Around the NHL: PTO Season Becomes Waiver Season

[Jim Bob]

 

[sabres4ever]

*sad trombone*

I can't imagine dubas surviving another first round exit.

 

[Jim Bob]

*sad trombone*

I can't imagine dubas surviving another first round exit.

Good.

Hopefully the Fenway group likes him as the next GM of the Pens.

 

[Diaspora]

Jack will never be up until we move on. He galvanized a team to be better people maybe simply out of fear for what Jack did to himself that the LAME buffalo media fanned the flames of all of you BUTT HURT FANS BECAUSE JACK QUIT ON YOU FIRST in a preemptive break up. a broken child, a pain in the neck. A scapegoat head.

. . . .

Go in peace Jack Eichel, may you get a second chance at your career and face us in meaningful games without being booed as people understand the counterintuitive nature of your hockey life. We all know your original intentions were inline w ours.

Yup.

Eichel went through the mangler here. Sure, he has a ton of character flaws. But he wanted to win. It's unlikely that McDavid would have been able to make the Sabres winners with the huge misjudgements that management made, and we would have gone the same route.

It made no sense to make him out as a hero then, and we don't need him as a scapegoat now. It's time to meet Jack Eichel in the handshake line and let it go.

 

[Dirty Dog]

I never want anyone to get injured by an elbow. Ever!

I would never cheer someone getting injured by an elbow. Ever!


Buuuuut if someone HAS to get injured by an elbow, it’s best it is someone who repeatedly injured people with their own elbow.

 

[WiHockeyGuy]

WPG and SEA are my teams with the Sabres out. I don't want Vegas to sniff another round and I am delighted by Eichel's 0-0 -3 stat line for the night.

 

[Jim Bob]

WPG and SEA are my teams with the Sabres out. I don't want Vegas to sniff another round and I am delighted by Eichel's 0-0 -3 stat line for the night.

I think I am going with LA & NJ because of the WNY/Sabres ties that both teams have.

 

[KrakenSabresMike]

Yup.

Eichel went through the mangler here. Sure, he has a ton of character flaws. But he wanted to win. It's unlikely that McDavid would have been able to make the Sabres winners with the huge misjudgements that management made, and we would have gone the same route.

It made no sense to make him out as a hero then, and we don't need him as a scapegoat now. It's time to meet Jack Eichel in the handshake line and let it go.

To be clear we’re not making him a scapegoat - we’re making him a villain

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[WiHockeyGuy]

I think I am going with LA & NJ because of the WNY/Sabres ties that both teams have.

I wouldn't mind NJ making a run, and Lindy getting a ring.

Yup.

Eichel went through the mangler here. Sure, he has a ton of character flaws. But he wanted to win. It's unlikely that McDavid would have been able to make the Sabres winners with the huge misjudgements that management made, and we would have gone the same route.

It made no sense to make him out as a hero then, and we don't need him as a scapegoat now. It's time to meet Jack Eichel in the handshake line and let it go.

Nah. He deserves every boo he gets.

Boooooo.

 

[CaliSabresfan24]

We , as a group can't possibly be as petty and immature as the 18 to 23 young hockey prodigy that was ( past tense after injury) great at hockey, but completely oblivious of anyone else other than himself and winning. You guys should puck easier targets, oh yea only risto minus 41 and won't actually Punch anyone ..

Jacky boy listened and tried at 21 years old and 22 to half assed nail himself to buffalo's tank cross for all of you whiny sheets but mainly for the biggest douche of the whole story ( besides the fair whether fans that are thankfully gone for ever ) is the Buffalo media and Ham Harrington and click bait Hamilton . Jack Jesusisntreal anyway was saddled w a puss as a coach and a wuss as a gm gave everything of himself ( from his view , but for much of 2019,20 literally tried to be what many in sabre land wanted, a heroic two way player that even got in a fight to defend a teamate other than granny sam on his way to being the only plus player on a team that epically collapsed , probably because as a 22 year old he was a tactless driven douche that older players mainly Berglund quit and tanked a season that should have ended in playoffs.. ). Even with a roster that boasted risto,sobotka and Jimmy all star vesey and concussed Kyle ( Mr captain okposo to YOU) and Tage send me anywhere nobody will claim me Thompson .

