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  1. 2014 free agency thread

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    yep. Giving a few vets a place to park until the next market opens isn't a bad idea.

    Teams with kids need veterans, they learn more from the vets than the coaches.

    The more veteran partners a young player has in his career, especially on D, the better they will become.

    I love this idea! We could tell the veteran they will be traded at deadline to a contender. Do it three years in a row and we would be loaded with young talent!

  5. Sabres claim Conacher off waivers from Ottawa

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    Seems to the kind of cultural influence you need. He's a winner, from his wiki page:

     

     

    In the 2011–12 season, after attending the Tampa Bay Lightning pre-season camp,[3] Conacher was selected to play in the 2012 AHL All-Star Classic, after leading all rookies in scoring. While leading the Admirals in goals and points, Conacher signed a two-year, two-way contract with the Admirals' NHL affiliate, the Tampa Bay Lightning, on March 1, 2012.[4] Upon helping the Admirals capture their first Calder Cup, Conacher's successful season was rewarded with the Les Cunningham Award as the league's MVP, becoming just the fourth rookie to win it since it was first presented in 1948. Conacher was subsequently awarded the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award and was also named to the AHL All-Rookie team and the Second AHL All-Star Team.[5]

     

     

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    . Conacher's offensive struggles were perhaps magnified by the fact that goaltender Bishop, the player he had been traded for, was playing very well in Tampa Bay and was frequently receiving mention as a Vezina Trophy candidate. On March 4, 2014, the eve of the 2013-14 NHL trade deadline,

     

    Could be his was a headache to management simply because of that?

     

     

    And perhaps more info than anyone wants:

     

    Conacher was born with a rare condition in which his bladder was outside his body. As a result, he underwent a ten hour surgical procedure at only five days old in which doctors reconstructed his pelvis in order to place his bladder back into his body. The situation was so severe that doctors informed his parents that he might never walk properly.[9] Additionally, Conacher has suffered from Type 1 Diabetes since the age of eight. When not playing he often has an insulin pump attached to his hip to regulate his sugar levels.[1]

  6. Official 2014 NHL Draft thread

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    What are the chances the Islanders give us their pick this year? Seriously, if we take two of the top three picks this year do we really want to tank it next year? That would be a serious influx of talent right here along with some pretty good prospects in the pipeline.

     

     

    That top 6 reminds me of this top six:

    Vanek, Roy, Stafford

    Connolly, Pominville, Hecht

     

    Not one of the best eras in Sabres history right here

  9. Official 2014 NHL Draft thread

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    Two of the bottom three teams in the league last year are in the playoffs this year.

    Three of the bottom five teams from 11-12 made the playoffs the following year.

    Two of the bottom five teams from 10-11 made the playoffs the following year.

    That's the end of the streak of a lot of teams bouncing back. The bottom nine teams in 09-10 missed the playoffs the following year, as well.

    The Sabres won't be joining that group. A lot of teams in that group might've said the same thing, but they at least had talent already established. The Panthers making the playoffs are the only exception but they bought every mid-level veteran free agent possible that offseason.If I were to guess bottom teams this year that might make a playoff run next year: Edmonton (2nd to last), Vancouver (7th to last), Winnipeg (8th to last).

    I guess it just goes with who we put in the line up. If McBean and Weber are playing defense for us next year we don't get any better I'm thinking.

     

    But add the young kids on d, a veteran free agent d-man and have all the forwards together through training camp--conncer,

    dagastini and the rest and who knows how much better they get. They look and are terrible, but a little help on defense and this rag tag group thrown together in season finding some chemistry could get better, but probably not a lot better. Who will scores the goals next season is the big question after fixing the defense for me. Sorry for rambling...

  15. Sabres better off than I thought....

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    so you are comparing the 4 th overall pick to the 1 st overall pick the Sabres have? Hall and Seguin both stayed immediately in the NHL and contributed. Not saying the next couple years won't be tough but this is rock bottom here and now. We aren't going to have the years at last in the league. Too much young talent already in play.

    Finish last, finish near bottom, not much difference. I'm thinking the better part of half a decade till this team really starts to compete in any serious way, and yes, I hope I am wrong

  16. Sabres better off than I thought....

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    This is going to take awhile. I think we will look back and consider next year 14-15 and the year after 15-16 and maybe even 16-17 as part of rock bottom. Unless we get some solid free agents in here this is going to be a long slow ride to contention. The Colombus kid from the 2010 draft is just now breaking through. That's three and a half years after he was drafted. That seems about right, but some players take longer

  17. Advice on skating and playing hockey

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    Had a bit of breakthrough today with one footed snow plow stops. I got off the inside edge and felt like I was more on top of the blade, and it started to click. I approached my "stop spot" with very modest speed, turned the skate and got some good feedback — felt my blade sliding on the ice, heard the ice scraping, saw a little snow fly at the end — and actually stopped pretty quickly. Modest step toward a hockey stop.

     

    I'm also making some headway on crossovers.

     

    In other news, my right kneecap is starting to kill me. I'm not sure I can maintain the exaggerated knee bend some of the instructional videos recommend. I know it helps a lot with stride length and the low center of gravity is great for balance. But, pain is pain.

    Keep it going PA! I remember learning to stop. The first time I "learned" was in 1991 at the rink on Tacoma in North Buffalo, but I fell really hard and almost broke my arm. I didn't skate again until 2006! But I stuck with it that time and now skate great. I'm a goal scorer now!

     

    When you can skate without thinking about it you will be a man, my son.

     

     

     

    Just a word of warning to anyone taking a shot off the leg: watch for any swelling. If your leg starts getting puffy get to a doctor. It may be a blod clot.

     

    Unfortunately it means a few weeks of self-injections, months on Warferin, and NO HOCKEY! But you have no choice. If that clot breaks off and travels to your heart or brain you won't be doing anything ever.

    And don't buy cheap chin pads! Mine are great and almost never feel a shot through them. Other people have bad ones and get hurt easily

  23. Shake up in the office PAT LaFONTAINE RESIGNS

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    It's impossible for me to believe that the concept of tanking for next year was not discussed ad nauseum during the GM hiring, was one of the biggest questions, and that PLF didn't know Murray's entire viewpoint of the concept before he hired him.

    I don't know, it could have been something they arrived at later, but who knows. I'm still kind of struck they admitted that is what they are doing

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