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Bjork has outscored Hall and Lazar combined. G 2A vs 0 and 0.

LOLZZZZ!! Johansson couldn't get moved out of town fast enough a few days ago! Yeah, KA is a dummy for not anticipating 2 goalies going down during this playoff push!

Except he assembled the last Sabres team that was a cup contender.

Who doesn't? Especially when he was in that job so long. Darcy's sin was being too familiar. Like being married to someone and you start seeing every wart and thinking you can do better.

Oh, Darcy was the poster child for everything wrong with the Sabres. Couldn't wait to get rid of him. The last GM to build a cup contender in Buffalo, during bankruptcy no less. "Do better!" And on the topic of 1st round picks? Darcy got one from Nashville for... Paul Gaustad! 😂

DId the Instigators not discuss it, or was it after their show?

July 2022.

How many chefs do you really want?

Does Jason have a magic wand? Because he'd need one to make Hall's NMC to disappear.

If my brother can't go I'll have an extra ticket. But you'll need a vax card to get in.

So my leap of faith buying tickets when they went on sale seems to be paying off. Anyone else getting the itch to go watch the Pens game in person Saturday?

So how close are we to seeing Caggiula in the lineup? Saturday vs Pittsburgh?

I don't think that's the case anymore

Yeah. Don't watch. Then talk.

Did for me. I took the Sabres +1.5.

@SDS doesn't think there's any animosity between Hall and the Sabres but you can bet the Bruins will be playing heavy. What I want to see is the Sabres responding to the Bruins physicality and keep up with them on the scoreboard. A win would be a bonus. As a whole the Sabres are getting outplayed but they still manage to claw their way back into these games. Let's keep that up.

I don't get the analogy. Maybe you clicked the wrong post. I assume you meant me being happy with the Bills thus tolerating the Pegulas over the Sabres.

So Jack's coming back this year????

Not at all. But to be honest the Bills success earns them many indulgences from me.

I don't know. I think "### Taylor Hall" boils it down quite well.

Maybe the Sabres don't scare them but the Bruins only have a 4 point lead on the Rangers and Flyers for the 4th playoff spot. I expect them to give 100%. The Sabres can create their own "playoff push." They are 6 points behind Ottawa and 7 behind Anaheim with 2 games in hand on both teams. Getting out of last would be a nice goal over the last 15 games. But they got lucky with the Bills, right?

FYI Buffalo only had 3 players under a NMC\/NTC this year: Hall, Skinner and Okposo. Here's list for the rest of the league: https://www.thefourthperiod.com/no-trade-clauses

You're right. He wasn't obligated at all. But you'd like to think he had enough consideration for the Sabres, a team that gave him $8MM for mostly nothing, to help them out and go to the team that was offering the most for his services. LeBrun said he heard a Western team was offering more than the Bruins. Was it Vegas and a 1? We'll never know. But because Hall had to be a Bruin and only a Bruin, not only did the Sabres only get a 2nd, but they had to help the Bruins make room under their cap with the Bjork/Lazar swap. That's another indignity and Adams is getting pilloried for something that out of his control (other than giving Hall the NMC in the first place, but I don't recall anyone here complaining about it last summer.) The combo of this trade circumstance and the overall performance Hall gave the Sabres doesn't make me feel warm and fuzzy toward him.

F### Taylor Hall.