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The Pegulas should be forced to be at this game so they can see what a sad pathetic joke of a team and organization they have mismanaged straight into the toilet. Let them sit there and watch this team get flattened in front of 18,000 Laffs fans having the time of their life, just like I had to last year. Maybe seeing this will make them feel the pain, embarrassment and shame they should already be feeling and they will take corrective action like firing Botts and our horrible failures that make up our scouting department and replace them with people who have the basic competence to do their jobs correctly.

Why couldn't we have been the ones to sucker Lou like that by sending him Bogo or McCabe for that type of haul?

How hard is this for people who ask "Why does Carcillo behave like a guy who isn't in his right mind" to realize: it's because he ISN'T in his right mind? The guy is clearly brain damaged and reminds me of when Roddy Piper would try to speak out on guys dropping dead in wrestling and how things need to change but he was so insane he was unable to effectively do so without making himself look completely nuts and basically undermining what he was trying to say.

Remember those people who would tell us that wasting 3rd round picks on awful players like Jimmy Vesey is smart because those picks have no value? Yup.

The guy works for freaking Barstool Sports. Any of you who don't know what disgusting fetid garbage that whole site is just Google it.

Why would an organization that has missed the playoffs for nearly a decade want to hire a coach who has a lengthy track record of constantly making the playoffs in multiple organizations?

You have no idea how much it kills me to have to point out that right now winning games would be counterproductive because all that's left in this disaster of a season is getting ping pong balls (again).

Which is one of many reasons why I don't rate Ralph at all as a coach.

One thing I will enjoy is getting a STH renewal letter where they tell me they are raising prices while giving us crap benefits and come up with some spectacular and mindblowing mountain of ***** to try and explain it.

So if this was wrestling Risto would've been up 6-0 (takedown = 2 points) right?

You and me both...

His new name should be Jason Botulism.

You would be the guy to ask about this: wasn't there an NHL team several years back that did a study trying to find out the effect of winning faceoffs and basically it showed that it makes virtually no difference in game outcome whatsoever?

John "Vortex of Sadness" Vogl anyone???

The fact that you continue pushing the most ridiculous narrative in hockey history well after it has been completely and utterly destroyed is actually somewhat admirable in a way. Like those Japanese soldiers in the Pacific staying in their posts decades after the war had ended and their nation had been long since defeated.

Remember when the Buffalo media clowns greased the skids to con everyone to run ROR out of town? Remember just how awesome that turned out? Welp, it's happening again. And people are getting conned like a bunch of marks at the county fair by them AGAIN.

I don't this take is going to look very good on July 1st

Number of hits is not a good category to lead the league in as teams at the top of that list are often at the bottom of the standings. For starters: it indicates you are losing the possession game.

The Pegula Error: 253 Wins, 325 Losses, 87 OTL

Look at what we traded the Conn Smythe winner for two offseasons ago and get back to me. We have a GM who constantly gets conned and suckered, a Sam trade will be no different. And the idea that Sam is the problem with this team is complete lunacy as well, just like the idea that ROR was the problem with this team. "Those who cannot remember the past..."

Sam is one of his best friends. He is also one of the very few good players in our entire organization. What would you expect to happen if Sam gets traded for a pu pu platter of junk ala ROR that makes our roster even more sad and terrible than it already is? If they could trade him for an excellent #2 center that wouldn't be a problem because that could actually improve the team but that type of trade is going to happen on the 10th of Never.

And when Sam is traded we will also end up saving the $10 million per season cap hit on Jack when he demands a trade immediately afterwards.

This is Karmanos Math at it's finest. Next season: Let's say Sam gets $6 million in arbitration. Kyle makes $6 million next season. That would be a cap gain of $12 million per season, not $22 million. Then factor in the third liner we'd get back (and if you've seen the type of guys Botts likes think not very good and expensive) that would take $2-3 million off that number. Now try and find a player (or players) you can get with that $9 million who would be as good as a just hitting his prime Sam. Oh and did I mention there's a very real chance Okposo ends up on LTIR and his cap hit gets significantly reduced? And that even though he is making far more than what his value as a player is he has actually been one of our more effective players this year with the LOG line?

Which won't get you a player nearly as good as Sam in UFA, so there's a hole you just created that won't be adequately filled. And our huge bounty in the trade will be a late round first (which Botts can waste on another junk low ceiling defenseman) and a third line winger.

You REALLY want that no playoff streak to hit 19 so it tops the Bills right???