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News flash: NS likes 'em skinny.

It's spelled Doohickie.

On the Sabres he would be the 1B C. Cozens at his current level would be 3C behind Tage and Mitts. There was no reason to move him at all. Just pay him. But Kevyn didn't want to admit that he made a mistake anointing Tage and Cozens to the top two centers. In fact if Casey commands $7 million or more it proves my point.

Right. And who was expendable? Why? Byram, because he just wasn't playing up to that level.

Mitts has improved every season. So Cozens is better than Mitts was in the past. I'm talking about Mitts NOW. He's flat out better than Cozens. We kept him through his lean years and traded him in his gravy years.

I think you're underestimating Johnson there. Have I seen Byram play top notch defense? Yes. Does he do it consistently? No. (And that, by the way, is why the Avs moved him.) Does he make too many bone-headed plays? Yes.

And that was the first mistake. He's at least 2C material; he's played 1C with no dropoff on the top line. If anything, paying Cozens to be 2C was the mistake; he's still a "potential" 2C. Mitts is the real deal.

Oh yeah? Go on the Avs forum. They were glad to be rid of him and his inconsistency.

The trade was made and now the Sabres have a Mitts sized hole in the forward ranks and maybe....? an improvement on defense. Makes no sense.

Perhaps, but he's exactly the kind of player everyone was kvetching about on locker cleanout day- not self-motivated, only plays when he feels like it.

This line made me laugh out loud. We didn't trade one of our best players to Greenway. Honestly I'm starting to see Byram like Risto: Great highlights with poor hockey sense the rest of the time.

I'm not ready to say that yet.

When Mitts came up he was the 98 pound weakling in this ad. He's become the Hero of the Beach as he's gotten older.

Eh. I think Mitts his plenty edgy and getting edgier as he gets older.

I always thought moving Mitts was a mistake. You can see my reaction early in this thread. I came around to Byram after the first few games, but now I'm cool on him again. He's certainly no savior. Hopefully Lindy can get the best out of him. But I said when Mitts was still with the team, I thought he might be our best forward come playoff time. I think the argument for trading him is that they've already got two long term, high dollar (although reasonably priced) contracts for centers and didn't think Mitts would be happy with what the offer was going to be. I think not even engaging him in contract talks (as has been reported) was a huge mistake. Maybe he would have accepted a similar 7x7 deal. If so, would that mess up signing other players such as JJP and Quinn? I dunno. But I felt that investing all we did in Mitts, then trading him for a D that may or may not be high end was... imprudent at best. Still I'm waiting to see how it works out. Hmm?

The larger optics are will the Sabres win hockey games. By the end of the summer no one will remember Kevyn's "double digits" statement except people here on the forum.

"You mean there was no deep fat, no steak nor cream pies nor hot fudge?" "Those were thought to be unhealthy. Precisely the opposite of what we now know to be true."

Except Benson is a passer and Skinner a shooter. And Benson plays good D. Benson has a ways to go in penalty differential tho haha Except Benson is decidedly not Skinner in any way.

Because he's an upstate NYer

Sounds like it's best not to risk it.

Sorry, I was... uhhh... having a moment.

Al Green is a national treasure. Love that guy. Actually, if you want late night performances, check out this Jack White jam session. I think he would probably but one of the best concerts ever. He's very talented plus he surrounds himself with incredible talent.

My son took that picture. He got some really good ones. He rented some $4000 lens or something for the day.

Yeah, I thought about giving someone else a franchise and letting him sell the naming rights to the new owner for something stupid like a hundred mill. In short, yes. The former owner, Meruelo, owns the rights to the Coyotes name and logos.