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While its true with Gretzky, Its not always the case. My theory was that with most of the top stars, they have always been the best in their leagues and their talent mostly came natural to them since they were young so while they may have practiced or played all the time, its always been in them to play at their best and seemed easy for them. The lower level guys that bounced around the league or weren't more then a 3rd/4th liner have had to work hard and been coached alot to get to where they are so they have learned from other coaches trying to teach them.

New Era (unless they have soured on the Pegulas?), Sahleens? Rich products? Whatever is the current sponsor of the arena? A better sponsor might be a dumpster or waste removal company, maybe a septic/port-o-potty company? Could be fun coming up with sponsors for other teams too. Right now the Coyotes could have real estate agents/companies advertise on their jerseys.

Anderson played in 4 games last season IIRC, I wouldn't exactly use that as a positive for him that he still has it. He was a last minute replacement when Lundqvist found out he couldn't play last year and supposed to be retiring a couple days before he signed in Buffalo, I would say that atleast says he doesn't have much left in the tank. And I doubt the Sabres and Dell would be showing off his custom Sabres Pads right now if the plan was for him to be in the AHL this season. Unless someone looks incredible in training camp/preseason games, Its most likely that Dell is going to get most of the starts w/ Anderson as the backup or UPL getting a 1B role if Anderson lasts through camp. It would not surprise me to see Anderson retire during camp or right before the start of the year after getting to work with UPL and they feel he is ready for time in the NHL, possibly having an agreement that he retires and they give him a coaching position to continue working with him

Funny part about it is in the tweet from the City of Glendale they say they are focusing on 'larger, more impactful events and uses of the City owner arena' What could be larger & more impactful uses for an Arena then an NHL hockey team being based out of it? That seems like a nice slap in the face to the Coyotes organization.....

I would say no since Lehners comments were in response to what is going on with Eichel. He wasn't just sitting around and get asked about his time in Buffalo, he made teh comments to say he knows what Jacks going through because its similar (according to him) to what he is going through

Saw these somewhere else and think they are great, but how good would they work in Rochester? He does this for all the teams he ends up with (had some nice Devils pads but his best were the Sharks pads) I'm assuming if he had these made, he has been told that its most likely he starts on the roster here

The fact you got an autograph instead of kicking him in the nuts or pushing him into the carousel at baggage claim should be a ban able offence around here....

probably the same chance as me winning the Lotto tonight, but there is a chance....... This team dropped alot of talent this offseason and replaced most of it with scrapings from the bottom of a septic tank.... This team has a better chance of coming in dead last then being considered a playoff contender in December. Management has shown that this season is about letting the young guys get NHL experience under their belt then actually winning games. Considering their top 4 Goalies for next year had a combined win total in the single digits, and only Tokarski played in double digit amount of games in the NHL, even the Coyotes are going to struggle to keep up with Buffalo for the 32nd spot.....

So what your saying is Buffalo is the City of Contenders? As for Lehner, and I'm not necessarily trying to defend him because I don't think he should be blaming others more then himself for how things went down in Buffalo (a team that actually saw the potential in him and overpaid to bring him in to be given the chance to be a full time starter), He may not have a medical degree but did live through all of it and knows best what went down. I don't think he is making these comments if other medical experts had told him that the Sabres medical staff did everything correctly......

But then we wouldn't have gotten Hutton! And Binnington hasn't really been that great since the Cup run.... I do think there are much less 'Franchise Goalies' out there today and its leading to many teams going the route of getting a 1A/1B tandem with good but not great guys to carry the work load.

What about the Redwings? They traded for a franchise goalie from Buffalo......

From coaching Crosby, Malkin, and Fleury to Stanley cup championships to AHL ASSISSTANT Coach (where he is basically there to coach about 1/2 a team that belongs to the NHLs newest expansion team......

Points or Goals? He was 10th I believe in Points, not 12th But it wasn't that long ago that Hall and Kessel were both in the top 10 in points and I doubt anyone wants to break the bank on trading for one of them.....

They gave him a City Bus to travel from City Hall to the arena He was also back with Ellis I believe when 'Hometown Hockey' was hosted from behind City Hall, he was one of the players they highlighted

There is probably a 90%+ chance that they will....... And sadly it will be because its the best option compared to what they are able to obtain for that role.....

750k or League minimum

I'm assuming the Pinned threads for the Sabres FA signings and Free Agency?

They might be trying to get an assistant coaching staff who were all from the same City then...... Girardi, Paille, and Ellis are all from the same City

You have family in Welland? My friends wife grew up down the street from him when they were kids

I beat you to it (Look way up) And just for the 'Old School' Sabrespacers - 5 x$5 mil.

Well looking at this front office right now, 1 year and about $750-825k I'm guessing would be their offer.....

Apparently not because teams don't seem to be lining up to get him. All either want the Sabres to retain money for him or take back bad contracts If he is a franchise changing player, how come the sabres are still at the same point (or worse) then when he got here?

I think unless KA lowers his asking cost and accepts some bad contracts or higher priced roster players back, the Sabres won't have any buyers. Minnesota has space this year, but there problem will be after it when the cost of buying out Suter and Parise increases Calgary might be able to make something work but do they have anything of value to send back? The Habs/Kings/Knights don't have cap space but they also (atleast the Habs and Kings) have made moves to address their C position and might not be interested in moving assets to take on Eichel. The Rangers appear to be interested, but only if they get him at a discount The Ducks are at a cross roads of whether they need to fully rebuild and may not see the need for Eichel right now There could always be a surprise team that comes out of no where and gets him. A team like the Coyotes jump in and grab him, Yzerman decides to try to speed the Detroit rebuild up a little bit, or the Kraken decide to try and get a big name to be the face of the new franchise?.... I have been saying for a while that I can almost guarantee that when he is moved, fans aren't going to be happy with the return

Is that what they are naming their new Yacht? The 'Bargain Basement Budget Buster'?

Apologies, an s got added when I was typing (possibly auto correct) after midnight Definitely made it confusing to understand or read who I was referring to