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When and how did Ottawa become an attractive destination?

That is not a big ask. It's two years down the road and it's top ten protected. I'm not sure I would help Philly get better and take on JVR for just that pick.

Yes, your user name makes that clear. We are not of the same opinion.

No. Please, no. He just is not someone I want to root for.

And maybe looking for a job. I STILL am undecided on him, he has made some good decisions, but GET A GOALIE.

It's been a while...

I think "Strome" is Canadian for "let him walk," actually.

Hey! Did you watch the Granato video?

This is reasonable. The end-of-season roster, with a goalie, could have challenged for a playoff spot. And I think some of the kids might be making the move down the thruway this fall.

Yeah, it usually takes me like a week to post that much. And very little of it is of value.

Après un repêchage mouvementé, le travail du directeur général du CH, Kent Hughes, ne fait que commencer. Les Canadiens dépassent présentement le plafond salarial et doivent échanger des contrats pour s’y conformer. C’est entre autres pourquoi l’organisation n’a pas soumis d’offre qualificative au jeune attaquant Rem Pitlick, qui aurait pu obtenir un salaire trop élevé au goût des dirigeants grâce à ses droits d’arbitrage. Des rumeurs continuent de circuler au sujet du défenseur Jeff Petry. Le journaliste de The Athletic Pierre Lebrun le liait mardi matin aux Hurricanes de la Caroline. Plusieurs équipes sentent présentement l’urgence de libérer de l’espace sur leur masse salariale à l’approche de l’ouverture du marché des joueurs autonomes, mercredi le 13 juillet. Translated: After a bowel movement, the work of the Director General of Switzerland, Kent Hughes, is just beginning. The Canadiens are depressed to present palm fronds, salary, and a doppelganger of conforming contracts. It's another organization that doesn't have a souffle to offer qualifications to young forward Rem Pitlick, who wants to get a top eleven salary, and has gout and a graceful blimp. The rumors continue to circulate around defenseman Jeff Petry. The Athletic's Pierre Lebrun ,Tuesday morning, mentioned the Carolina Hurricanes. Many teams are urgently sentient and presented freedom and space and massive celery to approach a grand overture march of freedom games on Wednesday, July 13.

I like this thread, @Zamboni, and I'd encourage it again next year, 2017-19. 2016 is an ugly draft when we look at just the players involved, but a pretty good draft when we look at what it turned into. Jokijaru is a capable NHL starting defenseman, which is about what you get at 8. You don't always get a Hall of Famer, and you don't always get an NHL starter (see the player initially picked by the Sabres for an example). Asplund is a hit for a second rounder, as is Fitzgerald for a third. Please remember that this isn't the NFL--second and third round picks are hardly guaranteed to have notable NHL careers. Pu became Skinner, so that's great, there. I don't care about rounds 4 and later unless there's a standout, and there isn't here, which is par for the course. 2017, Mittlestadt is still not my favorite choice here. I'm rooting for the kid, of course, but the lack of personal commitment to his own physical development prior to the draft was and remains a concern. No one taken after him is really setting the world on fire, though (sorry, Suzuki fans, I'm still a doubter), but Oettinger would have made more sense. Instead, the Sabres took UPL in the late second, and while he's no longer a prospect, we don't know what he is, yet. He's either an NHLer or not, and we'll find out this coming season. In between was a guy who never is going to play regularly in the NHL (again this is the case for the majority of second round picks), Davidsson. Bryson is an outlier and a good find late in the draft. Overall, this looks like a weak draft year league-wide, and maybe the Sabres just did the best they could. 2018. Dahlin looks like he's going to be a force on defense, but probably not the best defenseman since Potvin, as we were told by countless pundits. That's ok. He's still a solid pick there. I wouldn't trade him for any other single player in that draft, so that's good use of a first overall pick. Samuelsson is a VERY nice second round pick up. I think a lot of teams will end up regretting not taking him in the first. Pekar, I'd love to see in a Sabres uniform someday. Seems like a cleaner Pat Kaleta. I'd say 2018 was the best of the three, then 2017, then 2016. Notably, this is reverse of time since draft, meaning we've had more time to watch the 2016 players and evaluate how bad 2016 was.

I thought Paychex is a payroll company, not a check cashing business. Or did he own check cashing businesses before?

JUST in case... it's a So No Richards reference.

So No Johnson.

Malkin's going to free agency. Can he play in net?

If you've seen the recent ones, you'll probably find that the earlier ones develop more slowly. If you've seen the older ones, you'll probably find that the newer ones lack depth and intrigue.

That's awesome. Good to see you.

Everything about your post, but especially this! Everyone got a goalie except the Sabres this summer, it seems.

I apologize for not keeping up with this thread in the last couple of weeks, but TW, in your scenario, what are the Sabres giving up? My problem with the Kane idea isn't that he's not good or not interested, it's that I don't want the Sabres to give up a lot for him. A 2023 third? Sure. A first? No. Where are you at with it? Because he's free July 1, 2023 and Chicago is desperate.

Mine has no seven! This isn't a Wizard, it's a Willard!

I feel like as a Sabres fan, I'm supposed to react to this news. I feel like as a Sabres fan, I cannot react to this news. Someone send help. I am stuck in an infinite loop of 28th place.

Every actor in a 70s movie is somewhere between 25 and 90, and greasy/hairy. I think it started in the late 60s with Midnight Cowboy. Dustin Hoffman looked 56 in that. Or check out DeNiro in Taxi Driver.

I think I may have to as well. And it's true! Well, wiki true, at least! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Kananga

Nick Kyrgios might actually be a bigger dick than Novak Djokovic, whose entire head and body resembles a penis.