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http://www.generalfanager.com/players/390 tl;dr he has 1 year left at 3.1 no thank you

why no moulson?

Prust is dust. want nothing to do with him.

Enroth, McNabb and McBain

Yeah, I wonder too. Would be nice to see them add the extra 5ft for an outdoor game. I have a feeling that's not too far away.

You're talking about a 200x100 Olympic ice surface, 15ft wider than NHL, which is just too much space IMO. Olympic: 200x100 NHL: 200x85 hybrid: 200x(92-94) Burke: 200x90 In fact, the new arena in Detroit will have the ability to expand from 85 to 90ft as Ken Holland is a big proponent of the slightly wider surface.

If that's the case, why wasn't he traded for Drouin?

Compared to the 70s and 80s, today's NHL game is boring. Dump puck, chase, retrieve, pass back to point, cross fingers that shot finds the back of the net... wash, rinse repeat. Players are too big these days, there's not enough room on the ice, especially on zone entries where players need more room to skate around the defensemen. I like Brian Burke's proposal to make the ice surface 5 feet wider, but retrofitting arenas would be costly, or impossible in some cases.

Buffalo is 3rd in points lost %, and has the 3rd worst goal differential. IMO Columbus moves out of the bottom 3 by the end of the season, leaving BUF, EDM, TOR in the basement. If BUF finishes 3rd last, they have an 86% chance of picking in the top 5.

I don't. The only reason he is where he is, is because of his size. Thousands of guys with more skill and determination than John Scott, never even sniff the NHL. The fact he's making $700k/yr on a one-way contract makes him the luckiest man on earth IMO.

Did he back out of the all-star game yet? I hear Ovi and Toews are non-participants because of Scott's presence turning the festivities it into a clown show when it should be celebrating the truly great players in the game today.

I'm not saying he didn't do anything wrong... well, mmmmuhhh, actually I did, well I meant "nothing wrong" in the eyes of the legal system. The only (provable) wrong thing he did was sending a snap. Everybody speeds, some more than others... everybody uses there phone while driving too... and that doesn't make it right. At least he didn't crash into a Tim Horton's and flee the scene.

None of that can be proven in a court of law. He's done nothing wrong.

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In LA? That might get you pulled over.

nothing illegal about that (i'm assuming he was speeding on a closed course race track).

Speaking of the Darcy let themOilers, imagine if sign Vanek and took their 5 first round picks a eam and maybe they wouldn't have had such n the fold, but what if t ended up with hey did? We'd have ended up with guys nd Yakupov if they took the same guys. s compensation back in 2007? Man oh man oh malike Eberle, Hall, an.... the league would be completely different. I understand EDM wohigh picks with Vanek iuld've been a different t Maybe BUF would'veMcDavid too?

permutational mathematics.. duh!

O'Reilly, Kane, Eichel, Reinhart, Ennis, Girgensons who doesn't belong?

Top 6 isn't the problem. I look at guys like Fasching, Bailey, Baptiste, Hurley, Karabacek, etc... someday as potential 3rd liners who can contribute offensively. Guys like Foligno and Larsson belong the 4th line if at all in the NHL.

Buffalo is still in 3rd last (based on % of points lost).... https://www.talk.hockey/tank-tracker/ ...which translates to: 11.50% chance of picking 1st 34% chance of picking in the top 3 86% chance of picking in the top 5

I haven't had even the slightest urge to cheer for losses. Last season was unique in that by finsihing last we we're guaranteed McEichel. This season, there are 3 studs in the draft, but finishing last doesn't even guarantee a top 3 pick. And the consensus number 4 is a defenseman who would fill a huge need on the Sabres. So it's just not worth the effort to cheer against your favorite team. Just enjoy watching them grow and battling for wins, let the draft fall how it may.

Should be a fine! But why dive there, he could've borken up the 2 on 1. WTF was Girgensons doing trying to stay onsides? The puck is over the line and he kicks out his back skate in the air, then drops it back on the ice after the blue line? Awkward. He was onside and almost put himself off by doing that.... just drag the back leg if you think it's close.

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best to worst risto pysyk bogo mccabe weber gorges franson carlo ..there's a reason Montreal and Nashville let Gorges and Franson go. They're slugs. Buffalo has literally the slowest defensive group in the entire league. McCabe is probably the best skater. Risto needs to get faster. Bogo has speed but he's just not quite there yet after missing half the season. I can run faster than Gorges, Franson and Weber can skate. Replace those 3 with better skaters and this is a playoff team.