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mechaphil

boosh

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OUR POWERPLAY'S GATTA HAVE MORE COWBELL

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I have a fever. The only prescription is more cowbell.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

A PP QB would be nice, but we're 5 on 5 more often than not, and the majority of our scoring comes from it. I would like to see, by time-on-ice percentage what the goals average is (how many goals per minute of 5 on 5 vs per minute on the PP)

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I'd put them in this order:

#1 center
PP QB Dman
Backup goalie

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Sabres Hockey: Commitment to Mediocrity

A back up goalie is much less of a factor than people make it out to be. I would have put "reliable D-man" in it's spot on the poll. Sick of watching Butler, Shakira and Rivet fail at their positions and leaving Miller out on the line. My first choice would be a true headline making forward or a Power Forward since we obviously need to beef up our scoring and then second would be a good d-man since we need more skill in our own zone and then a PP stud so we can take advantage of those chances instead of embarrassing ourselves.

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Why isn't 1st line RW on this list? Thats what we desperately need. Sorry I love Tim Kennedy too, but he takes stupid penalties, and hasn't displayed a skill set of a Shane Doan, or Bobby Ryan to justify the penalty minutes.

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"She's like plan C after an 18 pack"

Squanto 7/27/2010

Bobby Ryan is RFA this off-season, just saying. US Olympian, impressive skill-set, strong dude, has serious wheels...he's going to command some serious offers this summer.

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mechaphil

I said 1st line center. This allows Roy to be the #2 guy, which is a scary thing for other teams. Also, PPQB is something that we can grab from within, with Myers looking pretty decent at the point and Gragnani possibly having a chance to make the team if we ditch Loods and Hank. That #1 center, i'm guessing he would be taking Connolly's place if we could ditch him, or we could have Roy and Connolly battle it out and hop between #2 and #3 until the trade deadline.

1st line center and toughness

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

My one qualm with Patty Marleau was that he vanishes in the playoffs when his team needed him, and guess what, he stepped up to be a huge factor in two important games, so I'm back in my old seat on the Marleau bandwagon! Throw some money at him (he's making 6.3 this season - ouch) and ditch Connolly or Roy at someone with Stafford and a pick in tow for an impact defenseman. Send an RFA and a pick at Anaheim for negotiating rights to Bobby Ryan, and sign him up.

New top line is Vanek-Marleau-Ryan. BOOSH!

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mechaphil

I want a first liner badly but I also want Ben Eager. If the Sabres had any toughness in the playoffs they might have not been bounced.

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

How about Wolski in Phoenix, he`s an rfa this summer.

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

I do really like Wojtek Wolski. RW?

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mechaphil

He is a winger but he could fit well with vanek

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

Wolski is the kind of kid who might be able to make a big impact with big minutes, but I don't want to see Darcy take that chance. I want to see him (as much as this is out of character for him) bring in proven talent for the top line to compliment Vanek.

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mechaphil

i think the chances of Darcy making a move for top talent is less likely than me growing fully functioning bitch tits.

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mechaphil

exactly. We need the move but it won't happen. He'll get a few average players, make some lateral shifts at best and spin it like he's a brilliant and we fans just don't understand. And we'll be here next off season saying the same things.

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