I got on him a few times over his "hope you disappear like....." comment a few years ago.

His blog and leaf blogs are the best place to go to get a senseless ban, aside from the first few pages of Ek's blog
- homiedclown

Chicago too

Dubinsky had such a bad year after signing tht big contract that if NYR really wants it off the books, I doubt they get a ton back...
But I could be wrong there...
Maybe with the cap going up so much they decide they can keep him if they can't get a good return for him

As far as a "#1" center goes....
I just don't think it matters that much
I'd much rather have Parise than getzlaf or Stastny...
He's just plain better...
Don't u agree?
IMO, it's more important the quality of talent/production we bring in, than it being at a particular position (center)

And I just don't see us giving up all it'll take to get a top line center, if there even is one available
- jdfitz77

i would love to see parise on this team, and i agree he is better than getzlaf or statsny. my train of thought is looking at the cup winners over the years, there has always been a true #1 center on the roster leading the forward groups (there are a few exceptions but for the most part its true), and I am of the mindset that you build down the middle of the ice. bringing in a top line center and having hodgson and ennis as 2/3 is a HUGE upgrade IMO over having hodge/ennis/stoll/mccormik as centers and having parise on the wing.

just my personal view

Whitey is reading off percentages from the hockeybuzz rumor chart. So... he's a STH. Who does that?

IMO this works if there is the proper coaching of these kids

sticking them out for 7 minutes a game does nothing

giving them 12 minutes a game, it could work

but you would need a foligno type player on one of the other lines (physical )
and a D man who is not afraid to drop the gloves
- homiedclown

Agree on the minutes
As far as the physical play goes,
I purposely set it up so there was a guy on each line we could consider such
Dubinsky
Stewart
Foligno
Tropp, Gerbe, Kaleta

Still not as physical on the back-end as I'd like...
That's where still having 3mil in room could come in handy deadline time
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- homiedclown

would love to bring him in, but i think ottawa might resign him. could be a hell of a 4th line with mccormick and kaleta.

I got on him a few times over his "hope you disappear like....." comment a few years ago.

His blog and leaf blogs are the best place to go to get a senseless ban, aside from the first few pages of Ek's blog
- homiedclown

I stay out of Ek's blogs for the most part....... I'm thinking "Hookers and Blow" doesn't fly in his blogs.

they also had possibly the best dman pairing of the past 30 years in pronger and nieds, which the sabres are no where close to having.

plus, mcdonald put up a top line center season that year, with 78 pts including 51 assists. thats top line material in my book, even if it was only for one year
- adubs14

I could see both Hodgson and Ennis putting up close to a ppg if it's set up like I had it
Is that good enough for ya?
I doubt we lack the offensive firepower to do it

If anything, we'd probably still be too small come playoff time
So while my changes would def get us closer,
It's prob still not enough

Everyone agrees that we need a #1 C. No doubt. The problem is if one of those guys are available, half of the league is going to go after them.

I don't want DR to not add a Parise, Ryan, Dubinsky, hell, even Prust or Stoll just because they aren't a #1 center. If he can make the roster better, do it. If nothing else it makes the team more attractive when the next center becomes available and it shakes up what we have been watching for the last 5 years.
- keptupl8

Right on !!

I want him to go big for a Center. Parise, Ryan and Nash are great players but we need the #1 Center. If he's going to mortgage the future it had better be for a #1 Center IMO. I don't want Parise, Ryan or Nash..

I sent you an PM I think....
- jochfr

Pg 10...

Whitey is reading off percentages from the hockeybuzz rumor chart. So... he's a STH. Who does that?




- keptupl8

he could get a ban for that

would love to bring him in, but i think ottawa might resign him. could be a hell of a 4th line with mccormick and kaleta.
- adubs14

imagine if they got parros as well and rotated those 4

Chicago too
- keptupl8

I was going to say flyer blogs

I have never received a ban from JJ's section

I could see both Hodgson and Ennis putting up close to a ppg if it's set up like I had it
Is that good enough for ya?
I doubt we lack the offensive firepower to do it

If anything, we'd probably still be too small come playoff time
So while my changes would def get us closer,
It's prob still not enough
- jdfitz77

its definitely a thought, and anything thats a shakeup from what we have seen the last 4 years is good in my book.

i agree on the small side....id expect darcy to get a dman come deadline time with some size and skill....

