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More or less, agreed. Im fairly bullish on Cozens. Gimme a blockbuster and Im moving any or all of Jack, Sam, and Rasmus the Younger. A middle of the road veteran 1C with playoff chops, a teams #1 prospect (preferably also a C), a #2 RW with playoff chops, and the rest are minor details in a Jack trade I’m not turning down without serious thought. ETA - you aren’t winning a trade where you are trading Jack. But the goal isn’t to win the trade, it is to bring in the kind of competitive support that we should have brought in 6 years ago. The kind of players that will ensure our kids don’t play until they are ready, yet still win an acceptable number of games and compete for a playoff spot.

It was more the draft expectation that we had our Cam Neely/Milan Lucic/Rick Tocchet, that elusive mix of nasty and skill.

Worst team of all time? No. Most disappointing all time? Gotta be in the running.

They are surprisingly meaty. I asked a vegetarian co-worker if he liked them and b=he complained dat they were too meaty in taste and texture. I figure dat is a good endorsement. I'm not sure they are actually healthier though.

Saw my dad for the first time in months today. Thank you vaccines.

Given Mitts improvements I’d like to see him taken off wing and tried in Staals spot.

Your credibility is taking a serious hit here. Go back and look at the season leading to Crosby’s draft. They didn’t tank, they won a lottery. It was a post lockout draft with a modified lottery. Buffalo actually had better odds of getting first that year under the modified rules.

Blew out a tire in the middle of nowhere on my commute home. Jack is all jacked up. Like seized. You’re kidding, right? So here I am on the side of the road in southern nowhere, NY waiting for a tow truck to show up and change a tire. Dont want to know what this will end up costing me.

3 pages at game time.

ZOMG this

1 page an hour before game time. The Pegulas have driven us away.

The rule at the time was 4 1st round picks in the following 4 drafts, so it would have been mandatory that the return paid out over 4 years. EDM did NOT have the option of choosing other 1st round picks to give. It had to be the next 4 1st rounders that are given out based on where EDM finished in the standings the following 4 seasons.

I'm not on hfboards. Maybe I should. This guy says it better, and with fewer words, than what I have been saying for 7 years. You want to know why the Sabres are dysfunctional? That quote explains it quite well. Even with the highest of picks, your player development sucks because you have no tenured vets from the good days that feel an obligation to mentor, and you've replaced them with mercenaries that aren't motivated to provide mentorship. The result is poor professional development and poor morale.

It gets better after 21 again.

My son just sent this to me. Ugh. And I just made hotel and airline reservations 2 weeks ago.

@SwampD clean up, aisle 3.

Yeah, why would we want to measure our team against anything but the worst? F it. Let’s just relegate them like Soccer.

I thought the thread headline said Vogl quit TheAthletic.

Have any of the most recent coaches not impressed us with their first few press conferences? It seems like we could cut and past comments re: Bylsma’s, Housley, Krueger’s, first few pressers and they’d fit in this thread. Call me cynical, but why do we keep doing this?

I'm signed up for Wednesday afternoon, but I need to drive 90 minutes from home to get it. Everyplace in my county is booked solid.

MOVE WIND !

Even Wilbur mailed it in. I think you're right, PA.

So, I received a call from the kayak shop today. They have a larger model on the floor and available. Word on the street is the manufacturer is months ! behind schedule with manufacturing. I thought about it for a moment or so and told them to hold it until I get there to look at it. Came home with a new yak on the trailer, a new paddle in the car, and a much lighter wallet. Tomorrow I'll need to get the trailer properly set up for this kayak and then I can begin the fun of getting the sonar, trolling motor, and rod holders installed and wired up. I am giddy.

My recollection was that he said it in a locker room clean out interview.