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Maybe the racial overtones of my post were too subtle that it wasn't obvious that no response was warranted.

Yeah, that's ######. Kovy retiring in no way influenced the intent on the part of the Devils to circumvent the cap the first (or second) time. They're unrelated. Yet the NHL bought the argument that the situation had changed, and therefore so should the punishment for the infraction.

How?

My point was more that if someone likes watching hockey games more than drafts and trade deadlines and UFA days, I get that. All that excites me somewhat, but if you're only excited by watching actual hockey, then I get that too. It truly is an exciting time to be a Sabres fan, but only if one can derive enjoyment from watching trades, drafts, signings, etc, just about anything but the on-ice product.

That's a neat behind-the-scenes twitter account.

It's all about the next two drafts now. But if that doesn't get you going, I get it.

Yeah, but all they can do is rig the lottery and force an expansion draft. What are they going to do? Make the refs give us powerplays? We'll show them what true tanking really looks like!

THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE IS RUINED!

In my mind, we're definitely tanking at least through the end of next season. Trade the UFAs we're not interested in at the deadline. Maximize the 2015 draft picks. At that point, we can get the geiger counter out and see how much radioactive fallout is left. If it looks all clear, we can crack open the lead-lined doors of our emotional bunkers. If it still looks like we need even more picks/prospects, etc, then we'll have to get creative. Trading the UFAs we picked up this year and next year. Examining Myers, Ehrhoff, and Weber, etc. Things could get really dark then, especially if the kids aren't ready yet.

With those hipster thick-rimmed glasses? You better believe it.

Ott and Callahan are good leaders and don't subvert the tank. I'm fine with that. Moulson... is probably alright. Seems like he liked playing here.

Gracias. Usually I wouldn't do the Minesweeper joke twice, but the Tank was victorious last game after a three game defeat streak, so let's see where it takes us.

Trade the starting goalie, the backup goalie we got for the starting goalie, the captain, the 30 goal scorer, one of the 12 4th liners we have? The Team President resigns? Meanwhile, the coach that's been motivating this team to stay in games won't comment on signing his contract? Confidence is high. TO BATTLE! Again, with AA and minesweeping assets.

Correct. The only thing the roster manipulation has done is make the Tank stronger and increase the reward for winning the tank war. Nothing more. If Ted Nolan decides he's going to get on the ice and start playing and it rallies the team into winning, that's not tanking, even if Torrey Mitchell's the team's leading scorer. This war is far from over. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up2O8kvtRT4

We've seen this before, but I think it fits well here.

This trade makes more sense to me after sleeping on it and admitting that we weren't really going to get dick for Halak. But this trade isn't about Halak, it's about acquiring Neuvirth. Mid-level goalies historically trade for a 2nd rounder (see Noronen, Biron). This trade is a 3rd round pick for Neuvirth, so Caps make up the difference by taking Halak. They need to move Klesla's salary to stay under the cap, so we take it on. We really didn't get dick for Halak, but we used him to pry down the price of acquiring Neuvirth at a little bit of a bargain and needed to take back some rental salary. I'm ok with that.

Where are all of those ###### that swore that Miller is average. Their time to shine.

Not too many people bitched when Ott took Roy's number. And Roy played more games for Buffalo than Miller did (nine actually). Neither are going to be retired, so what about it.

I'm pretty sure I know Jeembo IRL. edit: Checked it out, I do. Good buddy of mine.

Ah ###### it, you're probably right. I can't keep track of this ###### anymore.

The stats tell the same story that GMTM does in the press conference. Fasching has a great year as a 17 year old, which puts him on the map as a 1st round pick. but has a bad year as an 18 year old, which drops him considerably to the 4th round. He goes to school, and he plays great. If that's a fluke year, and this is Compher's clone, we thought Compher was a first rounder, and we just got his clone for a (55-60) 2nd round pick plus some fraction of McNabb. That's a pretty good deal, especially considering our prospect depth at forward. Is Fasching really Compher's clone? Probably not, but if he pans out, he's probably not far behind at all.

Here's where we are, btw. 2014: 1 (BUF), 2 (BUF), 2 (MIN), 2 (WIN), 3, 5, 6, 6 (WSH), 7 2014 Conditional gained: 1 (NYI doesn't defer), 1 (STL if Miller signs or makes WCF) 2014 Conditional lost: 2 (BUF), 3 (BUF) (if Miller signs or makes WCF) 2015: 1 (BUF), 1 (STL), 2 (BUF), 4, 5, 6, 7 2015 Conditional gained: 1 (NYI does defer) So over the next two drafts, that's possibly three picks in the top 3, three additional picks in the top 33, and three more picks in the top 63, totaling nine picks possibly in the top 63. Also, teams we want to lose to maximize draft pick positions: NYI, MIN, WIN, and STL (only if Miller signs).

That's a good thing we have them. Something to watch while we're waiting for the show to start at the BB&T Center.

I will say this, though: Scott Konopka Mitchell Foligno Stewart Weber We are Class A ###### to play against.