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He's not Italian.

I don't see much difference between the way RaKru and Don talk.

Besides the capitalization, I would quibble with the word Wants. I would be honored to accept a free trip to Hawaii. I don't want to go there though. We're so desperate for approval. Still, all in all it's a good and expected message from a potential top pick after an interview.

Usernames can mean lots of things. But even if the poster is a Believer in the Buffalo Sabres, it doesn't require fealty to Jack Eichel, Terry Pegula or any other human being who currently populates the franchise. Just like belief in country would not require loyalty to Congress or the president.

It won't surprise anyone that I think they can change coaches and GMs every two to three years, even change the organizational mission, and it won't matter until one thing changes: either the owner, or the owner's direct involvement in decision-making. This is a recording. (Of course, it's a troll-job/narrative/agenda. Everyone else's repetitiveness is fine.)

I actually meant to put a "probably" in front of predictably but typed too fast. The predicably could come out. It wasn't an intended victory lap. I was never someone who predicted that the Eichel era wouldn't work out. I was as over the moon on draft day 2015 as everyone else.

Well, it's all very interesting to ponder. But why keep pondering it? It's over. Bridges have been burned. The Eichel Era, predictably, didn't work out. The fans are cockroaches after nuclear blast after nuclear blast. We survive the players and the owners. Our hockey lives go on. It has to get better. Jack, we hardly knew ye. (Now watch, he won't get traded. That'll be interesting in the fall, to say the least. In Taro's world, anyway, it'll be like that time Costanza quit, then showed up for work again on Monday anyway.)

You don't say stuff like that to fans who go back to Schoeny and Cashman crashing through the Zamboni doors. You don't tell your Aunt her macaroni salad is dry. Nice job, Janene, stop skimping on the Mayo (actually, she uses Miracle Whip and she ***** cheated on Gene with her chiropractor, yeah, your lumbar spine wasn't messed up until after he wheelbarrowed you, you *****). Anywho... that comment above all is a good indication of who Jack is and why KA knew, upon taking the job, he had to go. If I could get up, I'd knock you on your ass, sonny.

Not sure if serious. There's no link for that. It's an opinion. #1 SS pet peeve right there. That's actually a pretty good definition of any -ism.

You have a certain worldview, admirable I think. But why is ageism still allowed to be part of it? I mean, he said those words. I won't forget. And, honestly, I won't remember a lot about Jack Eichel as a Buffalo Sabre.

I guess. Maybe. I can't get beyond the voice. I'd have to suspect he learned early to imitate his dad. Would he be where he is without the name? My bigger beef is that he's about 1.5 seconds behind on his goal calls. Even behind the crowd reaction. But he does end up calling the goal, unlike Dan, who goes all deer in the headlights. Right on. I'll look to see if ESPN takes another approach. They need to tailor the show to hardcore fans. I mean, that's whose watching, I think. Lots of casual viewers tune into NFL games. I can't imagine lots of Mr. and Mrs. Americans who don't follow hockey put an NHL game on for shits and giggles and nachos. Talking about how so and so is Craig Mactavish's godson and played the juice harp at Bemidji State doesn't sell hockey, because it tells the viewer the action isn't exciting or important enough to actually be describing.

And if Josh hadn't played well and the Bills hadn't started winning, would you have argued that he needed more talent around him and a better organization? I still say when you don't win, you look to your best player and in this case captain (among other places you look). No excuses for Jack. I don't think Jack is so unaware that he doesn't know that his comment about wanting to be a Bruin is a kick in the nuts to every fan, even the ladies. Really, it's unforgivable. Not sure it matters, because even his supporters had already gone from "we need to keep the guy" to trade proposals in record time. How can "wherever that is" the Bruins comment be interpreted any other way? He wants out. Or maybe you're saying when he caught wind of the Sabres shopping him last summer, he felt betrayed.

This seems odd. Like ignoring television, print, the telephone. It's just a communication technology. A phone can be used to let a family speak to a dying relative or to call in a bomb threat to a high school. Sabres news is out there on Twitter. Why would you ignore it because some people write Tweets you don't like?

Are you seriously never going to learn how to use Twitter?

A bedraggled franchise, a physically battered coach who seemed destined to never get his shot, an organizational mantra of E to the 3 that OSP wished he had thought of, trading your franchise center AND his tandem bike partner... IT COULD WORK!

Stop trying to bring the war in under budget. @New Scotland (NS)

I'm officially done with being nice here. I'm going back to what made PASabreFan so PA.

Pimlach got all...

It says Michael Russo.

So before he scans the ice before rimming the puck, he should scan the ice?

Is this the new Crosschecking. You, LTS and Zamboni should get lunch at Pearlclutchers. With that, you people don't deserve this thread.

Their fans were pathetic last night. No other way to put it. A little Gold Bond and two bandaids will fix that.

Deep down, you know I'll be right, as always.

Mike Wilson just had a nice season in Chicoutimi, taking the Chiclets to the Spangler Cup quarterfinals. Come on, Danny, do it. I know it'll be tough to dismiss your bud, but there's no way the Sabres should have finished 33rd overall.