I see where you're coming from, B&Y, totally. And although I'm not condoning what he has done in the past with regards to his Jr. career, I have to say that I'm excited as shit to see this kid in our uniform. He's a big, strong, tough SOB that has some decent hands, which is something we've been missing on this team for a while. With no deal in place going into camp, I'm assuming he knew he had to have a change of mind as to how he represented himself, the Spitfires as well as the Sabres. He knew he had to change some things if he wanted his meal ticket to be in Buffalo, as opposed to another year in Jr. I'm not saying he's seen the light over night or anything, but when you have a kid who has some kind of a decent head on his shoulders and you dangle the keys to his NHL future before his eyes; a come-to-jesus-talk can do wonders.

No doubt in my mind he will pancake a lot of guys in the NHL, but there is also always someone bigger & stronger than him floating around on the ice that will likely keep him grounded either with this club, or on an opposing team (See the Boogie-man in NY.). If he goes down the path of the arsehole in the NHL, someone will make an honest man out of him. But I’ll be cheering him on as long as he wears our sweater and represents the team and the uniform with class!

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If it's a tight squeeze, spit on it! - NyI

He's a middling AHL player who had the good fortune of a drunk arbitrator. - The Squanto re: Tim Kennedy

I'm not saying I don't want him on my team, and he is a good player, just we can't forget those incidents just yet because he's going to be a Sabre very soon.

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

You can't ever forget his incidents, you have to only forgive what he did. Especially if he is sorry about doing such things.

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Maybe he's Christian, too!

(I'm kidding dude)

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agreed on having to make a move.. sending him down if he's really NHL ready is only going to hinder him as a player. let him grow with the big boys as long as lindy thinks he's ready .

also, i know it was kind of different back then, but anyone ever hear Rayzor tell stories about when Barnaby came to play in Buffalo and how he got in a big bar fight with a few guys? (don't remember if this was on the Enforcers show, or in his book)
It definitely happens. Especially when you're 19. Even more so when someone at the bar knows who you are, and knows your profession is essentially to be a tough guy.

He's under age. If he was drinking, why didn't the police say something? I mean, I have no problem with it, but it's illegal.

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

he's not underage in canada. where he was. where he is a legal citizen.


also why is that a big deal that kassian was in the bar in the first place?
noone really made a stink about pat kane getting arrested on chippewa for the whole incident with the cabbie. and wasnt' pk 20 at the time? what was he doing on chippewa?

How long ago was this? The kid is 19 now I think... His birthday is January 24th.

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

this past summer. so he was definitely legal in canada at the time.

He was legal in Canada.

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Pat Kane nabbed a cabby then won a cup.

Kassian can be a dick as long as Buff wins a cup too.

Edit: Though talented, I also think Pat Kane is a dick, and I'm good friends with his cousin (not the cab story one)

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Only One Me.

I don't think being a good hockey player should allow ANYBODY a free pass to be a dick or a horrible citizen.

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

So you're saying all of our players should be stoic and considerate all the time?

A team needs personality. Every team has a dickhead, you won't find one team in this league full of Jonathon Toews.
Let the kid's preformance on the ice speak for him.

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Only One Me.

Toews isn't a model citizen either, he said FUCK on live TV.

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He's a hockey player. Let him assault people. Okay. There's a fine line between a bad attitude, and a bad citizen.

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

I don't care if he ravages your mom and puts your dad in a coma, as long as he bangs in 20^ and hits like a machine.

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

It doesn't matter if he's a douchebag, what matters is if he can make a difference on the team or not. It shouldn't come as a surprise that a lot of the hockey players can be tools when they are out drinking too.

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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

Lies, no one is a toolbag while drinking, they do everything perfectly.

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Kassian punts a baby into the ocean.

"As long as he's a good hockey player he can punt those babies all he wants!"

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

That's realistic....

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Rest in Peace Nani. 10/3/10

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