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  1. I think people are going to see what Matt Moulson is really like away from John Tavares. He is not going to be a 30 goal scorer for long.
  2. And the Sabres are NOT developing any of them properly. Something can be said for getting a few first overalls. We see Edmonton struggling but sooner or later they will get it sorted out. Buffalo has a raft of 6th to 14th overall picks in various stages of their motley development. You need a sound structure to develop players. Sabres have decided to basically trade anyone worth anything for 2nd rounders and 10th to 20th first rounders leaving nobody to develop what talent they have. I say they are going to get burned.
  3. Moulson was asking for money that Snow thought was outrageous. They had no intention of re signing him. So they traded him to a team willing to give up Vanek, a guy who is willing to re sign in New York if it fits. All these 'rumour's about the Wild were planted by Minnesota beat reporters.
  4. I think if they make a one dimensional floater like Hodgson their captain they might as well fold their franchise now.
  5. I knew I could count on you Shaky!!!!
  6. How the heck do you know that? Ok..... who is dis fugger?
  7. There is no doubt in my mind he did not want to play in Florida. Talon had no intention of losing Grabner. He thought he could sneak the guy through waivers and he got caught. The minute Grabner had a free wheeling chance to just play and prove himself with no strings attached , he took it. And the rest ......shall we say......is history.
  8. I dont understand the continual never ending need to refight battles already fought and lost.
  9. This is a very good post. One of the first thing Gillis did was bring in some more first rate talent to play with the twins or form his own line. Sundin came in and really did make the twins and Kesler much better players. I think where the team stands right now its got a first line, a very good two way center, surrounded by a bunch of third liners. I think MG needs to bring in some grade A talent to help Kesler's line if we really want to contend for a cup. The way it stands now we will probably get our act together eventually but wont last the first round . Not without upgrades. For all the folks who want to come here and bash Ryan Kesler........great. However, its childish and resolves nothing. Complaining about the Hodgson trade or trying to trade Kesler or yelling at him to produce = doing nothing. None of these options are realistic.
  10. Wow. What a comeback by the Patriots.
  11. Your rant against Kesler is far too subjective for my taste. He is still one of our core players. He is playing fine. He isnt producing. He needs to start producing. Making more plays, driving harder to the net. This sort of thing. I like Higgins and Hansen as third liners. These are quality 3rd line guys. I am not pleased with the team trying to pawn them off as 1st and 2nd line fill ins. We need a thomas Vanek quality player to come in and finish plays for Kesler. Burrows and Kassian coming back make it better. David Booth needs to be put on waivers, as in right now. Not tomorrow. Not after breakfast. Now.
  12. Folks are upset because we are no longer dominating and we see the end coming. We have had a fantastic franchise really since 2002. Blips being in 2006 and 8 . We cant be good every year and now we dont have a weak division to fall back on . We have probably been a half baked team for 2 years now. In fact, I trace the end of our team to the game we won in Boston in early 2012. We do not seem like the same team ever since. We are still a competitive team. Its hard to sit there and watch a great team for years and accept that the cycle is over. Luongo is 34 , Twins are 33. Bieksa and Burrows are 32. Even Kesler is 29. I think if MG makes some moves to bring in more talent, we can still compete. If not, we may or may not squeek in the playoffs and I doubt we win a round.
  13. Can we have some hintage........... Vintage?
  14. If he gets to 17 slams with another Aussie, he becomes the greatest player ever. His head to head against Federer is lopsided to boot.
  15. I feel very sorry for the guy who got his spine snapped but do not blame the driver.
  16. No. Nuckies were at home and we wore whites at home back then.
  17. You guys are way too fast for me. Ok. How bout dis fugger
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