His return isnt going to be some monster win for the Penguins, he isnt signed long term. Staal being a pending UFA (not RFA) lowers his value. Because of this I think keeping him and risk losing him is actually more prudent. It will be tough for the Penguins to get "fair" value trading Staal.
- Gunner Staal

A team at the deadline that's looking at a making a decent playoff run will pay an arm and a leg, and will also be a team that will fully intend to sign him themselves. I think he's one of those players that is an exception to the general rule of the expiring contract because of what he brings to the ice, especially in the playoffs. Unless the Pens feel like they are shaping up for a cup run (which is not impossible, anyway) I think they'd be foolish to let him walk, and I can't see how the Pens would be able to keep him long term.

Pg 10...


- Pairo11

That site i put up is the sh1t!

That site i put up is the sh1t!


- jochfr

I created a "hot or not" section in the forum

the rule is simple post a picture of a woman that may or may not have potential

i would love to see parise on this team, and i agree he is better than getzlaf or statsny. my train of thought is looking at the cup winners over the years, there has always been a true #1 center on the roster leading the forward groups (there are a few exceptions but for the most part its true), and I am of the mindset that you build down the middle of the ice. bringing in a top line center and having hodgson and ennis as 2/3 is a HUGE upgrade IMO over having hodge/ennis/stoll/mccormik as centers and having parise on the wing.

just my personal view
- adubs14

I don't actually disagree with you
But there's no Brad Richards in free agency this year
(and I don't think he was/is a #1 anyways)
And to try n trade for an actual #1 is obviously going to be very tough

I don't consider Getzlaf or Stastny #1s

Also, bringing in a #1 kind of sets up a weird dynamic
If our 3 centers were say...
Staal, ennis, Hodgson...
It's prob Staal who goes against other teams' top lines,
But that's a situation he's trying to get out of (presumably) to be in more of an "offensive" role
There aren't too many #1s out there like Datsyuk who I can see playing vs other teams' top lines...
And if that's the case,
I certainly don't see Ennis or Hodgson going up against the top offensive talent in a "defensive" role
That wouldn't make sense to me either

That's why I looked for a "#2" type who I could see fulfilling that role

I created a "hot or not" section in the forum

the rule is simple post a picture of a woman that may or may not have potential
- homiedclown

That could be good....

That could be good....
- jochfr

it has potential

Hiller > Miller

Hiller > Miller
- Pairo11

oh my

Hiller > Miller
- Pairo11

Hiller's head injury > Miller's head injury

12-Buffalo Sabres- Radek Faksa, C, Kitchener

Buffalo needs some size up front and Faska gives them that. Faksa is another player that projects to be a safe bet to be a 2/3 line centre.

21-Buffalo Sabres (from Nash)- Colton Sissons, C/RW, Kelowna

The Sabre continue to look for size up front and add one of the most competitive players in the draft. While he may never be an all star, Sissons is the type of player that you win with.

Ian Esplen Mock Draft
Vancouver Blogger....

Someone needs to keep track of all these blogger mock drafts to see who was the closest.

he could get a ban for that


- homiedclown

12-Buffalo Sabres- Radek Faksa, C, Kitchener

Buffalo needs some size up front and Faska gives them that. Faksa is another player that projects to be a safe bet to be a 2/3 line centre. 21-Buffalo Sabres (from Nash)- Colton Sissons, C/RW, Kelowna

The Sabre continue to look for size up front and add one of the most competitive players in the draft. While he may never be an all star, Sissons is the type of player that you win with.

Ian Esplen Mock Draft
Vancouver Blogger....
- jochfr

first mock ive seen with both sabres picks going to forwards, which is the right play this year.

most mocks ive seen have the sabres selecting one, if not two dmen in the first round, apparently these guys dont do their research. sabres d cupboard is stocked right now