ROR will be our Captain. During a timeout last night he was in front of the bench chirping at everybody within ear shot. I liked that.
- mhp

watching him almost makes it laughable that people assumed myers would wear the c one day for the sabres


no doubt ROR is the next captain as long as he has no more issues off ice

This just in- The Amerks suck donkey balls.
- mhp

16 shots for
41 shots against

2-1 game til empty netter


baptiste, bailey need to start acting like they are our better prospects, instead of letting varone and ellis be the go to guys

16 shots for
41 shots against

2-1 game til empty netter


baptiste, bailey need to start acting like they are our better prospects, instead of letting varone and ellis be the go to guys
- homiedclown

This.
Realizing of course about 20 games in to adjust, but damn those two need to start bringing it consistently.

16 shots for
41 shots against

2-1 game til empty netter


baptiste, bailey need to start acting like they are our better prospects, instead of letting varone and ellis be the go to guys
- homiedclown

Statistically, Bailey, Baptiste and ERod are not good.

Bailey 13g 2g 3a
Baptiste 12g 1g 4a
ERod 12g 0g 2a

They also seem to be giving up tons of shots each game, the D is probably atrocious.

gionta roughly 20 minutes


skunk, girgens roughly 16 minutes
- homiedclown

Agreed - too many minutes for Gionta. He just isn't capable anymore. Would rather have any of skunk, girgens, delorian or larsson playing more minutes than Gionta.

No they aren't, Avs actual beat writers from the Denver Post and Sakic himself came out and said they are not shopping him.

The only reason that rumour started, is from the fired beat writer Dater. who now has deleted those tweets that started the whole thing. Not even the TSN guys are willing to go out on their own and say thats what they are heading too, they keep on saying, according to Dater. If the guy was an actual journalist, he would stick by his worlds, but he a terrible hockey writer who has a history of reporting opinion as fact
- DDM-Coga

Where there's smoke, there's fire. Sakic obviously wouldn't want to publicly admit that he's taking calls on a player, what would that relationship be like if a deal doesn't get done?



Aves want a top 4 D, but (obviously) Karlsson is off the table. Duchene isn't living up to his $6 mill price tag perhaps?


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Senators talking to Avs about Duchene
http://www.thefourthperiod.com/news/ott151112.html


"In talking to people around the League, his name is out there," LeBrun said earlier on TSN.

"Will they trade Duchene for sure? No, it's not 'for sure.' But they are calling teams about him, teams are calling them about him. There's something there."

Dreger added that Sakic reached out to the Senators "about 10 days ago."

"The Senators are intrigued," Dreger said. "But the fit might not be there."

According to TSN's Bob McKenzie, the Senators have defensemen available for trade, excluding Erik Karlsson and possibly Marc Methot, but they would want a team to take back forward Colin Greening as part of a trade.

What's the realistic settling price on Duchene? A young top 4 D-man, solid prospect, and a pick.

Statistically, Bailey, Baptiste and ERod are not good.

Bailey 13g 2g 3a
Baptiste 12g 1g 4a
ERod 12g 0g 2a

They also seem to be giving up tons of shots each game, the D is probably atrocious.
- mhp

I never understood the E Rod love. He was awful during the prospects game against kids 3 and 4 years younger

What's the realistic settling price on Duchene? A young top 4 D-man, solid prospect, and a pick.
- sskkoo1

The rumored asking price is said to be;

-A "top" D-man (presumably top 2, certainly a top 4),
-A high draft pick (presumably a first rd'er, a high 2nd rd'er at the least),
-And a young player (or prospect).


To be perfectly honest, the Sabres have both the cap space and the nessicary trade assets in spades.

The interesting thing here is that Duchene has shown chemistry playing with O'Reily in the past. I believed O'Rieley had his highest scorign season playing wing to Duchene.

Could they possibly rebuild Buffalo like M. Richards & J. carter did for LA?
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Shawn Simpson
‏@TSNSimmer

Avs would want Zibanejad and Chabot for Duchene. Duchene would bring the tempo and speed. Fit with Bobby Ryan.