LoveAndWarrener

I think this guy would look as good behind the bench as he did in any Sabres colors.

I'd say "this, too, shall pass." And I give a hell of a lot more f---s about how he builds the hockey team than about his thoughts on a trumped-up NHL spectacle that, by all accounts, backfired. Also, you should probably go smoke a jay and relax.

Given that in the same column he is also evaluating pitchers based on their W-L and ERA, I'm just going to go ahead and chalk this up to Bucky being an idiot.

They only make one kind. You can have whatever glaze you want on it. The taste of choice = America. Deal with it.

Duck Donuts in the Outer Banks.

Man, that's pretty wrong. I wondered about the TN-Dom angle too, though. Weird timing -- definitely a sort of "hey fans, not everything is terrible!" move in the course of a lost season.

:w00t: I demand that he bug his eyes out as much as possible, fast to slim down, grow a beard and wear a toque with a suit as well.

Fair 'nuff. I did not realize that the number was retired that late. I think some franchises other than just the Dodgers and Mets had done so, prior, but you're right. And I'm sure this hurts nobody and pleases a couple people. Again, not a bad move and if Neuvirth is cool with it, it's a nice gesture to your new teammates. Plus, if you're new here, why not give people a little less ammunition to compare you to the last guy?

If I were the team I would give him a number that isn't #30 for the rest of the year. It ain't rocket surgery. If Neuvirth is a fringe NHLer I am sure that to acquiesce to his strident demands for #30 - or not - isn't going to be a make or break situation for the guy. It's more about the players who are here and respect Miller than it is about anyone else. It's just my opinion, no need to be so flabbergasted about it. The team obviously doesn't care and I'm not going to harp on it.

I didn't compare them at all. Please manufacture your outrage for someone else. My point was that I didn't like it that even one of MLB's all-time great players (Rivera) wore a number that was honored, retired, reserved and associated with one of the most important players in the history of the game. I don't see Rivera as disrespectful, but I think it cheapens the gesture of retiring that number. If the Sabres team and the players around it don't think it's a bit soon to re-use the number of the departed 2nd best goaltender in franchise history, no big deal. I am entitled to my own opinion and if I were in the locker room I might ask Neuvirth to hold up.

It's funny how it might have been one of his singular worst moves to keep one of his best players... But it turned out that way. Vanek couldn't lead the team and neither could the rest of his generation of teammates. Again, face-saving move to stave off fan revolt. Now Darcy's looking for work in the league, fan morale hit its all time low this year, and Vanek has been traded twice. Couldn't have scripted that one.

Sure, why not? I don't know if they do team options in the NHL but if so I'd see if he'd take one with a raise... if it's working out, if the kids aren't quite there yet, or if the team is playing above expectations. Thing is, he has to want to stay. That's no sure bet.

Why? In retrospect, I do wish they hadn't matched that offer sheet with Edmonton, though. The worst kind of face-saving move. They had already lost Drury and Briere. It was time for the tank right then and there. The team could have been set up by 2011 with all those draft picks.

I don't mind keeping Hank around. Getting rid of him the first time around was a sad move. He can help bring up the youngsters. And even though Myers isn't going gangbusters he is playing better in HT's company.

I like Moulson. I feel like they didn't get a king's ransom for him but as others have said, it seems like these guys weren't moving for a premium at the deadline. The return for Miller / Ott and for Vanek softens the blow.