Since Jack was an elitest douche that is brutally honest and wore his fooked up emotions on his sleeve is only GUILTY mY eyes as being STUPID TO TAKE ON THE ROLE, hero/scapegoat w no idea what creating, as a, self centered 22 year old that divided the team and city and he quit ( last 8 games and on a few coaches, AFTER bobblehead botteril , who can identify talent just not development , quit on the team THREE MONTHS EARLIER not replacing Berglund , ALSO RUINING Casey middle pukes ( now Mr middelstadt to you) early career and confidence .

Jack will never be up until we move on. He galvanized a team to be better people maybe simply out of fear for what Jack did to himself that the LAME buffalo media fanned the flames of all of you BUTT HURT FANS BECAUSE JACK QUIT ON YOU FIRST in a preemptive break up. a broken child, a pain in the neck. A scapegoat head.
Want to win? Forgive Jack for being a human emotionally stunted child , definitely trauma trained to be so good., Send healing thoughts to another hero , Mrs Pegula that tried to stave off the karma of fracking and tanking by getting her hands dirty draining the swamp of Buffalo hockey and setting an honorable example for our City and her children. Not easy with the anchors and guilt of money and mistakes.
We are all idiots and Petty , virtue signaling, competitive Karen's , all of us liars and weak , no different than the son that grew up in Boston haunting the rinks living w gis parents.
Want to win it all.. erase all of our Karma, I'm guilty, i rooted for mcjesus by watching losses. Karma already reckoning as we lose and get McJudas .
C'mon really? He was just a stupid kid that was ahead of his peers and saw the ice better and bulked up better , ala tiger.
Donny is Donny as Kevin is Kevyn by watching this shiteshow start tearing loose from it's axis as another dark star shattered broken mirrors for all of us to look at our complicity.
We don't deserve anything bur if we are kind and create no new karma, ( don't link me w religions, please , there us only one rule). Do unto others..that ain't fookin religious, simple common sense. We just might decide to heal all thats been damaged by our choices.


Why did WE , Miss the playoffs?

In both sports. Partly the world of lies cannot have the Old order win. Buffalo somehow represents that, i don't i understand how.

But why did the sabres MISS the playoffs ?

Did those who booed a former failed relationship as we defeated Jack as HE , OUR ANTI HERO .on his intial return But a pound of flesh wasn't ENOUGH , oh JILTED fragile Buffalo.. WE MUST BE STRONGER THAN THIS..WATCH Jack nervously navigate any interview w the fook you COLTS punter as HE IS HUMAN, HE'S HAD ENOUGH .. UNCLE , buffalo. NO sympathy?

without Jack we do not have an organization that truly knows the value of the humble kindness and understanding that a Man like Craig Anderson and Kyle okposo bring as they are grateful for their second chances . Where's Jacks' ? Watch tage simply tell the f*ckin brutal Truth . He's a total outsider , He's not wishing any ill will on anybody is he?

