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Like a 20 point drop in performance, not just no improvement

Yeah I agree, forgot about it

Yeah I liked that deal actually. He is 1 - 1 now. I still feel that he is watching this show and doing nothing about it

Has JB done anything good as the GM? Time to question if he was ever up to the challenge

Yeah a second in 2 years is basically useless. I hope JB gets torn alive in the post-deadline interview

Oh man this sucks

What are the conditions?

1st, prospect + 4th

I know every deadline is disappointing but yikes is this one slow

Addition by subtraction is an oxymoron for a reason - are you really going to get better by losing an NHL-caliber player, to replace them with an unknown or even a worse player? Even if the unknown is a better player, if you kept both you could actually trade one for assets (cough Vancouver goalie situation a few years ago). Sure it might be true sometimes, but ultimately the better hockey player is the better hockey player, even if they are nuts off the ice. The fact is we know so little about the locker room, we can't make a call on who is a locker room cancer. But one thing is for sure, a team of Evander Kanes wins more games than a team of Matt Ellis

Lehner outplayed Lundqvist. Lundy never had to make a game-saving stop

lol poor Lehner. Literally every loss is blamed on him. He made like 5 amazing game-saving stops and its not enough. How about we outshoot an opponent for once? Or limit them to 25 rather than 45 shots?

Enjoyable period

Loving the camera angles Second 10 was better than the first 10...

Done (easy one)

He is like 2 points behind the $10 million dude

I mean he is 56th in the league this year and has never finished in the top 10. The fact is he isn't a top 10 player yet. But he is paid to be a top 5 player next year.

His abject failure in the draft did it. His main strength was apparently talent analysis (especially in the later rounds). Plus he seemed to love trading away picks.

I mostly hope Eichel pulls an Yzerman and decides to learn defence... I think his maturity is his biggest problem. He isn't ready to have a franchise on his shoulders. Its why I never understood the hype about giving him the C - the guy frequently decides to not show up. $10 million for a one dimensional 70 point forward... we need him to be more than that. If there are doubts he can be, we should trade him ASAP (before the rest of the league realises)

Good leadership by Kane. Once again the offense puts up one goal... What has happened to Jack? He is on his way to finishing outside the top 50 in scoring. We are screwed when that contract kicks in if he plays like this. Boston sleeper agent sent in to ensure we suck?

Don't like fights after clean hits That said, don't touch Sam when Jack is around!

I do think Jack needs to mature before he is able to carry this team (he isn't even on track for 70 points this year). I think the first few years of his new contract could be a bit of a failure. He also seems to get on well with Kane, who is a known partier. Sam's play has been pure crap so I really hope he is suffering a perpetual hangover. Oh and Bogo - he loves snow. Plus Jack likes him too.

Sabres score 1 goal and Sabrespsace blames the goalie for the loss... seems about right.

Regular readers of this blog know I keep a Nov. 1 stat. Since 2005-06, six of 48 teams that were at least four points out after games played on that date came back to make the playoffs (This excludes lockout-shortened 2012-13). There were no contenders last season, as the late start from the World Cup put nobody in that position. This year, six will try and beat the odds: Arizona, Buffalo, Edmonton, Florida, Minnesota and Montreal. :(

Eichel + 3rd for Keller (E5)