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I think he said I want to go back to wing the loudest when he stopped putting his stick down for faceoffs. I wonder if anyone would have picked him up if he was waived that week.

It is a crowded market for such things.....I don't know. Fun idea though.

A true game it is! It's not the scoring that Americans may not go for, it is playing for 5 days with no winner.

I think he's lost his bite, myself. The thing I don't like about Booth (and granted I haven't seen him much since the concussions, is how often the guy misses the net). He's fine in close if he battles in, but take him outside and he just doesn't hit the net. He's just been so inconsistent that I don't think he's the vet you sign with kids around.

Here is where we are miles apart though. Terry is not just the owner of the Sabres, but of the league itself. Terry is Bettman's boss too. Terry needs to be fully informed to vote for the Sabres interests on the Macro scale, not just rubber stamp the Micro (which is the Sabres). He needs to be saying to Tim Murray and Craig Patrick - how should we vote on this? What do I tell Bettman when I call him etc..... Here's the contradiction: You can't be accountable to a figurehead. If the GM isn't accountable to someone, what does that even mean? Think of it this way....Terry needs to park his money, instead of a financial planner, he has a hockey planner. The hockey planner designs and executes all the short and long term goals of the investor (the owner) Without the investor, there is no need for a planner. No financing, no team. Now whether or not the investor talks to his planner everyday or not - ultimately it is the owners money, the owners plan, and de facto the owner's strategy. The hockey planner is the "plan architect." The GM never acts like the team is his own. Simply because it is not. Just as a financial planner never pretends the investment portfolio is his own.

It's either Ekblad or they trade out, IMO.

I think it is a mixed record for sure. In some ways however, we are still in Darcy's plan - suffering/bottoming out.Though I don't think even Darcy thought it would be this bad. Pegula with his first GM, Darcy- yep, failing marks. How else can you look at it? However, he maintained the financing and ultimately held Darcy accountable. Though a little slow on the trigger. New GM - new battle plan. And supposedly the model is Dean Lombardi's style of team building. Again, it will take patience. This team is going to suck for a couple more years at least if Murray follows Dean Lombardi's model.

They could offer the number 2 pick and it wouldn't matter. Spezza holds the hammer.

NO! 1000 times NO! The best scenario is an owner that is following a good GMs plan and advice, taking an active interest in financing that plan, and holding the GM accountable to executing the plan. That is the best scenario.

And yet Cricket hasn't quite caught on either.

where's Gerbe?

Kroger, your Delta Tau Phi name is Pinto.

His looks or because he mumbles?

He's going to do just fine. I'm betting Vanek will too.

Do we really need to humiliate new members like that? :lol:

Owners wield all the power......and then they delegate it. That's what ownership does without exception. Pegula is no exception. That pretty much covers it. What we onto next?

4.5 million per opening. Wow. No reason not to sign Callahan if he wants to come.

That should fund the Roth. Congrats.

I'll buy that. :)

No reason to do that in June though, is there?

I don't think he's a bad skater. He's got excellent control. Maybe not blazing fast, but he has deceptive speed. I just love how he protects the puck as he moves through space. He looks like Jumbo Thornton, who's also not fast, when protecting the puck. In the corners he reminds me of a young Forsberg. I wouldn't be disappointed with him at all. I think he's got an NHL game. Reinhart would be hard to pass on though. it's a win either way.

That's a nice deal for the Habs.

I think it is Reinhart. But if Murray sees something special in Draisaitl, I'm good with that.

For Florida it makes sense. there isn't a comparable Dman in the draft.

I'm thinking the choice will be: Reihnart or Draisaitl at 2. Either works for me with Ekblad gone.