kas23
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If it meant something bigger for me career-wise or a sizeable raise, I'd be all for it. This happens to everyday people all the time. A tank should be seen as an investment or saving for retirement, painful at first, but paying off dividends in the future. Or, what is says to me is that you need both. You grab you generational talent, and if he's surrounded by a decent supportive environment, the sky's the limit. If not, it can easily go either way. And, besides, all this talk has nothing to do with McEichel, as they are a completely different can of worms than just a 1st round pick. For example, no one's going to confuse Reinhart with McDavid.
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But where do you draw the line? There's an extremely fine line, some say none at all, between management trying to tank and management selling off all assets in a "rebuilding" mode. But the later seems to completely acceptable in sports and sometimes even desired. Is selling off your older but valuable players the same as tanking? Then there's the Andrew Luck argument. Do you think you can find a single fan in the Indy area who wishes they won a game or 2 instead of getting Luck? Are they all not true fans?
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If that guy, Nelson, ever wants to coach in the NHL, he'd better win and win quickly. If he doesn't agree, one conversation with Rolston might change his mind. This may be his only chance to shine. I think MacT just wants first-hand knowledge of who to dump.
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That's fantastic news! There's no way an interim coach is going to take it laying down. Should put some wind in the Sabres sails, but I think at this moment Darcy is making a Dr Evil laugh down in Mexico.
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Not with their current roster. It'll be tough.
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The Hawks are a completely different team without Kane as are the Penguins without Crosby. It's mind-boggling to be that people wouldn't want McEichel in exchange for losing over the next 4 months. I'm pretty sure the sun is moving, just not around the Earth. In fact, the entire Milky Way is moving.
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Sabres are ruining Murray's plan---what does he do??
kas23 replied to matter2003's topic in The Aud Club
This may actually work out well for GMTM's plan. It's no secret he wants to move players, but he'll only do so at steep prices. This winning streak is driving up the value of the Sabres assets. And he'd be a fool not to take advantage of this. -
It's interesting that so many teams are trying to obtain one of our most underachieving players. Why is Stewart tied to so many rumors?
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I'm still firmly a pro-tanker. In fact, I would even say that anti-tankers are those that prefer losing. It's like saying you would prefer a Kane-less Chicago or a Crosby-less Pittsburg if you were fans of those teams.
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Correct. They were talking about Green.
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I don't think it's just the way the Sabres play that's going to determine their final draft order. There are teams that are going to go full on tank the 2nd half of the season. It's going to be fierce competition. Edmonton is already doing it. GMTM needs to make the appropriate actions *now* to ensure the tank.
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Pretty sure the fax machine was also infected too.
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That's what I like to see. I'm also hoping the recent poor effort by some raises their selling price and are shipped off ASAP. Edm is our most serious threat.
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Thing of beauty, isn't it?
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I think he meant they are on an 11 lossless. There's no winners in the CHL.
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I'll have to agree an insane amount of circumstances need to occur for life to happen. That said, our universe, and others, are so insanely, mind boggling large that I definitely believe there is intelligent life out there. Anything can happen, but I wouldn't wager we'll ever come in contact with them.
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I agree. But if we're depending on Girgs being our offensive spark for the foreseeable future, we are in trouble. This teams needs an offensive star if we are ever going to rise above a first-round exit.
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He should have done something 2 weeks ago. This season is quickly unraveling. If I see Edm get another top pick, I may boycott the NHL.
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Any "veteran" GM who we would have hired would likely been fired by another team. That, or dragged out of retirement. Great teams don't let go of great GMs. I guess Darcy would be considered a veteran GM now. Want more of that? Correct. Targeting Tim Murray is the last thing I would do. In fact, I would target Pegula 99 days out of 100 before pointing the finger at GMTM.
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I think it's time for GMTM to pull a trade to help improve this team. We cannot go into the later half of the season tied for 1st.
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Yep, Sabres entering a slide. A players only meeting should be coming soon.
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Yes. Great night for the Sabres to lose. Hopefully, through the law of averages, they've scored all their goals tonight for the remainder of November.
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I think if the paying fans can endure multiple losing seasons and still hope for a bright future, then the players, who was making millions, can do it too. Besides, the Sabres are doing what their management wishes, so in their minds, they're actually winning.
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It's just one year though, so I don't know if the losing culture argument applies. Last year was a lost year due to all the change, I'm unsure if it was purposeful losing. But, I would agree that there's going to have to be a large change around here to reverse course. Maybe it will be Nolan leaving. I'm not sure if he can walk in one day and say "now I'm serious" to the same set of players. That said, I do see half the roster turned over by next year. That's enough to change the losing culture. They must now what's going on and are affected by it, unless they are living under a rock. Besides, haven't Stafford, Ennis, and Hodgson been playing with this same attitude for years?
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I'm willing to bet he suffered a boxer's fracture. Or, fracture of the head of his right 5th metacarpal bone, which happens to be by far the most common fracture when throwing a punch. Very close to his pinky though.