Marvin

Does the acquisition of Bjork result in help going down to Rochester?

Can we put SportsNet and Eklund on "ignore"?

Alternatively, can you believe we got a 2nd round pick for Taylor Hall given the way he played this year? And a NMC with it to boot. After his stint here, I now agree with a friend who said that Hall is a great secondary piece for a good team but a bad primary piece for anyone. Hence, I think Boston will love Hall. He will be a secondary scorer on a team with a lot of talent, albeit a bit old.

Ruotsalainen is with Cozens, I presume? Olofsson may find a game with R2 and Cozens. I don't know why, but that seems better for him than Reinhart and Eichel. If so, this might be our best forward line-up in 10 years. The question then becomes how do the D and goaltending look after the expansion draft? Is Ristolainen still here? How about McCabe? Where is Linus?

No. People thought a 2nd at 50% was the high end.

Let us turn this around. Hall has minimal playoff experience. He is not a leader. He has put up assists, but he has often been flat out bad. He seems to lack "intangibles." You are another GM. What are you offering? 2nd and a project is about my high end. No 1st without unloading a long-term cap dump. No high-end prospects. I don't like this trade. I personally would have taken less to keep Lazar -- that would have driven Cody Eakin out of the line-up. But I have a hard time seeing Hall as worth more. The other "comparables" all have him beat on most criteria aside from points.

We should have an analogue to a baby birth prediction pool for when we trade Hall.

One reason to keep him is he might be more apt to stay after playing with the kids if the current improvements continue. I do not want to hunt for a goalie yet again.

"Gee, Mr. White, why does Mr. Kent get all the scoops about Superman?"

27 May 1975 says otherwise.

When I see something like, "better, stronger, faster..." I always default to the $6M Man.

Remember 2006-7 when the Sabres had Connolly and Afinogenov ready to return early in round 1 and the NHL said there would be a cap penalty if they played before round 2, so we had to trade Biron and forced to play them in the last 2 games? This is fecenine.

I like what they have done under Granato. However, we need to see how they play the rest of the season against the Capitals (1), Islanders (2), Penguins (4), and Bruins (6). That's quite a gauntlet with only 1 against the Flyers and 2 against the Rangers. I have the following criteria: 1. No blowouts or getting massively outplayed. This means winning 2-1 while getting outshot 45-15 is not acceptable -- even though that result is preferable to losing an even game. 2. Defence: Improved defencive awareness by everyone, but Dahlin and Jokiharu in particular. This is both in the zone and on the rush. 3. Offence: more consistency in general. Aside from getting Skinner back to scoring semi-regularly, Olofsson to improve at even strength, and a better power play, I want to see better decisions away from the puck when we have possession. 4. Continued improvement in execution. I want the passing to get better. I need better recognition of the opposition's players -- I hate that sometimes no one on the ice is aware of the trailer on a rush or the back door set-up. I want to see better reads to maintain pressure in the offencive zone and greater disruption of the opposition in the defencive zone.

Sabres fans are living on a prayer? You will be able to purchase it soon in NYS. Yes. Nice job.

Irwin-Eakin-Reider looked more like an NHL line than anything with Hall and Staal playing together. There is just more life in this team from more places in the line-up. I don't get angry and depressed watching games any more. It makes the night that much better.

Eek. That is not a show I wanted to remember, no matter how attractive I thought the late Erin Moran was.

"Inflexible, close-minded dingbat" would be my choice.

Who are these guys?

I just read Ullmark and Cozens to Toronto for future considerations.

Yes. There was not going to be an OHL when that decision was made. I think they looked at the 2 week quarantine and decided the long waits going into the Juniors were not worth it. Was it best? Damned if I know.

Based on what little I have seen, I think he's overmatched at the AHL level for now. But as long as he keeps learning and improving, it should be OK eventually.

As a practical matter, the Sabres did what I think was best in the circumstances. I am not worried; it is not like he has had mental discipline issues throughout his Junior career.

Your taste is music is amazing.

I never have cut my hair or shaved. I just use my Kanga to keep it neat. Gadzooks, what do I look like? Any advice?