Ghost of Dwight Drane
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And I only had to fix 1,322 of them.....
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Can you clip and send this to Darcy's inbox?
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THANK YOU!!! That's the point...if you are going to blow your wad...don't do it on a 185lb skill guy with potential.....get in the leader this team has been lacking for 5 years. THANK YOU!!!!
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Right...stack up in the draft......do nothing to active roster.......now trade best hope from draft choices for more of the same. I have never banged the drum that center was most important. Last offseason I wanted Iginla in here with Regehr...I proposed it before Darcy went after Regehr. I said a true leader up front is much more important than center, and that Iginla would open up the ice and take pressure off of Vanek, thus making Roy more valuable as well. He would also teach Stafford how to play RW like a man. I suggested getting Max Talbot as a griity #3 center with offensive upside. That was my plan. You can have all the bling in the world....but if you don't know how to defend yourself, you are going to get your Air Jordans taken from you. If I could take a post.....and turn it into a fragrance.......and bottle it....and market it........it would be this post....from you my son..........and I would call it Darc'y (you need that little french thingie in there if you really want it to sell).................and we could make millions.
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You may not remember when Derek Roy first joined the Sabres......and was touted for his leadership as he Captained Kitchener to a championship and was mvp. He hustled, and forechecked in the corners (because he had to play wing since the Sabres had Drury-Briere-Connolly), and came back on D, and all that glittered was gold. As far as I know, he didn't have his daddy call the coach, refuse to use team doctors (although maybe he should have last year ;) ), or demand to get traded off the #1 team in the league coming off a Stanley Cup. I LIKED Roy his first few years here. Sorry...I shorted your boy CoHo 1" and 5 lbs. I would think you can see the big picture here. And again, if Kassian is an underachiever in his first 20something games......your boy CoHo had 1 goal and 2 assists in his first 20. Here's the bottom line......Trade Dealine Hooplah + Sabres Hot Streak = ADHD and foggy memory of past 5 years = Joy in Darcyland for another year employment and another $1.5 million is his
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You may be right. I've been waiting 5 years for that easy solution. Please tell me where I am "pissed"? It isn't about Zack Kassian, a hockey player. It is about the pure avoidance of any players that combine both skill and grit. You haven't had it, you haven't tried to get it, and this is more of the same. Last year I was pounding the table to sell off Connolly, Montador and Stafford for picks, then using a combo of picks and prospects to get 2 real leaders in here. I wasn't opposed to trading Kassian, or whoever was in the pipeline in order to get someone in NOW. We are going into the 2nd year of this, and the leadership column is even weaker than where we were at last year...and you sold off your biggest piece to take a crack at Derek Roy +2" Darcy just used his call a friend lifeline on the $10,000 question.
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I don't think you follow events close enough. Rob Ray a Sabres employee said they were shopping him. Were they? Or was it typical Sabres massaging to make it look good after the fact? I don't know. Kassian......I don't know what he will be, but we sure as hell haven't had anything of what he could be. We've had plenty of Hodgson types.....daddy not included and if you watched his fights in the NHL so far....I think your last bit has been disproven
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I sort of agree. He is so spot on with the character development and detail, it is scary. It is almost too many things going on at once to really focus if someone doesn't have background. But what you see is all based on truth. Something like Boardwalk Empire is methodical in development and steady. This is fast paced and shift-shift-shift....Sopranos was the happy medium. I was excited after the 2nd episode but it's sort of been a B after that. People in the industry seem to love it or hate it. It's so honest in some light that people are mad it makes everyone look like scumbags. But I can put a name and a face in real life to every one of those characters. That makes it funny to me. Jeez......I'm not trying to prove with statistics and Darcy Math. People get po'd when I give an honest opinion about what I see with my own eyes and tell me to prove it. These numbers are as close as I can do with subjective matter....that really shouldn't be subjective since anyone that watches the NHL should be able to see the difference between the Sabres and the better teams on a regular basis. If the Sabres and their style of play gets anyone off on a regular basis, congratulations. They also sell geriatric bondage dvd's...so there is an audience for everything.
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Did you read?....the point is that they get 3x the physical play from their skill guys that the Sabres do. Many defenses are the same way...elevated numbers from many and balance. The Sabres seem to rely on one line, if that, and 1 or 2 d-man to play physical....and their top 9 forwards go "wee-wee-wee"...all the way home. I've never advocated for goons. I want grown men who have enough skill to respect, and enough grit to open up their own and their linemates' skill. It's so simple, it's sad.
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My favorite line in any of them is...".....Za-sa" That's my version of Boom goes the dynamite
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OK nfree.....if I can't believe someone on the kassian timeline, then I can't in other timelines either Bernier hasn't done squat. Fine. Torres has and was worthless here. Pyatt sprung to life. I used Dumont as the only example because that is all we have had succeed. Look at many of the better teams around the league. Detroit, Boston, New Jersey, Pitt.....look at how many guys that will hit 15+ goals and look at their hit totals. Guys like Datsyuk, Parise even are in the 40's....60's.....there are a half dozen guys on each of those teams at 50ish+ hits and teens+ goals. They each have a star in the upper edge and what would be considered a big bodied star....Bertuzzi, Letang, Lucic, Elias.......but the support grit around as well. Look at the Sabres. Other than Stafford, all the skill guys pushing the end of the year at 15-20+ goals are in the 10's and 20's. Really....who but Dumont and if you want to include Stafford, who half the board is willing to waive, shows skill and grit? Yet you have a hlaf dozen guys on those 4 teams doing so. I stopped after looking at those 4 and NYR, so I'm sure the numbers are elsewhere. People point to Detroit as a "skill" team....but they are big on the puck and have guys that can take a beating. When was the last time we had numbers anywhere close? You have to go back to Peca, Ward, Barnaby and Varada....and that's a poor man's platter...all who Darcy shipped out anyway. You had another stint in Grier, Dumont, Pyatt and Drury....and again....all dust within a year of each other. I can understand the 18 year olds not having a sense of history and development, but to me there has been a distinct and purposeful lack of gritty skill at the forward ranks. It is so obvious when comparing to the success around the league....look, even the 2 stints I gave you were Ruff's most successful years. We have been told by everyone that he has a say in the roster. I don't get the blinders.
