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Pommers was 8th in the league in RW scoring last year and is a two way threat. He is a top line RW. Foligno belongs on the third line as a depth power forward at the moment. Ennis and Coho are both top 25 in the league in scoring, and you draft a first line centre, you don't trade for them. I agree we could do with a proper 3rd line centre, but a 2nd line centre would be a more urgent place in my mind (with Ennis moving to wing). I'm not sure why Miller needs a change of scenery? he is playing well, he way want a change but he doesnt need it

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts...for support rather than illumination" :P

A better second line would also ease the pressure off all lines, as everyone would then be playing at the right level. Our huge issue is Stafford, he is paid to be a top 6 winger and has acted like a third liner. If he plays like a third liner, that is fine, but he should be $1-1.5million cheaper. So not everything is DRs fault, most people would have expected Stafford to play like a top 6. Also Leino is paid as a top 6, although if he should is another question. Well not really, because the point i'm making is that if you get that prospect you have them for 7-10 years, rather than 20 games

Well not really, because they traded that first for Goose's services for 20ish games and the playoffs. Yes he resigned, but that was in no way guaranteed

Am I right in presuming it is a Its always sunny in philly reference? EDIT: Read above and qwk got there first

Especially as their line up isnt all that spectacular (but it is a nice lineup with clearly defined roles) Saad - Toews - Hossa Sharp - Bolland - Kane Bickell - Shaw - Stalberg Carcillo - Meyers - Frolik Keith - Seabrook Oduya - Hjalmarsson Leddy - Rosival Crawford Emery

EJ is on IR atm with a head injury. So that means we couldn't trade for him atm anyway. Also a head injury puts me off and he has never performed that well. Myers has more of an upside in my mind. But I would probably do EJ and ROR for Myers. Hrmm tough call

Has he said anything of note/interesting?

The only way this organisation trades Miller (and to an extent Vanek/Pommers) is if he asks them/wants to be traded. If he is going to be traded it would be for 2 reasons: 1) To be near Charlie Sheen...i mean his wife 2) For a chance at the cup What this means is that Tampa probably isn't a good fit, it takes him no closer to his wife and realistically isn't a major threat for the cup. I also think he doesn't get traded in conference. Although like i have repeatedly said, unless they ask for a trade or we are getting a kings ransom, I wouldn't trade MVP. We need some veterans on this team and each of them is doing their job. I really don't subscribe to the change for the sake of it. I didn't think Roy needed to go, and we can all see the difference in the team. The only changes between last year's mediocre bubble team and this year's mongrel are Leino not playing and Roy for Ott (and Boyes, but I don't think he is the big influence). From a hockey heaven/PR point of view I think trading them for the sake of it hurts us. It says to other UFAs, even if you are the best on this team you are not safe unless the team is winning - if i was a UFA and a team with that philosophy wanted me, I would not agree unless they either agreed to pay me way more than any other competitor or they agreed to give me a full NMC. Our problems are we lack two second line players (we should only lack one, but Stafford has decided not to try this year), we need a proper shutdown player/line (hint, ROR would solve these two problems in one move) and our bottom 6 is bloated with mediocre talent and no character (i mean the lines lack a character, not the players, i.e. what is the line, is it a grinding line, a checking line, a shutdown line, a tertiary threat line etc.)

He even publicly said he wanted to stay with the organisation. We might need to clean out some assistant coaches we already have - honestly, I'm not sure I like Teppo watching, I don't think he has really made a difference

Lol Bring back Briere and Drury. Maybe we trade for campbell and sign Dumont? Let's reunite the gang. it worked for American pie, it can work for us

Adam isn't even top line in the AHL... I will definitely say Hecht is better

I suggest you watch the kind of shots other goalies in the league face. Miller is playing lights out 80% of the time this season. The difference between second tier goalies and Miller is huge. His stats aren't great, but this defence is awful. It gives up breakaways/2 on1s 4-5 times a game

I dunno, I'm not sure the fact he would only get $1 million instead of 5 this year would put too many GMs off - the real issue would be trying to keep him on a deal that finished him as an RFA. If he only played 20 games, would that count as a season towards UFA? (I presume not). Which would be perfect. Get when we play our 25th game and then put him in the team for the 27th game, it might burn a year on the deal, but it wouldn't count as a playing year, which would mean he would only have 3 years on his UFA list. So if we gave him 5 years at 5 million, it would burn a year this year, so would really be 4 years at 5 million, meaning he would have played 7 years in the NHL and be 27 - neither of which qualify for UFA under the new CBA EDIT: The CBA might not have changed and it might still be 7 years or 27 - anyone know which it is?

He didn't need to say vocal. He could have said he is a captain that leads by example and work ethic on and off the ice - or words to that effect. The fact is we don't know the locker room situation and so people just make up what they think with their favourite player being the best leader

I really don't get this boards obsession with power forward types. Yes the sabres could use one or two, but the players we have actually get called out for playing the game that made them famous and not driving to the net and running anything in sight. Hecht is cheap and does his job. End of in my mind. I wouldn't mind trading him at the deadline for a pick though. Hecht's role is that of a defensive role player - 3rd or 4th line; however, just because he plays there does not mean he will or should be driving players in the boards or storming the crease. He is not a power forward and would get knocked down if he tried to barge his way to the front of the goal. Quite frankly, at least Hecht gets the pucks to the net

I doubt they trade Clowe for Leopold

Presuming we are not promoting Enroth to GM, I think the new GM will be fine and so it would be fine to upgrade an assistant GM around the league to our GM

The three weak goals would be: 1) Breakaway by one of the leagues best at getting ans scoring breakaways 2) The one where the leagues top goal scorer walked out 10 feet in front of Miller while the team watched 3) The one where the point man snuck in and scored blocker side on a perfect cross crease pass on the powerplay Got it. Those count as soft goals.

He said Grigo made a couple of big mistakes and that he seems to get caught by the speed of the game at points (i.e. he is left watching the game out of position). It was Grigo's first game under a new coach, i expect his ice time will increases slowly over the year

We have a 0.7% chance of making the playoffs. We are basically out of the race already. Unless a major major trade is made in the next 48 hours, I think we just let players ride this season out, give Grigo more ice time and trade pieces at the deadline

Period - Goals for - Goals against 1 - 12 - 13 2 - 15 - 30 3 - 20 - 19

He is not our problem. I don't think he should be on the team next year, but our problem is lack of talent. We need people who can score, waiving him doesn't do that

It counts as a season. 8 seasons and you become a UFA

I'm so glad you are not our GM. You don't just dump players onto waivers when they have trade value, no matter how little