresses up cute toddlers in pit bull costumes and makes them fight.
Great work. Thanks. Perhaps you will consider joining Team Storm Cloud.
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well look above, It is part of a company that does work with the waste water from Hydro fracting and in todays "Everythings a conspiracy theory world ............................The Marriot is a front for there money laundering and using children in their hydro fracting operation. :ph34r:
Shaner hotels owns Marriot?
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Meh, atleast they have a slight chance that the plan could get used.......Yeah but they're not the Sabres so it's a great idea!
/everythread
Also, if it doesn't get used by the Leafs, they could always save it for their MLS Soccer team, or the Raptors. It could even just be the left over plans from the Argos parade...
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Looking at what the KHL was offering Bobrovsky, I would think theres a team in the KHL that is gonna give Kovi a deal that will make it worth his while to leave that much money
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If an NHL GM actually believes that his problems are that he hasn't been able to pick high enough in the draft to get top level talent, thats why they are bad and need to gut a team, He should never be allowed to work in a pro sports teams front office ever again. That has to be the most moronic excuse I have ever heard in sportsThe 6-4 is irrelevant when it comes to playoffs, so you're left with 9-12.
So ... we'll talk again once Darcy is gone? Top picks don't guarantee anything if you have a GM who can't draft or manage a roster well. But, neither does anything else when that's the case. Darcy's latest, and as far as I can see last, excuse was that they haven't picked high enough to get top-level talent. If we keep picking in the 10-20 spots, then he will continue to have that excuse. Take a real chance, fail if the talent is not there, and let him draft high-tier talent. If the picks and/or roster don't work out, then he has no more excuses. If they do, then we're Pittsburgh or Chicago.
For the record, I don't think Ron did a terrible job and I do think some players improved. I simply think that much of what was perceived as an improved record was simply the result of exploiting rules that don't help us achieve the long-term goal.
But can they atleast get participation ribbons? You don't want the losing team to go home with hurt feelingsI think it should be 2pts for a win in Reg/OT and 1 point for shootout win. Penalize teams for going to shootout instead of rewarding that crap. Also Losers NEVER GET A POINT.
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So when he does it its not throwing them under the bus, gotchaI love what Ron is doing to this team. They all had it so good under Poppa Bear Lindy. He always took the heat and protected them. He treated them like adults and expected them to identify when they weren't playing well and to fix that themselves. Ron isn't taking any prisoners. He's the boarding school Dean. Not giving him the effort he expects isn't going to be rewarded with coddling. He's sending a message to Darcy and the players. He doesn't think they're good enough.
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I'm still waiting for people to bring up RR throwing the players under the bus after the last game by asking the reporter to go talk to the players why they lost/looked bad out there. If LR or Miller said that, this place would be going crazy about how he is throwing them under the bus, a cancer, lost the team, etc.Andrew Peters, not the most articulate guy on the radio but he is infinity more qualified to comment on what it takes to play in the NHL and what goes on in the Sabres locker room then anyone here, no matter how many times you want to declare him a moron or idiot. He's rough to listen to, but when he says that Ron Rolston is losing parts of the room (which he in essence said yesterday) I listen to that far more than the people screaming 'HOMER!" on this message board.
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I always wondered if he was interested or looking into coaching in the futurePeters doomed the Sabres from day one because he ran training camp.
He was always the guy that looked like he was running or keeping the pre-game skates going passing the pucks around, and then he ran training camps for the players before Ruff was allowed to this season. Sometimes some of the best coaches are guys who played but weren't the most skilled on the ice. Maybe its because they would get alot of coaching to try and make them better players, or that they weren't on the ice as much so they got to see more ont he bench and how things would work.....
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Whats so inconsistent about it? If your not a superstar/player the league cares about, or wear the right jersey, its not gonna get called/be reviewed for a suspension.Peter is very angry about the lack of consistency on hits to players like Gerbe and Ennis. Which is a valid point. I think when Peter's is on this show is much more entertaining.
Gerbe and ennis can be wheeled off on stretchers for all the league cares, they are minor pieces of the league that can be replaced without the rest of the league blinking an eye.
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What Goaltenders?I agree that a consistent goaltender is key. ?How are any of the young goaltenders in the Sabres system looking? My only question is if the Sabres need centers and have some depth "they trust" in the pipeline, could Miller (one of the few valuable commodities the Sabres have) be used to add a few other pieces and high draft picks?? Just asking, as it appears this team is headed nowhere fast...
