sabremike

I for one can't wait for an entire offseason of the dogshit hockey media shitting all over us like a Taco Bell toilet and rubbing our noses in it with cackling glee.

And conversely all the fans of opposing teams who used to ***** on the guy as "GM Jack" and a spoiled brat who was handed everything without earning it who now lionize the guy for sticking it to those mean no good Sabres.

Storytime: I was a longtime Isles STH and sat with a group of friends that included a friend who is in the hockey industry (when the Isles commissioned a 50th anniversary book he was one of the people who was interviewed, many years back he actually did pbp for the Bingo Whalers) primarily at the youth level. The first year at Barclays he tells me that Jack is (and I quote) "Dumber than a bag of rocks" and he proceeds to tell me a story of him in a youth tournament doing something that was a very serious and immature breech of etiquette (don't remember the exact details as this was close to a decade back) and he actually went up to him to explain to him what he had done wrong. The point I wish to make isn't just that Jack had Lindros levels of immaturity and that this was obvious to anyone who knew him, it's that the Sabres had to know this as well. If you know this your primary objective in roster building should be to get numerous high character vets to make sure that the kid you are building your franchise around will grow and mature. You need a competent head coach with a progressive mindset. So what did GMTM do? Goes out and acquires Evander Kane at the draft before the deadline and hires Hockey Barry Switzer Dan Abysmal as the coach which helped lead to a hockey version of Love Canal. Jack had obvious immaturity issues but it was the job of the organization to put him in a position to grow and mature and they failed miserably.

The reason is obvious:

Good night:

The other good argument against UFO's is the idea these beings could create this insane technology yet keep crashing on Earth.

Every time you bring this topic up it reminds me of how conflicted I am about Matt Martin: A no talent lunk who threw the cheap hit that caused the neck injury to Jack but also the son in law of just about my biggest childhood sports hero.

The Rigas Family.

*Turns on game*

I remember noted asshat Jamie Benn driving Jack head first into the boards and thinking it was a miracle he didn't end up in a wheelchair.

IMO the grandaddy of all the mistakes made by PSE was hiring a nasty piece of work like Tim Murray. The man was a perfect blend of arrogant and stupid, convinced he was always the smartest man in the room when in fact the exact opposite was true. Virtually everyone in the sport reveled in his complete and utter failure as he was one of the most obnoxious and least likeable people you could ever possibly imagine.

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At least we get the consolation of seeing all the obnoxious Heiskenen fans on HF get to eat giant bags of *****.

He traded it STRAIGHT UP WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ADDITIONAL ADDED. It was the smooth brain move to end all smooth brain moves.

The "very bright guy" once swapped the first pick of the 6th round straight up for a future 6th round pick which from a purely logical aspect is just about the dumbest trade that has ever been made.

Playing garbage vets over far superior rookies because "they haven't earned it".

Re: Levi not playing: Is anyone who has followed the sport for more than 5 minutes really incapable of not knowing the backwards Neanderthal thinking that infests it?

In terms of making catastrophically bad decisions Botts is up there with Milbury and just about his absolute worst was not sacking the comically in over his head Phil Housley in January 2019 after a run of insanely dumb luck had us in playoff contention but we were in total free fall. Had he been replaced by someone merely competent I think that team makes the playoffs. Then he sacked Housley at the end of the season and hired the single worst coach in NHL history.

I think people aren't giving KA enough credit here. The guy took 3 of the worst hands you could possibly have (Jack injured and demanding out, Sam a year from UFA, Risto a year from UFA after becoming the biggest LOLCOW in the sport) and got an incredible return on all 3 that few people would've thought possible.

He was the one who asked out after the 19-20 season, which led to the disastrous attempts that offseason to make things work. In fact if he didn't ask out I think they would've been far more agreeable to take the risk and allow that surgery.

FPHL Playoffs: #BewareTheHare!!!!!!!!!!!!!