Eleven

Hey. All is not lost. Taylor Leier is in the fold.

Bull-stuff. Pizza tycoons have won Cups and so have folks that just inherited teams. None of them know a thing about hockey. They need one--and I do mean one--person who knows hockey at the top. It doesn't matter whether they call that person a GM or a president of hockey operations. To have two means to have none.

No, this is not the problem. If you need a GM above the GM, then the GM is worthless. The problem is that the GM sucks.

No, we aren't. Before tonight, we hadn't seen the tire fire that is the Ottawa Senators hang a crooked number on the Sabs.

/s

And now Olofsson is missing empty nets.

NO MORE HUTTON EVER. WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

Pathetic.

Well, that's how we end up with another Grigorenko / Mittlestadt situation, then. I hate this CHL rule so much.

I'm talking about their play.

VERY poor.

Well, he likes you...

I was going to guess that chz would take a max of four posts to chime in with "he was hot." I got "he's cute," and it took more than four.

"Below replacement" at that price is obvious. He'll get a contract. He's 29. He'll be fine. I had assumed that sweetlou annualized the price but I may be wrong. Dude, Samson has that alien face thing going on. Risto is your Tiger Beat poster boy.

Come on. I'd do that if I had the time. There has to be water, too, though. And books.

I'm on record, for many years, about hating this rule, but thanks for reminding me! He'll be signed somewhere once his price drops. He's still a good player. He's just not worth the money he makes.

Why does he need to clear waivers to stay right where he has been? I don't know this CBA as well as the last one.

Lazar tore it up the year after his draft, too. Most of these guys do. They're first-round picks for a reason. I would prefer to see Cozens in Rochester. Anyone know anything about Bogosian?

Raise your hand if you thought that a Taylor Leier thread in February would be labeled "Hot."

Hoppe: https://www.buffalohockeybeat.com/sabres-sign-taylor-leier-to-one-year-two-way-contract/

Yes. And he's already under contract in Rochester, so what's going on here?

At least the Sabres haven't had this particular problem with sweaters:

We can enjoy this one.

Marchand really is such a special diva.

I only caught the third, but wow, was that fun to watch.