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Giving up just now? That reminds me of the impact of Craig Anderson retiring two years ago. He was the last NHL player older than me, officially killing my dream to play pro hockey.

But it’s good for San Jose? The timing of that trade never really made much sense to me from either side.

How many owners do? I have to say, I don’t really keep up on the actions of owners around sports.

They didn’t pass on them. They made the trade a day in advance, not knowing how the board would shake out.

It's a blast when your toddler enters the biting stage. The only good thing is that her brother has definitely been a lot nicer to her since that initial bite.

"Ever" and "recently" are two very different questions. The first thing that comes to mind is the Sedins. But it definitely hasn't happened recently. So when you say draft day, do you specifically mean the deal happens that same day? Deals for those early picks, even if made that very day, have been cooking for weeks and maybe event months. So I wouldn't really differentiate between any trade that happens after the lottery results have been announced.

We all get it. You just assume Northern Ireland is a land lost in time. I hear they just connected to the internet for the first time last week. They ran a cable from the local phone booth.

You might need to check your math. He won the US Open in 2011.

I don't care one way or the other, but I hope Columbus sneaks in after everything they've had to deal with this year.

Oh great, time to prepare for all the complaints. Short of a resignation, there is nothing of value that can be said during one of these things, especially after 14 years.

I used to work at indoor track meets in an old armory at my college. The maintenance guys had so many horror stories about the rats in that place. They had to stand behind the baited traps with a baseball bat waiting for them. The rats would run off with the trap if they didn’t.

Make the Sabres a full time outdoor team and play them in the new football stadium. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

They held him out for three years just for this very day. Those evils bastards!

I can’t picture them ever moving him after they shipped Askarov out.

Yeah, I remember being confused as to why either team would do it at that point, not having any clue how the board would shake out.

I’m trying to remember the timeline. Did they trade back with San Jose much earlier in the day?

And how they handle that is a trait that is very important to see from a player. That response to the return to the minors is another assessment of a player.

They were losing money and the best offer came from True North. It’s not really bonkers at all. It’s a story we’ve heard hundreds of times across sports. It just so happens that the money offer came from a group that worked with the NHL as opposed to go behind their backs. That’s how you get things done.

89 games over 3 seasons since the first tear, 12-27-29

Pacioretty is an odd choice to include. He re-tore the Achilles right away after coming back and has pretty much never done much since.

I mean, that’s not even remotely what happened in Atlanta, but ok.

Or it’s just a coincidence or people seeing what they want to see.

They’re the sabres

It's fine as long as you have the league's blessing (Winnipeg/Utah). That's not going to happen with the Buffalo market.

They were very good under Umile, even if they were the university of no hardware. Hockey East had their big 4 era during that time with BU/BC/UNH/Maine. Those days are gone now, and NIL in particular has pretty much killed that. Maine has bounced back in the last couple years, so maybe UNH can at some point. There's just not much draw to that program right now. Compare his time to any other coach. He's by far the best they ever had.