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My thinking was back in December, the season could have been saved. My plan was to trade for Iginla and make a push for Doan and Stoll in FA, or even try and get them in here early.....and boom....you have a true contender. Even with what could be deemed the biggest trade of the deadline, you waited 3 months, 90% chance lost this season, and really didn't move back or forward. The picks are nice for Gaustad, but you still have the same core in place. nothing stopping them from going after Doan in FA still, but I don't know what is here to lure a lifelong guy out of his situation if Phoenix comes anywhere close.
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:P You just don't want to listen...HOORAY SABRES!
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Fair enough boys. The only reason I would have pushed for Iginla, even if he is in his twilight, is to get a true leader. I feel that is a much bigger need for what was a rudderless ship than a center prospect. Onward and upward....
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What do you call reports from inside the team that they were actively shopping him since December? Their 20yo 1st round pick from 2 years ago. Sounds like giving up on to me. The fans seem to have a majority opinion that he wasn't what was advertised and don't mind seeing him go. I would have much rather had them beg Calgary to give up Iginla and make Kassian the centerpiece of that package. Or use it as part of a Getzlaf deal. Both those teams were listening back then, then pulled everyone off the market.
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Obviously you don't pay attention to the positives I say. I've given Ruff plenty of credit. My biggest issues have always been lack of developing gritty forwards, and his mismanagement of Ryan Miller. Ruff is a top 8-20 coach. However given his philosophy and that of Regier, the combo is toxic. Darcy.....I'd rather pull a name out of a hat and take my chances.
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You know who I will give credit to Lindy Ruff for developing? Jason Pominville. I think he has gotten the most out of him and has been great for him. If you are a defensive minded perimeter player who doesn't like to make waves...Lindy is good for you. You just helped make my point. The only 2 on that list who were original Sabres that were still young when they left "the system" are McArthur and Paille. All the other guys were career Sabres, or had come to Buffalo as established vets...other than Briere, who is just as good in Philly. Lydman was a league leader in +/- when he left. Grier was Grier....Drury was the only guy who tanked, but he was well established before he got to Buffalo. That's why this Kassian/gragnani deal is exciting to watch develop. The team gave up on them and shopped them, yet they are both only slightly tainted by Ruff. Gragnani has been around, but he played so smooth in the playoffs without having been coached by Lindy, that I am sure Vancouver took note of this and view this trade as a potential steal for them.
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Every single one of those 8 teams has fired their coach in the past 2+ years. 8 for 8 100%. If Lindy is just a notch ahead of those guys.....shouldn't the talk about firing him be valid? Even if he isn't 100% to be fired.....50% or even 30% makes every bit of flack he takes and debate about him valid. PS...welcome to the board.
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That's my point. What makes you think I would be negative if that happened? The Sabres have been a huge failure in my time on this board. I have been consistant in pointing out fatal flaws, and the Sabres have been consistant in showing them. I was happy with their effort and makeup in '06, and when they let all the grit go, I sounded the warning siren. They have yet to figure it out. I was disgusted about the Bills when Donahoe/Modrak/Mularkey were in charge. I understood the switch to Levy/Jauron and was sympathetic to Ralph's need to trust again, even if the people calling the shots had little to no upside. Now the right people from top, down are on board and I can see their philosophy making strides on the results and feel they are a smidgen away from being a real good team. I get tired of people telling me I say the same thing. I SEE the same thing and results. I don't get my jollies off of a crackpipe and hope. I like to see people in charge who I believe in and players on the ice who give a consistant effort and are more worried about destroying the opponent than going green. Someday.......someday........
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If no playoff series wins in the past 5 years isn't sucking...please tell me what it should be called? Always the same? Pretty much the Sabres results and character 97% of the time I have been on the board has been the same. I don't know what people want. They fight against Anaheim....I say good for them. Miller plays great for 2 games, I say I'll bang him if he played like that all year. What do people want? Lies? Sugarcoating? Fake excitement? I told you...I love where the Bills are positioning themselves, and if they don't advance in the playoffs within 2 years....please.....call me out for it. I'm on record. The Bills have good people in place all over, and they will be good, soon. You would think this is a RedWings board the way people act to honest critique.
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When the fine lady is on her knees, and a C-note is sticking out of her G-string, not only may it be a routine....but it is the truth. I have been saying the same thing for 5 years. I think that trumps 3 years of rebuilding. Unless you are happy with what you've seen, which is your right.
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Sorry, my insurance says "Denied coverage due to unreasonable charges. 15 year limit."
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I think Regier should be fired I think Ruff should be fired I think 40% of the roster needs to be turned over It is about the player, the coach and the GM. An outhouse is full of both #1 and #2...it all mixes in. If a diamond ring happens to fall in, it's going to get all covered in it. Vancouver was just lucky enough to get the ring a few hours after a clean pot had been brought in. It was about the coach. Because people can't agree on outcomes of players...the debate ends there. As always....an excuse covers 1 of the 3 headed monster to send it into a circlejerk.
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You get a $100 a night club seat to watch the 12th place team in the East. It's about Ruff. I must be watching the wrong team the past 2 decades.
