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You're probably right. As much as I dislike him, there's no way he starts the season without a job.

Down to Gallant and Bylsma for Panthers' head coach. I hope it's Gallant.

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OK

My observation wasn't solely based on two quotes.

Then there's this................. Hope_Smoke ‏@Hope_Smoke 58m Richards "I'm hearing from Bylsma's camp that he's willing to take a pay cut" Hope_Smoke ‏@Hope_Smoke 58m Richards "according to the people I've talked to money isn't an issue. Dale's going to be able to get the man [coach] he wants" I followed Hope_Smoke on Twitter just the other day. I'm quickly realizing the guy's a farce.

Ott seems to me to be the kind of player that really enjoys being one of the 'go-to' guys. He likes being the guy everybody looks up to and relies on in the locker room. He knows if he came back to BFLO that that would describe his role. I think if he went to a contender he might just be another 3rd liner.

You're right. Time to start trading the early 20's players for draft picks. This team's getting too old.

While I still don't think the length of Ehrhoff's contract will be an issue, that's a fair point. For some reason I thought Soupy had more than two years left.

So you guys would be willing to trade for Soupy with a contract that's almost twice the cap hit of Ehrhoff, but many have no problem letting Ehrhoff go. Interesting. Trust me, Soupy isn't what he once was, and he certainly isn't as good as Ehrhoff.

And David Booth had 4 legitimate goal scoring seasons compared to one playoff year of Leino's.

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David Booth placed on waivers in order to get bought out. He was a damn good player, but never recovered from that Richards hit four years ago.

That's not funny. :lol:

It's called the Harrington Effect.

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie 4m COL has, in fact, elected club salary arbitration on Ryan O'Reilly. Had to be filed by 5 pm ET today. And it was.

Anything's possible, the Panthers signed Scott Gomez.

If this is the case, wouldn't the Sabres have first dibs on anybody getting bought out?

Did Pegula come out and say he wants Leino to stay and I missed it? Or are we just speculating?

With the exception of the last quarter of the season when he was stuck picking up everybody elses slack because half the roster wasn't capable of playing at an NHL level, he has been a professional. He never went through the motions, he usually looked like he enjoyed being there (whether he actually did or not) and there was very little on the roster to compliment his strengths. If he wants to go, get him out. If he hasn't made mention of being traded I don't see why it would be a priority. I doubt there was a D-man in the league last year that played so many minutes and had to cover for so many inadequacies of everybody else around him. What defensive veterans? Myers? Weber? Weber is a borderline NHL D-man and Myers hasn't proven anything yet. A short stretch of games does not make up for the last 3 years of underachievements. Ehrhoff is the very least of this teams concerns. Of course, that's just my opinion.

He's been a damn good D-man. I can't hold the last quarter of this past season against him. I'm for keeping him if he wants to stay. No matter how much people want to tear a team apart and start from scratch, you need some veterans no matter how you look at it.

Ah, thank you. Forgot about that.

$10M cap hit in 2020? http://www.capgeek.com/player/121 I don't see why Ehrhoff would be a compliance buyout candidate. He has a very cap friendly contract, especially considering most of the real money was paid up front. Only thing I can tell that would be detrimental is the length. And the type of player Ehrhoff is, I can easily see him playing well into his late 30's, if not to 40.

Marchand for Marleau? http://www.xnsports.com/2014/06/12/marchand-marleau-nhl-trade-rumors/