We got our comeuppance, Our team galvanized around Dahlin Samuelson and a still fragile whipping boy Casey.and we beat Vegas. The second time we lost as the players are probably more happy to see a friend heal than demonize the former child star
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you still don't know? We created a false Judas that hung out and cared at Cancer wards which i won't go down that horrible rabbit hole suffice to say our new humble hardened hero , tage Thompson got a very good result there and a new chance just as Kyle figured partly what's wrong and fixed himself and helped fix the mindset and priorities of our team and our karma at KeyBank.. We've sacrificed Kim but she'll come all the way back.. Why , because we can look at all those mirrors littering the road to the hell of good intent finding that we ALL CARE..
We got a Josh.. funny , universe joke on a name that just always gives his all.. If diggs and Morse can keep him smiling and having fun..Just like Jack except Josh saw what happened to the other guy .In a world of all lies , partially rigged by frequency's towers sports outcomes can be manipulated thru frequency and desire.. We all thought Damars fate of roulette chem trail nano vax , as he's alive. We all have the power to manifest. We can do anything rhey can do. It just takes the same belief of outcome and focus. ,
If you manifest sorrow like our homemade false Judas missed the playoffs as we rooted against. The snap back didn't work out. We can salmon it and muscle thru, The teams so good nothing can stop them except bad bounces in a big game. Why chance it .why keep up ill will to anyone? .
F*ck the Tank.. Love those hats Kyle.
Thanks to everyone that gives their all for impossible causes
May Kim heal and be aware of her part to overcome the parasitically entrenched sabres front office . She risked family's fate intertwined w the karma of the Queen of Buffalo , finally winning w Devon in Royal. ( eat it English German fakes)
Go in peace Jack Eichel, may you get a second chance at your career and face us in meaningful games without being booed as people understand the counterintuitive nature of your hockey life. We all know your original intentions were inline w ours .
Oh nhl and nfl , you know not what you do. The more you subvert us the stronger you make us, if we remain humble and honorable connected you cannot alter the direction of these underground rivers.
apologies for the ramblings but i hate to see people harm themselves as much as I've sabotaged my own happiness. I find myself still alive w a chance to turn it all around w one impossible task after another.
Go sabres, on that Day I'll know i can take the time to gaze at the swords that once blocked my way , they are mine , i am theirs, no one else may pass without the understanding of this false life. Our trail us all made up, We only passing thru. Lets shake up this snow globe and win a couple titles for everyone but ourselves. As we've already won in the eyes of those parents listening to their kids learning and finding their place inside an honest environment with a REAL Chance .

Lol all I said was a fact.... he was a -3.

 

[toddkaz]

Watching some of the highlights last night is cross checking in front of the net no longer a penalty?

 

[Ralonzo]

Watching some of the highlights last night is cross checking in front of the net no longer a penalty?

Which playoffs was it a penalty?

That said, the one that was called wasn't actually a cross check (Schenn).

 

[toddkaz]

Which playoffs was it a penalty?

That said, the one that was called wasn't actually a cross check (Schenn).

Suter, he had a few nasty cross checks away fromt he puck and never called.

 

[CaliSabresfan24]

To be clear we’re not making him a scapegoat - we’re making him a villain

More like made himself the villain

 

[Chainshot]

More like made himself the villain

Which media was that? Guys like Lebrun or Friedman who carried water hard for Eichel in this, which was then in turn picked up as the narrative by national broadcasts, that ignored that Eichel had asked out prior to the start of the season that he finally shut it down in? There are still some people who whip that out as justification of Jack's decision to want to be traded after the medical procedure stuff, but ignore that he had asked out prior. Most of the local folks didn't pile drive him until his childish reaction after he'd been forced to address the press after the homecoming game last year. He had ducked that too, he wasn't supposed to be one of the people who came out and for a change, the Buffalo press folks hounded the Vegas PR director to get him out for the press huddle. THEN it became him as villain, and people could start to see what the rumblings were that some had hinted at but never directly said of his immaturity and attitude where problematic.

Jack being a villain is on Jack.

 

[CaliSabresfan24]

Which media was that? Guys like Lebrun or Friedman who carried water hard for Eichel in this, which was then in turn picked up as the narrative by national broadcasts, that ignored that Eichel had asked out prior to the start of the season that he finally shut it down in? There are still some people who whip that out as justification of Jack's decision to want to be traded after the medical procedure stuff, but ignore that he had asked out prior. Most of the local folks didn't pile drive him until his childish reaction after he'd been forced to address the press after the homecoming game last year. He had ducked that too, he wasn't supposed to be one of the people who came out and for a change, the Buffalo press folks hounded the Vegas PR director to get him out for the press huddle. THEN it became him as villain, and people could start to see what the rumblings were that some had hinted at but never directly said of his immaturity and attitude where problematic.

Jack being a villain is on Jack.

Bingo! This was the moment he turned himself into the villain.

As for the surgery, I understand both sides. The guy should've had the surgery he preferred, I will not argue that but for some reason the NHLPA allowed the teams to have final say in surgeries (which is bananalands to me). Also the surgery he wanted has very limited data and he was still under contract for $50 million. I can understand why the organization was iffy on him having that surgery.

Honestly, had Jack just said something like. "I understand the fans frustration but I hope they someday understand my decision." There wouldn't be anywhere close to the amount of hate he receives from Sabreland. But his postgame comments was the propane tank he threw on a small fire of hate towards him. It was also the moment that showed his true colors and made me say "good riddance this guy is off the team.

