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He really doesn't, though. 13th forward, Rochester, whatever. There is zero reason to put him in the lineup unless he earns it in camp and preseason. After the last year and a half, he should be treated like a rookie as far as playing time goes.

Not that I really expect this to happen, but if we were to add another winger capable of playing in the top-9, we could shift Reinhart to center and Foligno-Larsson-XXX becomes the 4th line. Something like this: UFA/trade-O'Reilly-Okposo Ennis-Eichel-Girgensons Kane-Reinhart-Gionta Foligno-Larsson-competition

I'm with you.

I'm not so sure about that. If he planned to plug Vesey into a top-6 spot, I don't think his fallback is just to slide Ennis there...not ideally, anyway. Frankly, penciling both Deslauriers and Moulson into regular duty is a bit nauseating to me.

The Rangers are cooked the moment Lundqvist falls off.

Sure we will. This is how it happens. The night is always the darkest before the dawn. Or something like that. Insert cliché here! It's happening! (If Tyrod gets hurt I'm immediately abandoning ship)

We're totally making the playoffs this year.

I'm honestly not surprised at cutting Karlos. Surprised at the timing (figured if he got released it would be after his suspension if they liked the other Williams a lot), but not the move itself. It certainly looks like a PR move, but it's not crazy to think they simply didn't expect him to get his head on straight. He did. He's better than your average backup, and I wanted to see him get a shot to be McCoy's successor. But it's not like RBs are hard to find, so I'm not too broken up about it.

They're the post-Drury/Briere Sabres with a better goaltender. Even when we start winning more hockey games than those teams?

No clue. He shoots left. That's all I got :lol: Because we have a whole bunch of uncertainty there right now?

Yup, gimme Hudler. I'd also still be interested in Nash if the Rangers move him cheap now, but not sure both teams could make the money work.

I remember some general stuff about wanting the decision shortly after the visits and not to drag things out..but I don't recall any firm statement of Friday being the day. Then again, so many conflicting reports have been out there, I could just not be remembering properly.

Very well said.

Kid is making one of the biggest decisions he'll ever make in life. Do you really begrudge him taking an extra day to make sure he's making the right one? Or he heard it from everybody. Don't blame the kid for the media coverage.

Obviously I'd prefer to have him here, but my feelings haven't changed: I'm fine as long as it's not Boston or Toronto. And frankly, I do prefer him in NY to Chicago. I really want the Hawks to decline.

A pitch clock should have been implemented two decades ago.

Pffft, nobody likes flying United.

Easily one of the most embarrassing spats in Buffalo sports media history. Graham is a heck of a writer and his long form features are generally terrific...but man, he's a grade-A douche. Why hire Coller when you can continue to employ Mike "simplest takes imaginable" Harrington?

During the interview after the race he said his body just wouldn't respond when he tried to push it after the turn. I'm still in awe that that performance was disappointing. Probably, but I'm choosing to believe that every once in awhile, we do get a genetic freak with a crazy work ethic who can redefine what is possible.

Bolt runs by far his slowest time in the 200...and still nobody else was even close. :worthy:

You're cold blooded, man. Anywho... Tom E. Curran @tomecurran BREAKING: Brady misses start after slicing thumb with scissors prior to Thursday's preseason game http://fw.to/82MHFGI I cannot believe Belichick is so irresponsible as to let Tommy boy play with scissors unsupervised. If it gets infected and Brady loses his hand, the it falls on the GM who let him do this.

Riter got fired, IIRC. But yea, I'd imagine the pay isn't great for the down-ticket talent.

Joe Buscaglia ‏@JoeBuscaglia 10m10 minutes ago Marcell Dareus had his right arm heavily wrapped following practice #Bills Go Biilllsssss, for we are here to cheer for you, go Bills! (bonus points for those who can recognize where that's from)

Matthew Coller ‏@MatthewWGR 13m13 minutes ago Matthew Coller Retweeted Howard WGR 'Tis true, I'm leaving to cover the Vikings at @1500ESPN ...next week is my last at WGR Sadness. WGR just got markedly worse.

Methinks he'd be pretty great on Eichel's wing.