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That's probably why one was in my mental spelling dictionary and the other one wasn't.

Lulz @ Drano trying to psychoanalyze ten seconds of a stoich Tim Murray. Double lulz @ people engaging in debate with it.

Either both of theses guys are lying through their teeth, which I wouldn't expect of Tim Murray's straightforwardness, or there really is no story here. LaFontaine wanted to go back to NY and work for the league, and surprised everyone when he resigned. I think the reporters started a twatterfire for pretty much nothing.

And to this city, I would like to believe.

Unless you really want to watch them in the first two of rounds in the playoffs, I'd save the money. STL is on NBC, NBCSN, or NHLN eight times before the regular season's done, not counting the one game they're on MSG when we play them 4/3. Then the later rounds of playoffs should also be available on the national broadcast.

And that's BEFORE any moves we make with Moulson, Tallinder, Halak, Stewart, and anyone else before the deadline. Simply outstanding. I'm pretty excited. HARD CORE TANK CORPS.

I didn't quite understand what this meant until I just watched the last episode of Beyond Blue and Gold. I now get it that one of Gilbert's functions is to prepare the front office guys before holding a press conference. Practice questions, etc. Make sure that the guys speaking are well prepped for their statements and possible questions. I didn't have a good sense of the behind the scenes PR stuff until that little clip. He's got a lot of prep to do today. IE, Do tell them what a good job PLF did. Don't tell them that they got drunk and had a bar fight, PLF kicked Sawyer in the nuts, and Pegula landed a beer bottle right on LaFontaine's crown, before Ted Nolan busted through the door and socked Terry right in the gut, making Tim Murray laugh so hard he had to give Nolan a contract.

David Drewiske to waivers from the Canadiens. Canadiens paid a fifth round pick to LA for him before the deadline. Was on LTIR, rehabbed his shoulder, headed to Hamilton if he clears. $637k.

I think those can be core traits of a successful head coach. I don't think those can be core traits of a successful team president.

At the moment, without any other evidence, I believe Paul Hamilton, which results in the idea that Blue boiled down: Pat LaFontaine may not be cut out for the front office. PHam said that off-camera, Pat's a very intense person, which I'm sure is a result necessity of being one the great, hyper-competitive players of all time. You can be that way on-ice and in the player transaction (trade, UFA, draft) market, but you can't be that way in a management group among allies that need to work together. You have to be able to compromise. Pat was brought in to perform as a very specific piece of the management puzzle: hire the GM, let the GM do the heavy lifting, then be an ambassador and adviser for the team. But if he thought that there was some expanded role he was to have, or if he thought it was going to be his way always, he was wrong. It's also possible that LaFontaine, who is a very passionate person, didn't have the professional ruthlessness required for being in the chain of responsibility for trading and cutting players, but I'd like to think he's brave enough to try. Paul Hamilton's also somewhat correct about the aftermath: it may not be that big of a deal. We have a GM with a lot of hockey experience working hard to build the team. The coaching and the ownership situation haven't changed. The Sabres are still well-positioned to advance going forward. We're just minus one well-respected ambassador. I don't like seeing Patty go because I think he could've grown his role to do great things as an ambassador for the team. But by no means do I think we're in a world of ######, because, barring any real power struggle nonsense that I have yet to see any evidence of, we still have a very strong front office. edit: And until I see evidence to the contrary, I don't think Ted Black has a single thing to do with any of this. If there actually was any sort of argument with "Terry Pegula's people," I'm looking squarely at Ken Sawyer or Joe Battista.

Good call.

DEFEAT! (Not pictured: tanks that were traded.) We're now within three points of 2nd (last) with one game in hand. Hopefully we can curb this three game win streak. Meanwhile, Florida and Calgary are on losing streaks, coming now within seven points of us with more than 20 games to go.

Upon taking a closer look, this kid has a ###### ton of upside. Something Murray said in his press conference tipped me off... he said that they considered him to be a first round talent that had injury trouble the year before his draft, which lowered his draft position. And it's true. THW said he was top-30 initially, then lowered him only to 38th: CSS ranked him 18th among North American skaters in their Final 2013 Rankings, and listed him as an 'A' skater in their 2013 preliminary rankings (check out his peers in the 'A' category here). Those final rankings put him above Max Domi, above Zadorov, above Lazar, above Morin, and well above Compher and Bailey. If TM knows his young talent, this could turn out to be a much bigger piece of the trade than it seems on the surface.

EITHER OR? That's ###### awesome! They should tank, then Miller should sign. Too risky?

It'd be the ###### if Tim Murray's superpower was finding hidden talent like that. Having a superpower is unlikely, but if TM had one, with his devotion to player evaluation, it'd be that. Like a Super Scout. "That's no ordinary 2nd round pick... it's a 90-point player in disguise!"

Yes please.

It can be both.

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Hahaha: http://msn.foxsports.com/buzzer/story/buffalo-sabres-forced-to-use-video-scout-as-their-backup-goalie-022814

From HF: http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/william-carrier/ Sounds like a lower grade Zemgus, with a little less focus on Zemgus' strong backchecking.

Bring back Ott.

I'd like to admit that there was an omen in my household not too long ago that may have indicated that Miller was going to be traded and not resigned by Buffalo. I've washed dozens and dozens of hockey jerseys in the washing machine in my life, all with no problem, ever. Last month I washed my Miller jersey for the first time in a long, long time. And it was destroyed. Ripped apart, right around the crest. I'm not a very superstitious fellow, but I knew that if he were to be traded, it would be a very uncanny coincidence. I will now buy a Drew Stafford jersey and be sure to put that ###### on NOT DELICATE.

We need to start a "Bring Ott Home" campaign. Get the fans to tamper a bit.

I enjoy Bob McKenzie. He makes bad things good.

Couple months of Miller and Ott for Halak UFA goalie. 13th in SV% Leaders, 9th in GAA Leaders. Chris Stewart (drafted 18th overall in 2006 by COL 50-65 point player), RW, signed at $4.15M through 2014-15. William Carrier (drafted 57th overall in 2013 by STL), LW, currently playing for Cape Breton in the QMJHL. 42 points in 34 games, which is point equivalent to 30 points in the NHL. 1st round pick in the 2015 Connor McDavidathon. 3rd round pick in 2016. Now, we sign Ott as a UFA this year, and we're good to go. Love the return on this. Curious to see how Stewart will do. Curious to learn to see how Carrier develops. Excited for the 2015 draft, especially if NY defers and shits the bed again.