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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.

Talk about an incredibly biased viewpoint. Kane has earned a contract... he wants to be the one who decides on where he will play next year. What evidence is there that Kane ever wanted to stay here? Has he even said the standard UFA quote? You know “of course I want to be here, we have to see what works out.”

I’d recommend you stop looking at this team from the passenger side mirror. :) This team is closer than people on here believe. We’ll see how much closer after this trade deadline.

This was why Arizona got Kuemper. That sealed it. It would be interesting for Calgary to get another goalie from Arizona.

Now he’s worth a first?

But how will you beat scissors?

On the bright side.. the Sabres have the players capable of running things. They just need the high-quality supporting parts now. The goaltender is in Rochester already.

You have really lowered your standards if you are dismayed that the organization doesn't have Vanek-Roy-Pominville-Miller-Gaustad 2.0 in Rochester. I mean, it's not like this board didn't want that core group jettisoned.

I don't believe Borgen ever played for the Olympic team... that tells me they preferred to have Wisniewski in the lineup as a pure power play specialist over this kid. I'm not too concerned at this point.

I'll watch once i get home from hockey. Or I won't watch... it really depends on how the game starts out and where its at when I turn it on.

Oh man... that's classic.