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Hope this doesn’t take Winnipeg out of the market for a RHD. It shouldn’t. DeMelo is more of a 2nd/3rd pairing RD. Any major trades are likely to happen in the summer anyway, especially if Buffalo wants a good NHL forward in return. Not many teams are looking to subtract from their NHL rosters at the deadline and I don’t want Botterill settling for draft picks if he’s trading a player like Risto or Montour.

This documentary is airing for the first time in the U.S. tonight. It will be on at 10:30pm on NBCSN (channel 35 for me on spectrum). McDavid is a beast!

Another trade

https://buffalonews.com/2020/02/17/zach-bogosian-nhl-buffalo-sabres-rochester-amerks-news-2020/

https://theathletic.com/1614919/2020/02/17/i-wasnt-really-playing-and-thats-what-you-want-to-be-doing-evan-rodrigues-explains-his-previous-trade-request/

I heard he didn’t report to Rochester. Figured this was coming. I believe now he doesn’t get paid until he reports.

Ok, finally just finished listening to this interview. The Eichel interview starts about 56-57 minutes in and runs for at least 45 minutes. Right around the 1 hour mark he talks about how amazing Ralph Krueger has been for this team (and himself). He LOVES Krueger. Basically says (implies) that coaching this season is night and day from previous seasons. It is is well worth listening to. The entire interview is great.

5-2 Buffalo!! 3 goals in 1:31!

Wow. It seems like a sellers market at the moment. Dude is 28 and has a career high of 22 goals and 36 points. He’s on pace to break that this year (21g, 31pts), but still, that seems like quite a steep price for Coleman. They're getting Vancouver’s 1st round pick + Nolan Foote, Who Tampa Bay just drafted in the 1st round this past draft (2019). Im guessing Coleman being signed to a bargain deal that runs the next season played a part here. Tampa has some cap issues this summer. I mean, tey basically got as much for Blake freaking Coleman (with 1 year left on his deal) as Botterill got for ROR (with 5yrs left on his deal). I think i’d actually prefer Vancouver’s 1st and Nolan Foote... ??‍♂️ A 2nd + a pretty good prospect for a 37yr old defenseman... Tom Fitzgerald is making some nice trades as NJ interim GM.

Haven't had a chance to listen yet but I bet it will be a pretty good interview. eichel interview starts just past 56 mins in.

https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2020/02/15/amid-virus-outbreak-concerns-about-a-hockey-stick-shortage/ Amid virus outbreak, concerns about a hockey stick shortage

Cozens with the hat trick

I can’t decide which one to vote for

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Yeah I was going to mention that too. But I decided to double check just to make sure first and was surprised to learn that wasn’t true. He only played forward for about 25 games during his 3rd and 4th seasons (age 20 and 21). https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/heres-why-it-took-so-long-for-housley-to-make-hhof-grade

I feel like It’s been quite a while since there was so many good coaches on the market at the same time.

3 more points and he will be 2nd in NHL history. No way he catches Housley for #1. I’m not sure any teenage defenseman ever will. But that was during the “live puck era”.

https://www.nhl.com/sabres/video/evan-rodrigues-postgame-21320/t-277437090/c-5252106 (ERod post game) https://www.nhl.com/sabres/video/jack-eichel-postgame-21320/t-277437090/c-5252210 (Eichel post game) Sounds like having Olofsson back gave the team some confidence. Hopefully they can start putting some wins together now. Good to see Skinner looking more like himself. He had a good game. He was playing with that edge we saw last year. If he keeps playing like he did tonight, it’s only a matter of time until he starts scoring., and that could really help the Sabres finish strong if that happens.

I win! Edit -, wait, or you win? lol Eh, whatever. I finally got to see a win in person. My streak would’ve hit 3 years if they had lost tonight.

https://wgr550.radio.com/articles/opinion/olofsson-and-okposo-return-to-the-lineup-against-columbus Olofsson and Okposo back in the lineup tonight. I’ll be at the game, so I fully expect another loss. But at least I’ll get to see Olofsson.

I don’t really want to see Larsson traded. He’s one of the only true centers left on the roster, and he’s one of the only guys who plays with any type of edge/grit to their game. He’s also one of the only players that can be counted on to give a full effort every night. IMO they should be looking to re-sign him. They need more guys that can play center, not less. The rest, go ahead and trade them. Idgaf.

You were actually right, just wrong interview. He did say “some of these guys have earned the right to test free agency”. Now, he didn’t say “all of these guys” so he left some wriggle room there. https://www.buffalobills.com/video/brandon-beane-there-are-good-players-out-here At roughly the 10:30 mark of the video.

I guess it depends exactly what Beane meant when he said see what his value is on the market”. If they use the non-exclusive franchise tag, or the transition tag Phillips could still negotiate with other teams. Though using the non-exclusive franchise tag would make any other team actually signing him pretty unrealistic (since the Bills get two 1sts if they don’t match, which not matching would be a no-brainer). But a transition tag would allow the Bills the opportunity to match an offer, and it wouldn’t really restrict Phillips from seeing what his value is on the market. This year’s transition tag number is $12.3M. That’s more than I want to spend on Phillips but it’s not totally unrealistic that the Bills decide to use it (though I still doubt they do). I agree that the quote from Beane sounds more like he will let him test free agency though.

Scary situation during the 1st period of the Blues vs Ducks game last night - They called it a “cardiac episode’. I guess they had to use the defibrillator on him. https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/bouwmeester-alert-and-undergoing-tests-after-suffering-cardiac-episode-and/article_e121798d-f74e-57dc-8180-477dd4518e43.html https://wgr550.radio.com/articles/radiocom/blues-game-postponed-after-jay-bouwmeester-collapses It happened on the team’s dad trip too, so Bouwmeester’s father was in the crowd. They ended up postponing the game until a later date.