Summer 2025: NHL Offseason

[kas23]

On 7/24/2025 at 8:34 PM, Flashsabre said:

I mean how much blowback has Anaheim gotten about hiring Quenville?

Quenville certainly knew about what was happening (and didn’t do anything), but he wasn’t the person accused of the act. This isn’t to say Q is a great guy; I wouldn’t want him to run the Sabres. I just don’t feel comfortable with any of these people, guilty or not. This wasn’t something completely fabricated like the Duke lacrosse players. Something happened that night, legal or not, that many of us wouldn’t take part in. Pass. 

[Drag0nDan]

22 hours ago, kas23 said:

Quenville certainly knew about what was happening (and didn’t do anything), but he wasn’t the person accused of the act. This isn’t to say Q is a great guy; I wouldn’t want him to run the Sabres. I just don’t feel comfortable with any of these people, guilty or not. This wasn’t something completely fabricated like the Duke lacrosse players. Something happened that night, legal or not, that many of us wouldn’t take part in. Pass. 

Kinda how i felt about araiza with the bills tbh.  People feel like getting acquitted means you did nothing wrong, or didn't display poor judgement.  

[JP51]

On 7/27/2025 at 12:06 PM, kas23 said:

Quenville certainly knew about what was happening (and didn’t do anything), but he wasn’t the person accused of the act. This isn’t to say Q is a great guy; I wouldn’t want him to run the Sabres. I just don’t feel comfortable with any of these people, guilty or not. This wasn’t something completely fabricated like the Duke lacrosse players. Something happened that night, legal or not, that many of us wouldn’t take part in. Pass. 

Sometimes the tarnish fair or not makes me want to walk away.... for right or wrong... 

[Ducky]

On 7/23/2025 at 6:12 PM, LGR4GM said:

Where do you play Roslovic?

Rosie needs to learn that there are 2 sides to the red line.

[LGR4GM]

39 minutes ago, Ducky said:

Rosie needs to learn that there are 2 sides to the red line.

Seems to be the antithesis of what the Sabres have been trying to add to the forward group then. 

[JohnC]

3 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

Seems to be the antithesis of what the Sabres have been trying to add to the forward group then. 

If you had the choice between Rust and Rosov, which player would you prefer if the cost was equal? 

[Taro T]

18 minutes ago, JohnC said:

If you had the choice between Rust and Rosov, which player would you prefer if the cost was equal? 

Darn good Q.  Issue is, the acquisition cost won't be the same.  Roslovic is a UFA and Rust would necessitate something going back to the Pens.

And at current costs, issue really comes down to how one feels about the current leadership in the room.  If you feel strongly the team needs another veteran voice that has been THERE, the choice goes to Rust.  

If you're looking for a guy that could be part of the solution for the longer term, the choice is Roslovic.

[Pimlach]

36 minutes ago, JohnC said:

If you had the choice between Rust and Rosov, which player would you prefer if the cost was equal? 

Rust, but it has to be 2 years or less.  

[That Aud Smell]

This USA Today story about how the Dallas Stars control (and apparently profit from?) youth hockey in North Texas is frickin' wild.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2025/08/01/nhl-dallas-stars-texas-youth-hockey-monopoly/84289184007/

[That Aud Smell]

And it's a long read! I didn't get through even half of it, I think.

[SabreFinn]

1 hour ago, That Aud Smell said:

This USA Today story about how the Dallas Stars control (and apparently profit from?) youth hockey in North Texas is frickin' wild.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2025/08/01/nhl-dallas-stars-texas-youth-hockey-monopoly/84289184007/

"The model för all non-traditional NHL markets". It really was wild. Interesting read. Thanks.

[Taro T]

8 hours ago, That Aud Smell said:

This USA Today story about how the Dallas Stars control (and apparently profit from?) youth hockey in North Texas is frickin' wild.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2025/08/01/nhl-dallas-stars-texas-youth-hockey-monopoly/84289184007/

A lot of the allegations do seem rather unsavory.  But one that they made a huge deal over is essentially a fact of life for youth hockey.  If you want to play in a tournament, you WILL have X% of your team stay in the approved hotels which do kickback to the tournament host organization.  

Not saying it's right.  Just sayin' it is what it is and it goes on in rink rich regions like WNY/CNY as just as much as it does in central Texas.

While it may not seem right, it does bring significant money into many organizations that are 501(c)7's (or is it 501(c)6's?) and really does help keep costs down for those organizations.  USA Today makes it seem that the Stars do not use those monies to help defray costs for their participants and maybe they are correct about that.  And if that's the case, that is wrong.  But all the local organizations in upstate NY run their own tourneys and everybody knows that part of their organization's funding comes from those hotel arrangements.  (And you have to play in your own organization's tourney to get more teams involved (even though obviously there is no travel / hotel stays involved in that) and everybody knows you'll stay in the hotels that are tied in with the host organizations for other tourneys when you choose to play in them.)