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8th best young player IIRC. Not sure what they define as young? 21 and under?

I always get confused going to airports. I'm arriving at the airport so I should go to arrivals right? I'm not departing anything, in fact, I'm not even there yet. Anyway, yeah Arrival was good, not your typical aliens visiting earth movie. More like Contact than Independence Day.

Well look at that, SA-CF% doesn't mean .

@SabresProspects: Source tells me Kyle Okposo issue was a reaction to medication he was taking when dealing with concussion and is doing much better. #Sabres

Said he's not signing if Eichel is still on the team... and something something need more accountability.

in' Hammy. Don't understand his motivation for reporting that about Eichel... even if Eichel did in fact say that... it's not something you report to the public, leave that to his agent if in fact that's his true intentions. How Eichel and Hammy can co-exist going forward, I don't know, and that first interview is going to be super awkward for both. I wouldn't blame Eichel for just giving him one word answers from here on out.

How is any GM coming in here with only a few weeks to prepare, have enough time to evaluate the roster? I think any of us have a better understanding of the players strengths and weaknesses than whoever the new GM will be.

You mean Chan Gailey. I thought he signed with the Patriots?

Anybody else have concerns wrt the protected list and a new GM? Depending on when he's hired, he'll have at most a few weeks to decide on who to protect. Is that enough time to get to know the players? With Murray we knew who his favorites were, but with a new GM it's gonna be a total crap shoot, and that's a bit unnerving. Kane? Lehner? Bogo? Ennis? Who knows.

The leadership needs to possess those qualities, not necessarily all thr players.... thats the way it sounded to me.

I thought he said that he did have discussions with players. It sounded like together they spoke to Bylsma and Murray separately is what he meant.

He's overplayed, not overpaid.

I agree with most of it, but I don't want Lindy anywhere near this franchise. Housley would be great. I think Reinhart is still just scratching the surface, I hope they keep him. Murray inherited the tank, he didn't start the fire... Terry did when he said "If you want to watch the Sidney Crosby's, you have to go out and get the Sidney Crosby's". I liked GMTM's plan for this team, would've like to see him given a chance to follow through on it. Everybody blaming the bad contracts.... well Moulson was brought in here to sheppard Eichel into the league, and Bogo was collateral damage from the Kane trade which doesn't happen if we don't take him off their hands. I have no doubt he targeted top guys, but those guys also have to want to play here, and they didn't then because they were too close to the bottom. He brought in some good young players, always had a very good backup tendy, guys like Carrier and Fasching are good pick ups IMO, and maybe Guhle becomes special, maybe not but whatever. Antipin is fools gold, there's a reason he's in the KHL. Royal Blue jerseys? Yes PLEASE!

in' Hammy

Murray had 3 drafts. His picks aren't even 22 years old yet. Guys like Guhle, Borgen, Estephan, Pu, Fitzgerald, all have done well since being drafted... there will be some "hits" in the that group.

Don't assume he's not sitting there thinking "What a mess this franchise is", while listening to playoff stories from his friends in summer league (Vesey, Hayes', Fitzgerald, etc..).

There's a hard limit on the number of contracts one team can have. What's the point of picking 8 guys in the first 3 round every year if you only ever get to keep half of them in the long term?

What was the Dracy/Ruff logic? You need more than 2 years to show significant progress after back to back 50 point seasons. You can't compare them to the Leafs because they never bottomed out that hard, and they got luck winning the Matthews lottery. You think they're a playoff team without Matthews?

He said that yesterday... before the mess TP created today.

Can WGR get Eichel, his agent and Paul Hamilton on a conference call this afternoon to discuss the recent firings?

I think Murray knew he was gone when the season ended. If you go back and listen to some of his quotes, he sounds like a guy who knew his time was up. My guess is TP gave him an ultimatum to show progress every season and they took a step back, so he's gone... kinda like Rex knowing he was gone before the Jets game. That would seem typical of an owner who ran a large successful company... set goals with hard deadlines and if they're not met, then next man up gets a shot until they find the right guy. I just don't think that works very well in pro sports where you need some stability and patience especially when completely overhauling the roster and dealing with injuries, etc...

Lemme guess who told him... Paul Hamilton? sorry to disappoint :)

done. you terry. I played with Kevyn over the summers while he was at Miami. Good smart kid, can't vouch for his managerial skills however. I lost what little faith I had left in the Pegulas to do anything responsible for either of these franchises. Back-to-back 52, 54 point seasons to get a franchise player.... and you fire the GM after only 2 seasons after they improved by 30 points and had some sense of direction. Now everything is de-stabilized. You think Eichel will be more willing to sign an extension now? Hahahahahahaha... actually it's sad. I could see him wanting to get as far away from this mess of a franchise as possible first chance he gets... which might not be for a while, but the dysfunction is palpable. I'm not as disappointed about the Bylsma firing as I am about GMTM. I liked the direction he had this team going, he had clear vision of their weaknesses and what he needed to do to fix them... I would've liked to see what he did this summer to address the defense and navigate the expansion draft. Now, we'll never know.... and we're now veiled in a cloud of uncertainty.

I'm still at a loss for what motivated Paul Hamilton (an employee of the Sabres) to post that story about Eichel yesterday. Maybe somebody gave him intentionally false information to trigger the Bylsma/Murray firings..... but for what reason? And to put the franchise player in the spotlight in a negative way, when clearly Eichel didn't say any of those things seems disingenuous at best. Maybe him and Eichel despise each other, you can tell by the way Jack rolls his eyes at every PHAM question. That said, maybe it's Paul Hamilton who's the man behind the curtain running the entire operation... the new Batista.

I can't even