Doohickie
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Have you ever seen his press conferences? Picture John Scott making fun of himself after downing a few. That's what Darryl Sutter's press conferences are like.
In case you think I'm kidding....
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Derek is a UFA July 1, he'll probably want his old number back.
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Though thank you Jonathan Toews for your 46 second miracle outburst.
As it turned out, the Sabres would have won the shart anyway. They had the tiebreaker and ended up two points behind Arizona.
My kids are waiting for the draft lottery before picking their jersey numbers for spring league hockey.
If the Sabres get Eichel, who wears #9? Him or Kane?
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just need results and just saying warning signs abound that we may be witnessing an oncoming train...
So now we're looking ahead to the next step. For last couple of years we (the fanbase) could only think of the draft picks. Losing was fine if it got us the best players. It was all that was discussed for most of this past season. Now that the team has sharted twice in a row and GMTM has revealed a bit of his hand by letting Nolan go, now all of sudden we're worried that GMTM isn't the right guy for the job. I still trust in him more than any other person associated with the Sabres at this point. One of the biggest reasons is the ZFG attitude. It doesn't mean he doesn't want to win; it means he's not tied to Sabres history, Sabres tradition, Sabre culture. That's a good thing; the culture has become one of mediocrity. He's certainly cleared that out and is now stocking the shelves with his chosen prospects. If next year isn't much better than this year, so be it, but before we talk about oncoming trains, let's give GMTM enough time to execute his vision for the team.
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No he wasn't and think you mean "soul"
No, I took it to mean has the cardiac pump and North Atlantic fish of the team.
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I think Darryl Sutter will be canned by the Kings. the players locked him out of the locker room a week back. He has a couple cups.
Have you ever seen his press conferences? Picture John Scott making fun of himself after downing a few. That's what Darryl Sutter's press conferences are like.
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Claude Julien (if fired). I think he has done an amazing job in Boston
I have this weird feeling he's our man.
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43. He's a Buffalo sports figure and no one worth anything voluntarily comes to Buffalo so therefore he must be flawed.
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Anything was better than Rolston. I'm sorry Teddy had a bad time of it, and I was more than thrilled when he came back. I also don't think he's the right coach going forward. But Rolston was a emotionless nothing. Good or bad, Teddy at least gave us a thrill in the last month or so - him VS the Tank. Rolston would have just stunk.
Precisely my point.
Memo to GMTM, "Karma is a real bitch", hope you remember that when it's your time in the barrel, I for one will not shed a tear on that day, thanks TN for your time here and hope that you have better tomorrows in the future
I don't think he suffers from any illusions.
Tim Murray will be fine.
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let's take a shower and move onward.
Together? :wub:
An arranged marriage, indeed, as Ted gets a nice two-year kiss-off
I think the term is "alimony." ;)
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Back when I had hope, wasn't the team something like 5 points out of the playoffs? Before it went 0-for-January?
Correct. And if I recall correctly, it was the injury bug that precipitated the precipitous month of January.
It wasn't *just* the roster that doomed the Sabres to tanking; it was the lack of depth. But every coach has to deal with that. I expect that with the influx of prospects the depth will improve but I also think that ultimately it will be lack of quality depth that will keep the Sabres out of the 2016 playoffs.
Not sure where you're headed with this. He made some nice moves last off-season. One didn't work out (Mez) and one was a stab in the dark that REALLY didn't work out (Benoit).
Both of whom were on one-year contracts. I think GMTM knew what he was getting with them and knew they'd be roster filler for this year, and nothing more.
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(And if I were a player, I would think very hard about pulling a Lindros if I was picked by the Sabres).
I'm good with that. Remember when Lindros was traded, the team that traded him away is the one that won the Cup. Twice. The other team made it to the finals once and lost.
Thanks WildCard for posting the presser video.
Does anyone else think it looks like he just rolled out of bed? You'd think he'd make enough money to buy a comb and maybe some hair gel.
