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Thought that was a girl in New York City Naw, she just called herself that.

I think @LTS isn't going to develop any further. Trade him now before his value declines.

I don't think there is anything precluding it, but if he's interested in coaching I'd think it more likely he will get his milestones and then retire to full time coaching.

Zadorov will never be a Sabre again, nor do I want him. He takes too many undisciplined penalties. I'd just as soon bring back Risto. (And no, I don't want him back either, but Zads is in the same boat for me.)

Jealous, Patrik?

And it got bad because of Krueger, plus Eichel's injury.

I'm not gonna lie: Don't remember that at all. I've seen the replay countless times but when that game happened I had lost touch with the Sabres. I was just starting to follow hockey again after living in Los Angeles and Fort Worth for six years, but I was living in Detroit so the Wings were the only team I had access to (pre-internet, pre-Center Ice days). When we returned to Fort Worth in 1997 we finally got Center Ice- to follow the Red Wings- and I finally started to watch the Sabres again.

Because Krueger.

It works both ways.

I was just going to say this. As far as keeping up homes/yards, my neighborhood was built in the 1950s. Most homes are well kept up, but maybe 10% have visible signs of needing maintenance like peeling paint or cracked driveways. At any given time, 10-20% of the yards could use a good mowing. But you know what? I don't really care. My neighbors across the street (the house directly across and the one next to it) mow their lawns about once a month.... ish. Okay. That's fine. The guy behind me is even worse. Until rats start coming over from his yard into mine I don't really care. I've talked to him a few times, nice enough guy, keeps to himself except when his second hand herb smell wafts into my yard (which doesn't bother me really). I'd rather have a comfortable neighborhood than a pristine one.

My son didn't learn until he was 30.

Exactly. That's what I was talking about. Consummate professional.

Yeah, this is the downside of finally filling the pipeline- there will be "okay" players that fit in when the Sabres were a weaker team that will be casualties. I really hope they trade him to a team that can use his talents. Ollie is perhaps the only bright spot of the Krueger era.

Because the philosophy of this whole build has been to do the right things and the results will follow. Part of that is to have the players own their fate. And if you listen to them the players consider themselves a playoff team going forward.

To me he sounds like a sixth rounder who made the NHL against all odds and feels the dream slipping away. I kind of feel bad for him.

The Ignore User option. 😉

He's pretty much the only guy besides perhaps Skinner that will take a cheap shot and come back smiling and chirping.

Eh... We don't really know how accurate the assertion in the German language article is. It's stated as if it is a fact but we don't know the source nor are we familiar with the website or writer. It's led to some interesting discussion I think, both about Rousek and about foreign sources.

It could be a hockey news blog, like Expected Buffalo or Noted Hockey or any of the other blogs out there. There is often informed insight on those outlets but also a fair amount of speculation. I did a Google translate of the article cited by Pro Hockey Rumors- here is the translation. The line that suggests he is leaving the Sabres is here. This is the lead sentence following another paragraph about Rousek. There is no further discussion of the assertion; it simply states it as fact. The are a couple of comments that question the statement (also translated): The assertion could be a translation issue, or it could be speculation or possibly a corruption of an idiom, but even the locals reading the article question it.

He also said he was excited about Eichel's return and what he would bring to the team while he was negotiating a trade to move him to another team. That's typical Adams.

All he's gotta do is state that the crease was crowded and he used those assets to improve the team in other areas.

It's entirely possible he wants to how development camp goes prior to making his decision.

Of course maybe the Sabres have decided he's not what they're looking for and don't plan to sign him and just take the compensatory pick. It might not really be on him at all. But if no one else signs him then the Sabres will and try to move him later.

You've never interviewed for/taken a job in another city, or had to choose between competing job offers in different cities? I have, and even with as much intel as I could get, it's hard to know what it's like to live in a city until you live there; it's hard to know what it's like to work for a company until you work there, even if you have friends on the inside. And there's nothing wrong with keeping your options open until you know what all the alternatives are.