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Who needs a cup when Adams can go for a 'Bing' (does it officially say that only players can be given that award? And you know what they always say 'Nice Guys finish First!"

Location wise, yes, they are similar and can be found on most corners We have about 8-9 of them here. At one point we had 3 on one street (in about a 1 mile radius) Starbucks here would be considered more of a Higher end coffee shop, quality wise they are more like Canadas version of Duncan Donuts

I believe this is the 3rd year in a row the Leafs have traded for a team's captain at the deadline Foligno from the Blue Jackets Giordano from the Kraken O'Reilly from the Blues It's worked so well for them so far.......

It's worked so well missing the playoffs and collecting Picks/Prospects. Maybe they should try something different and make the playoffs so some of their players can experience it, even though it's not likely they would beat the Bruins or win the Cup..... Just breaking the drought might help the culture and help the players with some playoff experience

I would say they did try to de-escalate the situation by ignoring him/not yelling back at him. It used to be that they tell you just ignore people like that. IIRC, he even tells the big guy to come down and hit him, and he got hit. Then he starts crying that he got hit.

Considering all pro sports are rigged like pro wrestling now that sports betting is legal............. this game makes sense I saw alot of comments elsewhere questioning how the Flames could be the favorite in this game, seeing the spread have the Sabres at +1.5 many said this was an easy bet. Las Vegas saw this, and decided to make some calls as revenge for the Eichel deal........ It all makes sense now

Is the league still doing that? I thought that was a 1 year thing they dropped?

I know, I would say he was great, but if he was bad, then the defence was a dumpster fire......

Was there atleast something at the arena this week preventing them from playing that maybe the Pegulas asked the league not to book anything this week? It's not like the Sabres have played ton of games more then any others that they needed the time off for other teams to catch up to them. I believe Calgary has played 5-6 games more then Buffalo, but Buffalo gets an extra week off after the All Star break? Maybe the schedule makers thought they were doing the Sabres a favor because they were going to be sending half the team to the game this year?

Atleast Carolina is a pretty good team, Calgary isn't and Markstrom has been horrible

Yeah, it's also tough to look great all the time when it's looks like no one else in front of you showed up to play. I seem to remember Miller didn't look great when he got regular playing time in the league. There are very few goalies that will look great when they face a games worth of shots in 2 periods and no one playing defence.

But that would require precious draft picks or prospects to do and only dumb franchises do that. The great franchises just stay patient and wait for all their picks and prospects to develop into a dynasty

I found it looked more like he tried to hold up at the last minute to not take a penalty for a late hit and just went down. They were acting like it was Lucic just Umbergering Bryson

Maybe that was the plan today, don't play defence and let Calgary have guys wide open so UPL can get a ton of action to work on his deficiencies This franchise is just playing 4D chess......

That was Lucic, the Flames announcers were creaming their jeans over how great Lucic was on that play taking down a guy half his size.....

If only they could get a 1st overall that they could use on a defenceman........

Seeing the shot total wasn't a shock to me, I have been watching the Ice Dogs in the OHL give up 50-60 shots a game and thought maybe I switched on one of their games. I was shocked that the score was 3-2 at the time and could only think how bad the Flames have to be to allow 2 goals on less than a half dozen shots?

If you watch the Boston feed they would be telling you the opposite, that's its the Bruins getting the shaft.....

Does the Blue Jackets coach have a job tomorrow morning? This type of performance usually results in someone losing their job......

Has UPL really been that much worse then Comrie? Comrie was expected to come in and be the #1 this year, UPL was expected to play mostly in Rochester, Save percentage for both is still sub .900

Or.... Gary Bettman: Hey, lets have Buffalo play back to back nights with travel and then give them 2 days off... also let's make the 2nd game during Thursday night football, make it at home to. Schedule Maker: I think the Bills play that Thursday against the rival Patriots. Bettman: Yes I know the Bills play, put them against a much better team thats likely to win, this way fans in Buffalo will be distracted and won't care if the Sabres win or lose and it will give them an excuse for low attendance at the game

If anything, the whole quote makes it sound like Losing is OK/Accepted because they played good hockey and are young and building something, so as long as they take something or learn something from the loses its OK And they have been rebuilding and collecting picks for over a decade now, just because a new Coach/GM steps in, it doesn't erase their entire past or whats been going on with the franchise. There has been plenty of picks and talent come and go through this organization during that time that they shouldn't still be at risk of getting another top 5-10 pick But every year, and every regime change is the same, dupe the fans into believing theres something special coming, some magical dynasty that will continue to thrive and win once a couple of those coveted picks/prospects turn into NHL superstars. Then every year they just aren't ready to take that next step, and just need another year of development before they can make the jump to Cup favorites, you don't want to just make the playoffs, that won't help the team/franchise, if they are going to make it into the playoffs they better be able to make it all the way so its better to just not make it and get another high pick for the pipeline......

I don't know, it's not like he is struggling for a roster spot ND needs them to put in a good word for him. Also unless he has the ability to pick and chose where he goes, it won't matter if he has ties to the owners kids. Maybe it helps in FA to get a meeting, or gets TP to convince KA to atleast look into what it might take

Refused assignment to Rochester...

Maybe the Sabres just need to be creative to get a deal done? What if we include Harbour Centre in the deal? Might hold as much or more then Mullett arena?