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I think he does what the late Danny Gallivan used to do and drop into the press box once in a while to greet the fans. He deserves his rest and then calling his shots.

Wow. Eakin drops the two most defencively sound forwards the Sabres have that far. He's this season's Vladimir Sobotka.

IMHO, GMKA had him pencilled in as NHL back-up for this season. I hope GMKA has learnt his lesson.

I voted no because I don't know if GMKA can shore up RHD, Goaltending, and good enough forward depth. Even then, the top 8 in the East are head and shoulders above the bottom 8; thus, even if a couple of teams regress, they are still decent. Moreover, you should figure that the Islanders problems are an aberration and that the Red Wings and the Devils will be better too. That makes 11 other teams to contend with.

Sure they were. But the hype around Crosby even annoyed my wife. I remember her saying during the pregame, "why do I need Sydney Crosby rammed down my throat?" That Sabres team needed a 3rd top-9 centre -- which they never got. I always thought the failures of that team were above the players.

Those are very telling statistics.

I am so sick of having had Crosby foisted on me since 2005-6. I love beating Pittsburgh.

If he's this good relative to his peers while being almost a full year younger, I would give him a serious look a bit earlier than his ranking would indicate. That bridge is often difficult to overcome at his age.

It once was who got possession. I don't know what it is now.

Welcome back to the board.

Thanks a lot, PTR! 🙂

There has to be a meme for the LVGK fustercluck, right?

From what I have seen, Eichel has played decently. But LVGK has no depth scoring, their team D is prone to breakdowns, and their goaltending is suspect. And they can't activate the players they need from LTIR who would improve these things.

This reminds me of an old sketch from "Dave Allen at Large": It is approaching sunrise and Dracula is making haste back to his coffin. He makes menacing noises and gestures at anything that disturbs him, like an owl hooting. He makes it back to the crypt. As he returns to lay in his coffin, on the screen, we see in horror-movie lettering, "The Curse of Dracula." Then he closes the coffin, but accidently slams it on his hand. Dracula flings the coffin open, grabs his wounded hand, and yells, "AH, <censored>!"

Sorry to be someone diagnosed as clinically thick, but what does this mean? Check your eyes?

Does KORN radio have a streaming service?

I see that Jiricek and Nemec are both right shots. Hmm...

Some of the best country music performances ever were on that programme.

(Apologies to John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, and Shirley Bassey.) Goaltenders. They're the men -- the men with the Midas Gloves. While catching pucks. Feel free to delete this post.

Maybe -- but the inside-out version looks like a Bruins jersey to me.

People have known about Georgiev pouting and whining for weeks. He's also been terrible this season. We would be better off with Tokarski and Houser next season than Georgiev.

I don't like Georgiev's attitude in New York. Whatever we do, look elsewhere. We need at least 0.910 save percentage.

By points percentage, the top 8 in the East haven't changed since NOVEMBER. Wow.

He, Hasek, Johnny Bower, and a few others were the exception, not the rule. I just would not take that chance.

As it is now, we have FOUR young goaltenders who need at least a couple of veteran mentors. I believe Tokarski is signed for next year, so he would be one of them. Meanwhile, relying on a 41-year-old goaltender as even a frequent back-up in the NHL would be mind-boggling at best. We need something much more sure and much younger to tide us over for at least a couple of years. (This is why I was OK with signing Ullmark at a fairly high salary for 4 years.) Ideally, Pysyk is #7 behind Dahlin, Power, Samuelsson, Jokiharu, and a pair of new, veteran, top 4 RHD. Alternatively, he rotates with a new top 4 D and pairs variously with Power and Dahlin, only getting lesser minutes. I personally expect Pysyk and Hinostroza to be here next year while a couple of other guys are moved.