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He was earlier this year for a few games. Didn't last long. And there is the goal. Although that's just MacKinnon being good. Which means he's going to scramble his butt out of position at some point soon and it'll burn the team.

Lehner is not playing a quiet game. It makes me nervous.

Indeed. They are playing much looser in the third. Interesting to see.

They tried to trade him. Moulson basically said he'd go anywhere and nothing happened. This is how you treat a guy. I agree with your take and it reflects well on the organization.

Nope. Larsson hits the puck in the neutral zone and before his trailing skate crosses the blue line the other players are able to tag up. It was basically a short delayed offside. Also, you said you weren't watching this one. You lied.

I think MSG screws Ray and RJ on that. I could see that it was clearly plausible that they tagged up before Larsson entered the zone. The first replay angle showed it. Then they went with that closer look focusing ONLY on the puck. Yeah, if that's all you can see then it's offsides. They don't look much better yet. Still a lot of the same plays but they have scored. I like what I'm seeing from 20 and 71 tonight.

Didn't expect you to think that... interesting. Frankly I think it's a huge message. I am sure players both respect and enjoy having Moulson around the team. Coaches pull goaltenders when teams aren't performing well in the hopes of sending a message to a team and it usually works. This is much bigger than that in my opinion. Everyone knows its a possibility but when it happens it becomes really real and now they have to deal with it. Players don't like being shipped around. They buy homes, they make friends, they have families, they become entrenched in the community. When a player signs a contract for 6 years they are looking forward to some stability for a period of time and having that interrupted, while understanding it can happen, is not something they want.

Never underestimate the impact of FOMO on the Buffalo STH.

It doesn't necessarily take much to turn a team around. One only need to look at the Senators to understand just how much changing a component in the locker room can be. Out with Turris, in with Duchene and they've a pile of crap since then. Duchene has added nothing to the Senators team. Meanwhile, Turris is living large in Nashville. The Avs were better for a bit when Duchene left but it seems they've slowed again. I liked what I saw from Fasching the other night. He stated that his mandate was get to the net and he did that, repeatedly.

I'll let you know if you are right.

I'm very curious to see what the team looks like tonight. I want to see what kind of response the team has from Moulson being sent down.

Hey.. I looked earlier in the day... but I don't have time to jump in there again... it's a legal document... those are boring and written by dumb ass lawyers :w00t: :flirt: ;)

I don't think so. I think Moulson is a popular guy on the team and while players know his skills haven't earned him the shot on the ice at the same time I think they like having him around. He's got a relationship with Eichel from housing him his first year and he has a history with Okposo. I think Eichel and Okposo are going to be very upset that he was sent down. I think the ROR quotes kind of point to that as well. He doesn't have to report per se. He's on the Amerks roster at that point. If he doesn't report they can suspend him but I don't think that will be the case. He may report and be scratched and not actually show up. Who knows. He may also just go down there and play. http://www.nhlpa.com/inside-nhlpa/collective-bargaining-agreement - read all about it.. there are a lot of things in there around circumvention.

One of those moments where being known to have a crappy defense and a problem with team chemistry can make people believe that a goaltender is better than they currently appear? I'll take it. I think Lehner is the first to move. He could be some of the negative energy. He's been that way in the past right? I'd hope he'd get more than Johnson.

I would expect that Moulson handles this as the professional that he is known to be. I don't think he's the locker room problem. He makes room for Rodrigues to move up to the team right now. I fully suspect there will be other moves and if you need to have roster flexibility Moulson is the easy first target. The odds of someone claiming him are next to zero. In any event, clearly things are being worked. It might not be at the speed some people want but that speed might not be possible without really screwing the team over. I am sure Kane could be traded within an hour, but the return would not be worth it.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/sabres-open-business-evander-kane-block/

At this point I think they'd move Okposo and Baptiste. I would imagine that either the Sharks or the Kings would be interested in Okposo unless the Ducks want him because Kesler will be out all season. Okposo has looked good the past stretch of games. He's held the puck well and shown some heads up play. The only problem is that the line he's on isn't clicking. Before... definitely.

No need to comment on the game. But Rob Ray was a joke tonight. He was off on his commentary by far more than usual. I'm wondering if he's taken to drinking before the games. Pointing out that Reinhart was at fault on the one goal is laughable... my kid was yelling at the TV at Ray. That was Gorges all day long. Calling it a 2 on 1 on the one goal... eesh. There's my kid yelling, close the gap and don't let him shoot... Oh well.. we watch because we hate ourselves enough to do so. It's not the coaching, it's not the owner, it's not the GM. This is ALL on the players and that needs to get straightened out. No coincidence the articles hitting the wire today is that BOtterill is entertaining calls on anyone on the roster not named Jack Eichel.

Well.. looking at the AHL stats right now it doesn't appear that there are many players at the top of the stats list that are future NHL players. Granted I don't know a lot of names but #4 in scoring right now is Phil Varone. Rochester's top on teh list is CJ Smith. Other than your top few players on each team I'm not sure that the difference between the AHL and NHL player is that great. I think it's become more about the ability to play as a cohesive set of lines. The star players don't spend much time in the AHL overall.

No worries... just having some fun. The repeal of Net Neutrality will have no impact to Sabres fans it would seem. One last thing.. Kane should be fined stiffly for that shot on Rust's head last night. That was pure garbage.

It'll be interesting on all these call ups now. Are they doing it with some hope of a single player providing a spark to the team or are there legitimate trade conversations going on. Perhaps Fasching will start for Kane? :)

Was just thinking that it would be cool of Zemgus' middle name was something like Filip. This is how I make my life less miserable. Last night I went out to the bar and then checked the score near the end of the first period (on my phone). I saw 2-0. I looked again and saw 3-0 at the end of the 1st. I laughed and ordered another drink. Until this team makes a roster move or two it's going to be more of the same. This is clearly a group of players who do not WANT to play together and that needs to be sorted out.

I think the key is to critique his knowledge and delivery of it in his professional career without spilling over into personal attacks on his weight or other irrelevant factors.

IF?!?! Man... I even put it in the thread title for you. :wallbash: :w00t: