LabattBlue

Sorry to cherry pick one sentence from a pretty good post, but IMO there is no way franchises like Florida and Arizona, and all their fans dressed as empty seats, are not losing money year after year. In MLB with a huge TV contract, I can believe that even the teams with the worst home attendance are still showing a profit. Not so for NHL owners.

That is a lot to give up for Simmonds!

Nice job of "screaming" parts of the national anthem by the woman in Anaheim. :angry:

He doesn't know. He often presents his OPINION as FACT. Great point!

I like how some posters are all of a sudden touting Blashill as their #1 choice if Babcock stays in Detroit. Up until a few weeks ago, I'd be shocked if more than a handful of posters had ever heard of Blashill(myself included). He wouldn't be at the top of my list.

^^^ THIS!!! Now can the "my dick is bigger than your dick", which is this thread, end?

I will never change the part of my sig pertaining to Quinny. LOL

But idiot Bettman will look only at TV ratings and attendance and come to the conclusion that nothing is wrong with the game.

I still think an NHL team in Vegas would be awesome. Can it really be worse than Florida, Arizon or Carolina?

I heard dufus Peters talking about banning going down to block shots in order to increase offense, but IMO a large majority of shots are blocked by sticks or guys just getting in the shooting lanes, not guys layout out to block shots. The one thing I think would make a dramatic difference without making it a safety concern is to reduce the size of the goalie glove, which is ridiculous in size. I think this would make a much bigger difference than reducing goalie pads which is always talked about. I would also increase the height and width of the nets by 4-6" each way. PS A "zone defense"/3 second type NBA rule would never fly. There is already to much that the refs can't see.

If Pegs hires Babcock and doubles the HC salary of any other NHL coach, my guess is that he is going to piss off a lot of other owners. Won't bother me, and not even sure if it matters much if he gets along with other owners, but throwing the coaching salary structure out of whack is bound to bother at least some of them.

I agree. IMO, I never thought it was spur of the moment and for something preconceived, seemed sort of lame.

Dawe is just another example of a guy who had great offensive numbers in juniors and never made the leap to the NHL. Check out Norm Milley for more mind blowing OHL numbers that didn't mean squat when it came time to turn pro... http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=25968

LOL. Duh...drinking will do that to me!

The Ontario Reign(not sure what city they will play in) are in the Pacific Division? :blink: :blink:

Some thoughts are better kept to yourself. IMO this is a pipe dream.

I was feeling really good about my chances until Washington decided to all over themselves. I think there is little to no chance they now win a game 7 on the road.

Who cares about how "high profile" his next league is? Big difference between Switzerland and NCAA...$$$$$. Also, does it really matter where in the world he is playing? Didn't the Sabres have a former employee tell us that VIDEO scouting is the way of the future? :lol:

I'll admit I haven't read this thread closely, and therefore wrong, but it seems like everytime I open it, there is a post talking about coasting. I stand corrected if I put the cart before the horse.

WTF is all this "coasting" crap? I can be as pessimistic as anyone here, but we are about to draft arguably the most highly touted prospect in Sabres history(outside of maybe Perreault), and people are already ripping him? :blink: :blink: :blink:

That OT that Rex met for lunch earlier this week, signed with the Cowboys. As the Stones song goes "You can't always get what you want...". ;)

He is their problem now. So much talent, so unwilling to use it. This is just a confirmation how badly the old core needed to be sent packing.

It is no surprise how many restaurants come and go. It is clear that some of them have no idea what they are doing.

I had heard the same thing a couple years ago. Seems petty on the Sabres part.

This is a pipe dream. IMO...There is no way the Sabres will have five 20 goal scorers. I only checked a couple teams this past season, but I would guess no NHL team last season had five 20 goal scorers....not to mention another one who gets 10-20, and yet another who gets 15. :blink: :blink: