I wasn't on the Drouin bandwagon, but that kid has some serious skills. Now i wish we would of bought on him low. No way he is going anywhere now.
- CoHo_to_B-Lo

thx...on drouin, will never discount his skill-level...am interested in seeing how he plays in the next round should the bolts finish off the wings...that said, with the stamkos situation, tampa may be forced to keep drouin...kinda like vanek and the sabres
- Michael Pachla

any truth to the rumor that vanek was play cards with sammy watkins last night?

any truth to the rumor that vanek was play cards with sammy watkins last night?
- homiedclown

I think the Wild, er I mean Vanek, are "all in" too.

any truth to the rumor that vanek was play cards with sammy watkins last night?
- homiedclown

No Sammy was cruisin in his new "whip" he don't need no practice.

Hi

any truth to the rumor that vanek was play cards with sammy watkins last night?
- homiedclown

no...but johnny football was said to have tweeted, "@sammybro, my man, if you're gonna be a schlep, go "billy" in vegas. #blondewig n' fake 'stash"

Hi
- jochfr

How was the game last night?

How was the game last night?
- CoHo_to_B-Lo

seems pretty happy...hummanna, hummanna

I wasn't on the Drouin bandwagon, but that kid has some serious skills. Now i wish we would of bought on him low. No way he is going anywhere now.
- coho

Problem was, Yzerman wasn't selling low, so the frustration is unwarranted.

Problem was, Yzerman wasn't selling low, so the frustration is unwarranted.
- stashu

#truth

If we keep our spot in the draft lottery would you trade it to Tampa ++ for Drouin?

I would in a minute for a guy with his talent. It is too bad that we could have had him his draft year but won meaningless games at the end of the year. But we did get Risto that year so can't be too disappointed.

thx...on drouin, will never discount his skill-level...am interested in seeing how he plays in the next round should the bolts finish off the wings...that said, with the stamkos situation, tampa may be forced to keep drouin...kinda like vanek and the sabres
- Michael Pachla

Remember when Darcy signed Vanek instead of taking 5 First Round Picks from the usual bottom feeder even back than except the random cup run Edmonton Oilers?

Always a WTF moment to revisit that inexcusably gets excused by a few for the incompetence of not signing your best players during the season

How was the game last night?
- CoHo_to_B-Lo

Great atmosphere, awful game for them.

thx...on drouin, will never discount his skill-level...am interested in seeing how he plays in the next round should the bolts finish off the wings...that said, with the stamkos situation, tampa may be forced to keep drouin...kinda like vanek and the sabres
- Michael Pachla

The guys on NHL Radio were saying that Drouin makes Stamkos expendable.

Remember when Darcy signed Vanek instead of taking 5 First Round Picks from the usual bottom feeder even back than except the random cup run Edmonton Oilers?

Always a WTF moment to revisit that inexcusably gets excused by a few for the incompetence of not signing your best players during the season
- doctordizzle

Not a Darcy fan AT ALL, but he had no choice but to sign Vanek, and I'm not so sure how much Golisano, and Quinn had to do with not re-signing Briere, and Drury.

Not a Darcy fan AT ALL, but he had no choice but to sign Vanek, and I'm not so sure how much Golisano, and Quinn had to do with not re-signing Briere, and Drury.
- bobmack13

I don't disagree w you and the times

but those picks were Oilers picks. You take them than go to a closed room and jump up and down and off the walls...especially with the job security he had

You take and run with Oilers, Flames, Leafs, Jets( than Thrashers), Yotes, islanders and Panthers

No thanks if was Bruins, Rangers, Wings, Penguins perpetual challengers or even Flyers Habs pretender types

Above applies almost every year despite a few random good and bad years in each category

Remember when Darcy signed Vanek instead of taking 5 First Round Picks from the usual bottom feeder even back than except the random cup run Edmonton Oilers?

Always a WTF moment to revisit that inexcusably gets excused by a few for the incompetence of not signing your best players during the season
- doctordizzle

yup...it was actually four and the oilers were only a year removed from appearing in the Stanley Cup finals...

sure, they had a rough 06-07 season but still had only the sixth-overall pick (Sam Gagner) in the 2007 draft...methinks adding vanek would've made that pick even lower.

they had the 22nd pick in 2008 (Jordan eberle)
the 10th in 2009 (magnus paajarvi)
and the 1st overall in 2010 (taylor hall)

those were the players they took, but that's not to say the sabres would've picked that high

The guys on NHL Radio were saying that Drouin makes Stamkos expendable.
- bobmack13

sometimes I find it hard listening to wgr

Not a Darcy fan AT ALL, but he had no choice but to sign Vanek, and I'm not so sure how much Golisano, and Quinn had to do with not re-signing Briere, and Drury.
- bobmack13

Im pretty sure much of the financials were dictated by Golisano, Darcy was just the guy who had to tell the public.
Though, Darcy was probably the guy who told Golisano to spend money on Drury and then didnt get it done...

Problem was, Yzerman wasn't selling low, so the frustration is unwarranted.
- stashu

This is a great post

sometimes I find it hard listening to wgr
- Michael Pachla

wait him? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_Ob8SqxN8

Im pretty sure much of the financials were dictated by Golisano, Darcy was just the guy who had to tell the public.
Though, Darcy was probably the guy who told Golisano to spend money on Drury and then didnt get it done...
- seedy

I equate it to the hate for Bettman in a way. No one likes the guy, but his role is a puppet for the owners - be the face that takes the hits for anything bad that gets decided. The owners rule the league and have to be on board/approve everything, they just get to avoid the heat because there's a short man to take it for them.

sometimes I find it hard listening to wgr
- Michael Pachla

Believe it or not it was the NHL Network on SeriousXM

The guys on NHL Radio were saying that Drouin makes Stamkos expendable.
- bobmack13

Stamkos isn't re-signing in Tampa. E1000 + Infinity!!!

any truth to the rumor that vanek was play cards with sammy watkins last night?
- homiedclown

"I expected so much more from him


hardly ever showed emotion"

Hahahahaha funny you say that. I have a buddy that couldn't stand his face and that big visor. Still to this day calls people jaroslavs when they're being a wet blanket