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First star for the Leafs: UPL Second star for the Leafs: The Officials.

The only thing Krebs agitates are Sabres fans with his awful play.

This is Milbury level *****, there are multiple trades here that should end a GM's career (the Norris trade in particular was an act of insane recklessness and stupidity that even Ray Charles could've see was going to be a disaster).

One of the main reasons Kevyn should've been fired is the idea of him making a horrible ill advised trade like Power for a middle six quality center in a desperate attempt to save his job.

I can't believe nobody has caught on to the fact they were likely cynically lowballing Tuch trying to take advantage of the fact he's a local guy who would like to stay, he saw right through it, was insulted, and this was his response.

I'll put it to you like this: The Sabres could offer another team Dahlin, Tage and their unprotected first for a comparable vet from another team and the trade doesn't happen because the guy uses his NTC to block it. Tuch would basically be impossible to replace.

Did they happen to watch the first periods of both those games where the players mailed it in as hard as you could possibly do so? Lindy is part of the problem but he had every right to be pissed at that non effort.

Appert makes Granato look like Al Arbor in comparison. He is so awful that there is zero chance of any dead cat bounce when he gets the job.

Maybe Lindy shouldn't do things like play Mason Geertsten, a guy who has no freaking business being anywhere near an NHL roster.

Winnipeg paid him because they knew if they didn't they were losing him in a bidding war on July 1st. The cap paradigm is completely changing.

People really don't seem to understand how markets work or the concept of supply and demand: Pool of top UFA's hitting market shrinks = Cost for Tuch goes up. It does absolutely no such thing.

Playing hardball when virtually no players with options want to come here and you have as bad a rep as an organization as any in the history of pro sports is certainly a choice.

The myopic nonsense in this thread is simply off the charts.

FTR Botterill wanted to give him a long term deal, Terry is the one who balked at doing so. That's a major reason Botts got another chance in Seattle: People in hockey know he was sandbagged by the imbecile of an owner and don't hold it against him.

If he gets to UFA that statement is going to age like a tuna fish sandwich left out in the sun for two weeks. Multiple team will give him offers in that ballpark, he and his agent know this.

The biggest laughingstock failure in all of sports?

We are in this situation as the biggest disaster of an organization in league history largely because of "Five Years Down The Road" thinking. Ignoring the present directly leads to not having a future.

Do people understand that with the cap going through the ***** roof a $10 million per deal will be like a $6 million (or less) deal is today within a few seasons?

That late goal really upset me because it's a continuation of a really bad habit that has just killed this team.

A friendly reminder that we are playing a handful of starters while the Wings are playing most of theirs.