Marvin

Before calling something a rumour that came from an article, read the article first. In this case, this was a fan of another team, erm, journalist who was musing that Greenway might be available. Hockey talking heads make the days go by with endless musings, speculation, and other dross that, because of their supposed profession, they masquerade as rumours. I give this as much credibility as fan trade suggestions on HFBoards.

The Sabres have, um, underperformed against the lower half of the league this season.

I thought it did.

That was dangerous.

People here remember that Jim Schoenfeld was considered injury prone, right? When you play the game the way Samuelsson does, you just get injured more often unless you are a freak or nature like Mike Ramsey.

I sure as heck don't.

Not Peterka-Mittlestadt-Quinn as the 2nd line? Odd.

So what does the line-up for tonight look like?

One. We want two.

When you have a HOF QB, you only really need a passable OC, be a good DC, and be a not awful head coach. I think that BB qualifies. IMHO, this is an indictment of how QB driven the league is now. As a fan of both airing it out and Ground Chuck Knox, I miss the clash of philosophies and play selection for offences.

Good luck to him.

The problems with the O'Reilly-Eichel-Reinhart teams were: the lack of quality in much of the defence; lack of overall depth due to The Tank and trades; the lack of professionalism from some of XGMTM's acquisitions; and the mediocre coaching. Eichel and Reinhart had the problem of falling in with the wrong teammates. None of those teams' problems truly had much else to do with those three. Those teams should have been coached better and should have been built better.

Help me, O2B2I2WAN2KE, you're my only hope!

Man, do we over pursue in the defencive zone.

Don't remind me.

Honestly, I would try Krebs between Benson and Greenway and Girgensons between Robinson and Okposo.

Welcome to the board! People will trade expensive spare parts for our cheaper spare parts for cap reasons. We can expect our 4th liners to return late round pick. An actual hockey trade, however, is unlikely without our prospects.

It is hard to beat the return for Hasek under "worst trade ever."

Schoenfeld was asked to give up the captaincy so that Marcel Pronovost could select a captain. He chose Gare. Both were infamously traded simultaneously to Detroit.

Welcome back! Point of fact: the Sabres have traded every captain since Gil Perreault.

We will know Adams is serious about the playoffs for an upcoming new season when he trades a prospect for a current established player. Therefore, Girgensons, Okposo, and Eric Johnson are useful for teams needing playoff depth. Olofsson is useful to a team with a weak power play and with the defencive depth to cover for his liabilities. (To be fair, he has improved on that this season.)

Thought of the day: the last time the Sabres were in the playoffs, Tyler Myers was out #1D.

Hronek's acquisition can not be underestimated. Imagine if Power, Dahlin, and Samuelsson had had proper partners.

How do I change the title to week-to-week? I can't find the link needed to update it on my cell.

Just got this on my news feed. Any confirmation?