Sabres Fan in NS

This is a reasonable signing ... term and $. Good!! Now they can put a bow on him and send him to Chicago with +, +, + for Kane.

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Beat me to it. Former Leaf Dman ...

Who ?? Name sounds familiar. There must be something to him, eh. He's getting twice the minimum wage for 2 years.

Pump away big fella !! Pump away !!

Welcome back my friend tothe show that never ends ... So glad you can attend come inside come inside ... Come inside the show's about to start ........ +++++ Good!! Every team needs a good Hiney-Stroka. Am I right @inkman ??!!

I just got a very cool notification that I have reached *Hall of Fame* ranking. Thanks @SDS. Maybe you don't even know that the latest upgrade / fix up after @spndnchz broke the whole internet with her Brazilian talk does this. I thought that one had to reach 20,000 posts to reach the Hall of Fame status, but I am sitting on 19,970 (+1 now).

Not buying it. Not atoll.

He is okay in my books, warts and freakiness and all, just because he literally saved the Sabres.

Are you sure about that? I would still pay a lot for Kane and he is worth it. That does not mean that I think KA will do it. I don't think KA will do anything on the Kane front this year.

Thanks, Inky, but doesn't really help atoll.

Why ?? Did we just not manage to finish up the 2022 friggin' draft. If your opening line includes the words *way too early* why post it here, eh ??

Wrong !! (winkie - winkie)

I think this is a good deal. I mean, the Sabres need to spend some money this offseason and he is a good kid and decent player. This way he has a chance to develop more and the Sabres can see what he really has to offer. This contract and money will not impact any other plans the Sabres may have for this year or next.

I like how you showed restraint in saying the dastardly word.

Who ??

I am 43 posts shy of 20,000. Who would have thunk it 10+ years ago? And yet, here we are.

Thanks. Good point about prospect camp, but maybe that is more for the coaching staff. I hope that KA has a portable fax machine that runs on battrey power ...

I loved when UFA day was always on Canada Day. When in the blazes does it start this year?

Why do fans think that they know better than the scouts and management ?? We always do. They felt this guy was even worth a look at 28 if the player they wanted there was off the board. The Sabres, like every other team, need a steady supply of decent goalie prospects. The Sabres didn't for years and now they are building some up. It's a good pick in a good spot when you have a million draft picks this and next year.

Somewhere. Some place. In the summer time ... Yuri is pleased.

Only in English.

The middle one is especially interesting. My guess is his parents left Bosnia or maybe Croatia as Serb refugees to Sweden during the early 1990s. Ratkovic is a Serb name and literally translates as ... 'War who son' as in son of war, but is usually taken to be warlike. So son of warlike or son of warrior. Ratko means war who in Serbian and the vic at the end of any name is son of, as in Mac or Mc (and no I do not want to start that all up again). In my experience you are a very hot Serb if you name your child Ratko. The most infamous Bosnian Serb named Ratko is Mladic ... also known as 'The Butcher of Bosnia'.