Sabres Trade Eichel to Vegas

[Tuesday]

Tuesday- ha! yeah, fans in either city are quite fortunate. Altho Edm did lose Wayne. Would there even be a NHL team in the city of Pittsburgh if not for Mario? They were talking relocation, the franchise was in trouble. Mario saved it, actually he did it twice.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/nhl/daily/oct99/07/mario7.htm

Let's not forget Jagr , yeah Penguin fans have had a great run. .........Malkin is 35, Sid is 34--penguins soon to know the Life of the Detroit Red Wings? we shall see

RT, what you'll also need is that the highly paid core better pan through when it matters most-- the playoffs. Marner, Mathews? NHL's playoff version of "The Vanishing". A year ago was an embarrassment for these 2, up 3 games to 1 playing an inferior opponent and ready to close . After Game 6 momentum had clearly changed, was going to be interesting to see how the Leafs young guns handle Game 7 on HOME soil Vs an inferior team. Didnt end well- both looked scared, lol..



think the Blackhawks also a team that pulled it off, then started to lose pieces that couldn't be replaced. With the nonsense started by the Sabres and Dubas following suit the NHL better increase that cap-or else middle-tier players may be in for a surprise. Handing out $10 mill/yr cheques to 22 yr old 'superstars' who havent done shit? Point signed for $9 mill, did TB have a choice? Lots of leverage for established stars , MacKinnon is making $5 mill a yr, lol........... The acquisition of Kessel was the most instrumental pickup in the Pens last 2 Cup wins .

Eichel surgery seems to have gone good, won't be back in time for Olympics, but might be practicing sooner than thought...

Yeah, Super Mario saved that franchise few times in different ways, and Kessel totally made the difference that year - now a days winning teams can't afford to win again like before salary cap...

 

[Ricboff]

How big is confidence in a young player's growth? Look at Mangiapane-- the guy has a spectacular World Championships, voted MVP (he and C Brown were fun to watch !) and its carried to start the season--am i reading this right he has 12 goals already!?! the dude thinks he can walk on water now? Happy for him, another GTHL kid! ha!! you must be liking what you're seeing with this Flames team .

the Habs r off to a good start, LOL ...keep in mind they reached the Finals a yr ago, goes to show what a Hall of Fame goalie can do when he's running hot

Eichel loss for Team USA is a rough one . The last time USA won a tournament where NHLs were allowed to play? 25 yrs ago. Unreal, given their Jr hockey success.

 

[Tuesday]

Yeah, I'm very happy with the way Calgary been playing in every one of their games so far, they've never been outplayed yet - even in their first game in Edmonton they played very well, I have high hopes for them this year and like this Calgary team better than Edmonton's team, except for the McDavid factor of course(McDavid with another incredible goal making the Winnipeg defence look like pylons, Winnipeg one of the better defence too...yeesh).

Mangiapanne really continues to impress, he is relentless in forechecking, yeah he totally doing awesome - I think it mostly because of Sutter giving him more opportunity too add Sutter did last year too, Sutter really had good effect on players that listen, Gaudreau is another example of defensive play many including myself didn't think he had in him.

Not having Eichel for Olympics is disappointing mostly for not being able to see America best against Canada best - Eichel against McDavid in their prime flaked by their countries best...hopefully they'll still be in prime in 4 years but nobody can predict future...

Montreal I knew would be in trouble losing Price/Webber/Danault/etc Carolina stealing Koteniemi...and now that Nurce injured I doubt Edmonton can keep up this winning...