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I mean, I think anyone who has been to the stadium recently could tell you it needs to be replaced. It's almost 50 years old and it was built during an era where building code standards were trying to lighten things up a bit. It's not a brick shithouse like Lambeau.

Is there any reason that post hasn't been removed? It's extremely offensive.

You never cross the streams!

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Cool. Now get the Dahlin deal done. I can smell training camp in the air.

Show me on the doll where John hurt you

Good post Thorny. @dudacek I like you man, but ever since the press conference a while back you really seem to have developed an axe to grind over a bunch of supposed personality defects derived from very little actual information. Your version of John is very different from mine, even though we're both working off of the same raw materials.

I hope he keeps 37. Good hardworking number.

I thought Casey finally looked like he was using all the tools in the toolbox at the end of last season. This should end up being a good signing.

Very grateful you're not the GM.

The 30 for 30 about John playing half the season here after being stripped of the C is gonna be a trip.

What they really ought to do is just build a new arena. Everyone wants so badly for the football stadium to be some kind of downtown year round destination (it wouldn't be even if they put it there, but that's beside the point), so why not make a new arena the thing that accomplishes that goal? Build a new arena across the street where the HSBC lot is and then re-develop the land where the arena currently sits into something that is more attractive. Hell, the current arena site is where the new convention center should really go...

Oh I'm sorry I didn't realize fun was banned here

I feel like I must be the only person who has zero problem with everything that is being proposed so far.

"Identity Line" Is this some new lingo about how teams are building their rosters?

I'm glad someone understands what is going on lol

I'm pretty confident he would go through with it given the opportunity. If there's one thing John cares about it's playing NHL hockey. I really do believe he just wants to be on the ice ASAP and he was hoping everyone else wanted the same thing for him. Turns out that's probably not the case.

I don't think it was a bluff. I think he saw his preferred procedure as a legitimate option. The problem is that it appears that not only do the Sabres not agree, but none of their possible trade partners agree either.

He never really had much of a choice on the procedure thing. The contract he has pretty much takes the power out of his hands, and that's probably what the league, the PA, and the Sabres told him. His only recourse, as has been discussed at length, would be some kind of arbitration, and the consensus is that he would probably lose that.

He might not have a choice if he wants to get out of Buffalo. Giving up the Olympics may be a sacrifice he needs to make if he really truly wants out.

If I were a team trying to trade for John, I would want him to get the surgery with the longer recovery time for precisely this reason. And I would want him to wait as long as possible to get the surgery so that he would be all but guaranteed to return just in time for the playoffs. It's distinctly possible that this is what Adams was banking on happening and why he's been very resistant to moving John quickly. I bet a lot of teams wouldn't mind getting Eichel in their system for zero cap hit this season...

Hamilton very much does not like John. Just straight up does not like him. He doesn't even try to pretend otherwise.

Yup. Although maybe the issue is actually getting him the surgery. Maybe they can't schedule it sooner than October or something. (I don't know how this works)

I think it's mostly that sports fans are fickle and are always looking for the next big thing to get excited about. A lot of Sabres fans decided that turning on Eichel was fashionable and are now fully committed to justifying that turn.

The argument that I expect was put forth was that Jack might have better luck if he retained the services of an agent more widely respected by all the parties in that meeting. It's not fun for someone like Fish who is trying to run a player representation business, but I suppose no one gives too much of a damn about how he feels lol