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Yes, and we want them to be bad next year also to get a top 3 pick, if not Connor McDavid. That's how Pittsburgh did it.

For David Leggio

The rights to Pat LaFontaine traded to NHL for a Get out of Jail card from Brendan Shanahan.

Vanek to Montreal?

So if no one offered a 1st, you would rather keep Moulson and get nothing?

Gaborik was traded for a 2nd and conditional 3rd. The market isn't there this year to give up a 1st for a UFA.

Yeah, but how will he deal with all the illegal aliens?

This waiting feels like when you bid on EBay and are just waiting to see if someone tops your bid.

Don't worry, the Sabres will send down John Scott to play D in his place.

Now the Isles should offer Vanek for Callahan. Can you imagine the Ranger fans if Callahan showed up in an Isles uniform.

They provide Europe with about 40% of their gas. So if Europe stopped buying, they'd have to get it somewhere else, which would significantly raise world energy prices. Europe also provides many of the consumer products to Russia, so again if that was cut off there would be a significant loss of manufacturing jobs in Europe. While Putin can tell his people "too bad, deal with it", the European democracies would be in turmoil. That's why Europe may not want to be as tough on Russia as the U.S. would like. And then there's the hundreds of billions in trade that China does with Russia. Money talks.

So they give Ellis a one year deal for $6 million to reach the cap floor for next season.

Anaheim could be making cap space to pick up Moulson and Halak as a package.

My guess is it was a modern Camelot situation: PLF (Lancelot) charms Kim Pegula so he has the ear of the queen. Terry (Arthur) finds out, and banishes PLF in a fit of jealousy. Meanwhile, what do the simple folk do?

But he made that great trade for Alexei Yashin and then signed him to a 10 year $90 million contract. All he had to give up was some underachiever (Zdeno Chara) and a 1st round pick (Jason Spezza).

And today was the day the franchise tag had to be used in the NFL, which is a big issue regarding Byrd.

Most likely destinations for Moulson are LA and Anaheim.

My sympathies on your work experience.

I actually joined a month ago but haven't posted, I've been on The Stadium Wall for years, and I'm in Syracuse. I don't think we'll ever get the full story, but at this point my interest is in what Murray's next move is.

I watched the stream with no problems, guess I sucked up all the bandwidth.

His first act as owner was a mistake, keeping Darcy, so he brought it on himself. They could have begun this rebuild a couple years ago.

From Bucky Gleason: @TBNbucky: Working phones all night. I'm hearing LaFontaine did not resign, but was fired. Many, many theories out there with blame on both sides. @TBNbucky: One thing that is consistent: LaF and Murray agreed Nolan should stay. Power struggle was higher than Murray but not all execs involved.

Bulldog just tweeted that he and Jeremy White will be on WGR tomorrow 9-11am to discuss the Sabres.

3rd line D. I actually do still play on a no checking team, so I'd be a good fit. I play Sunday mornings at 6:30am.

I came from St Louis as part of the Miller trade. Career minor leaguer but good depth player; a poor man's Jerry Korab.