F**K!

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"Call a cop he robbed Delmore blind!!!"
Rick Jeanerette after Marty Biron's diving save back in 2000.

"I'm going to go to the spa and have a hot tub and massage and relax," Miller said. "That's it, and it's back to work tomorrow." Ryan Miller after clinching the North East division.

I wonder if there are repercussions for not disclosing injuries on a traded player......

There should be. Rest him for the playoffs while we wrap up the division.

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Proud LGBTQQ Individual

agreed. because he can supply us the grit that Ellis gives but with some added skill

It may have been disclosed and Darcy decided that it wasn't that much an issue

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Always possible, sure.

Technically we gave up Paetsch for him, but I understand your point. I don't know...I always liked Paetsch and I knew that a trade was the right thing for both Nathan and the Sabres, but I was still a little bummed when I found out he was moved.

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

That's BS, if true. Columbus would get in huge trouble.

Um...I hate MacArthur and I was preaching for him to get traded. He wasn't dealt for Torres though, Paetsch and a 2nd rounder was. Trading Mac - good...trading for Torres - not good if he's going to be 1) hurt and not able to play well (I didn't know this when I started the thread) 2) playing 3rd/4th line minutes even if healthy 3) not producing no matter where he plays.

Mac could've been replaced by a plastic Chexx Hockey figure and nobody would notice, but Torres isn't doing enough right now (regardless of why) to justify the 2nd rounder, especially when we already know he's a rental. Mancari or Ennis could've been called up permanently to replace Mac and Darcy could've kept the 2nd rounder for an off-season trade that would get a player that's going to stick around for a few seasons. It's not a HUGE loss, as Phil and others have stated that we still have a 2nd rd pick anyway, but with cap room to work with this summer a better player under long term contract could be acquired with that 2nd rounder plus player/prospect.

If Torres was traded while injured and the Sabres didn't know it until after the fact, Columbus will be in deep shit.

If Torres was traded while injured and the Sabres knew about it but ignored it and didn't make mention of it, then Darcy Regier, WTF?

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mechaphil

Whatever. As long as the team keeps playing well.

We didn't give up much for Torres, and he could still end up an asset. His time here isn't spent.

That said, I won't be heartbroken if he's a bust.

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Wheelhouse

Slesh, there's no way that roster gets put together. Mancari and Ennis could both make the team, but they won't be put on a line with Kennedy unless Lindy wants to see them all in the minus-30 range. Gerbe and Gragnani won't make the team, and they may never make it.

Grier or Ellis will be kept unless another 3/4 line gritty player is signed. A quality vet d-man will almost have to be signed unless Tallinder or Lydman will stay at a discount (because they aren't worth resigning at their current salaries). I would expect something more like...

Vanek - Roy - Stafford
Hecht - Connolly - Pominville
Kennedy - Gaustad - Grier
Ellis - Ennis - Kaleta
Mancari - McCormick

Weber - Myers
(FA d-man) - Montador
Butler/Sekera - Rivet
Sekera/Butler

The Sabres are 5-2-1 with Torres. Truth.

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I won't say he's the catalyst, but he ain't hurtin 'em....

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Torres still provides much needed grit over Mac when the playoffs happen for us.

And we lost a guy who deserved to play who had sat in the press box for a majority of his career with us.

I hope to see Patchs flounder and become a quality 3/4 guy on any team.

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Your last sentence is contradictory, unless you accidentally substituted "flourish" with "flounder".

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mechaphil

I think you mean flourish, not flounder.

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Wheelhouse

You, I realized it afterwords, and just was like whatever, they get what I meant, and someone will point it out.

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I think you're covering for your NC education....

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More like PA edjumacation.

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