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I think right about the time he signed the 3 current goaltenders.

Commas help tremendously here. Or is it.... Commas, help tremendously here. Or maybe..... Commas help tremendously, here.

I agree. From my view the hate for Hamilton started right about the time this team began losing on purpose. The fans were bought in on the idea and Hammy saw it as the wrong strategy and was very loudly arguing against it. Add in the flaws he saw and was very vocal about in regards to the TankFruit and the hatefest began in earnest. I just simply think Hammy was an iconoclast and took the direct hits for sticking to it.

This week it has blown up here at work. One of my employees is quarantined and being tested. One of the management team went home today with symptoms. A bunch of workers quarantined and getting tested. Positive test rests in several work groups. Went from quiet for months to here we go again in the span of a week.

You should write for the Miami chamber of commerce.

I’m not a Kane defender but that goes both ways. Probably should get the same level of consideration both ways as well.

The Lightning’s star wants to be on the Tampa roster. Jack does not want to be on the Sabres roster. A year on LTIR is unlikely to change that.

#Testrun

There is a man trying to do what he can to make sure he stays on the team.

I suspect it was his agent’s ploy, not his. Glad we’re all acknowledging that Hasek was a prick for what he did. #wontgetoverit

Look 1 post above you. Published last year.

https://dobberprospects.com/2020/05/16/nhl-draft-pick-probabilities/ It seems that the success rates have come up a little bit. Sine 2000, 55 seems to be about the average according to Dobber.

I know it is fashionable to complain about lazy people not wanting to go back to work but I am loving this. Lazy people or not, I say hooray! We are witnessing a bit of a market correction. Those who are willing to change jobs can really take advantage of the fact that companies are having to try harder to get good people. Instead of grousing about the labor shortage, go out and take advantage of it. It won't last so get some while you can. And be happy it is to your benefit. So, yeah, I'm looking for opportunities right now. No complaints from me today.

NFW This is a contentious divorce. Sometimes good sex occurs in the middle of a divorce but it rarely changes the direction of events.

I was still closer than 50% was.

More like 25% statistically.

I think this is a fairly reasonable expectation for what is currently in the pipeline. Statistics suggest we would not get 9 NHLers out of this group, and you acknowledge that. And the likelihood of high end players isn’t great. And you acknowledge that as well. That still leaves us with a pretty mediocre outlook 2-3yrs out.

Let’s see what transpires during the season and at the deadline before declaring a tank/non-tank. If they jettison players performing well during the season we’ll have a pretty good idea of intent.

Except I’m pretty sure he did. I don’t think Vanecek was wver available to any team other than Washington. My money is on Seattle and Washington having that planned in advance.

I laid out that idea a while ago. I think they were trying to some extent, but actually landing him wasn’t a priority. If he bit, yay! If not, they were good with that and the repercussions. I think this time it was about culture change. Would have preferred actual hockey trades instead of futures, but I do understand that getting vets who want to be here may be problematic.

I am convinced it had to be all futures because of the requirement that KA laid out of having players on the roster that want to be here. Selling NHL vets on the idea of wanting to be here is a hard sell, so futures are the return.

I 100% feel that not bringing in the players needed to start winning now is a high risk option that could readily infect Dylan, Radmus, Casey, et al the same way it infected every young player post Tank1.0.

I can readily justify the Sam, Risto and likely Jack trades as not being tank moves. Contract status and stated apathy about being here means they were likely moved to create culture change, and the fact that bringing back vets that want to be here is a hard sell, I am convinced that those trades had to be about futures. So no tanking there. Then we get to the goalie. Ullmark was negotiating the opposite of a home town discount, a home town premium. OK maybe the team didn’t want to pay a premium to get him, but I find it difficult to fathom that what we did get in place of Ullmark was the best we could come up with. Leads me to speculate that Ullmark walking away was the trigger point where the team decided to just go ahead and let last place happen. Not actively tank, but if last place occurs they are comfortable with it. Some day the Sabres need to hire a GM that is not comfortable with the losing.

Yup. Darcy was quoted as saying that he planned to turn over 1/3 of his roster every year. I strongly suspect that mentality is more common than not among GMs. This team will look substantially different in 2 years. 2013 Sabrespace is calling. They want their fantasy back.

Doohickie, you have piqued my interest. I'll keep an open mind for half a period.