He may be but it seems that no one else is, especially management. This team is absolutely horrible and I would not hold it against Ryan if he head to greener pastures....

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I think he would be a great fit in Tampa Bay, and I would probably make them my new #1 team because of it.

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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

Of course it was floated last night. The Sabres lost, which usually brings out this kind of talk. If this topic comes up in the middle of a winning streak, or even the middle of the offseason, it's not that big a deal.

It's also framed poorly.

"If Miller gets tired of the team sucking and demands a trade, where would you least want him to go?" is basically what you're asking. Why not ask it like "If Miller were ever to leave Buffalo, what team would you not want to see him on?" It's predicated on the idea that the rest of the team blows.

I'm all for interesting questions that provoke thought, but when it's done to take advantage of anger over a bad loss? Bunch of bullshit.

(This is why I can't stand being a mod sometimes. People post this kind of crap, knowing that it will rile people up, then say 'What, I was just asking a question!' when called on it. It's the same passive-agressive shit that ETC used to do, and it's downright childish. I'm not going to do anything about this thread, since it doesn't break any rules, but I just wanted to comment on this. When I blow my stack, it's because of shit like this.)

Ottawa. I'd hate to see him in Ottawa. Or Boston, or the Rangers. Hell. Half the NHL.

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This thread is making me sad and I won't read it anymore.

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Hockey Night in Buffalo

I cannot believe you're throwing a hissy fit over the way I asked this question.

Gee, everybody who responded, addressed the interesting question. You, on the other hand, flip out.

Fact is, "If Miller were ever to leave Buffalo, what team would you not want to see him on?" is a boring, detached and unemotional way of asking what I'm asking. It is completely disconnected from how this team is playing and what implications that has on the career of a goaltending star.

The impetus for the question is "aren't you sick and tired of seeing this BS play and I bet Miller is especially frustrated too---and can you blame him if he wanted to leave and where would you least want him to go?"

It's a logical and interesting progression.

Or would you prefer another thread about Connolly needing to be moved?

Fact is, when you create threads that play on the anger/disappointment of others on such a consistent basis, it gets into the "don't be a douche" CoC rule.

You can sit there and act all butt-hurt about Squanto and myself calling you out all you want, neither of us are going to care. It would be completely different if this was your first time doing it and something you didn't do consistently. It's the consistency of these types of threads that is getting overboard.

I'm just as sick of Squanto to see these types of threads, and it's being addressed.

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Assuming that he wouldn't flee to a big rival, I'd least like to see him in Detroit and wouldn't mind if he went anywhere else in the West.

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‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

Gee, isn't that EXACTLY what ALL boards are constantly loaded with? Isn't that the essence of sports discussion?

Pretty selective indictment by you, wouldn't you say?




Fact is, it is ONLY you and Squanto who are acting all "butt-hurt" over this. Everybody else is just responding as I had hoped, with heartfelt answers.

But by all means, let's once again change the subject to "how you feel about the nature of the thread" instead of just discussing the subject at hand.

I'm not throwing a hissy fit. Nor am I flipping out. I'm simply commenting on the reasoning and timing of your question.

None of it matters anyway. Ryan Miller is signed through 2013/2014. He is the unquestioned leader and face of this franchise. He's said repeatedly that he wants to be here, and wants to win here.

If you truly think that after a 3-6-1 start, he's going to march up to Darcy's office and demand a trade, then I don't know what to say. It's not going to happen now, and based on what we can tell about Miller's character, it will probably never happen.

I'm not butt hurt. I really don't care. If I did, I would have pushed some mod buttons. But, I'm not. If you get your cock hard by trying to stir up trouble on the internet, good for you. It's just annoying to read these threads that only show up after a loss, and really only seem to be intent on riling people up.

Really? Is THAT what I said?

Not even close. You're like a runaway train on this one.

As I already said, many posters simply responded to the question, which I think is an interesting one. For some reason you don't like the question---or the timing, whatever.

Sorry your feathers have become ruffled. It was not my intention.

I thought it was bad way to go about asking the question. On one hand, the only way the thought even comes up is when the team is playing poorly so I don't question the timing too much. But you do have a history of starting threads with the apparent goal of pissing people off. No one likes a consistent devil's advocate or negative poster.

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I don't mind the question. Contrary to what you may believe , I like engaging ideas that make you think. This is one of them.

It's the timing that bothers me. You have to know that asking such a question an hour after the team (including Miller) played poorly is going to piss people off. To be quite frank, you have a history of conveniently posting such threads right after bad losses. Intended or not, that's the perception.

There have been Butt-hurt sightings in this thread!!!

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

I cannot tell you how much that form makes me laugh when you post it.

I am the one who makes statements on Miller. I made them last year, as a matter of fact, I stated that Miller's trade value was at an all time high and he should be a serious consideration to be moved to help the over all goal of the TEAM! Which of course, as a die hard hockey fan in Buffalo, New York is to see LORD STANLEY'S CUP being lifted over Buffalo Sabres players heads and skating around HSBC Arena after winning it.

But, to get to the foundation of this, I do not say move this player or move that player without first thinking to some extent as to why I would say it. If it was pure anger than I wouldn't spend the time I do attempting to discuss not only who I would move, but also why I FEEL they should be moved. That plays into the emotional aspect of the very nature of the thought.

I am accountable for what I post, and I posted the Miller may leave philosophy.
If anyone is to be punished by Xcheck or the mods, then I am the one to hand that punishment to.

I love this team, I love this town, I go out of my way to try and better both. One by supporting it and voicing my concerns with it the other by actually getting my hands dirty and trying very, very hard to bring a little sunshine into it. If I can.

Many if not all of you know I post with passion. Sometimes they are thought provoking posts, sometimes I rant and its like trying to read pure bullshit. But make no mistake, I am a Buffalo Sabres fan, just as I know, all of you are as well. And thats why it hurts, because WE THE FANS, after all this time of faithful support, DESERVE BETTER!

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Mr. Pegula, your destiny awaits you sir.

That's all well and good, but powerplayer has a tendancy to post this shit at bad times. It is okay to throw out questions like this, but not okay to be a jackass when you.....oh, wait.......

Nevermind.

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Lord Stanley's Cup is what its all about.
Mr. Pegula, your destiny awaits you sir.

Anyone here going to Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity?

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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.

My friend wants to.

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