X. Benedict

Nice career for Kipper.

Toronto is in a really strange organizational position.... I wonder what assets Toronto really has? Picks #21, #51, #82 not the strongest draft position. Biggs and Reilly and Ashton are the top prospects....... Kadri, Bernier, Franson, Gunnerson are all unsigned RFA... Kessle, Phaneuf, and Kulemin are in a contract year.

Morris Titanic proportions? (sorry, couldn't help meself)

the last grain of sand is slipping through his hourglass.

That's a good move. Tippet is a good fit for that roster.

I really think it is 5: Jones, Drouin, Mkinnon, Nichushin, Barkov. The next 4 are Lindholm, Nurse, Ristolainen, Monahan IMO. Where Buffalo sits at 8 they will have their choice of between 2 of the second group. It's a good place to be. If Buffalo can't trade up to the 4 or 5 spot they might as well wait IMO.

I think the difference is this: Tom Gollisano: "I'll do it but ultimately it comes down to good accounting decisions. Bottom line." Terry Pegula: "I'll do it, is there anything else we can do?, better too fail big. Bottom line." Knox Bros. "Give me the better minds, and give them latitude, but the leash is short. Bottom line. " Rigas: "I like having a hockey team. When I was a boy in Pennsylvania......"

The French media is probably tired of talking to Desharnais. :lol:

That's good stuff.

Signing Briere would hardly throw off their entire plan. He'd be a short term solution. And I think only Desharnais speaks French with proficiency. Danny is a locker room natural for that city. IGood chemistry with Leino. He'd improve the PP. He can play wing and center. He'd come at a discount.....I can think of more.

Don't underestimate the the attraction his mother tongue has there.

Gerbe likes to get him with the head but to Chara's navel.

Children? I bet he signs with the Habs and puts up 50 pts.

Which owner do you really think are making more hockey decisions - Snyder, Leonis, Wang, Lemieux, Leopold, Katz, Pegula, Jacobs? I submit that it is the prosecutions burden of proof to show that Pegula is more activist than ANY other owner in the league. The Area 51 t-shirt is selling briskly today, BTW.

So you can't take off your own helmet, but you can take off your opponents bucket; you can't take off your own jersey, but can take off your opponent's sweater.

It appears to be a USA TODAY social media thingy. http://lockerdome.com/about-us

Taro Tsujimoto, hands down. He was a steal in the 11th round.

yep. too young.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/james-gandolfini-dead-51-article-1.1377435

I'm paying attention, I just make much less of it. He's joking He's been a boss for a while....every boss thinks he's funny because people laugh at your jokes. On radio and TV it is just awkward. I just don't think you can learn too much by trying to parse his language. Pegula will want to be fully informed of what's happening. That doesn't mean he is micromanaging. That's all I got. I'm back to selling T-shirts.

I think MacLean has the right job. Besides, I have a feeling his first move would be to bring back Lindy Ruff.

There is no getting around that the league is a business. Hockey decisions are accounting decisions are money decisions are marketing decisions. There is no pretending that any hockey decision happens in its own silo. I don't think Pegula is the type to second guess as much as he is to ask for regular updates, ask for progress reports, and ask if decisions are in keeping with the institutional focus. Pegula certainly isnt looking at the internet and proposing trades that he's dreaming up and giving directives like a fantasy GM behind the scenes. He's just not that guy. What Pegula is more comfortable doing is hanging out with the guys who are already on the team and doing his best to see what gives them the best chance to win and making sure they are provided for off the ice. That's his comfort zone. I really think he believes if he gives people the space, resources and environment to do their jobs well, they will. He wants everybody talking to each other. He (gasp) believes it's healthy. People are sincere when they say they love working for him. That's not to say Terry's human network is going to bring Buffalo a cup, but I think that's his style.

Absolutely. A GM is in charge of the whole shebang - he needs to listen to everybody from Accounting to the Zamboni driver.

Terry is the money. Therefore he's in on every personnel decision. The prosecution has failed to demonstrate how this is different than any NHL owner. Move to dismiss. My t-shirts biz is slowing down. I need to move over to the Glen Sather trial over on BlueRagTimeoftheMonth.com

Paille is a good player. But he's a 10 minute a game guy in Boston. In Buffalo he was an 11 min a game guy. It's not like Andreychuk scoring 50 goals for the Leafs.