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Seems to be a little easier when you have a year+ to plan and get all your ducks in a row and have no bad contracts or coaches contracts you are still paying on with rules that favor you tho doesn't it?

That's why the newspaper decided to buy them out. Like Ted DiBiase, the Million Dollar Man used to say..."Everyone has a price"

So because they pay a bunch of money they should be given free cookies and milk that nobody else gets? People pay a hell of a lot more for NFL franchises and they never got these free perks from the league. Yeah, I would expect a lawsuit that the NHL wouldn't win. You can create whatever policies you want, but if they are illegal, they aren't enforceable.

It's hard to really accept 3 conference finals in 6 years due to rules greatly favoring them when we've been in existence 63 years and have the same number of Stanley Cup Finals appearances and likely 1 less Stanley Cup

Think it is becoming apparent the expansion rules are greatly favoring the expansion teams as Vegas has made it to the Stanley Cup Finals twice now, and likely is going to win, and made the conference final once in 6 years. Seattle looks like a powerhouse team after year 2. I'm not sure what needs to be done but the rules have changed greatly from the years when San Jose got an NHL record low 24 points and Tampa Bay was terrible their first season in the NHL to Vegas making the Stanley Cup Finals their first year. There needs to be a happy medium, it doesn't seem right that expansion teams should be able to just basically buy championships by paying an expansion fee and have so many built in advantages in the expansion draft now. Obviously this doesn't happen that often but it is apparent the rules are too much in favor of expansion teams and something needs to be done moving forward.

Gibson has been well below average to downright bad for 4 straight years now, why the hell would they trade for a huge contract and a guy who is clearly on the downside of his career? That would be one of the dumbest moves possible for Adams to make...trade for a huge contract that will take assets to get that is not any better than UPL.

Not sure exactly but from what I have heard, someone really freaking good.

What about Michkov potentially dropping due to teams not thinking he wants to come here? He is likely the 2nd or 3rd best player in the draft...would the Sabres risk it at 13 if he is there?

The number of times big FA moves off versus doesn't is not in their favor.

Trying to win the offseason but that team needs a lot of work. Most likely will find haphazardly throwing big money at players won't work out well like most teams do.

Adams has been brilliant at getting players locked up for less than market value with long term so far...

No.

California hasn't gotten started yet... Primanti Bros rocks!!

You are right, but more than likely the Sabres would have won a few more games and let in a few less goals.

Sabres transition game is deadly

Probably because that's where his game fits best. He is not an NHL player for anything more than fill in duty.

Yeah, basically he won almost every faceoff, even if the loose ball was picked up eventually by Colorado...the one goal he scored directly off the faceoff win was amazing...

Bandits defense was stifling yesterday...so many times Colorado didn't even get a shot on net or even a shot period with two guys double teaming a player holding their stick so they couldn't move it or blocking a shot and then basically keeping the loose ball tied up until the shot clock ran out...it was a clinic.

Bandits dominated the game...set a finals record for defense...only allowed 4 goals...crushing defeat of Colorado 13-4! Champs!!!

Wow...another DBag back in the NHL... Seems weird they would hire a Tortorella clone when he flamed out there a few years ago. https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/blue-jackets-intend-to-hire-mike-babcock-as-next-head-coach/

Hell no

NASCAR is still more popular...by a wide margin

I think there are a few bars on Hertel and Elmwood that do actually. Or at least used to.

Hell no. That's so stupid. What's the point of playing the regular season then?

My father is from Istanbul, so I grew up both playing and watching soccer a lot. Played for 25 years, now only watch it, but I never watch the MLS because it's trash. Would be like watching A baseball instead of the Majors but without any of the young potential stars.