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Hopefully Vanek is back to his old self against the Rangers; seeing as Hodgson and Pommers surely stepped up their games today. Myers played fine up until that one play, then he seemed to shrink. Roly, kick him back out of his funk. Myers must literally have no inner-strength because one bad play turns him into a farse. Griggy got an assist Hecht scored, someone tell him when on offense just to stand behind the net!

I just want him as a mentor for our multiple young centers. Who are they to talk to? None of the coaching staff are former centers, and the only players with center experience are wingers who became centers.

Darcy go get him, our young centers need a mentor. Plus he'll be cheap seeing as Philly needs to dump cap something bad.

Go grab Briere for a pick Regier, get us something.......

Briere (Flyers retain 17%) & a 2nd Rounder for a 3rd & 5th Rounder Helps the Flyers with Cap and Buffalo with their lack of leadership and a mentor for Hodgson My problem is, I can't figure out a way of fitting Briere (35% retained) & O'Reilly on the team along with Vanek, Pommers, and Miller. That's even with getting rid of Stafford, Gerbe, and Ennis So we may be better off just doing this: FORWARDS Thomas Vanek ($7.143m) / Cody Hodgson ($2.500m) / Jason Pominville ($5.300m) Scoring Line 1 Ville Leino ($4.500m) / Mikhail Grigorenko ($1.775m) / Corey Perry ($6.500m) Scoring Line 2 Steve Ott ($2.950m) / Ryan O'Reilly ($4.500m) / Marcus Foligno ($0.900m) Defensive Line 1 Kevin Porter ($0.538m) / Cody McCormick ($1.200m) / Patrick Kaleta ($1.250m) Energy Line Corey Tropp ($0.778m) DEFENSEMEN Tyler Myers ($5.500m) / Christian Ehrhoff ($4.000m) Andrej Sekera ($2.750m) / Mike Weber ($1.200m) Robyn Regehr ($2.250m) / Alexander Sulzer ($0.925m) Brayden McNabb ($0.900m) / GOALTENDERS Ryan Miller ($6.250m) Jhonas Enroth ($0.761m) About 2.75 (2.25) mil in cap space. That's with Stafford, Gerbe, Leopold, and Ennis all being gone. Regehr going cheaper due to age and production Perry signing for 6.5 mil a year Hodgson at 2.5 to 3mil O'Reilly at 4.5mil

The sole reason I wanted Briere was primarily for his on ice leadership qualitites seeing as we seem lost and confused. I'm glad people agree with me on Drury, not only did he seem smart enough to be a assistant coach; but I honestly think he may be able to bring more push to the roster. Honestly who on the staff seems to be a player pusher? Plus Drury would make a great mentor.

If we can't get our hands on O'Reilly and we are still struggling by the deadline, I say we try to poach Briere (17% Cap retained) from the Flyers for Leopold and 2nd Rounder..... before you attack me Philly is in dire trouble for next year cap wise, they will have 2.25 mil in Cap space with 10 Forwards, 8 D men, and 1 Goalie under contract. If they were to drop 5.5 mil of Briere's cap off, they'd have 7.75 mil capspace to sign a 4th line and 1 back up goalie. My hope would be that Briere could re-energize the Sabres, give us ample experience for Hodgson & Grigs to learn from & maybe get the Leino of old back aswell. It would solve our leadership problem at least. Additionally I think trying to get Drury as an assistant coach might help bring some expectations to the older players like Pommers and Vanek, maybe Stafford if we keep him.

I highly doubt not one team takes an interest in Stafford or Leopold. At the deadline, Leopold will be worth at least a 2nd rounder because he's a vet D-man who can play many minutes while only being a rental. Stafford is still a former 30 goal scorer, at least some team would be willing to swap another cold player.

At the rate they are going, they may try anything. They are 1-6-3 in their last 10; even we have done better than that. As for Clowe, oh ok, I like him now.

Clowe, why is he so special; his stats arn't great.... is he a power forward? I would still want Couture the most though, he may be a true #1 Center.

They asked for a proven forward or a offensive defensemen....... Stafford when he's on a role is very good, and Brennan is a offensive defensemen Furthermore, What do you think it would take to pry Logan Couture from the Sharks; they are in a massive slump aswell and may be talking. or Joe Pavelski

Seeing as this season is going to hell anyway, I'd tell Hecht to enjoy his 7-12 min per game and retire in the offseason.

Leopold to LA for a 3rd Rounder and a 4th (LA has no 1st round pick so I doubt they'll trade their 2nd rounder) Or we could send him somewhere else for a 2nd rounder. Adam for a 3rd or 4th rounder. Stafford & Brennan for O'Reilly What else?

I wouldn't mind him if it weren't for his political/ gay rights activism. I want a GM who solely deals with hockey.

Trade Bait () means not necessary Stafford $4,000,000 2 years left Gerbe $1,450,000 1 year left Enroth $675,000 0 years left Leopold $3,000,000 0 yrs left Myers $5,500,000 6 yrs left Adam $875,000 0 yrs left Scott $600,000 0 yrs left Sekera $2,750,000 2 yrs left (Pommers) $5,300,000 1 yr left (Brennan) $550,000 0yrs left (Ennis) $2,812,500 1 yr left

Grigo is playing, I wonder if he will score again. I'm going to tonight's game and the only other game thus far I went to was the one against Toronto.

Pommers and a 2nd Rounder for O'Reilly, 1st Rounder, and offensive prospect

We better get more back than just O'Reilly for Pommers At the very least a 2nd Rounder

If we get O'Reilly, I would probably want to trade Ennis then for a bigger winger, not a power forward but someone with size. Like a younger Hecht like player for the 3rd line. Vanek-Hodgson-Pommers Foligno-O'Reilly-Armia(next year) Ott-Grigo-Younger Hecht like player(back when he was a quality two way forward rather than a defensive forward) Kaleta-Porter-Tropp

I'd work hard on getting rid of about half the team in order to force a culture shift. Sekera Leopold Stafford Gerbe Hecht Leino Adam Enroth Making the roster look like this Vanek-Hodgson-Pommers Foligno-Ennis- ???? Ott- Grigo- ???? Kaleta-????-???? Ott has the ability fit on lines 3 and 4, or 2 if need be + Faceoff guy If we get Getzlaf or another center Ennis can move back to wing If Grigo proves himself Ennis can move to wing Pommers technically could be moved but would need to gain us a Top 3 forward Players like Armia or other gained players have ample rankings open Myers-Regehr Ehrhoff-Sulzer McNabb-Weber Brennan Myers shouldn't be traded unless deemed hopeless and gets us large return Regehr will likely retire within a few years and be replaced by an AHL prospect we have Miller ???? Reliable Backup and/or Miller's successor

Will Darcy keep Ruff in the system? I'm just wondering seeing as they never said he wasn't going to be some sort of advisor.

Leopold aswell, could a trade be in the works?

Could Stafford going to the 4th line be a precursor to some sort of move with him?

Stats update: Hodgson 7g, 7a, 14 pts in 16 games Sulzer 3g, 1a, 4 pts in 14 games Kassian 5g, 2a, 7 pts in 14 games For those who complain Hodgson is being inflated due to his linemates, remember that Kassian was with the Sedin's for almost all his goals.

It's Fall Gelb in hockey form!