Thorner

It didn’t “blow up in their face” it went to the guy who most deserved it. Like by far. Him not being there is whatever. Everyone with half a brain can understand why. To not you’d have to be willfully choosing to not look beyond the optics. You are just salty because you said there’s no chance it would happen

Forsling saved it

The mental dynamics change when the teams are back on equal footing. It’s not a house money situation anymore

Do people still think Florida has no chance?

You absolutely need to go get your stick A free 5 on 3 because you want to be a useless pylon

Speaking of, this was a heck of a call, minus Girgensons obviously @GASabresIUFANI take your points, was definitely just mostly remembering my reaction at the time and probably dudaceks lol.

No I mean Lehner wasn’t half bad for us and the ROR trade was great. Those 2 deals worked in combination with eachother because yes I’d have preferred to give up a 2nd for Lehner but also would have willingly dealt a 1st for ROR instead of a second (which, IIRC, is what we paid in that trade) Edit - the “we all said” thing was bad wording on my part, I meant/should have said that it was a point raised by many at the time. But you are right the reaction at the time was bad, even worse looking back just now

“Do you think we will win a cup in Buffalo?” ”oh, I definitely don’t think we’ll win a cup in Buffalo.”

lol didn’t matter at all

Lehner trade was fine. At the time we all said we basically dealt a second for him B/c we only had to include a 2nd for ROR. Which remains a great trade they were sort of part and parcel like Mittelstadt and whatever trade we keep saying is coming for the second half of it

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Let’s all laugh at Ottawa for ditching the korpisalo contract for a reasonable price and also adding Ullmark in the process mOrE pIcKs

Are the 93 Habs texting the 72 dolphins for support?

It sort of sucks that Ottawa is the team (needing help) and getting it, while the bruins are taking the hit but seem to overcome everything thrown their way. ie this hurts us vs Ottawa, and im not sure how comfortable I am even contemplating finishing ahead of Boston regardless of what they do probably ptsd but it is what it is. I’ve been natured.

Seems a reasonable return? If he’s not negotiating a contract? As if the league lacking trades in general for entertainment value makes a trade *5 mins* before game 7 of the cup final lmao Should really help Ottawa tho tbh

We shouldn’t take him in that scenario. That sounds like “I’ll go to Buffalo when every other teams deems me not valuable and they have to do it for the press”

A very moderate offseason this would be. Not terrible, not exciting

If only we had his numbers on an average team to see..oh wait we have his numbers on a putrid sabres team and they were really good

Greatest run of all time in golf?

Isn’t that what makes the sentence on-point? You understand this was satire on my part, right? Lol

Sorry, I’m not reading all that. I’m happy for you though! or sorry that happened

I agree with that. i took issue merely with your idea the perception of the team would by and large be “up and coming”. I don’t think so. Some will no doubt tout that but I really think our persona right now, until otherwise, is “that team that never makes the playoffs”