Doohickie
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The NHL Network analysis gave them high marks, too.
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This.
This is awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9tUF3NkZ4Y
I'm looking forward to the day when Sabres games matter again.
I added Buffalo Bros here in Fort Worth. It's not WNY, but you'd think it is when you're inside. ;)
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Yep. They'll always tell the media that "I'm so happy to be playing here on this team." I kind of think the only way we see Miller back is if he wins the Cup and decides the only way that would be better would be to bring that experience to the Sabres and win it for Buffalo. Pretty much a fantasy I know, but it's all I got right now besides watching the Blues.
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Chances are no, not a single one of the UFAs we traded away this year will return. No matter where a player is before he gets traded, or lands after he gets traded, he always makes a remark to the effect that is right where he wants to be (except for the occasional guy that lobbies for a trade because he doesn't like where he's at). But barring those exceptional cases, most players will public support their current employer, whoever that happens to be at the moment.
That said, about the only guy that left this year that really wasn't happy was Vanek. Ott, Miller, Moulson, all made remarks to the effect that they enjoyed their time in Buffalo and up until getting traded mentioned the prospect of re-signing with the team. Do you think any of them meant it, or is that the last we'll see of them? On the minus side, they know the Sabres are at least a season or two from being competitive. On the plus side, they know the city, they said they liked it in Buffalo, and they have the measure of Tim Murray and his vision. They also know there's money to be spent just to get to the salary floor. Do you think any of them will look a the positives and decide it's worth a second tour of duty in the Tank Command?
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Time will tell whether today was a good day.
No. It was a good day, period.
Tim Murray had certain assets on the team that needed to be signed or moved. They didn't get signed, so he moved them to ensure he got something back for them. The trade deadline is a poker game among the GMs, and this was Murray's first time as the #1 guy with an organization. For someone right out of the box, he nailed it. Are we disappointed that he didn't get stronger returns? Perhaps. But he did the best he could within the dynamics of what the other teams would offer. He pulled off several trades and while you can kvetch about not getting a high enough draft pick back here or a strong enough prospect there, on the whole you can't really complain. I'm especially pleased with what he did with the goalies. He has a plan and he's executing it based on the information he has right now.
I'm not going to preface it with "time will tell." That's always the case, and the second-guessers will always look at what happened a week, a month, a year from now and talk about what he could have done better. But considering the constraints he was working under, I'm very pleased with the results. I think he maximized the return for the Sabres and you can't ask for anything more.
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What's the basis for this statement?
Halak's amazing exploding groin.
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3 - 4 years, smart guy, lowballing our expectations for when this team does well in 2 yrs everyone will say he is a great GM.
My thought exactly. And with a three year contract for Nolan, you just know he'll be coaching his cojones off in the second half of his contract to get an extension as the team matures. Three years is the perfect contract length to offer Nolan.
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Btw good deal by montreal, they can pair him with briere and watch the magic happen.
But will there still be magic?
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Patty who?
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Why is it harder to announce draft picks than the players traded?
My guess is they need to announce the players traded by 3 pm, and the picks can be reported after that. Also, players need to be notified.
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Jesus Christ Bob McKenzie. Put your ###### mic on.
"Buffalo wanted to unload McCormick's contract." I HIGHLY doubt that. I'm sure it was just a swap of him and Mitchell.
Montreal at #Sabres on Sunday March 16th. Vanek & Briere at FNC.
I want to see Stewart throw his body around at those guys. :w00t:
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Vanek was traded supposedly
...for a bag of pucks and a Zamboni transmission (rebuilt).
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on the bright side, at least we kept Stafford! :P
Quick! Give that boy a C!
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:lol: I can't even watch twitter right now.
Neither can I. Then again, I never do.
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My guess is we'd get next to nothing back for Halak, so maybe keep him around and try to resign him?
The knock against him according to the StL forum is that he has an amazing exploding groin (and not in a good way :flirt: )
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No duh.
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GMTM. You are currently in the red failure zone.
If he's stuck with Moulson but then signs him, I'm okay with that.
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Sources involved in talks say Buffalo and Minnesota very much heavy in Moulson talks...
Exclusive photo from the talks:
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Jesus, another goalie move, def unexpected since there was no goalie market... Edmonton trading Schultz, clearing a D man
If Darcy were still in charge, we'd still have Miller while The Goalie Market Establishes Itself.
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Could Halak go to FLA now if they're not getting a goalie back from Dallas?
Fingers crossed.
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Fake account...
You can tell because it says "real" in the name.
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Nick Cotsonika @cotsonika 12s
Callahan tells TSN he just wants to get down to Tampa. Once that happens, he's open to talking about a contract.
Such a generic statement. Unless they're extremely dissatisfied, EVERY UFA says they're open to stay with the team they're currently with. Miller and Ott said they would consider re-signing in Buffalo; now that they're in St. Louis they're saying the same thing about the Blues. It's just diplomatic PR drivel.
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Rumor has it we threw in our zamboni in the McNabb trade
Rip Simonick is pissed.
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And a cell phone. I've seen videos of war rooms before and generally the GM isn't the guy on a computer. Just has a phone.
Probably because he'll take a call and hear a few names, then mention them out loud for those on the computers to look up.
Also note that there is a PC projected on the big screen. Someone is driving it for him.
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