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Another good post. Hrm, I think you may have made me change my mind on Eichel. He is an exciting and offensively dominating player, that's obvious. I have been unfairly harsh on him, and he is really the least of our worries at the moment. I just hope he isn't our Taylor Hall and that his stretches of half-heartedly playing disappear. Cheers!

Apologies for the comments last night. I was very drunk. That said, I do hope Eichel puts the loss of money on his shoulders, not the coaches, and uses it as motivation for next year.

How anyone can watch Eichel's clean out interview and think he should get the C is beyond me. I wonder if Eichel cares about wanting the last 6 games back if his 2 points in 6 games didn't cost him $2 million.

He is their third best forward and plays on the third line. PPG drops the more games you play. Doubt he finishes top 20 in a full season with his Entitled attotude PPG drops the more games you play. Doubt he finishes top 20 in a full season with his Entitled attotude

He is a supporting piece on the third line, not a structural one Sabres fans are so desperate for a star they will hitch their wagon to Eichel - like the leafs did. The fact is until we get a true star, Mathews, Laine, mcDavid etc. We won't be in the playoffs

Good chat. Eichel Is a two bit saviour. Worst forward defensively and has an awful attitude The sooner we trade Eichel the sooner we right this franchise. Before the rest of the league realises the truth. He is a Phil Kessel not a Sidney Crosby

Best part of the season is jack missing out on $2 million for coasting last ten games. I'm so happy about that. Hopefully it's a wake up call for him. He was crap last few games I hope we trade Eichel I hope we trade Eichel

If we beat the leafs they would have missed the playoffs :(

6. Vegas is joining

Well its over. Here is to next year. If we beat Toronto, there is a good shot they miss the playoffs.

I'm mostly hoping they lose. Drafting 3 spots higher seems like a bigger use for the franchise than winning the last game of this turd of a season. That said I have no doubts they'll win

It's the purposelessness of the season. Being bad after the captains left was tough but easily explainable and mostly expected. Being bad after going into rebuild mode was hard to watch but there was the excitement of the future. This just is. There is little to no excitement for the future because the future pieces are here. In addition it is hard to watch and see Toronto follow Pittsburgh and Chicago and us follow Edmonton.

What are the chances they play lights out and win just to our draft position? 95%?

Goalies never trade for much. Schneider was a legit starter and he went for 8th overall

I wouldn't count on it. With NHL players possibly being banned from the Olympics I think that changes stuff. Plus just generally I don't like the idea of penciling in guys without contracts. The problem is that we need D help next year. We can't have another so-so year. We need to be Toronto. In reality I think we need to be pushing 100 points a season very soon. Plus we all remember what Myers rookie season was like. I'd rather trade the pick for a solid player that has potential upside, personally.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is also a great film.

Everyone see what ROR said? I tried finding it on the forum, but didn't know which thread it would be posted in (as ever)

Did you find that out on NHL.com?

If we draft a d-man, he isn't on this team for 3 years.

Options: 1) Raise hundreds of millions of dollars and buy the teams to remove their influence 2) Stop watching or caring about the teams, regardless of success, until the Pegula's pass on ownership (whenever that may be) 3) Shut up and put up

We have regressed during a rebuild. That can't be taken lightly, and something big needs to change as a result. As others have said, we had a largely healthy squad last few months, and the kicker is that break. We were on a roll clawing our way back and after the break played the two worst teams in the league. That's the nicest and most gentle way to come back from an abesnse. We should have rolled over them and moved on. We didn't and now we are playing like a hot mess.

Lehner. Guy looks like a Viking and has played well all season.

Man there were a lot of Leafs fans

Would Antipin make the Russian team? If so, I expect he won't sign with us anymore

Eichel and chocolate teapots come to mind