TrueBlueGED Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Vesey's people deny this. Some suspect that Poille is trying to lay groundwork for tampering charges. I also think it's important, from a moral/do-the-right-thing/professionalism point of view, to distinguish between lying and changing his mind. It's unlikely we ever know exactly what happened, but changing from intending to sign to intending to go UFA doesn't have to be lying and deception. It's important to me to draw this line, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 I also think it's important, from a moral/do-the-right-thing/professionalism point of view, to distinguish between lying and changing his mind. It's unlikely we ever know exactly what happened, but changing from intending to sign to intending to go UFA doesn't have to be lying and deception. It's important to me to draw this line, anyway. I agree. People change their mind all the time, especially 21 year olds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 This probably deserves its own thread, and somebody more ambitious than I am should make it happen, but has anyone else been following the emails from the league? Essentially every snarky comment about old dinosaurs running the league is being validated right before our eyes. It's pretty incredible-in-a-bad-way stuff. Link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 I also think it's important, from a moral/do-the-right-thing/professionalism point of view, to distinguish between lying and changing his mind. It's unlikely we ever know exactly what happened, but changing from intending to sign to intending to go UFA doesn't have to be lying and deception. It's important to me to draw this line, anyway. Dinosaur is the word that came to mind. Coli, Burke and the propaganda minister McKenzie. Rest easy, hockey fans, the game is in good hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 This probably deserves its own thread, and somebody more ambitious than I am should make it happen, but has anyone else been following the emails from the league? Essentially every snarky comment about old dinosaurs running the league is being validated right before our eyes. It's pretty incredible-in-a-bad-way stuff.Campbell is such a blowhard, and some of the Bob McKenzie stuff shocked me. If I get time later I'm going to post some Sabres-relevant stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 (edited) Just wondering, has anyone heard whether JT Compher is close to signing with Colorado? Edited March 31, 2016 by tom webster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Crotch Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 (edited) Just wondering, has anyone heard whether JT Compher is close to signing with Colorado? I think there is something about the Avs being at the 50 player roster max. Vaguely remember hearing something like that. BTW - If Compher goes back to school, he just may "vesey" Colorado. If so, Murray will look like a genius for trading Compher. Edited March 31, 2016 by Potato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 I think there is something about the Avs being at the 50 player roster max. Vaguely remember hearing something like that. BTW - If Compher goes back to school, he just may "vesey" Colorado. If so, Murray will look like a genius for trading Compher. According to General Fanager, they are at 50 contracts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Some of the more entertaining Emails............... http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2016/3/30/11333286/nhl-concussion-lawsuit-unsealed-emails-gary-bettman-colin-campbell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted March 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Some of the more entertaining Emails............... http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2016/3/30/11333286/nhl-concussion-lawsuit-unsealed-emails-gary-bettman-colin-campbell Holy $#!t. They are actually worse then we speculated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 That Caps-Flyers game was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Holy $#!t. They are actually worse then we speculated. This all might make for a very interesting offseason. That Caps-Flyers game was awesome. Playoff preview...................possibly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTS Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Hey.. for those who might know. Is there a reason the NHLPA could not be in charge of decided suspensions, etc? let's talk about the Keith incident.. it's an incident between two members of the NHLPA union. Shouldn't the union be in charge of disciplining their own? I dunno.. it's an interesting thought exercise I guess.. (at least for me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Hey.. for those who might know. Is there a reason the NHLPA could not be in charge of decided suspensions, etc? let's talk about the Keith incident.. it's an incident between two members of the NHLPA union. Shouldn't the union be in charge of disciplining their own? I dunno.. it's an interesting thought exercise I guess.. (at least for me) Pretty sure the reason is the union is supposed to look out for the best interest of EACH member and if it is disciplining the players it isn't looking out for at least 1 member. Though, yeah, if they handed out the discipline there should at least be a consistency to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTS Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Pretty sure the reason is the union is supposed to look out for the best interest of EACH member and if it is disciplining the players it isn't looking out for at least 1 member. Though, yeah, if they handed out the discipline there should at least be a consistency to it. It's a good point. That's some deluded thinking though right? So, hey, you need to compensate player X for his head trauma and also NOT suspend player Y for doing it. Heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Hey.. for those who might know. Is there a reason the NHLPA could not be in charge of decided suspensions, etc? let's talk about the Keith incident.. it's an incident between two members of the NHLPA union. Shouldn't the union be in charge of disciplining their own? I dunno.. it's an interesting thought exercise I guess.. (at least for me) I've never heard of any union being in charge of disciplining its members. Doesn't seem to be their charter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 I've never heard of any union being in charge of disciplining its members. Doesn't seem to be their charter. Mine does. If you violate our Standard of Excellence you will be brought up on charges by the president. You have a trial wth a jury of peers. If you are found in violation you will receive a hefty fine. Violate again the fine doubles then triples until you can no longer afford to be a member. It happens frequently enough that folks get the message. If you want to be paid top dollar you had better give 100%. Every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 Panthers had to kill off two penalties in the 3rd for too many rats on the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 Not sure where to put this but Brendan Lemieux scored a natural hat trick in under 2 minutes against Kitchener tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 Panthers had to kill off two penalties in the 3rd for too many rats on the ice.So did the Leafs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 So did the Leafs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 (edited) If the Sabres had won 4/7 of the shootouts they've lost, or less than 50% of the 9 they've had, we'd be at 83 points, or 6 outside of a playoff spot. That's with missing Kane, Bogo, ROR, Lehner, and Ennis, for long periods of time; not to mention the worst defense in the league (gotta be at least bottom 5) Wait till next year everyone, it's gonna be a wild ride Edit So did the Leafs. Well played Panthers had to kill off two penalties in the 3rd for too many rats on the ice. The best part of that rule is the penalty is always assigned to the home team (delay of game assessed) So, in our pillaging, we could just throw endless streams of ###### onto the ice, to the point where we could just rack of 4-5 pp's EdIt: Jagr beat me to it Edited April 1, 2016 by WildCard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 (edited) If the Sabres had won 4/7 of the shootouts they've lost, or less than 50% of the 9 they've had, we'd be at 86 points, or 3 outside of a playoff spot. That's with missing Kane, Bogo, ROR, Lehner, and Ennis, for long periods of time; not to mention the worst defense in the league (gotta be at least bottom 5) Wait till next year everyone, it's gonna be a wild ride The best part of that rule is the penalty is always assigned to the home team (delay of game assessed) So, in our pillaging, we could just throw endless streams of ###### onto the ice, to the point where we could just rack of 4-5 pp's EdIt: Jagr beat me to it I figured they might be Joisey fans............... I'm still seeing a lot of hairy, greasy, gold chain wearing Corvette drivers so they apparently haven't headed north yet. :angel: Edited April 1, 2016 by JJFIVEOH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 I figured they might be Joisey fans............... I'm still seeing a lot of hairy, greasy, gold chain wearing Corvette drivers so they apparently haven't headed north yet. :angel: 6 pts, my bad. Looked at the GP, not our pts. Still, could be 3 points, depending on who we lost those shootouts to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 If the Sabres had won 4/7 of the shootouts they've lost, or less than 50% of the 9 they've had, we'd be at outside of a playoff spot. That's with missing Kane, Bogo, ROR, Lehner, and Ennis, for long periods of time; not to mention the worst defense in the league (gotta be at least bottom 5) Wait till next year everyone, it's gonna be a wild ride Exactly. It's why upgrading the defence in the off-season is such a priority. Not doing so could stagnate our growth as a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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