PerreaultForever

Kings played much better in this one and beat the Bruins down low and in front. Having said that though, the Bruins are not playing well and look ready to keep falling. Meanwhile, Scott Laughton to Buffalo rumours flying again. Not sure how I feel about that. He'd fit the 3C role but I don't know enough about him. Torts doesn't seem to like him so I'd have to wonder why?

The players from over there really like playing in front of their "home" fans and the league promotes itself and sells merch worldwide. What's not to like? Unless he's hurt or a complete disaster in camp Sabres should start Kulich on the opening draw in the Prague game. It's the right thing to do. You don't remember Tampa in Sweden?

and? Did anyone on the Amerks respond? Or are they just like the parent team?

All the guys who got paid look like crap comparatively now. Tage, Cozens, Dahlin, Power and (compared to Boston and relative to his previous salary) Clifton. The guys playing for or towards new contracts are all having their best seasons. Mitts, Peterka, UPL. When it's this many people, is it just a coincidence?

Hasek comeback 🙂

Charges dropped in the Lucic case. No idea if the Bruins are thinking of bringing him back or not.

Johnson? That shot to the side of his head giving him concussion problems maybe? Just a guess. Could be a just in case move. Or the deadline dump is coming.

Patience? idk. I think that's asking too much at this point. I have not quit on them but I am less engaged. I have not missed a game yet this year but I'm definitely paying less attention. It's always the same with this team. It's always next year but they never do the things they need to do.

Well good for you and when I was younger I used that middle finger a lot too. So much so I think it has arthritis now. These days, I'm just not that motivated. I used to get angry with bad drivers. Now I just sigh and roll my eyes. It's just not worth the energy. But some days, I do still feel like this:

I would suggest the idea that modern day "journalists" are afraid that they will be denied access unless they write favourable content. This certainly appears to be the case anyway and there's no question media around Buffalo goes super easy on the Sabres with the exception of the very occasional Harrington tirade. As for generating offense, they always generate tons of offense, from the outside. Tips, rebounds, and dirty goals? Not so much.

Ya, I know. I actually stole that line about the sun from Jon Stewart's Daily Show return. It seemed appropriate for the comment. It is hard to be a fan out here and there are very few Sabres fans around. It's pretty much rabid Canucks territory. Some Leafs and Habs for original 6 and a sprinkling of Edmonton and Calgary. Some Kraken. Seen the occasional Flyers jersey for some reason or other. I've seen Detroit and Chicago as well. Bruins, easy. Actually see a fair bit of that. Never seen a Winnipeg or Ottawa jersey out here even though it's Canada. I have a Sabres jersey in really good condition because I only wear it at home. It's hard enough being a fan. I don't want to have to deal with ridicule from Canucks fans as well. When the playoffs start, with the Canucks presumably in them, there will be flags on cars and honking horns and it'll be Canucks everywhere like it was in 2011.

Not "when". IF.

Did you read my childhood story? I've posted it several times and if you don't get it that's your problem. Would it help you (not that I want to help you but still) if I told you I think the Bruins right now are highly over rated and are in fact resembling a very mediocre hockey team right now ? I do not see them having any hope of getting past Florida in the playoffs. This is objective truth, which I use when evaluating both teams. But whatever. So yes, I'm not a "real" fan. Go have a chat with the other dumbskull who likes to say that. You can high five each other and feel better about yourself and having to endure this misery.

This is why you need 2 goalies in this league not one. Goalies pull stuff all the time and need rest. We are over using the guy so this was probable at some point.

Acting? lmfao. I live outside Vancouver. Do you have ANY idea how much it takes to stay a Sabres fan living that far from Buffalo? No, I didn't think so. So keep on not quitting and deluding yourself. I will keep living in reality. Unless it runs out of hydrogen first.

He is reckless with his stick. It's a call that can be ignored but it's also just dumb. I don't care though. He's still outplaying Skinner and several others. Where's Tage? It's the return of the giraffe. Absolutely useless floater. Ah poor baby doesn't like being disagreed with. Go whine like Skinner.

Florida pretty much coasted to that win. Easy game for them. Sabres were never really in it. You can see that the Sabres are nowhere near the true cup contenders. Not much to say. They skated around for a bit. A couple of them worked up a sweat.

The timing allows Davidson to put all the blame on him and to clean house in any way he wants before bringing in the "new era" with whoever the new guy is. He's pretty much free to do anything so if I was a GM I'd be talking to him.

On a back to back after Pittsburgh I'm not sure we will see Florida's A game tonight and we might luck into them taking us as an easy game but if they bring their game it'll be a massive test on our D that I think Power and others will fail at. Heavy heavy forecheck when they want it. It's a true test.

I want to see what he does NEXT year AFTER signing his big contract with whoever (maybe Florida). I doubt he puts these numbers up again but we shall see,

Might I suggest that if Skinner was like "most players" than the idea of trading him wouldn't be there.

Oh I think that's absolutely definite and that's our biggest problem. Any owner who takes the time to sit in on scouting meetings is definitely meddling. Anyone who has worked in a big company or corporation knows that nobody is themselves when the CEO or President comes to the meeting and most everybody will tell the guy what they think he wants to hear. Just being in the room influences the dynamic.

Oh I think it's a fine statistic to look at but in the end there are always exceptions to almost every stat and the only one that matters is win percentage.ti I think Washington definitely drops. NYI probably but they are a veteran team, might still pull off a deadline deal and the Roy effect is unknown. Montreal is an odd one. I didn't expect them to be (relatively) even with us and thought they were in for the multi year rebuild but they seem to be doing a very good job. They are less skilled but also a much tougher team than us and they might (stress "might") be better than us down the stretch if grittier playoff style hockey comes into play. Ottawa is playing better as well so even with improved play, we could still finish dead last in the division.

Ya, but he'd also know exactly what's missing, and it's really not that many players. If the GM was on the same page and they made the 3-4 moves needed, Peca could mold the rest in his image. Berube is similar and proven so I'd be fine with that as well. Or Gallant. MacLellan I am less excited about but would be willing to try. My dream scenario is Carolina does not keep Brind'Amour and Kev has his private number. Now I personally think it'll be Granato next year and I won't like it, but if they do make the move whoever it is has to someone who demands a work ethic every night and full accountability. No fun times without winning first.

Simply because you do not ever trade away youth with as much upside as he shows. Not unless the return is so incredible you can't say no (which won't happen). There's a sweet spot around the age of 20-21 where you decide for your own organization if you really think your prospect has "it" or he won't, and if you think won't you move him while some other GM might still think he has an upside to him and before he reveals himself to be a meh or even a bust. Benson, for his age, appears to have "it".