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Let's keep the Craig Patrick train rolling. US HHOF, 1996: http://www.ushockeyhalloffame.com/page/show/828250-craig-patrick HHOF, 2001: http://www.hhof.com/htmlInduct../ind01patrick.shtml

Advisor's a good spot for him. He doesn't have to do anything but impart wisdom. See also: Scotty Bowman. And it's not like old guys can't actually do the job. See also: Glen Sather.

Doesn't it? Good: We should build a hotel and a parking garage across the street. Better: With a bar to watch games. Pegula: WITH TWO ###### ICE RINKS ON TOP! Good: We should replace our head coach and GM. Better: With some good honest names in Sabres history, like LaFontaine and Nolan. Pegula: AND THAT GUY FROM MIRACLE!

Oh, I did. It gave me a hate-rection.

Haha, the hiring of Tim Murray has enhanced the perception of budgetary strain in Ottawa, and the Ottawa fans have started to pour on the self-loathing. Excellent.

Also, BOOMSHAKALAKA!

HIRE ALL THE SCOUTS

The Pegula prophecy of jamming the front office full of good people is coming true. The front office is starting to look pretty ###### good. Pegula, Black, Benson, Sawyer, LaFontaine, Patrick, Battista, Murray, Devine, Prendergast, Beamish, Weinrich, Nolan, Numminen, Sacco, Forton. 21 amateur scouts.

Today is a good day. Damn good day.

Boom. MOSES LaFONTAINE.

Oh man, getting Craig Patrick is HUGE. That's what hiring Pat LaFontaine buys you. Craig ###### Patrick. Yes. You think Patty carries an enormous amount of credibility with him? Craig ###### Patrick. Bringing the Miracle.

I'm really curious to see if he brings in new scouting guys (like Kevin Devine) before the draft, or if he keeps the current staff. I have a preference to keep Devine around, but if Tim's bread and butter is scouting, he may have other ideas. I'm also curious to see where the head coach position goes. This is all in addition to key player movement (Miller, Moulson, Ott). The stage is set. Let the rebuild commence.

Clearly Ted Nolan as the Wild Card. Pegula as the commander on the videophone. Teppo as the womanizer.

The contact was clean, as far as heads/elbows/facing the boards, etc. And while Wilson didn't take 3+ steps or jump into the hit, it was suitable for a charging call. A real contributing factor to the damage here, was that Schenn was in the "dead zone" (between three from the boards and six feet from the boards). If he's anywhere else, there's a good chance his noggin and spine don't get crunched. That isn't to fault Schenn at all, of course, because the game is played there, especially immediately after winning possession along the boards. The speed of the hit combined with the location make this a dangerous play. The question is whether Wilson had intent to inure. Intent to injure is the boundary between a major charging call and a match penalty charging call. Is it the onus of the hitter to not make shoulder-to-shoulder hits with speed in the dead zone?

If the Sabres' only rostered goaltender was Patrick Lalime, it would've been smart to take the best goalie in the draft. But as the season goes, "Fucale" develops and gets injured, thereby forcing us to not only play Lalime, who gets injured too, but Ty Conklin and Bob Essensa. Then Fucale healthies up, plays out the back end of the season, and develops a little more. We had a major need at the draft, we addressed it, we didn't disastrously over-pick a QB at #8, and we got value in return for trading down. In comparison to the rest of the recent Bills drafts, that's remarkable.

I noticed that too on the facebook posts. He always has his title attached, and that title is always interim coach.

Raise your hand if you're surprised. Garth Snow may edged him as most incompetent GM, but not by much. He's gotta be. Maybe even mental health issues at this point. We sure didn't like him on our roster, and it was funny at first, but you hate to see such a meteoric decline in a guy's career. Playing the game was killing him. edit: And with that, actually, I humbly request some discussion about changing the default avatar from Timmy to someone else. Maybe Rory Fitzpatrick?

You'll show him.

EMBRACE THE TANK. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIe1KtfpDzw

Makes it pretty hard to be unprofitable. Let's put a team in the Ozarks.

Hard to believe that Marleau doesn't get resigned.

Good thinkin'.