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Marchand knockin’ on the door.

First Marchand, now Corey Perry. The old guys are out.

I know the Nashville story and I avoid it. “Out of her league” is the term for Kim’s tenure. Terry is too. It’s another clown show story I try to avoid.

I do not recall hearing this, not saying you are wrong, but if it happened it would have caused an uproar in SabreSpace.

So you want to remain committed to our home grown young players until they decide that they want out? Understandable to a point, until it all caves in on itself. We don't know how true the rumors are, they are certainly strong rumors and probably true, but without knowing the specifics of why he wants out it is hard to say if they should accommodate him. Trading players upon their request once they reach RFA status is a very dangerous precedent to continue upon. They really bungled up the Reinhart RFA deal, so this time I would like to see them offer JJP a fair bridge contract and he will work hard and look towards the day he becomes a UFA. Unless he doesn't get along and is a distraction he should remain a Sabre - nothing tells he is that guy. He is not special and he should not get to decide where he plays until he is a UFA.

Do you know that Ruff chose to stay with the assistants he has? I have heard nothing either way but that seems unusual and unlikely.

Right or wrong his legacy is to quit at the first signs of controversy, and was he ever really qualified to be a POHO? I do believed he was wronged by both Terry and Murray and the rest of the Sabres clown show at the time, but nothing in his post career indicates that he was ready to be a POHO.

And DeBoer will publicly blame the assistants and the goalies, much to Terry's chagrin.

The league is full of ex Sabres. Some are stars that were mistreated, some were solid players that didn't fit the plan of the ever-changing new regimes, some were just young players that they moved on from. The league is full of Evan Rodrigues types of payers. Rodrigues is a former Sabre. He looks great as a role player on an already great team, he takes advantage of that and he works hard and contributes, but put him on a average or below average team and ask him to carry some weight and he is no longer nearly as good. To the question at hand, the Sabres head coach selections after Lindy Ruff was fired were Rolston, Nolan, Bylsma, Housley, Krueger, Granato, and then back to Ruff. I doubt that even our best Pegula apologists can find a team with a worse HC hiring record over any 14+ year time frame in the NHL. Same with the GM. Good and great players have been here, but the coaching has not been. Again, a former Sabre and former coach told me how bad it was under the Adams/Granato rebuild and he predicted the next coach after Granato would struggle mightily because of it. That just happened. The lack of success is 100% due to the Sabres Front Office and its because the Owners have been running things into the ground.

I have heard of him. Get it done Kevyn, or Jarmo, er - uhhh Terry ...

I love stories like this. Some good parenting had to be part of it!

Agree for the most part. I have some trouble ranking Helenius over Östlund but he could be. I also have trouble tiering Helenius with Kulich and Benson since he has never played a game on the NHL and they look like NHL players in the making. Quinn and Peterka are from the same draft class, each spent one season in the AHL, and they came up together. Peterka is trending up, Quinn is trending down. Was it the injuries that derailed Quinn or is it his game? I would have to believe that injuries had something to do with it but that is no reason for his current level of play which completely lacks a physical component. Just looking at the two play I like Peterka's build and body type much better. His frame is much sturdier and his lower body is stronger. Peterka plays faster, while Quinn seems to be thinking (and watching) out there. Someone please help Peterka with his two way game and he is a top 6 on many teams. Quinn seems frail to me. He has some nice hands and skills but really needs to get stronger and play with more resolve and some aggression. Rosen has just turned 22. He has 15 NHL games and has not distinguished himself yet. Certainly can be a trade piece sweetener. He still could bloom but we have others in the pipeline too.

Byram is RAM tough! Oops, I just plagiarized that from Dodge pickup trucks.

You are not changing your opinion, that's fine. But the priorities argument is not a good one. You can package Quinn in a trade to get a goalie or a defenseman. You bring up team priorities as if you have to trade a winger for a winger, you know better than that. This teams priorities and needs are the reason Quinn is even in the discussion, he still has some value in the trade market, you typically have to give something to get something. On this team Quinn is the a lowest ranked forward held over for last seasons top 9, he cannot play center and his game is not at all suited for the fourth line. His skill set is redundant with several other wingers, including prospects in Rochester. I would much rather keep Peterka and move Quinn. What will likely keep Quinn on the Sabres roster is the fact that Peterka allegedly wants out. If Quinn has another lackluster season like the past one his trade value becomes very close to zero.

Yes, they review goals. I would be all for reviewing over the glass penalties.

Puck over glass is a delay of game penalty - intentional or not it cannot be accurately determined by refs in real time, so you either call it every time or not at all. You should have seen the crap the Flyers got away with in 1975. The refs put away the whistles and gave a distinct advantage to one team. There were no instigator penalties or 3rd man in calls back then. Every fight typically led to 2 or more simultaneous fights which put our best players in the box while Philly trotted out their best players after the fact. That was far more egregious than yesterday. Yesterday was nothing, the call was correct, the debate is the rest of the way the game was called.

Ok. I just acquired Zucker#2 and McLeod #2 at your request - both players are middle 6. Which forwards do you move? Not including the 4th line we have Thompson, Norris, Peterka, Benson, Kulich, Tuch, McLeod, Zucker, Greenway, and Quinn. That is 10 forwards plus your 2 new vets, 12 players for 9 slots. You could move Greenway to the 4th line plus PK duty and that could work. You still have two more players in excess. Quinn jumps out before any of the others.

In a better scenario you trade for Quinn for Marchment assuming you can work out an extension for him. Marchment is bigger and stronger and much grittier. He also has a higher PPG and GPG than Quinn. Sure, Quinn has a higher scoring ceiling but injuries and lackluster play are preventing him from getting there. Quinn's two-way game was not there under Lindy, maybe he gets it in another year? You are tired of seeing our young players traded away and then play well for other teams, and I can understand that since we have a recent history of trading the wrong players for the wrong reasons. You prefer to trade Byram over Quinn. Keep in mind that Byram is only 8 months older than Quinn, both are 23. Byram was far better than Quinn last season, and in the seasons prior. To say that Quinn should be kept over Byram is your opinion but Byram is just as young, has won a cup, and is the better player of the two. Sounds like Quinn is getting preferred status from you because he was a Buffalo first rounder but I think Byram is the better player. They only reason I would trade Byram is that we have a surplus of defenseman with his same skill set and he can actually bring more back in trade than a guy like Quinn.

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Most people do not notice it doesn’t say Budweiser on the can. Wonder why?

The source of his departure was the trade of Ryan Miller. LaFontaine wanted to keep Miller to help them through the tank/rebuild. Which would have been smart to keep a few guys that cared on the team.

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The Mexican Navy ship looks like something from the Spanish Armada.