Новости за 13.02.2018

What's the game plan for the Sabres next season? What expectations for the 2018/19 season do you have? Can they become a playoff team or are we still "a couple of years away"?

The GOOD

Sabres on 4 game road victory streak

Sabres 5-3-1 in their last 9 games

Nelson starting to look like a NHL defenseman

Reinhart starting to look like the player we all wanted him to be

Kane scored a goal

Very nice and well earned victory in Boston yesterday

Sabres starting to look and play like an NHL Team

DD still in play, Dahlin Derby

The BAD

Sabre goaltender situation still bad

Jack's unknown injury situation... Читать дальше...

http://buffalonews.com/2018/02/11/mike-harrington-caution-is-the-right-approach-with-eichel/

SOURCES: Hearing 2011 second-round pick Mario Lucia and another Iowa player has been traded to the #njdevils . Working on more details

Wild do need to clear one contract to eventually sign Jordan Greenway

Per Mike Russo

Might want to put the kids to bed early and spare them this one.  

Discuss.

I mentioned I was in the Queen City yesterday. Did I see a picture of Cellino of Cellino and Barnes on a Cellino Plumbing truck? Twin? Side gig?

Who's in? I'm not but this deserves discussion.

We have a Bogo bunker so this seems similar.

I know it's way too soon, but the 2018-2019 line up is going to be challenging CAP-wise.  I know a lot can happen, but the team is at $64 mil this year.  I figure Jack gets $10 mil and Sam gets retiring Georges money (3.9mil).  That leaves them at $74 million (if the team signs all others at their 2018 levels, including Kane).  If Beaulieu gets $1.5 and Girgs get $1mil this year and next, you can see it gets tight.  The places to get relief are buyouts of Moulson, Pominville, and Bogo.  Also goalie... Читать дальше...

Makes sense...the only guy who actually plays hard every night and is having a career year, has good possession numbers on an abysmal possession team...but yeah, lets trade him...

SMFH...

https://www.google.com/amp/nhl.nbcsports.com/2017/11/29/contenders-should-jump-on-sabres-offer-to-trade-evander-kane/amp/

Woke up at 2:45 after going to bed early. I was screwed. Lay awake for a couple of hours and got to thinking about how I wished I had become an NHL goalie, and a truly eccentric one at that.

This is not a list in any particular order. I will add players as I find NCAA seniors who were drafted in 2013 to 2015.

1) David Pope - LW 6'3 200lbs U Nebraska-Omaha
Drafted by Detroit 4th Round

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=57035

August 2017 – After a disappointing sophomore season at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, where he had four goals and eight points in 31 games, Pope broke out last season with 13 goals and 31 points in 34 games. He showed... Читать дальше...

How is there not a thread on this yet?

Preliminary Prospect Rankings are now coming out.  

Craig Button released his yesterday:

http://www.tsn.ca/craig-s-list-defenceman-dahlin-leads-draft-class-1.847739

You are seeing more and more Dmen under 6'0 on these lists.

Kids I will be keeping a close eye on this year are:

1) Adam Boqvist - Swedish RHD. Arguably the best player in this years Ivan Hlinka Tournament.  5GP 1G 7A  (lottery pick)

2) Bode Wilde - RHD US National Team Dman who will be attending Harvard this fall. Читать дальше...

Figured I would start a thread for general discussion. Competitions started tonight (mid-morning in South Korea). Opening ceremony I believe is going to be on tape delay tomorrow night unless you want to watch it live at like...6am tomorrow.

As far as watching the Olympics, we don't have cable TV so I opted to subscribe to YouTube TV. It's $35/mo, no contract, lets you stream on multiple devices. It's a 7 day trial and then the subscription bills, so if it doesn't work for you at least you... Читать дальше...

I think there is a thread for this already, but I could not find it.

A good friend and I watched *Tooth Fairy* last evening.

He got it for his kids to watch in 2010.  It was really good, surprisingly enough.  A hockey themed tooth fairy tale.  Two grown men with tears in their eyes at the happy ending.