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Sabres fandom is no place for the meek of heart.

A freaking men.

Or he prioritizd one before the other.

You are assuming he was not ok with the exodus. I wouldn’t make that assumption.

Well, I cut it out so, yes, I was not responding to that statement. In fact, the statement I did respond to, and the statement you bolded are rather contradictory.

Consistently good would be a nice next step.

I think the overwhelming message here is, if you lower your expectations far enough you can be satisfied by what you see. In that context, I'm practically chubbing over the promise of this season.

The ability to persuade C level types is a skill, and not an easy one to learn. It is highly valued in sales. KA's position requires a fair amount of salesmanship. Wouldn't surprise me at all if he has the personality to effectively communicate with and persuade C level types. The fact that he worked his way up through PSE the way he did strongly suggests to me that he demonstrates that skill.

This may very well be accurate. And its a real kick to the groin that, due to his injury, we may have to settle for someone’s second best prospect and conditionals as the primary components. I sure hope its not accurate. I’d like to think that an 80% Jack is worthy of most teams top prospect, but it’s definitely not a given.

KA seems to fundamentally disagree with your statement here. I think Coach Clappy disagreed as well. He reduced talent and brought the right mentality onto the team, then built the talent back up around the right mentality. IOW, built the culture, then built the winning team.

I like this option best.

I'm hard pressed to find optimism in any of these guys outperforming their contracts.

Expanding on the risk..... Skinner's gotta play like he has linemates he trusts or line 1 is ineffective. Mitts and Tage need another level of development shown or that line isn't effective The 3rd line might be the most stable on a game to game basis, but won't put many pucks in the net. Hopefully Okposo can keep up with the workload because I suspect this line will see alot of the opponents top line. That 4th line is hope and prayer. Hope Asplund and Roots really are NHL players. If they are they may surprise other 4th lines.

I wouldn't be surprised.

Boy, there is some serious risk in that lineup. Failed his physical. He won't be on the ice.

I am at the point where a teams #1 prospect and 1 conditional 1st round pick is sufficient return for Jack.

He's done himself no favors, but seriously, please stop the crusade. Same for NS. We all end up suffering through it.

This doesn’t seem right. He’d be suspended, not released from contract.

If Jack gets a non-team sanctioned surgery they will surely suspend him without pay. He would be losing this season's salary whether the surgery was successful or not.

I need a reason to watch. He would have been a reason.

Milk. And a barf bucket nearby just in case.

You have my sympathy.

We got our RAV4 just as the rush was coming into full swing. I swear there were going to be fist fights in the dealership over who got to buy a car. Glad we got ours when we did. I’m hoping this ***** ebbs somewhat come Spring. It’s about time to replace my Grand Cherokee.

You’ll get over it when you drink one while fishing in your new yak.

Cream Ale is a guilty pleasure of mine. I grew up thinking its an old mans beer. Now here I am an old man and I enjoy it.