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Among active players with 200+ career goals, Vanek is 12th in goals per game. He is a veteran, proven, top line goal scorer. Some team will pay him for the maximum term, and in all probability, for the maximum salary.

I was a little surprised to see that Moulson was one of the "local warriors." He grew up in MIssissauga and played college at Cornell.

The quality of this trade should be examined for the four UFA re-signing scenarios: Vanek and Moulson both resign: (unlikely I think) Vanek is very good, but not worth more a 1st and 2nd round pick more than Moulson. Sabres fleece Islanders. Vanek and Moulson both don't resign, Moulson isn't traded: (likely I think) You lose Vanek for only a 1st and 2nd, which is not good at all, but the Sabres still fleeced the Islanders. Vanek resigns, Moulson doesn't resign, Moulson isn't traded: (unlikely I think) You lose Vanek for only a 1st and 2nd round pick, which is not good at all, and because. Islanders able to throw a coup and sign Vanek. Islanders effectively gained resigning rights to Vanek for a 1st and 2nd, without exposing Vanek to UFA market. It'd be considered a risky move, but you end up with Vanek. Islanders slightly ahead here. Vanek doesn't resign, Moulson resign: (possible) Islanders traded a 30 goal scorer and a 1st and 2nd for 6 months of a marginally/somewhat better 30 goal scorer. Sabres fleeced the Islanders. If Moulson is traded, his return will help dictate the value of this trade, but I think it's entirely likely that he gets moved and we end up with at least six of the top 60 picks at the draft this year. In all likelihood, unless Vanek signs on the Islandor Moulson is somehow allowed to go UFA, Sabres will be considered to have fleeced the Islanders here. Winning trades aside, we netted good picks that will help us. Now we just need the Islanders to come in 2nd last.

I got new tires today. Michelin Pilot Super Sports. It sounds stupid, but I'm a car guy, so I'm happy.

He'll never hold him himself accountable. Not in a million years.

Trainwreck Kept a Rollin'. If we're going to eat this "turd burger," I want a payout. I want #1 or #2 overall. Forget the notions of improvement. That's weakness. "That's just pride ######in' with you. ###### PRIDE."

I re-read the thread this morning. Still very exciting.

Worst in franchise history? Best in franchise history at getting top picks.

Welcome to the, our, internet.

Writeup on Compher tearing it up in the B1G to start the season. Compher has five assists in four games as a freshman and Michigan is 3-0-1.

I would call it a Hockey Haven.

Maybe next in line for the Americans?

Heh. That's cool. I hope he does the alma mater proud.

This has been around for almost a year, but I just saw it today for the first time. Nancy and Ann Wilson (from Heart) cover Stairway at the Kennedy Center, make Robert Plant tear up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK_DOJa99oo

YES!! IT BEGINS!!

This thread sucks. We're in tank mode. Learn to cope. It's going to be a long season. Instead of expressing an unprecedented amount of vitriolic internet rage, maybe try a new hobby, like liver-crushing alcoholism. For your health.

Government shutdown's over, so furlough is over. Being back at work feels good.

Sabres announced a Road Crew stop in LA, but cancelled it. Refund and "an autographed photo" on their way. Still though, boo-urns.

If those jerkoffs at the Ottawa Sun have anything to say about it, he does. Oh man, now we gotta pick him up. Get him a sports coat and a microphone, quick.

Don't forget Hecht, until he signed for like $1M, and folks no longer expected him to play top six. And be careful with everyone. I only hated Connolly on that list. Maybe that's the formula for whipping boy? Most under-performing top six player? Or maybe I should check the stats; maybe it's highest dollars per point or something. There are some advanced stats that indicate that, even last year, Stafford is far from the biggest dingleberry on the team.

It sounds like an expat that wanted to write an article about how crazy his former sports town was, but missed the mark on a major talking point or two. I am firmly aware of Ralph Wilsons impending mortality, and I understand the consequences of what will happen if his will directly of indirectly (see: kids) puts the team up for auction before Los Angeles finds a team to fill Farmers Field, but none of that is anything close to for sure. We need him to live long enough to prevent LA from buying us when the new lease enters cheap-to-move mode, but not so long that he somehow prevents us from becoming a contender in the next 20 years. Sabres aren't going anywhere. At least until Terry and Kim both die, which, hopefully, will be a long, long time from now. And I still have desires of moving back some day so I can help in the rebuild.

I don't like him, and I can ###### on him for lots of reasons, but he's working hard right now, and I can't ###### on him for that.

I don't like Stafford that much. But smash him for playing badly and smash him for playing well? Give me a ###### break. He had a god awful ###### season. One that, with an uncharacteristically horrendous shooting percentage, seemed improbably bad. So he sets out to put his head down, work hard, and un###### himself in the off season. He comes back and he looks like a different player. I'm willing to give him a very tenuous wait-and-see, because even I recognize this isn't 2012-13 Stafford we're watching. He's been one of the best forwards for us the past three games, and like it or not, the team needs him to keep playing that way.

He can do both. And should.

Pick up Biron, assign him to the 2nd Intermission Report.