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FanSpeak just set up an NHL Mock Draft simulator for anyone who wants a spin: https://fanspeak.com/nhlotc/ EDIT; Here's my attempt using an almost exclusive BPA strategy: 1: R1P1 D RASMUS DAHLIN FROLUNDA 32: R2P1 LW GRIGORI DENISENKO LOKO YAROSLAVL 94: R4P1 C JACK DRURY WATERLOO 117: R4P24 C RYAN O'REILLY MADISON 125: R5P1 RW ALBIN ERIKSSON SKELLEFTEA 156: R6P1 D ALEXANDER ROMANOV KRASNAYA ARMIYA 187: R7P1 G DANIEL DVORAK KRAVLOVE U20

I say Apslund will prove to be generational.

At this point I'm just waiting for him to suffer some gruesome, career-threatening injury at the Combine. :(

Not sure if this meets the criteria, but a good track regardless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHorCGRJE00

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES

Hey guys, what's going on in-.....

This is going to be the best Leafs Elimination Day ever!!

Per Sabres App: Oloffson signed to two-year ELC

Fair enough. I knew it was very much on the borderline. (At least I didn't go with my initial choice...Silent Running from Mike and the Mechanics! :doh: )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKhN1t_7PEY

Not sure if this meets the criteria, but First Wave plays this every so often. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4JFqfqIPKA

They're good boys.

Blade's XM Channel, First Wave, is my new go to when the comedy stations get lame. Several of my favorites (Especially Blue Monday) have been posted, so I'll try and scrap up some more. XTC - Making Plans for Nigel Bananaram - Cruel Summer Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Right Round Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes/Welcome to the Pleasure Dome Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio

Sounds like next camp Phil should do a team-wide book study of Who Moved My Cheese?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfE93xON8jk

My stab at 2019: ??? EICHEL OKPOSO NYLANDER? O’REILLY REINHART RODRIGUEZ MITTLESTADT BAPTISTE WILSON GIRGENSONS POMINVILLE ??? RISTO SCANDELLA GUHLE MCCABE NELSON ULLMARK WILCOX This involves dumping Larsson and Beaulieu for loose change, letting Tennyson, Gorges, Nolan, Josefson, Pouliot, Johnson and Lehner walk, and holing Bogo up in a wall somewhere until his contract expires. Antipin I'm completely lost on. I didn't hate him, but he was a disappointment and really needed a year in Rochester. If the right trade were to come along for him, I wouldn't shed any tears. However, if Nelson goes, then he becomes more valuable The ???'s can be filled either by draft or FA, depending on how things shake out. I only keep Pominville because his lousy contract will thankfully expire in 2020, and I think he can do a minimal amount of damage as long as he's kept on the plug line, and might even contribute his share of points down there. Okposo we're stuck with for at least another year. He and Jack work well together, so keep them on the same line and try to find a speedy LW (Again, draft or FA). (Or maybe Nylander can fill that role). Wilcox is purely a placeholder for any other GK the Sabres acquire. I think Ullmark can be the guy but he'll need to be phased in and not overworked. I'm still not thrilled with this roster, so let's trade Girgensons for a decent prospect. ??? EICHEL OKPOSO NYLANDER? O’REILLY REINHART SMITH MITTLESTADT BAPTISTE WILSON RODRIGUEZ POMINVILLE ??? RISTO SCANDELLA GUHLE MCCABE NELSON ULLMARK WILCOX OK, better. Smith would probably be guaranteed a spot if it hadn't been for that injury. With ERod down there, the 4th line isn't just for plugs anymore. If Pominville gets waived/traded, they can put a decent puck hog who can keep up with the other two down there. Maybe a Bailey or O'Regan. Now let's get really creative and trade O'Reilly. A franchise roster player, a 2019 1st, and a solid prospect in exchange for ROR and the Sharks' pick. Just to be silly, we'll pretend that Sergachev has had enough of the Florida sun and wants to return to his true destiny of being a Sabre (please don't call me out for this, it's just a fantasy example). SVECHNIKOV EICHEL OKPOSO NYLANDER MITTLESTADT REINHART SMITH RODRIGUEZ BAPTISTE WILSON O’REGAN POMINVILLE SERGACHEV RISTO SCANDELLA GUHLE MCCABE NELSON ULLMARK WILCOX On paper, this looks MUCH better, even without the highly improbable trade scenario. Since the D would be taken care of, I'd feel more comfortable projecting the 2018 draft pick (in this case Svechnikov) onto the roster. It's still not perfect, but it's younger, fresher, and faster. I debated switching Okposo and Reinhart but left it alone for the time being. A possible Reinhart trade also would open up some interesting scenarios. Regardless, a top flight winger and D man are bare minimum for turning this ship around. Whether both happen this offseason remains to be seen.

Jamie McGinn. Pretty sure I saw a guy wearing that for the Lightning last night.

My MSG stream keeps freezing. I'm not mad.

Had it muted, what was the Rayzor gem?

All I had to do was delete my Systems32. Well worth it.

I have a feeling that was JBot's plan all along. The guys that you mentioned that JBOT acquired weren't intended to be more than 1 yr stop gap roster fillers until he and Housely had a better read on what the team was. Except for maybe Zemgo and Pominville, everyone else is gone, and youth development will be the modus operandi from this point forward.

Bite your tounge

It was on at the intermission report...mind you it was a FallsView Casino ROY award, so maybe it means as much as any award a player can with fans voting on NFL.com Disagree. They should throw Lehner and Moulson in there too. I don't want the Sabres to be too greedy.

congrats on ROY Antipin