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It seems to Me that we can’t take this trade in a vacuum. There has to be alot more to the plan.

Man, Casey gonna go from a best buds locker room to Nathan Mackinnon running the show and putting ***** straight. But he’ll win. Lucky bastard.

I’ve accused KA of playing it safe in the past. Low risk, low reward. Maybe I need to rethink that. The goalie situation this season was probably high risk, although I don’t see a high reward potential. Moving Mitts is pretty high risk as well, and Byram sure had high reward potential. You are putting even more of your money of Tage/Cozens now. And Krebs too, for that matter. The flip side is, does Byram approach Dahlin level effective? What then? Is ther room for those two and Power? Do we suddenly have a very high value chip to cash in? All I know is, it better start paying off in October 2024.

Is anyone actually interested in talking about a game at this point? Lol

Yup. Get used to the revolving door of AHL kids in the lineup

The train of overwhelmed rookies has left the station. Keep your arms and hands inside the ride at all times.

Matthews with the double hattie.

PA has been right all along. Its about a preservation timeline.

I saw a rationale not too long ago that Casey was not going to be happy with a contract offer here given the deals to Cozens and TNT. I could see KA determining that he wasn’t going to offend Casey and just move him along.

Moves timeline backwards. Check. Trade a player that was risk not to sign. Check. Questionable if it fills a need. Check. Player comes cheap. Check. Im good with it.

Remember when Grant Fuhr used to come into camp 20lbs overweight?

Pick your kid, then. Regardless, any vet being shipped out will have an AHLer replacing him for the remainder of the season.

We sure show them every season, don’t we! We are a gnat on their ass. They don’t even notice it. The emotion is strictly one way.

KA explicitly said there were going to be tryouts once the playoffs were lost. He’s going to replace the players that leave at the deadline with kids.

Lets all point and laugh at the team that has been demonstrably better than us for at least a decade.

Another in a long line of seasons as sellers at the deadline. Oh my, how exciting /s i think all 3 of KO, ZG, and EJ will find new homes. And the rest of this season will be even more unbearable to watch as whatever 4th line we assemble gets caved in game after game and a fleet of unprepared and unready kids get trotted out and fed to the wolves. I just can’t anymore.

I don’t think there is any chance he comes back. I’m nearly certain this is Kyle’s swan song. He will retire in the offseason.

I rooted for Mike Ramsey to win one. I’ll add Kyle to the list. People happy to see Kyle go are doing so because of what he wasn’t. However, what he is is substantial, and will be missed. Effective 4th liner with enough offense to be a powerplay contributor. Grizzled pro that taught the kids how to become NHLers Effective when needed to move up the line up. Respected around the league. In this org, that is a feat in and of itself. Don’t underestimate how important this is when every FA of substance has Buffalo on their “no” list. I know EJ didn’t work out as well as hoped, but we don’t even get him without KO. He had been an ambassador for the organization at a time where recruitment is tantamount. Consistently played hard and made himself accountable. I can’t ignore or forget the health issues he went through and fought back from as a member of this team. During the worst era in Buffalo sports Kyle Okposo went through hell and back to continue to be here. He WANTED to be here during this mess. Mad respect. Assuming we lose Kyle, there is no replacement for what is left of the season that will be as effective as Kyle was. There is no addition we make this season that is better than Kyle. No kid is coming in and being more effective than Kyle was. This loss Will absolutely make us less effective as a team in the short term. And the only way it improves next season is if Kevyn can find improvement from the outside. Good luck with that when noone else really wants to be here.

Yup. Total coward move. He sent a message. Unfortunately the message was well received.

Maybe he was looking for a confrontation and didn’t get it?

You’ve misremembered a couple of things. He wasn’t Mayor until ‘78. I’m pretty sure he uttered the famous “stay home and drink a 6 pack” instructions during the Blizzard of ‘85.

Lindy had his Roy. I think there would be room for Tage. But there would be a couple fewer of him.