Ho-Chi-Sock

NSFW language: https://twitter.com/dril/status/247222360309121024?lang=en Middlestadt should at least start the year in ROC. Obviously call him up to the club as needed, but unless the AHL is way too easy for him, I'd like to see him spend the majority of the season down there. In 2019-20, his spot on the big club is his to lose. Lehner should be traded come rain or shine. Not all of the problems on D are his fault, but it's time for fresh blood. A 2nd/3rd rounder and a 4-star prospect would be ideal. Draft: Take BPA Keep Okposo, Bogo can be traded for a fancy new gym bag for Eichel. ROR and Reinhart can be available for (and only) the right price. Spend Nylander to a shrink and get him some good medical weed. Start next season fresh. Come up with a new slogan. Sharpen Your Swords is old and passe, and besides the way this year's gone it should just be "Dull Your Blades" anyway

It's a theory I see floated quite a bit about why this team has been so piss poor these past couple of years, and it's not necessarily one I would disagree with. Just curious to see people's predictions/inside info about which players have been rotting this core.

They're major talkers, flap their gums when things are going well, disappear the second their team has to face any adversity. There's also that blasted horn, their bizarre inferiority complex where they signed every (and I do mean EVERY) washed-up former Packer player who came their way, and just an unwarranted sense of entitlement while also complaining about what a bunch of underdogs they are. Nothing earth-shattering I know, as every fanbase has it's obnoxious sports fans, but I find Vikings fans are a special breed.

I understand your feelings regarding NE/Marrone, but as a Packer fan, I find Viking fans to be about as obnoxious as Leafs fans. I'm praying Philly and Foles pulls out a miracle.

Wasn't Lemieux refusing to sign here anyway? If so, he was a wasted asset, might as well have gotten something productive for him.

Pretty much this. If the Sabres had a chance at the postseason, fine you have a point. But I'm willing to sacrifice the rest of the year for a high lottery pick AND to let these young cats get enough momentum to come in and set the world ablaze in camp. No point in exposing them to the current state of the team for too long.

Can't complain at all about this one, yet some neurotically selfish, possibly OCD part of me wants Guhle and Ullmark sent back to ROCH to finish the season so they can end on a high note.

Gawd I :wub: Risto.

....and Razor is about to get MeToo'd

That's my hope. I'd been skeptical in years past but now I'm pulling for the lil' guy.

Great goal! How long till the BJ's get one back to break my heart? I give it 2 mins.

Special Assignment? He spends the remainder of his contract at a desk job in HR?

Oh neither would I, just predicting that something will happen to or come about him that will make everyone feel bad about ever having a negative thought about him. Sort of like how I want to hate LeBron for being a diva and then I read about how he does these great things for kids with disabilities and is a spokesman for getting kids to stay in school and pursue higher education.

I would love for there to be some type of scandal, something so toxic and over the top that the league has no choice but to wipe out the Pats records, and Brady/Kraft/Hoodie are forced to live the rest of their days with a tainted black cloud hanging over them, as the evil seed of what they have done germinates within them. But more realistically, Brady's going to get ALS in his mid 40s and then we're all going to be forced to feel bad for ever hating him during his brave battle.

You're a monster. Although, if you want to spin this into hockey terms, maybe eating wings is exactly what this team needs. Maybe the threat of cannibalization would finally but these players on notice? If I'm a Sabre, if being forced to butcher and eat Reinhart for his underwhelming performance doesn't kick my ass into gear, nothing will. (Not to mention the possible team bonding activities that the meal prep process would entail...)

Yeah, but could you imagine if they had the Coyotes playing this? There's a few teams that just wouldn't fit the mold of this, sadly.

What about the 5 taken in 99?

When the account activation process takes almost a month, there's plenty of time to take notes.

God.

He should go with #69 just to prove a point.

Praise His Name. It could very well have been coaching...maybe not Phil, but perhaps some other higher-up (teammate, agent, etc) who gently gave a gentle nudge about how poor his attitude and demeanor were, and if he wanted to be a captain it was time to start acting like one. Whatever it was, it was much needed. Jack was quickly becoming my least favorite player for a couple of weeks. (Not like I was ever a moody d-bag at 21...NO SIR!!! :angel: )

Remember that pep talk with Russ Brandon? Not sayin, but I'm just sayin...

Thanks!! I've come to conquer your women and bring glory to the Infallible Leader. I think it's fine to say anyone not named Eichel is fair game. But certain folks like Lehner, Kane, and Risto (whom they'd better not trade--my fave! <3) deserve a higher can't-miss price than others. I realize I'm not conquering any new ground with this post, but my therapist says engaging in conversation is the best way to respond to meeting new people.

IF Lehner's traded, do you keep Linus in Rochester for the sake of development/keeping him in the winning culture, or do you acquire another rental goalie to split with Johnson? To me anyway, trading Lehner at this point would be a sign that this season is a tank/writeoff given CJ's inferior play. I'm fine either way keeping/trading him, but Lehner, flaws and all, gives this team its' best (slim) hopes of winning.