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I'm dying here. Well.. we used to say the Sabres were the most pathetic franchise in the NHL and I was always happy I wasn't an Oiler fan given how many #1 picks they can rack up and still suck. This just cements it. They are the worst franchise in the NHL.

Thanks missed that. Yep... also not thinking. Good point. So, the only other issue I have it the cap hit. I'm not sold on teams having that much in one player being that successful especially when they will have to have other players in that neighborhood as well. But.. if it forces the Leafs to overspend.... :)

Peters... I've never had a personal interaction with Kane but he's not winning me over with his ability to get his name into police reports.

No chance I buy NHL 17 given the catastrophe that NHL 15 and 16 were. NHL 16 is so horrendously flawed. Adding all the arena crap is just throwing lipstick on a pig.

Perhaps I missed it somewhere but I don't recall seeing it. Is there a compelling reason to NOT be worried about his blood clot issues from this year? I'm not sold on sinking a major contract on a guy who might have to retire prematurely.

If you are going to hate on professional sports and the millionaires in it being excessive you probably should stop being part of their financial support system.

I can't stand the guy. I ran into him one night at Flight (a wine bar near Blue Cross Arena). Didn't notice him at first until he insisted on telling everyone around that he was choosing the music that was playing and if they didn't like it they could kiss his ass. Good to note he was at the bar by himself no less. Meh. It's an accusation that he did it and nothing more. I'll wait to they review the gigs of security camera footage, cell phone camera footage, etc. DISCLAIMER: This isn't absolving him of anything on my part. The guy is not even charged so I'm not getting bent out of shape over it. The report details something that is absolutely despicable behavior though and I recognize that.

So the Sabres draft Pu and Asplund thus ensuring they will continue to be the butt of NHL jokes.

Couldn't catch all of the draft... I wouldn't be surprised if the Sabres tried to trade up for Chychryn but the price was high. Arizona can throw their money away this year. They are targeting the year after. The picks fell as they fell. Nothing too spectacular except for Columbus at #3... unless their Finnish GM had some kind of scoop to go the other way. Finally, Bono earned a lot of respect in my books when he wouldn't let the stewardess take his briefcase. I'm not sure why all the hate.

I think Eleven hates this because he wears 92...

What if Murray is trying to get Montreal to make the trade so they get Fowler and give up their #9 pick? Murray believes this will make the Canadiens weaker next year? Just having fun..

No way on Earth should they trade the pick. Ennis/Zemgus & Pysyk I could get behind. Fowler upgrades Pysyk and the #8 fills the pipeline. Ennis/Zemgus are expendable, especially if they are going to drop Vesey into the top 6. I think Girgensons would be the player the Ducks really want. I see him fitting in with Getzlaf/Perry types.

Not at a bar you don't. I mean.. slam the price point but I what did a pint of Budweiser cost at the same establishment?

The Sabres do not have enough #1 picks to ever be considered that awful. The Oilers have defined the lowest level of suckitude ever achievable in a major sports program. That said... if the Sabres are at the bottom again I'm going to check out for a long time.

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The other one? You might be the only one. Then again I finished the game and was up at 5:45. No one is watching the game when its in the middle of the day and they need to start late enough to pull in the West Coast viewers. You really have to credit the level of shot blocking that Pittsburgh had and not necessarily blame the Sharks. The Sharks could not get the puck into space. The level of hockey that the Pens played was incredible. I don't like them but holy crap were they good... really good. I am sure there will be stats that will come out to show it. All I saw was a Pens team that let the Sharks play their speed generating passing style and lulled them into carefully controlled spaces where they could force the turnover and use their actual speed to dominate. Congratulations to them... now I just don't want to hear anymore about them. :) And let the goalie controversy begin.

Not many people have as a great an impact on the sport or profession in which they played/participated. He's the most unique hockey player that ever played.

San Jose is using the rope-a-dope in honor of Ali. They are letting Pittsburgh skate and shoot so much in the first few games that they are going to be too tired to go all 7. I'll keep telling myself that. :)

The discussion on Ty Ronning made me chuckle... especially thinking about his Dad who was the absolute beast in NHL'93. Cliff was the fastest player in the video game.. absolutely dominating. Hearing his son is a speedster might come as no surprise then... But here's the interesting thing about Ronning's speed in NHL'93.... http://kotaku.com/5807596/how-a-hockey-journeyman-became-one-of-video-games-early-superstars

Do they legitimately love the Pens or are they told they need to come across that way? Never trust TV land... I just can't. The psychology of broadcasting and marketing is far too deep to believe anything. It takes a rare soul to turn down the kind of money and exposure that the NBC broadcast team is getting if they are also being asked to play it up for one side.

I'm a fan of the design... definitely better than what they had.

I'd go with wheat beers all day long in the summer. Hefeweizen, or american version of wheat beers are great. Flying Dog In-Heat Wheat is a great choice. You've got witbier as well. For session IPA you should give Easy Jack from Firestone Walker a go.

I'll have to give myself more credit for being able to hate the Pens given how hard it is to do so. Cool.. go me! :) Sounds like something said when justifying a soccer match. :) (I like soccer FWIW).

Can't get on board with this. Pale Ale's are not designed to be as strong in the hop character and are still designed to have higher abv 5-6%. For me there are quite a few great session IPA's. I like the low ABV on these. It's nice to now always get a high ABV beer.

Never gonna root for Pittsburgh... easy to root for San Jose. I have a friend who's a Sharks fan and I want him to be a happy guy. I have some friends who are Pens fans but screw them.