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Not that many players have had better seasons than they have with the sabres? Drury - No Grier - No Briere - No Afinogenov - Match his season high, but took more games to do it and played on the top line, the previous two seasons he had been horrible - he never had any ability to play defence. He no longer plays in the league. But i presume people will have their cake and eat it to by saying the players who have their best season after leaving Lindy have them due to being away from his suppressive regime, which I have on good authority is the envy of 1942 Germany; and players who fail after leaving Lindy, fail because he had his mitts on them for too long. To put it in simple terms, that is circular logic. Kotalik - No Campbell - Didn't do that well with the blackhawks, probably the coaches fault, maybe the GM, now he is having a great season with the panthers, weirdly with the same GM, so almost definitely the coaches fault. Connolly - No Kalinin - No Macarthur - Yes, but there was no room on this team for him, no dissimilar to why Coho should have a 'break out season' with us Tallinder - I'm not sure, probably not better than with Myers, certainly not a much better player at the very least - no break out Lydman - Same as Tallinder Spacek - No Paille - No real room for him, he plays the 4th line of the Bruins

Few tips from a student (i am from the UK, but i presume student life is similar all over): 1) Get used to cheaper stuff, whilst it is nice and a treat to use a named brand, supermarket's own is the standard stuff we lash on 2) Get used to wine, it is cheap for what is does for £5 (like $8?) you can get a drinkable bottle and it will do the job nicely 3) Fanta fruit twist is an amazing mixer for getting drunk, you can't taste the alcohol 4) Ginger ale and whiskey is a delicious drink, though i would not pre-drink on it as i actually like the taste 5) Student moderation is different from normal person moderation, after you have thrown up you learn the line pretty quickly (unless you are one of those weird people who can continue to party after throwing up) In other news, I really like Dalmore 12 year old single malt. It has a sort of honey taste and is yummy

They have a future here if they cannot be sold for a product that is better/more urgently required. It is that simple. We are not the leafs and we are not the bruins; Lindy's system is not a heavy hitting one, this doesn't matter - if they play his system and hit that is fine, if they just want to hit and slow the game down then we have no need for them in this team. However, based on what i have seen of their game, they will fit in fine. Hell, the Bruins should not even be the champs. There was a reason Vancouver burnt the night they lost and it was because of their overpayed goalie. Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Vancouver play a skilled system based around the centre position. I would rather emulate them than the Bruins. And yes, Vancouver traded for Kassian despite this, however, when you have a glut of centre you can afford and need to trade for the final piece - which they HOPE is Kassian. Everyone would be happier if we traded Stafford for Hodgson. Why is this relevant? I would have been even happier if had traded Kotalik for Hodgson! They wanted Kassian, they got Kassian, they gave up a lot to get him.

I think the folks in TSC (sorry but that is lame, just saying) fail to appreciate two things: 1) There is something called enjoying the moment 2) We have not 'forgiven' Darcy As for point one, people are excited something happened, especially when it did not seem likely, he got a damn good prospect out of it and gave up a lot to get him. It is exciting, trades are exciting, that is what is getting people chatting. This brings me onto the second point, which is that you seem to think that because we are excited about getting hodgson that we now think we are a cup contender? That is moronic. We are on our ways to being one, Darcy's job is not done, no-one thinks it is. I expect a hell of a lot of movement on draft day. As for people talking about rebuild mode: TP might have refused to allow a full rebuild - i know if i was spending ###### loads of money on Leino, Vanek, Myers etc. i would not want someone asking for me to shell it out for nothing.

Right now Cody should have mixed feelings because he will get more ice time, but at the cost of a shot at the cup. Kassian should be every happy. He has pretty much been told he will get NHL ice time and he gets a shot at the cup.

I really wanted us to draft Hodgie in 08, now he is hear, i am psyched. Ennis Vanek Leino Adam Stafford Roy Gerbe Hodgie 'Boyes' 'Hecht' That list could use some trimming, which gives us some chips to play with (along with our extra draft picks). We can pick up a solid few players and i am hoping for a Leino rebound season next year, which would help. First positive thing that has happened all season :) That

I think i like this. I agree with other people on the fact that size is easier to add than top centres. I think with more playing time he will blossom. He is also a good 2-way player (which is something i like) I don't care about MAG, glad he is gone, never liked him. Ennis/Hodgie/Adam gives us a nice young core all from the same draft. I also wanna resign Goose.