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There isn't a single person on the planet that believes Murray didn't think they would be a 30th place team. He never should have handed out that 3 year extension if he had no intentions of holding on to Nolan. Now our crop of young players that have been in BFLO will have to adjust to another coach which will slow next year's progress.
I think that was GMTM's way of taking care of his fall guy. He knew he'd likely only keep Nolan for the first of those three years, but paid him the extra two years worth as a bonus for taking on a thankless job.
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Yeah for me the shine just came off Murray and I'm a big fan. At least have some balls and tell the truth. He built this team to be a 30th place team. That much was obvious.
That's just diplomacy. You say what's acceptable to say. It's not acceptable to officially acknowledge you just tanked.
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If Murray didn't want Nolan, he should have fired him when he became GM. Instead he left Nolan responsible for a big bag of stinking dog ###### and now fired Nolan saying he didn't they were a 30th place team when everyone who pays attention to hockey knows that's exactly what Murray wanted.
Why? These past two seasons were going to be throw-aways and GMTM knew it. So what was he supposed to do? Bring in his guy and let him absorb the losses (and the acrimony)? Nolan was popular enough with the Buffalo fanbase that they'd tolerate him, even root for him, over the past two losing seasons, which were going to be terrible regardless of the coach. Basically just ride out the coach you've got. Given the circumstances, Nolan was the best choice. If, for instance, they'd have gone with Rolston, the fanbase would have revolted long ago. People wanted Teddy to succeed and were willing to hang in there with him when the team sucked. That is all Murray ever wanted out of him. But now that the Tank is over, it's on to bigger and better things.
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A totally classless move. And not the last classless move from that dick Murray, I'm sure.
Sentiment does not win championships.
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I'll say one, this team has been interesting since Pegula bought them. Hardly a dull moment, even when they were playing dull.
It's because they're completely retooling the team. The one constant is change.
I'm inclined to think GMTM has a VERY solid candidate all but locked up, or the firing wouldn't be this quick.
But it may not be announced until a certain team is eliminated from the playoffs.
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Here is the video of Murray's presser; skip to the 10:30 mark for the part about Zadorov, Weave
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=762931&navid=nhl:topheads
Risto is at 10:30; Zads was a little after 13:00
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Those pinheads traded Grigo for a 90 yo Jagr? Really?
Jagr's a free agent. Just sign him. I think it would be a brilliant move. He's still productive and played with great players (not to mention being a great one himself). I think it would bring the young guys along nicely. And Grigo probably stays.
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McDavid can't play in Rochester next year. I would be absolutely shocked if either isn't on an NHL roster if healthy.
I think Eichel *might* stay at BU for another year (though not likely). I read an article where several college players (good ones, too) were interviewed and they all said they'd wished they'd stayed one more year at the college level. The same article also pointed out that Eichel isn't just good, though; he's beyond that. So we'll see.
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You've been through a lot of history. I think we're on a nice uptick here. Just curious -- why does it seem Gil is disassociated with the team? Was there just so much fanfare when Pegula bought the team that Gil was everywhere and now it's back to "normal?"
I think it's the death of Rick Martin. The French Connection will never appear together again.
I think you're right. And I think Nolan stuck around to do his best at fighting the tank.
I think Nolan bought in as well. There was too much inept coaching especially early in the season. Then at the end I think Nolan wanted Murray to know that he was, in fact, capable of something other than a tank. But he had to make sure he didn't mess up the tank. (Came damned close though.)
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Glad you are wrong!
I'm not wrong. I was just saying that Neither was more likely than Both. I didn't say anything about just getting one.
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Let's knock these Damn wimpy artic birds around and send off underachieving ehrhoff and the crybaby to the golf course
antarctic.
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I think he lost it with that scoring stretch a couple weeks ago. :)
If you go by that, CoHo won the mascot award tonight when he was all alone in front of the net, got the puck, and rather than shooting he passed it back to the point.
And I still think CoHo was an active participant in the tank. He was in on it.
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I like the soundtrack on that first one.... Offspring?