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They certainly deserve better than us.

Judging by the absentee list at my office, this is par for the course right now.

We are definitely outside of obscure now.

My recollection of the Paul Cyr story is that he was shot in the azz in an alley in Mexico.

I am not entirely convinced convinced that analytics is a big difference maker in assembling a winning team, but hey I'll support any advantage they try to use. It beats the days of innovating with video scouting.

I seem to recall he was a tough kid. Too bad the nightlife was too much for him to resist. He had talent. Hockeyfights.com lists him fighting Bourque. No video for it though. He founght a bunch of bonafide tough guys in his career. No shrinking violet.

Maybe not obscure, but Scott Arniel. I remember a Hockey News article (Gawd, I miss THN in its hey day) about Scott Arniel. The headline was somethign along the lines of "Meet the NHL's most average player". IIRC he was the average height, weight, age, and at least one or two other categories. I'm thinking it was number of teams played for and something else.

Doug Smith, innit?

I rooted hard for Gates Orlando, Mal Davis, and Ken Preistlay. Alas, they weren’t NHLers.

Came here to post this one. Didn’t get here quick enough. Steve Ludzick sounds like another good obscurity. If I remember correctly, he was the “other” Sabre to wear a horse collar.

I think he’s in covid protocol

This was the reason I never was a big Kelly fan. Obviously, I rooted for him while he was here, but I never really warmed up to him. JA, I like.

This meme should have a Snoop Dog reference, not a meatball reference. Or maybe an Inkman reference.

I’ve been critical of Dahlin's defensive play, but the seemingly absent minded gaffes have not been present in any notable quantity of late. Progress.

We don’t watch cable or broadcast TV anymore. The Google Fi ads on youtube do make me especially stabby.

I have an irrational dislike for Jan.

Boy, Chara’s defensive game, even without the nasty? Sign me up. Power, Mule, and a Dahlin that doesn’t have to be the featured D man? Hope.

That would be the Jochen Hecht of NHL franchises.

And that is a definite possibility. He would probably only be a 1C on Buffalo’s roster though. I don’t envision good team 1C as his ceiling, but I do see interim 1C while the eventual 1C is groomed. If everyone hits their probable peak we may have 3 or 4 C’s that are all within a step of each other, but with different traits. Shades of 06-07.

He’s a dog lover. I’m in.

MOSTLY WINNABLE

Does he get top 4 wings over Mitts and Cozens? That will be when we can decide if he is a legit top 6 center.

Somebody really messed up this poor girl we adopted. She is the sweetest thing and it is apparent that she’s been mistreated. We’ve got our work cut out for us to get her trusting humans again.

Approved.

Using draft currency to move into a different tier ≠ chasing the draft. If there is a center they like and they have a package that makes sense to go get him, absolutely do it.