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Ottawa was under the pressure to do something for Giroux. Dorion even said so and it's probably why they blinked first.

This year.. but as has been noted. His style does not fit the Wild style this year. In his previous years he has put up points. He won't tear it up, but he doesn't suck. And he was a +26 last year.. as noted.. if he can help shutdown the opposition that's good enough for this team.

Asplund has done nothing for me this year in his limited time on the ice. I know you, and others, were high on him. I used to think more highly but this year changed my mind.

I realized I woke up this morning.. went downstairs to work and completely forgot it was trade deadline day until I went back upstairs and saw my son watching TradeCentre. Now I jumped on here.. saw the spectacular array of opinions... and I find myself still not caring that its trade deadline day. I am at peace with whatever happens. Whether this means that I approve of the Sabres plan and am good to roll with it or if I've just grown numb to it.. don't know. I guess I don't care. 🙂 Enjoy all. Just hope those who seem to be upset about everything find a way to enhance their calm.

There are people on here who continually lose their chit and don't have thick skin. So I'm going to assume those people are drunk. It's a strategy.

Dude is throwing a huge bird at Hockey Canada isn't he... I love it.

To be fair.. there are threads around here asking for Adams to get those type of players.

Are you suggesting that Adams work linearly or that somehow the pursuit of what people think he should be doing takes up all of his time?

He's being scouted... For a 9th round pick in 2033 (there will be 9 rounds then)

This is much more acceptable version. 🙂 Got a workout in.. ready for the game.. or ready to do other things I have scheduled for the night.. just a bit earlier. Ain't no rain on my parade...

Everyone who is saying Buffalo could have matched the offer.. that's correct, I am sure they could have. What is everyone's thoughts on whether that offer was available for Buffalo match? That's been floated out there that the trade offers are not always the same for each team. If you operate under that assumption then do you not also have to allow that perhaps Buffalo did not have that offer on the table to match? There's so many unknowns and that's why it's hard for me to get upset about these things.

Sure, it remains to be seen what the correct course of action is. Just opinions of what the correct course of action is. Chychrun however didn't seem like a great target for me... not a bad one, but not worth the cost. Time will tell if it works out for Ottawa.. it very well might.

I'm going to be in the minority that isn't bothered by this at all. Not bothered if they don't make any big trade. I'm with others(perhaps not that many) that Chychrun just wasn't worth what Ottawa gave up.. let alone paying more than that. I can understand why people are upset.. but so far the management of the team has not deviated from their course. Having expectation that they will is probably driving some people insane. I don't expect anything big because so far they haven't done anything big, they've not indicated they want to do anything big.

Fun conditions... Conditions: The ’23 1st-round pick is top-5 protected. If met, pick becomes ’24 1st-round unprotected. Additionally, should #Sens reach ’23 ECF, the 2nd-round pick becomes ’24 1st-round top 10-protected. If that condition is met, the pick becomes ’25 1st-round unprotected. 2/2 Imagine the Sens reaching the ECF?

That didn't age well.. 🙂

Detroit is going to get Chychrun... And Vancouver will trade Myers and Demko to Buffalo... It's as good a theory as any. 🙂

It just means he's not supposed to put too much weight on the leg/foot. Doesn't mean it's the end of the world. Good teams overcome injuries. if the Sabres can't overcome this then they shouldn't be in the playoffs. Other players need to step up.

Imagine you over there spreadin phallacies.

The rotating plant and the Emily In Paris photo.. it's the little things. 🙂

But his stats do not support $8M. That's what I was saying. He's an RFA and his only hope would be arbitration. It's going to be a hard case to make given the evidence on his own team. I wouldn't pay him $8M.

I don't disagree.. but it's a fine line. Trade deals tend to be more expensive than off-season deals. I think it's possible Buffalo makes a move to bring someone in. I don't think it will upset the prospect pool too much either. See.. with you I can't tell if this is a positive thing or a negative thing 🙂

And I'll be at that next game courtesy of the storm that postponed the Dec 29 matchup! Well, I believe the NHLPA is who negotiates what the NHL is allowed to fine as part of the CBA. So it's really the player's own union that is not protecting the players. The enforcement of the amounts is left to the NHL sure, but the maximums, etc. are not. I could be wrong.. but I don't think so. I've often thought the NHLPA should police its own.

But that said.. Vasilevsky didn't help the Lightning last night. I'd like better defense from the 5 skaters on the ice to lower opponent's scoring opportunities and percentages. And that's why I said what I did above.. anything can happen. All that aside.. the Sabres goaltending isn't good enough, but UPL is young, Comrie is a little less young. Anderson is old.. so.. defense, defense, defense. or offense offense offense and never let FLA have the puck. I'm good with that too.

This is fair. Also, that would be more minutes watching television than I will spend watching the Bills next year. Frazier is trash.

Invoking that douchenozzle does call for an immediate judge of the invoker. You are warranted.