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McCabe? Did you time warp?

Be careful what you wish for.. as I mentioned above.. you could get the crap that passes for local sports radio in Rochester. For me WGR is award winning compared to that crap.

Yea.. moving would have been a bit tougher given the attendance under normal circumstances. However, we were with the entire hockey team and so that made it almost a no chance type of situation as everyone wanted to be together. Oh well. Not my first nor last game.

That's true.. certainly. Rolling with O'Reilly is, in my opinion, exactly why they believe they will trade him. The goal is to get his value as high as possible. Any team taking him this year is not worried about his long term stats, they want a player who is capable of producing and is doing so at the moment. He's a UFA so they aren't trading for long term production. That will be the responsibility of the team that gives him his next contract. And i would not trade for Drouin for anything.. even Weber. Okay. maybe Weber.

"Shoot the glass." But really.. no love for Robin Hood? He and Morgan Freeman might have been the only reason that movie was almost tolerable. Always loved his work...

Over/under on games played before he's suspended, by the team or the league. What happens if a team outside his division claims him when they call him up? :) Toews name comes up routinely as the player people would take first if they had to start a team from scratch. I think that says all I need about him. Respectable hockey people too.

What incentive does McGinn have to sign anything with Buffalo right now? He's only signing if A) he absolutely doesn't want to leave or B) the Sabres offer him more money than he thinks he can get in FA. Let's assume A). McGinn has the option to return, long term, to Buffalo if he absolutely does not want to leave. In the meantime, he can have a chance at the playoffs this year by being moved. It also allows him to help the Sabres improve (because if he absolutely wants to play here then he's going to be in favor of that). Everyone wins. Risk: someone offers more money than the Sabres (granted this nullifies option A as ever being valid). Let's assume B). The Sabres would be foolish to offer him a lofty, can't say no, contract. He's important, not irreplaceable. So, if they've spoken about contracts (and I would bet money they have). Then they both have a good idea of where McGinn ranks on this roster today and next year. The organization can do right by the player (and in other players eyes) by moving him to a playoff team. The final option is C). McGinn says this is a business. Therefore, he's open to moving to a contender because he has a shot at the playoffs and then he's a UFA who can field all the offers he wants. I suppose you can throw in option D). McGinn will sign a contract favorable to the Sabres now so he has no chance to be in the playoffs this year but has longer term financial stability at a price point potentially below what he could earn in FA or the Sabres would agree to when other teams can bid. I don't see D. But hey.. I'm not Jamie McGinn either.

I think each team should wear whatever it wants.. but if the visiting team steps on the ice at game time wearing the same color uniform they have to slip on the bright orange pinnies. Other than that I have no opinion. The team plays an even number of away games where you get to see the other teams colors, it just happens to be on the road. If you swap it there are still 41 games where you see the other teams colors.. they just happen to be at home.

Yea... some of the group were at the top of the section those would have been nice. I hate when I cannot pick my seat.. Well, it's a sample size of 1 for what it's worth. I wouldn't say the Amerks looked overly impressive as a whole either. I can say this.. Bailey is freakin huge.. so there's that. I mean.. you know when he's out there.

Had the worst freaking seats for the game. Sitting in the corner below the glass level so everything down the ice on the players bench side was distorted or I couldn't even see it. Yay. Left near the start of the third.. I couldn't take it anymore. And from what I saw Bailey skates around in circles a lot and doesn't do much but chew on his mouthguard.

You're not supposed to tell everyone you are packing up in the middle of the night and moving.

unless this somehow saves me from the horrors that are Rochester sports radio then I don't care. I like summer.. when I can get WGR in Rochester most of the time. Fall/Winter I cannot and it leaves me with the hell that is Rochester radio. Sigh.

Wrong sport.. they only take baseball players now.

The Sabres won't be in this position by the end of this season. So I'm good with that. :) I think that's a rather interesting statement. You don't think guys who have made a living in the game of hockey don't look at players strengths and weaknesses? I can't buy that. There's just so many factors that go into why things work and don't work. It's not. Not by a long shot.

There's a certain entertainment value to this. A few years ago the Flyers brought in Brayden from the Kings. Now they are sending his brother back.

Odds would be good they'd be in the lineup this Friday. I'll be there as I stated in the Amerks thread. I have 3 tickets I still need to offload as my penalty for having a kid skate a scrimmage ahead of the game... let me know! Hopefully I can catch some of the game tonight.

He deserves to get hit hard and the fact that it resulted in an injury is chance. It's a hockey game and most of the players in the league are bigger than he is. He's done a good job of protecting himself and avoiding hits but they are going to happen. He probably could have taken the hit more with his shoulder by not turning at the last second. Perhaps he expected Ovechkin to hit the boards in an attempt to just cut him off from getting the puck out of the zone. I don't know, but he pushes the puck with his stick and turns and takes a full hit in the back. Leaving his feet? You clearly need to review the evidence before you make claims. He never left his feet. If the Sabres do not make the playoffs next year it better be because there are a handful teams that were so bad that the 8th place record was ridiculously good. They need to be there. I might accept missing it by 1 point on the last day of the season. Maybe.

I'm just going to go with Yes.

Well, then I won't. But you shouldn't ignore the compression in the standings this year. You should also account for them playing many games against the top teams in the league so far.

Absolutely love the Montreal Winter Classic sweaters. They are so clean. They've always had some super-bright white.. but these things are great. The Boston one's look good from a distance but I am not a fan of the logo. Everything else is nice.

Perhaps this is where the seed for AngryEleven first was planted? :) I don't care about the language people use around my kids. They are words. As I tell my kids, you can say everything they are saying with different words and it won't sound as ignorant, as angry, etc. You can also choose to use those words if you want, but not around me. I demand higher for them. I already know my son swears when his parents aren't around (age 11). I do it so I shouldn't expect any less. Still won't take him to a Bills game. Hell I won't go to one.. I am offended by the crowd there. :)

Run? Ennis saw Ovechkin coming and turned his back at the last minute expecting Ovechkin to stop. Ennis got all he deserved on that play. It's the kind of crap that's been discussed elsewhere on the checking from behind and the propensity of players to put themselves in harms way now because they expect a player will not hit them. Ennis should have prepared for the hit and he would have come out of it okay. I think Pittsburgh has bigger issues than Bylsma. They should be miles ahead of where they are. It's clear something is rotten in there and until that is cleansed they are going nowhere. I hesitate now to think Bylsma had too much to do with that. I don't like dump and chase either.. that's one thing I wish would change. Curiously, where are they in terms of points relative to last year. For that matter, where is the entire league? It seemed like last year there were some truly horrible teams but this year no one seems to be clearly heading for the top draft pick given the absolute uncertainty of the top 3 picks. As poorly as the standings say they are just below .500 right? Trying to remember how close they were last year to that number. This year is a pass. I still think the leadership is not gung ho for the top of the standings. I think Pysyk is a huge loss. They have a few more pieces to move around and the team improves dramatically next year. I'll be unhappy if they are not in the playoffs next year.

Yea.. they should have done that if they wanted to pull more Buffalo fans in.

Try to watch this game.. but you know.. partying. :)

Can't play in Rochester this weekend... Disney on Ice is happening.