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Buffalo will never get that lucky. I would sign up for 3rd overall. After watching those Fins in the WJC, holy :censored: those two prospects look good.

This. I think Fasching has the best shot of being a top 6 winger. Right now we don't have any surefire top 6 forwards or top 4 d in the system. That's obviously due to the recent promotion of Reinhart, Eichel, McCabe and Pysyk. We've got a very good young core but they've all graduated to the big club. Our answer for immediate help (as in next year) is not in our system today. Maybe it ends up being Puljujarvi in a few months :ph34r:

I'm guessing it's a play off of Reindhart.

Didn't want as much of the tourney as I would have liked and haven't seen a second of the US. What is Will Borgen's game? From previous write-ups sounds like he's a good puck moving d-man, similar to Pysyk?

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I think Hoss was just pointing out we're in 29th place in terms of next years draft. Ofcourse it's facetious to call this Tank 3.0 but we're far enough down the standings that it doesn't hurt someone updating where we are from the bottom. I'm not rooting for losses (as I'm sure no one is) but Hoss mentioning we're in 29th is not showing how impatient he is or criticizing the rebuild IMO.

My thoughts as well. I think Fasching is maybe a year ahead of Bailey/Baptiste. I won't be shocked at all if we see him in the Blue and Gold for a couple of games in March/April.

I haven't caught any of the game today but the Swiss looked damn good defensively yesterday and this score really surprised me when I went to check. You could tell that the Swiss probably wouldn't have the horses to come back if they got down a couple early but because they scored twice to start the game against Canada they just played Devils style hockey the rest of the way and held on for dear life. Reminded me of the Olympic game Canada played against Latvia except the Canadians weathered the storm that day because they didn't get down early.

Happy New Year to all of those out there in our corner of the internet. May 2016 be healthy and prosperous. For us, we're taking the kids to the local community centre for a magic show, followed by swimming and jumping castles. There's a kids countdown at 9pm. Then once in bed, the adults can bust out some of the good stuff for the real countdown :beer:

My kid has been watching Frozen all week and now me humming this at work is pretty embarrassing. :lol: Very nice.

Me too lol

Wow Canada was down 2-0 to the Swiss. Late goal by Strome makes it 2-1 after 1.

I don't remember it being this bad under the Ruff regime except for the playoffs. Maybe it is like this across the league now of days.

Awesome. Finally. Still no word on why he was out? DDB has put a real gag order over releasing injuries. First Bogo's long, 'unexplained' absence and now this.

:D Well played good sir

So 4 of the 5 teams make it from each Group with no byes in the elimination rounds? Is that how it always is? Love watching the round robbin but the tourney doesn't really start until the Quarters for the Big 5.

A big congrats to Juju Fish for taking home the 2015 Sabrespace Fantasy Football Championship! Thanks again to everyone for a great year. Look for an update to this thread again next August so I can attempt an end to my playoff drought.

I donno, only team I can think of that is actively tanking is Columbus. That's the only logic explanation for bringing in John friggen Tortorella to coach that team. The bottom of the league standings look pretty close until you realize the Jackets have played 4 more games than most of the other bottom feeders. The good ol Shart standings would show there's a decent gap between Columbus and everyone else right now.

Well there will be no repeat in the league. Good luck to Hank and Juju in the SS Fantasy Football finals!

Good post. If I knew the Sabres would get one more top 3 pick I would rather have that then a first round exit but based on the odds, I'd much rather make the playoffs then miss out by a couple of points. Things do look good for us in the not too distant future. Seeing Reinhart develop in front of our eyes is a thing of beauty.

Above are the lottery odds. The bottom four teams that miss the playoffs still have an over 90% chance that they don't win a top 3 pick. Sure it would be great to win the lottery but basic math shows the odds are still severely stacked against those teams. I would think GMTM would rather the Sabres make the playoffs and gain valuable experience for the young guns then go into another lottery in which the odds are still stacked against them winning. So many people have this dream that we will just miss the playoffs but win the lottery. Possible? Sure. But here are the odds.

Wow, I thought my $20 for a local shopping mall was a nice gesture.

I think he's going to the leafs but I'd take a run at him in the offseason as it appears like he may very well hit the open market. Only problem is that he may want to go back to being a center. If he was fine staying on the wing, a top 6 of ROR, Eichel, Reinhart, Kane, Ennis and Stamkos is pretty friggen awesome.

Have we seen Ennis Kane and Jack together yet? It doesn't ring a bell. Did Ennis get moved to play with Jack while Kane was hurt and then got hurt around the time Kane came back?

Picking up my last couple of Christmas gifts today and will be done shopping a full week before Christmas. First time ever I believe. Wrapping is almost done as well. Having some family over this weekend and will be partaking in a glass of wine or 8.