Bill Meltzer: Training Camp: On-Ice Schedule, AV, Avon, Flyers Warriors and More

Thank God.
Summer over.
Hockey is here!

Bill Meltzer: Training Camp: On-Ice Schedule, AV, Avon, Flyers Warriors and More
- bmeltzer

Laughton looks like a serial killer

Thank God.
Summer over.
Hockey is here!
- konalover711

I agree. Lots of good conversation but I for one am looking forward to seeing what we really have rather than speculating.

My feeling is that we’ll be an improved team but who knows. I expect hart to rebound but I could certainly be wrong on that too.

This division is wild. I will say that I am ecstatic that we don’t have to play Boston 8 times. Yikes.

Laughton looks like a serial killer
- corduroy

Haha. That goofy popeye snarl he has sometimes is funny. Looks like he’d be a fun guy to hang out with for a beer.

Haha. That goofy popeye snarl he has sometimes is funny. Looks like he’d be a fun guy to hang out with for a beer.
- Hextall271

Off the ice, he is a nice guy and pretty laid back.

Off the ice, he is a nice guy and pretty laid back.
- bmeltzer

Bill. All of us Canadians are nice. You know that right. Haha.

No surprise there. I’m very glad we resigned him. He seems like he’d be very well liked in the room. Willing to do whatever is asked to help the team win.

Scotty death stare is so intimidating.

May be a weird question. Was there any info given for why Risto chose number 70. Whenever it’s a weird number it peaks my interest.

Thank God.
Summer over.
Hockey is here!
- konalover711

Pineapple or nectarines?

May be a weird question. Was there any info given for why Risto chose number 70. Whenever it’s a weird number it peaks my interest.
- Peter Richards

Good question. A lot of higher numbers. 86 89 94 70.

I still think it looks weird to have bad wear 88. Just doesn’t seem like a goalie number to me.

Eichel stripped of captaincy and placed on IR after failing his physical. This situation is hilarious.

Eichel stripped of captaincy and placed on IR after failing his physical. This situation is hilarious.
- Ftown19125

Omg. Really? Well done buffa slugs.

May be a weird question. Was there any info given for why Risto chose number 70. Whenever it’s a weird number it peaks my interest.
- Peter Richards

It hasn't come up in the two interviews he's done so far. The first was before he'd picked a number. It might be asked over the next few days.

The recent injuries are tough to swallow but the Hayes one has me the most worried. If there was a player that needed to come out of the chute on fire this year it was Hayes. Missing camp and the early season is going to put him behind and I hope he can pull out of it.

Eichel stripped of captaincy and placed on IR after failing his physical. This situation is hilarious.
- Ftown19125

Under the NHL’s new collective bargaining agreement reached last year, teams now have the final say on how players can treat injuries. The Sabres could eventually opt to suspend Eichel, which would likely lead to the player filing a grievance through the NHL Players’ Association.

That's pretty wild

Under the NHL’s new collective bargaining agreement reached last year, teams now have the final say on how players can treat injuries. The Sabres could eventually opt to suspend Eichel, which would likely lead to the player filing a grievance through the NHL Players’ Association.

That's pretty wild
- THE BLACK HAND

This is on par with galant being thrown out of a moving bus when he got fired by the panthers haha

Under the NHL’s new collective bargaining agreement reached last year, teams now have the final say on how players can treat injuries. The Sabres could eventually opt to suspend Eichel, which would likely lead to the player filing a grievance through the NHL Players’ Association.

That's pretty wild
- THE BLACK HAND

really crazy, considering he's never going to play for them again haha.

This is on par with galant being thrown out of a moving bus when he got fired by the panthers haha
- Hextall271

That firing was a great advertisement for cab companies

Eichel stripped of captaincy and placed on IR after failing his physical. This situation is hilarious.
- Ftown19125

Good, they gave him what an $80M contract, stop your crying buddy. These athletes today are so entitled. I understand that the organizations have a lot of power but this one doesn’t shine a very good light on the kid.

Good, they gave him what an $80M contract, stop your crying buddy. These athletes today are so entitled. I understand that the organizations have a lot of power but this one doesn’t shine a very good light on the kid.
- ClaudeFather

agree completely. he's being a (frank)ing baby.

How is he being a baby? He and his team want a disc replacement surgery versus the fusion the team wants. There is plenty of evidence that a fusion can create balance issues when skating and playing because of the limitation to mobility it creates.

A synthetic disc replacement doesn't do that and allows the athlete to have a return to more natural "feel" and mobility. The issue is it's fairly new and no hockey player has ever had it. That shouldn't matter as other professional athletes have and it has worked,. But surprise, surprise...Buffalo old school idiot management doesn't want to allow him to dictate the procedure so are digging their heels in.

agree completely. he's being a (frank)ing baby.
- Ftown19125

No doubt. I mean it is his neck. He should do exactly as they tell him.

Avon is am intriguing signing

This could be an absolutely amazing gem of the signing once again

A couple of things from AV's interview that I really love to see!

"Chuck and I met a few weeks after the season, when we could take emotion out of it. Not going to get into details but we agreed changes needed to be made. Chuck said it best, 'If we want to get different results, we need to make some adjustments.' He went out and made them,"
- Alain Vigneault

This is the heart of any improvement, realizing you can't keep doing the same thing and expect different results!

"We pored through a lot of tapes this summer. Obviously, you look at what the winning teams -- teams that went to the Final Four, etc. -- are doing defensively to be successful. There's a couple of adjustments we're going to make with our group in a couple of different situations,"
- Alain Vigneault

I love it! Learn from the teams that are having success and adapt!