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jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Feb 21 @ 4:15 PM ET
how do you like Tim Murray now?




- homiedclown


β€œHe got a raw deal” in 3...2...1...
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22sabresQ
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Are we good yet ?
Joined: 05.23.2013

Feb 21 @ 4:17 PM ET
Have we traded for Patrick Kane yet ?
51_Killer
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buttplug, NY
Joined: 08.15.2013

Feb 21 @ 4:22 PM ET
Only Fridays are required for abstinence in Lent.
- buffalofan19


I see what you did there
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Feb 21 @ 4:22 PM ET
[quote=jochfr]NHL GM has been shut down by owner after another bad trade.


And it wasn't chiarelli?!
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Feb 21 @ 4:23 PM ET
Ash Wednesday
- Slapjackzack



That was last week.
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Feb 21 @ 4:25 PM ET
That moment you forgot to get more hair sexy gel



RhinoFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Visionville
Joined: 10.12.2015

Feb 21 @ 4:29 PM ET
[quote=jochfr]NHL GM has been shut down by owner after another bad trade.


And it wasn't chiarelli?!

- jcragcrumple


So you're saying there's STILL a chance?
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Feb 21 @ 4:30 PM ET
[quote=jochfr]NHL GM has been shut down by owner after another bad trade.


And it wasn't chiarelli?!

- jcragcrumple



Chiarelli rightly gets a lot of flack for being a bad GM, but Bergevin might be just as bad.
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Feb 21 @ 4:36 PM ET
That was last week.
- buffalofan19


Hardcores ones like my people Do it the right way and go to heaven
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Feb 21 @ 4:40 PM ET
Chiarelli rightly gets a lot of flack for being a bad GM, but Bergevin might be just as bad.
- buffalofan19


I promise you Herr Komi.ssar he is going to pay the PRICE!
Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Lockport, NY
Joined: 12.09.2012

Feb 21 @ 4:41 PM ET
I promise you Herr Komi.ssar he is going to pay the PRICE!
- Der Kaiser



was waiting for this, A-
TheHank
Location: Yawn.
Joined: 01.11.2017

Feb 21 @ 4:42 PM ET
Hardcores ones like my people give the church a lot of money
- GERBE!!!75PTS

Fixed
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Feb 21 @ 4:43 PM ET
Chiarelli rightly gets a lot of flack for being a bad GM, but Bergevin might be just as bad.
- buffalofan19



I'm no fan of the Subban/Weber trade, but the Eberle/Hall trades are terrible. Plus G. Reinhart? Holy hell
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Feb 21 @ 4:45 PM ET
NHL GM has been shut down by owner after another bad trade.



A National Hockey League general manager has reportedly just been handcuffed by his owner and will not be making any more significant trades for his current organization according to a former NHL player.

During a segment on 91,9 Sports radio in Montreal, former Montreal Canadiens enforcer Georges Laraque revealed that a very reliable source has informed him that Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin has been effectively shut down by owner Geoff Molson, seemingly indicating that the owner has finally lost confidence in his controversial GM.

According to Laraque his source is an NHL player agent with knowledge of the situation, and Laraque even hinted at the fact that his information may have come directly from an agent with multiple Montreal Canadiens' players under contract. Again a sign that those within the organization are quickly losing face in the leadership of Bergevin, and perhaps for good reasons.

Perhaps even more interesting from Laraque is the fact that he now says that the Canadiens will not be trading captain Max Pacioretty due to the fact that ownership simply does not have the confidence that his general manager will be able to get a quality deal if he does indeed move the star winger in a deal.

The news is very surprising indeed given the fact that it seemed readily apparent that Pacioretty would in fact be traded prior to the NHL trade deadline, and there were even reports that people from within Pacioretty's camp fully expected the trade to happen in the days leading up to the deadline.

