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Keith Gretzky. There is a name from our inglorious past.

I think that is exactly what most who want a 2C are looking for. Not gonna lie. I'm concerned about where Casey may peak. He's young, he's got time to develop. By no means would I advocate giving up on him. But I'm a little concerned. The one thing I see in his favor is that he does from time to time make a wow play. I think it's in him. But he does need to start better reacting to the speed the NHL game is played at. Where do I hope he peaks? Roy would be fantastic, really. So would pre-illness level Hodgson. Pre-concussion Connolly? Be still my beating heart. As long as he peaks higher than Curtis Brown I think we'll be OK.

Apparently, this cannot be stated often enough. Plans change as the environment they are conceived in changes. We already know that 2C has not played out as expected and we have a hole where Berglund used to be. The plan should already have modifications made to it.

Yes, but the style is traditionally a spring style. A maibock. A bock beer for May. Hence the Christmas style creep.

Genny Bock is out already too. I feel like beer seasonals are experiencing the same creep that we see with Christmas. They start hyping 2 months before the traditional styles come out.

Depends on the standings and the trend of the team I guess. I honestly believe that a playoff series is more valuable right now than small odds for an NHL player in 3+ seasons.

Why the Edmonton Oilers are a dumpster fire, Mark Messier family tree edition. Read it in Old Testament Genesis lineage voice for added entertainment value.

I do not belive a wholesale insertion of kids is going to have a positive impact on a playoff run.

I do not want our 3rd best offensive talent traded when what we need is more offense, but 2C is more important IMO than 1RW. The player coming back would have to be young.

I could think of worse things to brush my teeth with.

Disheartening to realize our cushion is now 12 losses. Seems rather........ challenging, at this point.

Winter can be done now. I'm sated.

I'm glad you said it. We're freaking amateurs basing our opinions on other peoples opinions and youtube snippets. Every freaking one of us would be laughed at in a draft war room.

Pilut was on the ice for all 4 goals against last night. I'd imagine shellshock right about now. I'd be surprised if teams weren't targeting him.

I’m not convinced Housley is coaching them to give up the blueline. I’d bet, if he’s questioned about it he would respond that he needs to see them hold the blueline. And the defense in general is not something that concerns me. Pilut has had a few lousy games now. And I don’t think Scandella is as bad as we tend to make him out to be. He’s more valuable than we give him credit for on the PK in particular. I think 2C is the major concern, and getting Hutton back to earlier season form is the next largest concern. Our bottom pair D follows after IMO.

First cast. The waters are teeming apparently.

My favorite story in the history of the Sabres. Set against the backdrop of the Evil Empire and the cold war. Gat dam. Remember when everyone thought Russia was our enemy and walls separating nations should be torn down?

The assumption that it wasn't genuine is what I don't understand. Dude wore his heart on his sleeve the whole time he was here.

I saw something on my twitter feed about O'Reagan going to Germany next year or something. I'm too damned disinterested to hunt it down again.

How bout them prospects, huh? Gat dam I must be in one hell of a sour mood.

That you call ROR's reaction an act makes my point. It's been reported right here in this forum by supposed people in the know that ROR was suffering from depression every bit as much as Lehner was, and now Berglund. Yet ROR is an actor and Berglund is a target for sympathy. It doesn't make sense to me. Note that I haven't criticized Berglund here. He did what he had to do. I'm just commenting on a disconnect I don't understand.

How? You are twisting and turning to skew results that show pretty much that a perennial very good team in the league has only a marginal difference in their rate over a fairly long period of time.

LOL I think you've proven Eleven's point for him.

According to anonymous sources divulged by members here, ROR had similar mental illness issues. I honestly don't get how one was pilloried and the other given sympathy.

Looking eerily similar to 82-83 when Steve Larmer beat Phil Housley for the Calder.