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Yes, and hopefully the last. It will surely be put on hold next season because of the Olympics.

You are mistaken. Yes, there is. There is a correlation between having a front office that understands how to build a football team and having sustained success. Draft picks are the lifeblood of a franchise, and Doug "Win Now" Whaley simply does not understand this. The list of teams that have received the most compensatory picks since 1994 is pretty similar to the list of the best teams in football since 1994: The Ravens have received the most compensatory picks, and they’ve won two Super Bowls. The Packers have received the second-most, and they’ve also won two Super Bowls. The Patriots are fourth, and they’ve won five Super Bowls. The 10 teams that have had the most compensatory picks have won most of the Super Bowls since 1994, with a total of 14 titles for those 10 teams. At the other end of the spectrum, the teams that don’t receive a lot of compensatory picks tend to be bad teams: There are 14 teams that have received fewer than 20 compensatory picks since the system started in 1994, and those 14 teams have won a combined two Super Bowls. Compensatory picks have turned out to reward smart teams. The teams that have been wise about not over-spending in free agency and keeping themselves in good salary cap shape are the ones that keep getting lots of compensatory picks, while the teams that overspend in free agency are the ones that don’t receive compensatory picks. As a result, the consistently good teams tend to be the teams that consistently get a lot of compensatory picks. And the teams that consistently try to spend themselves out of last place are the ones that don’t get a lot of compensatory picks. If you can only bat .300, how do you get more hits? You have to get more at-bats.

We're complaining because we don't have a GM that understands how to build a football team in this era. This isn't a new revelation.

Saying you have a bridge QB is basically an admission that your QB isn't good enough. That type of QB serves two purposes: 1) Sell false hope to the fans i.e. remain competitive for 3 months. 2) Retain the jobs of those that are unable to find the right QB.

No. You need a 4K TV for this. It's not. The "ad disguised as an article" is confusing. It's just upscaling 1080 content to 4K for your 4K TV. They used to do this for DVDs (480) to upscale them to 720. Back then it had a little improvement, but it still wasn't as good as a true 720 broadcast. I would imagine this is the same. Edit: The first link in that article goes to a domain that immediately redirects you to a page that attempts to get you to subscribe to a YouTube channel. If this is an honest attempt at an article from WGRZ.com, then they have the internet acumen of an 90-year old grandmother, and you should never visit their site again.

Montreal is going to miss the playoffs

That report doesn't say he's 6'1"

Wouldn't shock me either. Got to beat these bad teams though, no bye-week or road game excuses. Here's a site that nicely illustrates the bye-week curse.

They have COL, ARI, NAS, ARI right out of the gate. Three games against the two worst teams. If they come out swinging, there's a small glimmer of hope. If they drop the first two, GMTM can switch to seller mode and ditch the UFAs Gionta, Kulikov, and Franson.

Chicago got stronger as the game went on, the Sabres' legs were shot halfway through the 2nd period. They needed the break badly.

I think it's a mistake starting Lehner tonight. Isn't there a stat that says goalies lose 25 pts off their save % in back-to-back games? Lehner certainly hasn't looked good the last two times DB tried this. Good to see Fedun clear, I like him as a fringe player.

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I agree. Falk has been playing well in his own end lately. Gorges is just sad. Fedun got waived, which surprised me. I doubt he clears.

About as complete a game as they've played this season. Putting Franson on that late PP was a classic example of over-coaching, and it almost cost them. Lehner is having a fantastic month.

Seriously. These games are terrible.

Regarding the power play: O'Reilly 7 years, Ristolainen 7 years, Okposo 7 years, Eichel and Reinhart upcoming long-term deals in the near future. We're going to have a top 3 power play for the next half-decade.

A lot of analysts will tell you that puck possession correlates to winning, and Bylsma doesn't emphasize that style of play. We really have no transition game, most of our 5v5 points are the result of dump and chase. Our D like to make long stretch passes to break out of our zone. These are low percentage passes that usually results in our wingers getting pinched to the boards or turnovers that allow the other team to repeatedly crash our blue line. Our PK is a disaster and constantly plays on their heels.

Nah, although if the bottom falls out and they drop the upcoming 4 games to COL and ARI things will get very heated.

This team can't string 3 periods together let alone 3 games. But they do have 4 games out of the next 7 against the 2 worst teams in hockey. Getting 5 out of 6 points on this homestand would be a nice step, but I just can't see it happening.

He's right.

Sabres. We've got 2 more years of Whaley before we can start the rebuild in 2019.

Top 4 teams are clearly in the Metro. After Montreal's crazy 13-1 start or whatever they have been playing at the same pace as the Sabres. Maybe Julien will light a fire, but still doubt anyone from this division is a serious contender. Three game homestand starts Thursday against a minor league team. Can't possibly screw that up, right?

If we could play Ottawa every night we'd win the President's Cup.

Julien to Montreal. Wow.

He's certainly a lot more astute than the casual fan who chants "QBR!" ad nasueum. But like any reporter who doesn't paint a cheery outlook, prepare for this analysis to get lambasted.