With this news coming down today one has to wonder if it's simply a mere coincidence that this news has started to leak after the latest trade from Bergevin has once again resulted in major backlash against the organization. Both vitriolic and angry messages have been pouring in from the Canadiens fan base this morning despite the fact that the Canadiens only made a relatively minor trade deal.

For those who missed it, Bergevin traded 26-year-old defensive prospect Jakub Jerabek to the Washington Capitals in exchnage for just a fifth round draft pick, not much of a return at all. The issue for fans doesn't seem to be so much the fact that the Canadiens got very little in return on the deal, but rather that some other players weren't traded ahead of Jerabek who had shown some positive signs in limited play with the Canadiens.

Many feel that David Schlemko, another player that Bergevin acquired via a trade with the Las Vegas Golden Knights, should have been the first man up on the chopping block, and some view the decision not to move him instead as Bergevin refusing to acknowledge his previously erroneous trades.

In fact the trade of Jakub Jerabek would likely have made barely a ripple were it not for the number of mistakes already being attributed to the incompetence of the Canadiens front office, but it seems that patience from one of the most rabid fan bases in the entire league has finally run it's course.

Lastly we will leave you with some of the reactions from the Montreal media surrounding this most recent deal from the Habs.

- jochfr



Wow!
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Feb 21 @ 4:47 PM ET
was waiting for this, A-
- Sabresfan-365


I'm a busy executive.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Feb 21 @ 4:49 PM ET
For the record, I really was just going for a lame "hockey nickname" here - so please don't think that I actually put any thought or meaning behind it.
- Atomic Wedgie


This reads like a guy who trips and then takes a few fake jogging steps like he totally meant to do that.

IndianaSabresFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt FRICKIN ELLIS, IN
Joined: 01.17.2007

Feb 21 @ 4:50 PM ET
Hardcores ones like my people Do it the right way and go to heaven
- GERBE!!!75PTS

and by right you mean completely wrong......... cool

plus that whole not meat thing on friday is well.... you can figure out.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Feb 21 @ 4:50 PM ET
Wow!
- Powerslave





If true I can't believe it actually took this long. I'd have fired him over the Subban deal.
TheHank
Location: Yawn.
Joined: 01.11.2017

Feb 21 @ 4:50 PM ET
This reads like a guy who trips and then takes a few fake jogging steps like he totally meant to do that.


- Wetbandit1

IndianaSabresFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt FRICKIN ELLIS, IN
Joined: 01.17.2007

Feb 21 @ 4:51 PM ET
Wow!
- Powerslave

does this change the value of the players out there.. it thins the market for top winger, doesn't it?
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Feb 21 @ 4:51 PM ET
That moment you forgot to get more hair sexy gel



- GERBE!!!75PTS


"Sexy hair gel" is an oxymoron.
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Feb 21 @ 4:54 PM ET
and by right you mean completely wrong......... cool

plus that whole not meat thing on friday is well.... you can figure out.

- IndianaSabresFan



Hey, now. I observe that as well...
IndianaSabresFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt FRICKIN ELLIS, IN
Joined: 01.17.2007

Feb 21 @ 4:57 PM ET
Hey, now. I observe that as well...
- buffalofan19

oh i got nothing against it. i married a catholic and i do the no meat thing on friday too.. but that was essentially made up by the church a long time ago.

the no meat on wednesday thing (other than ash wednesday) i have NEVER heard of
TheHank
Location: Yawn.
Joined: 01.11.2017

Feb 21 @ 4:59 PM ET
oh i got nothing against it. i married a catholic and i do the no meat thing on friday too.. but that was essentially made up by the church a long time ago.

the no meat on wednesday thing (other than ash wednesday) i have NEVER heard of

- IndianaSabresFan

Its ok, you are forgiven. Just make a donation.
GERBE!!!75PTS
San Jose Sharks
Location: Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Jack Eichel-, CA
Joined: 02.11.2009

Feb 21 @ 4:59 PM ET
"Sexy hair gel" is an oxymoron.
- Wetbandit1


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