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12 Angry Men

I wonder if the timing of Philly's Weber offer was to show Doan how serious about winning they are

I'm surprised no-one mentioned it before. I think it was a really good deal $4mil per. Guy throws over 130 hits a season and can put up 50-60 points. Makes Bobby Ryan look expensive

Understandable considering how badly they screwed the pooch on Crosby

I think that presents Leino a little unfairly...He is not a liability in his own end, he is our best forward in the corners, his ability to shield the puck is amazing and he is capable of being a 40-50 point scorer. This was his first year of a big contract. He rarely takes a penalty. He had more takeways than giveaways. I think next season he will be a decent 2nd line or awesome 3rd line guy (depending how others work out). He barely shoots - that is one of his biggest problems, only 78 shots

They are/have recently brought in a 50p per unit tax - which doesn't really affect beer or wine, but it means that you can't get a cheap bottle of vodka for £7 anymore :/

How many cans/bottles in a case? It is like £5 for a 6-pack so like just under $8 EDIT: 2 x 15 packs of Fosters or Carlsberg is $30 at the moment in my local supermarket

American beer is flavoured water :P

I believe that was the highest ranked fight of the year on hockeyfights.com For me, my favourite moment in the season was the Washington game as it gave me hope we would not just make the playoffs but we would be a force. And my single favourite moment is Pominville's SH goal in the game. He showed why LR chose him to be a captain. I liked it

They traded Gomez for McDonagh, buried Redden in the minors (yes that hurts the owner, but if he is willing to do it, then oh well) and Drury retired. Whilst those guys played for them they finished 5th, 7th and 9th. So not exactly flying by, but hardly suffering too badly because of it. Compare that to the Sabres who were responsible with their money....

Haha yeah that is annoying - nothing happens in the day, then you wake up and everyone was busy little bees at night....silly Americans :P

Can we give him large signing bonuses or very easy player bonuses (like get 10 points) to try and limit the effect it would have on the cap hit?

Nah, always had a soft spot for ice hockey (mainly cos of the mighty duck films) - watched winter olympics in 06 - loved the hockey. Afterwards, started looking on NHL website, picked a few teams i liked (based on logo) then watched them play and liked the Sabres the most. The team which came in second was the pens (maybe i made the wrong decision?) :P But i have no relatives in America. Seen the Sabres play once, was gonna see them when they came to Europe, but couldn't find anyone to go with so decided it wouldn't be worth the money. When did you move here? Yeah i am young - 21

Yup, born just out of London, spend half my time just out of london half my time in oxford (at uni)

I'm from England :)

Green signed 3 years for $18.25 million - silly Washingotn

Our average draft position is roughly 18th i think (over last 5/6 years) - so makes sense

I saw someone who was ruthless and stripped of humanity and loyalty - so someone who had become very practical and lost ideology. I think he was a villain, but what made him good was that you could sort of understand why he made the choices he did. There was a perverse logic behind them

I like Daryl the most and Lori is too fit to die! I was both pleased and sad when Shane died - he was a good villain

Luongo is also behind a better defence than Miller. He beat Miller in the Olympics? Really? You are using that against the olympic MVP who posted the best stats in olympic history? He has accomplished more the playoffs...not much more...but more - he was also the sole reason they did not win the cup I think Miller would fetch more - he is younger and has a much nicer contract

Yes, i have said the same before, and thus agree completely. Similarly, i wonder if players have been put off signing in Philly because of them trading Richards/Carter

I think when a line is that hot, it has to involve all three players and not just two of them

So now Roy is gone, can we get a consensus - is Miler the locker room cancer now? Or is Vanek still in contention? Is there a possibility that a dark horse like Gerbe could be the real problem? Miller seems to face far more break aways and good scoring chances than most teams i watch. I think his stats are misleading. I like the fact he answers questions honestly, it is nice to know that losing pisses him off and i think that he is as hard on himself as he is with the team. As far as i am aware, most of the players defend Miller when his ability is brought into question?

Maybe this will just be a boring FA....I kinda expected a flurry of things to happen by now....Maybe tomorrow will be like the normal July 1st

When did they get 5 sigma? I know they got to 4.9