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Not sure if this has been mentioned before ( sorry if it has ) but as a way of saying sorry to its fans the Sharks are offering the chance to one fan to be in the official team photo this season. Not too sure how they'll choose the fan but most likely a season ticket holder ?

Any word yet on a penalty for the perp in this incident ? Was it an elbow ? Sure did closeline him.

My point was that I value him higher than letting him be lost to waivers or being traded for a draft pick. It's a no brainer if you can pry a high first round pick out of someone but he's developed way beyond expectations from the time he was drafted. This kid deserves a good long look in a sabres uni before you go give up on him in the hopes of hanging onto a d man that can never hope to have the upside of Brennan.

Does everyone value Brennan so low or am I wrong to assume we may have a future star based on his growth in the A.H.L. ? He most certainly gets claimed if put on waivers. No doubt in my mind.

I agree. Why even consider it ?

At this point I'd be happy for a good old fashioned trade player for player where nobody gets jobbed and both parties get what they want. Come on Darcy, roll the dice.

Starting to feel like a mini trade deadline day.

Love him too because he's a straight shooter. He's not always right ( some would say rarely ) but he's honest to a fault and tells it as he sees it. And he's right on what he says about the devils and Kovi. Imo.

And gerbe ?

Great breakdown. Thanks.

Aw thats nothin. Lets see him do that while he's got pucks being fired at him. :rolleyes:

I agree

I'll start with a conference championship.

Might have something to do with extending his best friend and college room mate Ron Wilson then firing him ( can you say golden parachute ) or it could be the Kessel clusterfukc or the trade with Calgary for Phanoops or any number of other moves. Maybe he goes after Bettmans job ?

And I think fans are going to love Otts style regardless of how much we may miss what Roy could contribute to the team. I'm sure his moxy will rub off on young guys like foligno etc in a positive way.

That is some scary centre depth. Not in a good way. This team has taken a step back if that is possible. The future looks bright with a bumpy road.

I'm with you on this. I can't really do anything to personally make the league feel some pain for the discomfort they've caused me. I won't be buying anything they market. Probably for a long time. I don't often get the chance to travel to Buffalo( never ) but boycotting a Sabres game given the chance to do so would only hurt the team I love and support not necessarily the league as a whole. If I were to decide against travelling to Vancouver, Calgary or Edmonton to watch them play It would end up hurting those teams Minutely but the Sabres don't play there this year anyways. But I do feel the need to let the league know that I'm not happy with what has happened this season. Just not sure how. My feeling is they would simply brush me off like some bothersome gnat and have a good laugh at my expense amongst themselves as they enjoy their 1000 dollar a night hookers and high grade peruvian flake. Sucks to be the little guy with no voice. :doh:

Other than the gold medal coaching kids in a short tournament where and what has Housley done in terms of coaching to warrant a head coaching job in Buffalo ? I'm just curious as to why people are calling for this. I really have no inkling as to what experience he has.

Sour grapes ? These kids won bronze which isn't exactly chump change in a short tournament. Grigs played great. Imo Yakupov is a one man show who failed to use his team mates properly. Too often he tried to do it all by himself. Makarov was good. Perhaps it can be said that the Russians should have picked the hot hand in net and went with him rather than alternating between the two ?

Congrats team U.S.A. Very deserving of the win as they really gelled into a ' team ' over the course of this tournament. Based on what I saw they were the most balanced team from goalie out. Great defence, great goaltending and timely clutch scoring. I'm excited about the experience and exposure to playing in this tournament that our picks ( all of them ) have gained here. Hopefully some of that rubs off and translates to the N.H.L. for these guys.

Shite ! Should be a good gold medal game. Both Sweden and U.S. sound defensively. Gots to pull for our boy Jake and the U.S. Like their momentum and the way they've played good team defence all tournament long. The U.S. speed should help their cause. GO U.S.A !

Shootout Sweden Russia. Swedens goalie looks like he stepped out of a lacross net so hopefully Grigs and co. can find some space. Want to see those prospects advance. ;)

Grigs !!! tie game.

Congrats. That is awesome.

Apparently sabres players have been ramping up workouts the last couple of days in anticipation of the season starting so although not much is leaking out of the meetings at this point I suppose this can be looked at as a positive sign. Take it for what its worth.