Marvin

Are Swifties as malleable as Beatlemaniacs were? Sales of Jelly Babies went up something like 300% when The Beatles said they liked them on a chat show. If not that bad, then she is probably OK.

Points of fact: the GM who traded Foligno is no longer here; our current GM has said publicly that we need to get tougher. The point of looking at the reactions on HFBoards is to get a read on a wide range of representative passionate fans of each fan base. Each fan base has nattering nabobs of negativity; a uniform dislike of a team decision is unusual. Your comparison with Okposo fails on one important difference: Okposo's contract is for this coming year while Foligno's is for 4 years starting next year. That is 5 years out. It is likely to be a buyout candidate halfway through. Minnesota fans are kind of tired of dealing with buyouts. I like Foligno and what he brings more than most. But that contract looks dubious to me.

Who is this Patrick Kane guy? Zac Benson could be a better sales pitch immediately.

My brain wants to unload Olofsson and keep Benson here. I have to keep telling myself, "it is pre-season, as in pre-tend, pre-sumptive, and pre-mature."

The last performance of "Get Back" in "Let It Be," where the police are starting to force the end of the concert, feels like the perfect end of the 1960s.

Benson's hockey sense is off the charts. Wow.

They are still teenagers. A few inches and more muscle are probably in the cards.

The Sabres' consistency was grossly under-rated.

Early season games against comparatively uninteresting competition were always a tough sell after the early 1980s. I think that is why the Sabres try to have west coast trips early in the season.

"Wow. That's the same combination that I have for my luggage." Now, I will go practice my Putts.

If true, then that is sad because we had a winning record against virtually everyone (except Edmonton and Philadelphia) in 2012.

Back in the day, no one wore 13 because it was considered bad luck. It is the same reason that the 13th floor of City Hall is empty.

Welcome to the board!

Is that the game I found on YouTube?

It has seemed that way for years.

Welcome to the board!

Welcome back!

Welcome back! No, Edwards is really that bad.

Rick Martin wore 9 briefly. If Benson tops that...

There are times where I wonder myself. Activism has its big downsides if the other side is willing to kill you. I have decided that I will not be silenced, but I understand that I might pay a high price. I imagine that Zadorov has made the same analysis.

Welcome back! It is very brave of Zadorov to sound off like that. As the killing of the son of a friend of my late father in Vancouver shows, political assassination by foreign governments can happen here.

I remember first seeing this in the 1990's. I think it was Phil Esposito's idea with Tampa Bay.

Honestly, if Constantine is not canned, I would use that evidence to get Benson and Savoie AHL exceptions.

Anyone make the Kansas City - Colorado -,New Jersey ride or, if you want to count franchise mergers, the Oakland / California - Cleveland - Minnesota route?

I see that the camera people are also in preseason form. Try the Capitals site.