PerreaultForever

Sweating in practice? Nah, you'd mess your flow.

I'm almost at this place. I have been for a few years but I keep getting sucked back in with some false hope or other. Come playoffs I will watch the Bruins and other games. Hopefully they beat the Leafs and that'll be my little joy for the year. Then they will lose to Florida and I guess I will cheer for Florida, give Kyle a cup. I'm going to hope Vegas fails, just because of the cap LTIR and also still a little because of Jack, cheer against Edmonton because I hate the hype and their announcer, and I'm going to hope Carolina has terrible luck and loses early so that Brind'Amour will become available. It's a slim hope. Sabres? I got nuthin' until they do somethin'. If they do nothing in free agency, well, it'll be hard to stay loyal to the blue and gold.

Pasta is a sniper, sure, but there's a world of difference in their style of play as well. Contrary to what the casual Bruins viewer might think Pasta can drive the play and be a very good passer. He looks for Zacha almost as much as Zacha looks for him. The big difference though is Pasta will battle for the puck and go to heavy traffic areas. This is why he is elite like Crosby and McDavid and others. Tage isn't in that group imo.

I'm just amused he said he drafted Krebs.

If I'm Vancouver I'm resting players down the stretch and taking the foot of the accelerator for a while. Would not want to meet Vegas first round.

We aren't tanking but I imagine the mood on the team will be down and they will just be playing out the season with minimal efforts. RFAs will probably give a damn playing for contracts. The losing culture gets deeper entrenched. Vacation plans are probably already in the making. I personally don't care about the draft one iota.

Adams thinks he drafted Krebs, that was interesting. 🙂 He's a good BS artist like most GMs. Hint of wanting to do something in free agency but vague enough to fall back on "the plan" if he doesn't succeed. Just keep on sailing right into that iceberg.

Which was Cliff Fletcher.

Tage does not play like an elite forward. Tage plays like a sniper who needs another elite forward to drive the play and set him up for the snipe. He does represent what we have well though. Talented individuals, lack of team play, and inconsistent efforts.

To answer the question, sure, that's the answer, an elite forward. If only we could add a big name like say, Taylor Hall. (So no, that's not it). Instead, consider Philly. Consider Nashville. Look at the Yzerplan. Look at any team that rebuilds faster than we do.

If they want to stop it (or lessen it) what the league needs imo is an independent medical assessment team that answers only to the NHL. When teams go over cap they need to examine LTIR guys and if they deem them "healthy" at any point then get taken off LTIR and then that team has to play roster short. That and extending the cap into the playoffs. You can have players that send you over the cap, you just can't dress a roster over cap during the season. Should be in the playoffs too. I think they fake the severity of injuries. Stone has a bad back no question. He can't do the rigors of a full season, but come playoff time he goes on extra meds and sucks it up. So how injured he is, is a questionable issue and somewhat open to interpretation.

Right, and let's add this list of all stars. Ethan Miedema Mats Lindgren Oliver Nadeau Aaron Huglen Matej Pekar Jacob Bryson Brett Murray and Will Borgen (grumble grumble) So can we hit on a 4th rounder, sure. Will we hit on a 4th rounder, unlikely.

But, but, Granato assured us all that player development at the NHL level was more important. No, it's a fine move to get the guy away from a playing out the season dumpster fire but it does go against the crap they've been spewing. Might as well send Benson back to junior.

I wish this was true, but I don't think it is.

As would I, but these guys rarely say anything negative about teams they leave. No burning bridges, you might get a job down the line as a scout or whatever so they all play "nice". Kyle won't say anything negative either, but I wish he would tell it like it is.

Well the "rule" has to be changed that's for sure but since they are the violator I will hate them for now (almost as much as I will continue to hate the Leafs). TSN compared it to the old Yankees era where everybody went there and they spent far more than any other team. I think it's a fair comparison.

Backs up what I've always thought and clearly speaks to the issues here. It's not the altitude, it's the attitude.

It's "legal" but this is absurd. I have to cheer for them to lose to whoever this year. Without a doubt. It's just too far.

I thought we'd get more if we retained, a 3rd or 4th but good luck to him in Florida. he can play bigger there, that's for sure. But Calle Sjalin? LMFAO. 179 lbs at the age of 24. What, is he here to make Byram look big? Joke. Zemgus remains the unwanted man.

Nope. Smart asset management by Philly showing you how to rebuild AND compete at the same time. Do not confuse the current Philly management with Cliff Fletcher. Philly got Walker and his salary as a throw in salary dump last year, used him well and flipped him for a 1st rounder and then tossed a 4th away for a temp fill in while Seeler, Ristolainen and Drysdale are all injured because they are still in the hunt. So future and present at the same time. That, imo, is good management.

What DOESN'T need to be done. Too soon for this thread imo. List is way too long and uncertain at this point.

I'd love this too. Can't stand the guy but it would be amusing as hell to claim him. We won't though.

The salaries are what they are, but compared to corporate CEOs they make peanuts. It's all relative, and if the market and supply and demand allow it, then they get paid. If the cost of tickets etc. goes so high nobody goes, then the market collapses. Too many people love sports for any of this to change in my lifetime. Good for them to make whatever they can. Heck, I get paid more than I've ever been paid in my life for contract work again, because of supply and demand. They got nobody. That's capitalism. So I don't begrudge them the money, but I will hate them for a lack of effort. Thus, I hate Skinner as an example.

Ryan O'Reilly loves hockey. I should just stop there but I will add that that was yet another team that should be worse than us but is already better than us. There are rebuilds and then there are rebuilds, as they say on Letterkenny, figure it out. BB was exactly what I expected. Good offensively, mediocre to bad defensively. Just like the rest of them. Perfect fit. As an aside, I watched the Bruins/Leafs first and it was a playoff style game. Leafs totally different than what we saw the night before even though the Bruins spanked them all the same. I mention this because it is a direct example of how the Sabres late season surges are misleading. If leafs brought the game I saw tonight against what we brought they would have blown us out. I know they won in OT anyway, but if you watch it I think you will get the point. Now why the f were they talking about Ray Bourque and putting up Bruins scoring stats in a Buffalo broadcast of a Nashville game???? That boggles my mind and I guess, they enjoy the Bruins more too these days 🙂 (seriously, that was just weird!)

Let's be optimistic. He can't and won't be traded so MAYBE a buyout is part of the "plan". There was and is talk that the Sabres are operating under an internal cap. The math would support that idea so MAYBE it's not Pegula being cheap, MAYBE it's setting a number that allows them to add Skinner buyout money onto it and still function smoothly. I'm going to hope on that one until it's proven wrong (which it probably is). In any event, Skinner has to go and the sooner the better by any means and any way. (then with his buyout money in hand he will sign for cheap with Toronto or Detroit, score 50 goals, but somehow knock them out of the playoffs for a spot we can take)