thewookie1

I’d rather they just remove the lottery; when your bad you should get the top pick and when you are good you shouldn’t

Fitting lol

Eichel as a rookie; without Kane's influence, Granato probably could of worked some magic with the kid.

Sadly he's a headcase; his presser this year sounded like Eichel's last year

I wouldn't exactly see him a mercenary as he'd have a 2 year deal and is considered one of the best locker room guys in the league.

I’d guess 2x7.5mil with a NMC

Greiss and Korpisalo were awful this year. DeSmith was mediocre at best. MAF or Husso would work well while I'd avoid Campbell like the plague. He's going to be looking to cash in on his bipolar performances. Letang on a 2 year deal, sure. Klingberg will want term and he doesn't exactly give us anything we don't already have. (Letang has 3 Cup Rings and experience in his corner) Stralman as a 3RHD would be ok but I'd be hesitant to touch anyone from Arizona. Manson wants to much for far too little recent success; loved him 3 years ago but he has spiraled into oblivion since then. Subban is a major no, guy is a 1 trick pony and has never figured out the whole defense thing. At this point he's a pure offensive dman. As for your offensive guys I'm more onboard for maybe 1 of Copp or Palat. Copp is young and could be a handy long term piece while Palat has multiple Cup Rings and would be a solid vet. Paquette is just a 4th liner, a solid one but no more than that. (Did you confuse him with Coleman?) And Rakell isn't bad but I'm guessing he'll be Cup chasing now. I honestly disagree partially, he has 3 Cup Rings and 5 Finals appearances, he isn't exactly in any need to Cup Chase. If anything my guess is he wants to put down some roots and finish out his career while having a post-playing career lined up. I do think Minnesota would be a possible avenue for him but I wouldn't exactly count out Buffalo. As was said earlier, Craig Anderson spoke glowingly about his treatment here and I could see him seeing that as a nice way to wind down his career. Hell if he wants to get into TV, Marty Biron could certainly give his fellow French-Canadian some pointers and give the many benefits of living in Buffalo.

Let's put it this way; if Anderson decides to hang them up I'd offer him a job at Harbor Center if he'd like to stick around. He may want to move back to Chicago, where he runs a goalie camp, or Florida where he supposedly has a house however. I could genuinely see Fleury liking Buffalo as a comfortable end to his career location. He has plenty of connections here and is within easy distance to Quebec and Pittsburgh. Plus Buffalo does have an appeal to family men.

He's right between our two picks lol

I'm in

Technically that is incorrect. Backing in gives the notion Rochester lost but still ended up Playoff bound. They won their last game which was key meaning they were incredibly lucky but did still have to win to get in.

Marty actually quoted this tweet

He was hungry

It’s the effect of Bjork and the lack of Okposo

Toronto must lose in regulation

Yup, the last thing they want is UPL to get hurt and have to play a guy on a PTO with no pro experience

My guess is this will be his last regular season game; he might come back in some capacity if we were to make a playoff appearance in the next couple years.

Sadness, heartbreak and and disbelief for me while happy for him. RJ has been the only announcer I've ever heard as I was born in '92 and my first conscious memory of hockey games on TV were around '97. For me his voice is almost intrinsic to hockey as the puck or ice is. When I was a kid I would use his many colloquialisms when calling my own chess piece hockey games I did on paper rinks I made. Hell even today when I do scorekeeping at Leisure I will quietly do my best RJ impression of the game I'm watching because it just feels more like hockey that way in my head. Additionally I always refer to Overtime, in its many ways, as Ovvvvveeeerrrrrrtiiiimmmeeee. So for me its almost like a gut punch to lose new goal calls every year; because even as he has aged and his voice has noticeably weakened, his passion still shines through. Lastly I'll miss being able to follow a game on the radio; Dan isn't anywhere near the artist in regards to painting a picture in your mind of what's happening on the ice. I'll miss his spur of the moment ingenious goal calls, again Dan seems to have some skill at it but also doesn't seem to have the confidence that RJ always had. All in all I wish him a great retirement and hope the Sabres get to the playoffs next year so he can return for a period or something. Even more important would be a Cup win so he can give us a commentated message. I had the honor of meeting him when they did the play by play from 716 with the Sabres in Sweden. Got a picture with him, shook his hand and thanked him for all his work and joy he's brought me and the rest of the fans. In person, reminded me of my late Papa, which made me want to hug him to be honest. So onward to a great future which can make RJ proud!

According to Marty the foot can't be in the air for a tag up, essentially on an entry you can be above the blue line but to tag up you must physically touch the blue line/neutral zone. So in theory, if you enter the offensive zone, magically gain the ability to fly and fly up to the jumbotron; you would still be considered in the offensive zone.

Infuriating that we did so well in the 1st and got nothing from it. Burn in hell Ullmark and the rest of the Bruins can boil in hell

FU Ullmark He actually stayed healthy for the first time in his freaking career

It crossed the line by at most 1cm

This game reminds me way to much of our first game against Boston. Buffalo dominates most of the play, Ullmark has a horseshoe up his ass and Boston scores on odd chances

Maybe RJ himself will answer it in the intermission 🙂

As long as Boston has to pay through the nose. Then he may break another franchise lol