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Looks like Moulson isn't being flipped straight away Miller is here for now. No new trade talks. He is playing very well, so open to keeping him

I imagine Ott is now the full time C and they will give a second A Well, the old core is truley broken. Four traded, one on the fourth line and one peppered with more shots than a soldier. Time for the kids to inherit this team. Let's hope they step up. Myers and Hodgson need to be the mentors now. I wonder if they can rise to it

Same hollow feeling that i got when Pommers was traded. Kind of sad really. Goodbye Thomas.

I wonder who will get the second A now

There would be a crossover. It is probably easiest to accept that now, so you have a few years to build up to it, rather than getting 'blindsided' by it

This team could really do with more forwards who put up 50 points in seasons where their play is described as 'invisible'! Bar last year, Stafford has been one of our most consistent forwards. He is consistently streaky and puts up about 50 points (or 0.6ppg) a season. There are worse players to have on your team. He is also, usually, alright defensively (no Selke winner, but no slouch either) Season - Points Per Game 06 - 0.66 07 - 0.59 08 - 0.57 09 - 0.45 10 - 0.84 11 - 0.63 12 - 0.39

I'm saying 25 excluding games already missed

I wish this wasn't seen as one of the weakest drafts for the past 2 decades. Typical Sabres, completely sucking the year nothing but scraps is available, allowing us to become just good enough to miss out on Connor McDavid

Lundqvist isn't much better. Its almost like Tort's defensive style may have helped his goalies stats and now they have to adjust to being the only goalie on the ice for their team or something?

Talking of. Kaleta has an in-person hearing today because of his hit at 3:10 last night. He is gone for 5+ games. Probably closer to 30 as it would be like the 100th time he was suspended

:( Trading Pommers instead of Vanek could have been one of our bigger mistakes if TV walks this season. After all, Minny originally wanted Vanek and would have probably given us more

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Pommers looking to sign an extension by Thursday: http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/225942271.html

The year Pommers got it Vanek got 61 points, nothing to write home about. I think Vanek benefitted from the shortened season. Coming off his best season, now a captain, a pending UFA and with little desire to stay here...he holds all the cards for negotiations. I imagine he is asking for 8.5-9 for 8. After all if 65 points can get you $7.1 million, 20 more points and captain has to be good for $1.5 more million

Why does Ott never blink?

I'm a little shocked they gave it to Vanek. I expect him yo be gone this time next year. I think we resign Ott for 1 year at the deadline. Vanek is no where near those two other players so shouldn't be mentioned with them. It would also have been nice if he remotely lived up to his contract :(

I like the fact there are only 3. I didn't like the fact like 20% of our team had leadership roles. You can still be a leader without a letter (Weber and Coho)

No. They're naming Benn captain

That's probably 10 or 11 minutes game time :( - i think we can write Phoenix out of the race for the President's

There are two left

This was the impression I got. He was crying when he did it, wasn't he?

It is because of people like D4rk that theOxford English Dictionary now has two definitions for literally, the first is what it should mean and the second is the new addition of a way to express emphasis :( D4rk is making this world a D4rker place

3-2-1 point system. The last 5 mins of a tied game suck

:D I am tempted to try and go to both and determine the winner of this argument