Johnny DangerFace

There are rules on who can be sent down to the AHL during the Olympic break. Rule 1 (87-day player): If a waiver-exempt player has been on the NHL roster for 75 percent of the season (87 days) before this Friday at 5pm, and remains on the NHL roster past 5pm Friday, then they cannot play in the AHL during the olympic break. Another part of the rule is they cannot play in in their NHL team's last game before the break. So this means that they need to be sent down before 5pm on Friday and not play in the sabre's last game. Rule 2 (16/20 game player): Waiver-exempt players who play in 16 of the last 20 nhl games before the olympic break, cannot play in the AHL during the olympic break regardless. So that's confusing, but what this means is a player like Varone doesn't qualify for either of those rules, and can be sent down to play in the AHL during the break regardless of if if plays after the Jan.24 deadline. And for a player like pysyk (who I believe has been on the sabres for 87 days), they would need to send him down before this Friday at 5 if they want him to play throughout the olympic break.

They way I did the ranking is to group players from similar rounds together. So Compher, Hurley, and Bailey are second round draft picks doing what they are expected to do, so they are still ranked fairly high. While Nick Baptiste is having a great season so far, he is still a lower draft pick only a half a season after he was drafted. So while he skipped above similar players like nelson and kea. If he keeps playing like this the rest of the season and into next season, then he will continue to move up. Same with Armia and Grigorenko. Armia is in his first professional season, which is a big adjustment in all prospects, so since he is a 1st rounder in his first pro season, I don't think anything has happened to drop his stock. However grigorenko had a rough second professional season, so he dropped below the other 1st round draft picks. In my opinion, a prospect is going to play in minor leagues for years before they hit the NHL, so their rankings should go up or down too much. However, its when they hit the AHL that big changes should occur. If they perform well there, then they should go up a bit. But if they don't perform in their second ahl season (hackett, jerome gauthier-leduc), then their stock stops to drop more and more. Also as for possler, he is a 5th rounder who had a major injury. I didn't so much drop him, but I moved up other players who are having a solid year so he dropped as a result of getting skipped. I hope he comes back next year and picks up where he stopped

"My Name is Linus, No not that one"

It's not so much hardball but the lowest they can tender him is 6.5. I don't see him getting less than 5 mil a year. That's a lot to pay for your third best center who is a great trading asset and your team has major holes

They have three very good centers already and o'reilly is going to be very expensive very soon Duchene, 23 years old, point per game player. Mackinnon, 18 years old, already a 60 point player Statsny, 28, a 50-60 point player. O'Reilly isnt going to be a top two center there as both duchene and mackinnon are better, and statsny makes more sense as a 3rd line center

Wait wasn't last year a leap year. Can he not be traded until 365 days has passed OR is it the same calendar day the following year? What I'm saying is, what day can they trade him?

What do you gain from trading away a prospect? Seriously

Well that's a suprise

Yea yea yea. We get your deal...... Anyways I'm really excited for these hirings and I can wait to see some moves

Also, what state do you live in and are there any universities nearby?

I'm at work now on my phone, but I use to work as an ABA therapist for autistic children and have a lot of experience before switching career paths. Early behavioral therapy is crucial and can/will make a world of difference. I can say that while it's scary, it's something you can face with a positive attitude. Some of the best and happiest children iv encountered in my life were severely autistic. I also recommend you and your family learning the fundamentals of ABA therapy. It's something I can't recommend enough

I understand byfuglien, but ryan and even pominville?

So I had a vivid dream last night that we were tied with the islanders in buffalo, 3-3. And stafford, wearing a C, fought after a face off and knocked out the islander. Go buffalo?

Yea I am really excited to see how this plays out and he definitely has potential. Also welcome to the forum naulter :beer:

Future cornerstone of the franchise along with Linus Ullmark

Went through and updated information like ages and current status, also redid the rankings a little bit.

haha fair enough

That was 100% the wind, nothing to do with manuel

http://imgur.com/a/oiC5U Yea, they are pretty great! But yea this news really made my day. I was almost more concerned over Rolston than Darcy, as it was obvious this team just wasn't coached right (and that can hurt the development of young players)

you are going to be disappointed. One does not simply get rid of a "Drew Stafford."

haha I love it

I'm not sure if this was pointed out, but by going for it on 4th down it may have helped us out. After not converting on 4th down, we were still down by 14. So when we had a 4th and 8 in the 4th quarter, we elected not to kick a field goal (as we would still be down by two scores) and we went for it and got a TD. This put us down by 7. If we had kicked a FG earlier in the game, we would have been down by 11. We probably would have kicked the field goal on 4th and 8 (to put us within 1 score), putting us down by 8.

I see what you are saying, but you don't ever want to judge how someone deals with a tragedy

I'm going to hop on the pro-stafford bandwagon two-seater. There is still room for a few more???

Yea I really like Hockey's Future, but those rankings are really rough