X. Benedict

No weirder than Garth Snow becoming the Isles' GM.

That's right. The optimal time for buyout is now. Crazy.

Burmistrov would at least add some speed.

It's still pretty funny.

Nobody knows the trouble I've seen.

Nobody is paying sticker price in Florida.

Florida is discounted. I've been to Panther games too. Demand in Sunrise is much lower though.

Of course that must be a fake tweety thing, right?

You seem to think this is a personal thing. Player salaries come out of league revenues, not personal wealth. Pegula has an interest in seeing the cap go up, seeing how he is willing to spend money and not worry about the ultimate bottom line, however for the cap to go up, ticket prices have to go up to increase revenues. In some senses the Sabres have thread the needle, they allowed ticket prices to go up, but are still holding them below market demand prices. There is no sound business reason to discuss this in public - none. They do however know it internally.

It's as good an explanation as any. I'm not sure about advanced stats making much of a difference. My own sense is that it has more to do with league parity. When everyone is about equal, the advantage of a last line change is huge.

And done.

Yeah. They play a grinding positional game. I'd do the same thing if I had H. Lundquist and not much pop.

Relatively, it is still a cheap ticket.

Interesting....especially if they think they can still get Jones at 4. There is no way Nashville passes on him. For the Sabres it would probably require some kind of rare three way trade.

John Scott.....the man can dangle.

That's pretty high regard for Roy as a coach. He has nice numbers out of the Q, but probably there aren't too many coaches that go from the Q to the NHL. At least I can't think of any at the moment.

MMMM. Webers Mustard.

He's closer to 6 than to 3. IMO. And that's okay.

Top 4? My mind just went like this: Florida, maybe. Boston, nope. Rangers, nope. Islanders, maybe, Toronto, nope. Pens, nope. Habs, nope. Caronlina, maybe. Winnipeg, nope. Tampa, nope. Washington, nope. So I'm thinking mostly, nope. He's a 5 or 6.

Roll up the pantlegs on your trousers, I'm betting those calves just grew two sizes.

I'm sure the IIHF hated to see that play more than anyone. That type of play is a potential nightmare for relations with the NHL - and never needs to happen especially on the larger ice.

It is hard not to like Mike Weber. He's a heart and soul player. To stay in this league he has to do the little things all the time. But realistically the upside of his talent is really 3rd pairing and PK, stay at home guy. He has fewer physical tools than say a Steve Montador. I like him on my team. Love his heart and attitude. But really he's the type of support player every roster should have.

Enroth was solid. It is a promising sign. He still makes me nervous, but it is hard to argue with the numbers he's been putting up of late.

It is probably a lot of Canucks fans missing Hodgson.

Or as the league calls it the annual Raffi playoff hearing.