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Point to Point Protocol? Or #### Poor Planning.

Brawndo is working the trade wire these days... Is this a prep move by the Isles to move a different D off the Island with Halak in exchange for a goaltender? Wonder if Lehner/Pouliot/Gorges to Isles for one of (Pulock, Pelech, Aho) and Halak and potentially a low pick if required.

I missed something somewhere. Really missed something.

Since the dawn of time every no political system has proven to be infallible. They are all flawed and the sooner people realize it the better. :) That’s all I have to say about that. - Forrest Gump

At least there’s a game to watch. For all those who like to play hypothesis hoopla. Kane plans on being in Buffalo next season. They agreed to trade him if something came up. If he’s injured or not traded they will sign him this season. If he’s traded he’ll come back for an “agreed upon” contract next season. It might even be one of those we will pay you X, if you can get substantially higher take it or allow us to match it. This has happened before. Just some fun thinking.

I might resort to that. I have a ton of points to get a free night at Marriott so that’s why I have the preference. I’ll keep Adams mark in mind.. nothing wrong with that.

Pick the place.. I need to look back where everyone is sitting and decide which ticket I need to buy for the game.... I should also check and see if any rooms are available at a nearby Marriott. Let me know if you want me to inquire about the room at Cole's.. if you want to check on Fat Bobs go for it.... otherwise... pick it. THe beer selections, for me, at Gabriels Gate was a little less than spectacular.. but hey.. I'm good.. I just need to have my hotel room to crash in.

That's some scary crap.. drinking a Chips Ahoy. And Happy BDay

Also.. Cole's is even further away but does have a really good upstairs room... I believe they still have it.

The Coyotes did move Tobias Rieder.... :) Looks like they need to start their TradeCentre coverage today and carry it through the weekend... who wouldn't want 96 hours of trade talk and coverage?

It's pretty simple. If you are ignored by a lot of people it's probably time to look in the mirror. As for the politics.... it was explained.. so be it. There's no NEED to inject political commentary to this board especially if you've been warned about it repeatedly. Even if it appears to be in the Oliver thread.. just... don't... do it. Meh. The forum is like society. There's intolerance and lot people yelling at each other about who is right without any desire to accept it might be the other person. Make a decree... so be it. Or more lately.. object to a point.. just to object and stir the proverbial pot. Escalate it to 11 (not you Eleven) and see if we can create sparks or better. Meh... It's not the Sabres making this happen.

Despite so many media reports saying the opposite and the fact that his own network's trade tracker had him at #1? That's really a puzzling statement. I am convinced that so many people talk about the flavor of the moment that they can't recall what they said 3 days ago.

I understand more now. I think, frankly, he doesn't want to be in Buffalo. The players who are staying at he moment (and I am not sure we know all who are really staying) are probably pieces that need to be here given their relative cost and performance. There are just a few too many of those type of players at the moment.

One option that is away from the higher cost around the arena... and near the Gate is Fat Bobs. https://www.fatbobs.com/ Not sure how big a group they could accommodate.

Ian Cole is that cap related element.

That's a tidbit of advice it would seem many should follow at this point.

If you talk with your tongue in your cheek don't you bite your tongue?

So it would seem that as the team embraced and played the Housley style they began to drive more possession. The players who did not improve are in the group we all know have to get booted as they bring no secondary scoring or other benefits to the team. The question isn't are they bad.. the question is.. are the parts that need to stick around improving and overall is the team improving... if that's the case then we have progress. I don't worry if Nolan and Larsson are killing the team today. I only care if they are still here next year. What about the defense? Has it improved? (BTW: If you tell me what I should be looking at.. I will.)

If you have a really cool seller on your contingency offer then it can be much better. When we moved into my current house the seller had chosen us over 4 other offers because we had kids. He really wanted our family to be in his house even though we were a contingency sale. When my house didn't sell in the first 30 days (absolutely against the trend at the time) he reached out an extended our contingency without us having to ask. That was awesome. Our house sold in 35 days and everything went smooth. My buyers were complete jerks but I did what was asked and then they immediately let the house go to hell. So be it. It all worked out. MOVING... now that sucks. If you ever wanted the incentive to NOT be a hoarder.. just move. It blows... especially as you get to the deadline. I recall just throwing crap into the PODS I had to move remaining items that were not going in the moving truck. Holy crap.... Congratulations on everything getting done. Hope the rest of the ride is smooth.

Desperation levels change as opponents sign assets. I think the Devils signing Grabner puts pressure on the Islanders to get a goalie and shore up their goals against issue or kiss the playoffs good bye. If the Isles make a move then Columbus feels the pressure. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Caps are all close and 4-5 points ahead of New Jersey... but is it enough? That's just the Eastern Conference.

I've nowhere to find the stats.. but I'd be real curious to see what the possession stats for the Sabres look like over the course of the season. If there's been an improvement. It seems like there has been one for the most part even though there are still stretches of time where they don't have the puck.

I think the pull for Kane goes up after that trade. The Devils settled for what they were willing to pay. The remaining teams no longer have a shot at Grabner and that reduced amount of assets to give up. The next team now has to pony for Kane or Nash or no one.... collars are getting tight.

You guys need some Pepto... you can't crap on everything all the time. They won. Could it be prettier? Sure, but so could you. ;)

It’s a W. That was ugly. Everyone of those Volvo commercials are the dumbest things I’ve seen in a long while.

Hungary just won its first ever Winter Olympics gold medal. Short track relay speed skating... pretty cool.