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I'll say this I think he had the skill to be a great player but he was extremely stubborn and unwilling to adapt to the game from his style. Nolan may have been the straw that broke the camel's back but Hodgson was always doomed to fall off if he couldn't learn to adapt. His Dad's insistence on his greatness may have been his downfall since he never learned he wasn't perfect until he'd gone too far down the rabbit hole. I wish him luck however in his future endeavors

Then GMTM is a moron since 5/6 years literally gives us nothing in terms of safety. He could walk or gouge us.

Did we clone him or something? He was playing in the World Cup tonight with Canada. :blink:

Great video

95% of my trade proposals effectively are shameful. But I did call the Weber trade and another in the past.

Actually Vatenen, who has sucked, was at the point when the ENG went in.

You have an unhealthy obsession with incentive. Remember that Myers had shown work ethics problems immediately after his rookie season by coming in out of shape. Zadorov would have been in the same camp based on his past. Risto did the opposite, after playing half and half his first year he picked up good habits from AHL teachers, stop eating junk food, worked off any extra fat and became leaner and meaner going into his second year. And continued into his third year. That kind of work ethic is rarely something you can fake, He's also the guy who at 20 confronted GMTM about the tank because he hates losing that much.

Funk?

Honestly it just seems as if we never find a good coach, they all either are terrible HCs while good coordinators, and/or egotistical ######## who accomplish little yet demand the moon. How do we honestly find a new HC who is innovative, or at least one open to it who's willing to let his coordinators be cutting edge or try stuff. Who isn't like Chip Kelly and just blows up a team entirely and gets nothing from it because he pisses off the entire team.

Maybe Cowher wants the job, he talked about thinking Rex would be gone soon. :huh:

I'm honestly so close to just saying blow it up, go Sabres with it and tank.Get Jim Kelly's nephew, and pray to God we're better by 2020. Also we need to bring Doug Flutie back and cleanse the place of his curse with priests and everything.

He's good and bad?

Hate it, no Sabres ^

30+: Eichel 20+: Reinhart, Ennis, Kane, ROR, Okposo Girgs gets 15, Risto gets 12 goals but 45 assists

Predictions: - Sabres finish 3rd in Division and beat Tampa/Florida in the 1st Round - Matthews starts off the season mediocre and half the Leaf fanbase turns on the kid (Think Eichel's start just a bit less) - McDavid is out 25 games but finishes with 80 to 90 pts (Edmonton misses playoffs though due to his missed games) - Risto has a strong showing in the World Cup, signs, and looks like a younger Victor Hedman this year. - Reinhart beats Eichel in points primarily due to assists. - Montreal starts well but tailspins by the midway mark costing Therrian his job - Boston & Detroit look and play bad all year (Larkin has a sophomore slump due to the greater attention placed on him by other teams)

Him or Tanguay would be great

No thanks, love Gaudreau but thats the path to being Edmonton. All offense no defense.

Sabres signing any PTO's? I'd take Legwand, Tanguay, and Quincy and see where things go this preseason with our youngsters

I disagree, kinda, I think he intends to resign him but after the expansion draft. He's not going to expose assets if his hand isn't forced. So barring Kulikov becoming Risto's Defensive soulmate; I'd guess he'd leave signing him for the week between the expansion draft and FA.

Any interest in Alex Tanguay as a placeholder/ PTO or Brad Boyes, same idea Tanguay is preferred since he still seems to put up some points and won a cup.

Good deal, term keeps him from running into Eichel/Reinhart's contract

True Randall

If we could trade Franson, and sign Risto to 7yrs 5.5mil I'd try to trade our 1,2, and 3rd round picks for Lindholm. Then sign him to a 7 year 5.5mil contract

Wasn't meant to be Sabres just the 1st numbers I thought of

How many you need? 6 24 10 17 9 2