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  1. Vanek leads the team with 36 goals, 68 points, re-signs for 7@$7 around the all-star break with the Sabres solidly in the playoff mix.

    Miller is lights out, makes the Olympic team and is traded with futures for Ryan O'Reilly the second O'Reilly's offer sheet restriction runs out.

    Sabres go on a late season tailspin and finish in 10th with 82 points.

    Grigorenko and Girgensons have up and down years, each seeing time in the press box. Pysyk is the team's best rookie.

    Rolston is suspended two games after John Scott glares at Sidney Crosby.

    Risto jumps in as Colton Orr is pummelling Hodgson. Don Cherry says the Chicken Swede should let Cordy Hodgkins fight his own battles.

    It takes 68 games, but Christian Ehrhoff registers a shot on goal on the power play.

    Tyler Myers gets a zen tattoo.

    Patrick Kaleta leads the Sabres in shorthanded goals, hits, blocked shots and the entire league in penalties drawn. Broadcasters across the league say there is no place in the NHL for players like that.

    Tyler Ennis spoils a team bonding activity when he gets IDed in Montreal's party district.

    Drew Stafford is told he will be given the C in games against teams with green jerseys. Rolston forgets Dallas has new uniforms.

    Cody McCormick bruises his knuckles.

    Mike Weber breaks his nose fighting a guy out of his weight class. He doesn't miss a shift.

    The trainers refuse to handle Enroth's gear anymore, after yet another "coffee" incident.

    McBain makes a bad pinch.

    Foligno becomes legitimate NHL power forward.

    Three games after returning from IR, Cory Tropp takes a souvenir t-shirt fired by a mascot during a west coast road trip right in the eye. He's out for the season.

    People forget Porter is on the team.

    Leino and Tallinder get injured in practice. This pleases Nikita.

    Darcy lets Ott go to UFA to "prove I'm no Pegula puppet."

    Flynn? Who's Flynn?

  2. Four games in and it actually looks like we have a defence.

    Can't wait to see what we can do with a a healthy secondary.

     

    EJ's inability to find a groove with Stevie is going to bubble over at some point this year.

    But Robert Woods is going to be a great player for long time for us and I really can see he and Manuel developing into a Kelly-Reed combo once EJ completes his learning curve.

     

    Bills are going to be a roller coaster all season, but they have been exciting and seem to have a good base of young talent.

    I think better days are finally on their way.

  3. If it's me, it's Vanek with Ott as his chief lieutenant.

    The perfectionist and the no-holds-barred optimist

    Doesn't matter to me that they are in their last contract year.

    More importantly, it doesn't matter to Rolston.

     

    I'd give the other A to the guy they would like to groom as the most likely leader among the young guys — most likely Hodgson.

  4. Keep. He needs to produce a touch more offence than last year, but he's fast, hard to play against and can kill penalties.

    I think he provides exactly what you want on the fourth line.

     

    Saw a debate on another board about his penalty risk. Somebody pulled out a stat that showed for every penalty Kaleta takes per 60 minutes, he draws something like four from the other team. Sorry, I can't source it at the moment, but it does ring true.

  5. Stafford has two years left at $4 million - not ridiculous for a 20 goal scorer, which, last year notwithstanding, he is.

    He's hardly a desirable commodity but he's not untradable.

    There's probably a dozen other underachievers with big contracts who we could get for him: David Booth, Ales Hemsky, etc., and he could probably be dumped any time for a middling prospect or pick.

    The issue here is not that no one will take him, but that Darcy won't take what he's worth.

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