Basically its Miller, Enroth, and a journeyman AHLer in Leggio in Rochester, after that I don't think theres anyone close to being NHL ready (maybe even a stretch to say theres anyone AHL ready)
Theres always a "flavour of the month/year" that fans cling onto and think we NEED to follow to make this team a winner, and its usually whatever led to the previous SC winning team. The thing about goaltenders is that every year there are a few that seem to pop up out of no where, light it up for their team and are being touted as the next big thing, then they go on to limited or short NHL careers when teh league catches on to them. Jim Carey won a Vezina for Washington IIRC and then went no where, last year Ben Bishop was supposed to be a future stud whose struggling as a backup now in Ottawa, Johan Hedberg was looking great for NJ last year when Brodeur went down. Lots of times they are backups who looked really good for a short period for their team and teams think they can transition into being a starter when at best, they are just a good backup (Biron?)
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I think its part of their slogan/tagline, WGR - Just more typical BS!I can't argue anything you said and I agree completely.
Still, all that addition by subtraction stuff that our local radio station (WGR) spouted on a daily basis, was typical media BS. The team isn't well built. They made Roy the whipping boy, as is often the case when they need a theme for their show, and they were wrong.
For two weeks last year, those clowns told us how Luke Adams was the young center the Ducks would take in a package for Getzlaf.........
.........Humph? I take what they say with a grain of salt. Still, I converse with people on a daily basis who take their word as gospel. It is frustrating.
Sorry Eleven, that wasn't fair on my part.
Roy had to go, and he was deserving of being a whipping boy the majority of the time, but the problem is that they never addressed the loss of the production he had with this team. And this has been the biggest problem with this team, its the moves like that which only end up with the team spinning its wheels because its taking away production in one area to try and add something to another. Good teams get better by upgrading weak areas and replacing lost production. It always seems to be one or the other being done around here
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Either way, Roy had to be moved, good for him that he is excelling with the change of scenery. The biggest issue wasn't moving Roy, its not making other moves to replace what he did produce here cause he wasn't a horrible player, he put up numbers, just his play was wearing thin hereHow old is Jagr? He couldn't do it with V last year, and he is the end-all-be all on this team. For all the Roy haters that BD spawned on the radio, the change has been good for him. Despite his stand-up comments, where do you think Ott would rather be?
Well, unless they calculate last place differntly in the West, Dallas are currently the last place PLAYOFF team, currently sitting in 8th, while Buffalo is barely hanging on above Last place in the entire Eastern conference (and only 2 points ahead of Columbus, the last place team in the entire league, while they played more games then anyone below them)I think Ott would rather be here. Last place is last place, and Buffalo > Dallas. Especially for a Canadian hockey player.
Unless Ott was from teh Niagara/Toronto area, I don't think it matters much that Buffalo is closer geographically to Canada then Dallas........
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I disagree with your views on Nolan, if its between him and Hasek I chose Hasek every time. Theres a reason why Nolan hasn't been able to stick anywhere in the NHL, theres just something odd and not right about Nolan as a person i thinkAt least get your history right as you prepare your snarky response. Darcy could not possibly have botched Drury-Briere-Vanek-Roy any worse. Not signing either Drury or Briere - if it was impossible to sign both - was an atrocity. To compound matters, Darcy leaves Vanek exposed to an offer sheet. In his arrogance, Darcy sat on his hands but was shocked and angry when Edmonton forced his hand. So we paid at least double the market value for Vanek because Darcy knew fans would burn the arena down if he allowed Drury, Briere, AND Vanek to walk. Sounds weasely. Not to leave any lousy rock unturned, he allows Roy to be paid more via arbitration than he could have secured in good faith negotiations. And wasn't this all in one off-season?
The Sabres were left with Pomminstein-Vanek-Connolly as the new leadership core (aside from Miller). How'd that work out? None of them were ready or perhaps even willing to fill the leadership void.
Darcy should have offered Nolan a three year contract or simply have the stones to let him walk. Instead, he offers up an insult, what, to appease the fans? Sounds weasley to me. He knew Nolan wouldn't accept such a slap in the face, and if anyone thinks otherwise, you're head's in the sand. It was a clever orchestration that didn't sit well with me then and still doesn't. (And I love Lindy...mostly because he is a TRUE Sabre).
The Cup finals in 1999 featured John Muckler's core team, not Darcy's, and the god-like goaltender Muckler traded for.
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That line is just showing your age, Keys? You think these guys are given actual keys? All DR would have to do is call up IT and have Ruffs password removed from the system at all the keypads, and have his swipe card deactivated from the system, Who still uses Keys?I don't think Darcy would ever spring for frames that expensive.
I think a weasel would have arena security go over and get his keys.
Although we are talking TP and possibly during the renos he may have had new retna scanners or fingerprint readers put in to replace the old swipe cards and password locks......
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Burke is one of the only other guys I wouldn't want as a GM just because I don't like him cause he seems unwilling to work with others and its his way only. I will say he is a more successful GM then Darcy who prefers to let others control him and would rather wait and see how things unfold and then react.Darcy speaks like a lawyer....be it stats, trying to put a good spin on a situation....and getting out of his Ruff comments.
Again....Darcy said Ruff changing his style ended up being too big a risk....A RISK OF WHAT????
Of GETTING FIRED!!!!
Just play it safe....try to sneak into 8th.....come up with some excuses....wash, rinse, repeat....pass Go....Collect $1.5 million.....yet another year......
I'm sure his nephews like him.....and he smooches his wife on the forehead before bed......and he gives his $100 pledge to the Variety Club......but the great CEO's know what it takes to win......and that is taking risk. You can't win the big one without it......and you WILL FAIL miserably in trying to do so at times. It's the name of the game. That is why Bucky has sources that laugh at Darcy...I don't doubt it for a second....because if you have the wavos of at least a 12yo.....it is hard to respect how he does his job.
Brian Burke is a blowhard.....and he failed in Toronto....but he will give it a real go....AND....he'd probably be able to keep Pegula in check.
Bill Polian in his prime chopped his own head off when Ralph and his family wouldn't stay out of things.....that's what people with ability and self-confidence do. They don't play puppet for both sides of the spectrum.
I can't wait to see where Regier ends up after he is fired. I don't doubt Lindy will get another NHL head coach job if he wants it....in a hurry. I'd put 6-1 against Regier ever seeing a GM job again.
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I don't think he is really a weasel, a weasel would make a good GM. Usually some of the best guys in positions where they are expected to make deals and moves are weasels because they have to be to build something better then someone else and to get things from others
I personally believe that a Chimp with Down Syndrom could get better results then Regier has as GM of the Sabres though..............
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I agree that the Cnaucks wanted Kassian, and you have to give up something of value to get something, but I disagree that just because they got Hodgson, it made Roy expendable. They got rid of Roy for Ott (to fill a void left by getting rid of Kassian basically) it ends up being more shuffling of the chairs around here. Now, I have no problems with them getting rid of roy, the biggest issue was not trying to get someone else in here to replace him. I would rather have Hodgson fighting for the #1 C job on a team with someone else who could be a #1 C, then him given the spot. you don't get any better by just re-shuffling, this team needed upgrades, Whats the point in bringing in a Vet like Ott when your plan is to go young and let youth learn on the job at the NHL level.Kassian was one of the few players that Canucks wanted for a talented young center who works his ass off. This was a chance to shake up the old core (Hodgson made Roy expendable), and Darcy pulled the trigger. This was one of the few times Darcy actually did something (when people always whine about his inactivity). As for the bolded, you've seen 23 year old Cody Hodgson play 36 games as a Sabre and you know he's not going to make a difference? I think you let your romantic views on talented physical players
The team would be much better if the decision to keep Grigs in the NHL was made because they have too much talent at C to keep him up, rather then him being the best/only option
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No it isn't, its a valid response to continue a discussion/debate, its part of having a grown up/intellectual discussion about somethingRight, my issue is though when he pulls the "well tell me who you would replace him with"
I hate that argument because it isn't an argument. It is just dumb.
O crap this guy just ask him what the problem is?
Sylvester's Answer "Lindy Ruff is a coworker of mine and I will not comment on a coworker of mine, I personally like the guy."
Basically the question is now are we talking coaches or chemistry? which issue is it?
Its easy to just kick and scream and throw your tantrum saying that something has to be done, and then give no input how to fix it.
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Actually, its even easier to evaluate what was more important to their cup run, just look at the performance of their goaltender during the season and cup run and it should clear up if the C or Winger were more important...........Absolutely. Just wanted to focus on the question of which was more valuable between "elite C" and "bestial W".
Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuse me. On the C/W distinctions, I was going by their rosters from their cup years. (I seem to recall Kane and Marchand playing C during their Cup years, but I could be mistaken.) Anyway, as mentioned above, the point was to look at those teams' best centers and best nasty wingers to evaluate which was more important to those teams.
Around the NHL - 2013-2014
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The Canucks had to do something because the entire situation was becoming more and more of a distraction that was going to cost Gillis his job if he didn't do something so he unloaded the one that he would get the best return for. The problem is that for so long, it was always how luongo would be traded and how the Canucks would ship him out because they liked the "up and comer" with the smaller salary. The front office was making it known they wanted to move him, fans turned on him because they liked the idea of the younger guy better, the media was consistently asking him about hsi contract and the fact that the team was going to move him somewhere else, Luongo got himself to the point where he knew he was being moved out and then all of the sudden the other guy is moved and they say Luo is their guy. I don't think I would be overly excited to come back to that either.
Luongo on an open market would have no problem finding a newer job with a smaller deal, he has been one of the top goalies in the league for many years. He isn't one of the MANY one year wonders who teams go out and give big FA contracts to for maybe a couple of good seasons (Bryz, Bobrovsky, etc.)