 

[K8fool]

Booing, scapegoating and still generally wishing ill on a young man because he was dumb enough to engage the Harrington cluck bait g Eichel twice motivated him and his team to beat us.. Generally we've honorably moved on from the tank.. People's lives are still affected, indirectly or direct from that organizational decision.
Donny to Kevyn behind a leader in Kim Pegula redefined what Buffalo valued and what WE as a fractured city strewn across the country as a tribe. Not embracing and forgiving a well intended but emotionally stunted 22 year kid that actually tried to put this decision that came before he ever arrived behind us , on his back..
Nobody has died but lives have been indirectly and directly forever altered in and around the messy , now honorable rebirth of the heart of buffalo sports. Its tempting to say it's only sports and has no value. What else is left to unite high and low in our twisted rebuilt Roman holiday.
John Murphy lives and needs our help, Damar lived in some strange miracle but completely took the focus and fight out that team , temporarily and in a surreal backdrop ended a season that rightly didn't matter against life and death.
Kim Pegula did the heavy lifting to show everyone inside and outside what we truly value to all families associated w the Sabres organization.
it's impossible to say coincidence when we continue to scapegoat a kid clearly understanding now the negative effect and entire community can have on his family. He did try, He became defensively responsible and had no bottom sux, bo goaltending and very little D This is way more real than Jim Lorentz killing a bat.
We booed, We lost and we missed by those very points at the end. Probably just a coincidence. Either way, decide for yourself if Jack the young man deserves to be seen only as the 22 year old poorly dealing w being hung out to dry by Berglund,Botteril and Buffalo.
It's easy to just embrace Jack as another that tried to save Buffalo from it's fate. It's a decision to be the bigger person and not feed the lowest common denominator like Buffalo Media.
Kevyn and Donny really ran w the Pegulas visions and their own to create an honorable franchise. We don't need a goat anymore to see our faults and strengths.
Let's see if we can put all of oyr energy and finish this by healing the remaining characters in this tragedy, flipping it into q comedy w Pegula and Murphy simply healed without fanfare , Jack being the rival waiting each year but w no vitriol and a sense of humor . Simply selfish for sabres fans as these accomplishments clear all the karma If okposo can heal himself, Big Jimbo can endure and reemerge. We can like st Patrick driving out all the snakes from Buffalo where every result mirrors Tage and Kyle aa anything can be overcome. , Manifest your heart buffalo. That may be cheesy but i can deal w the rest of these unfinished stories ending in miracles as we learn as a group .We do manifest our reality..Make it a good one.

 

[Gabrielor]

To be clear we’re not making him a scapegoat - we’re making him a villain

He made himself one on 3/10/2022.

He let Buffalo know how he felt.

 

[Diaspora]

Bingo! This was the moment he turned himself into the villain.

As for the surgery, I understand both sides. The guy should've had the surgery he preferred, I will not argue that but for some reason the NHLPA allowed the teams to have final say in surgeries (which is bananalands to me). Also the surgery he wanted has very limited data and he was still under contract for $50 million. I can understand why the organization was iffy on him having that surgery.

Honestly, had Jack just said something like. "I understand the fans frustration but I hope they someday understand my decision." There wouldn't be anywhere close to the amount of hate he receives from Sabreland. But his postgame comments was the propane tank he threw on a small fire of hate towards him. It was also the moment that showed his true colors and made be say "good riddance this guy is off the team.

Oh, I don't want Eichel on the team. We're way better off without him and he has a ton of flaws as a player and a person (e.g., he's a jerk).

An analogy: Let's say your hot significant other dumps you. If this never happened to you, use your imagination. Besides, this isn't about you or anyone specifically.

Do you stalk them? Do you hurl invective at them every time you see them cross the street and tell everyone you know that they're actually quite ugly? Let your soul curdle with acid and venom?

If you do, you'll drive away anyone with options because no one wants to be around that kind of obsessive toxicity. Welcome to your new life as an incel.

Villains are for soap operas, WWE, and fairy tales. You know -- entertainment for butthurt babies simple folk. Worst of all, it's been done, we did it, and now it's boring. Time to let it go.

Besides, we got someone new that's pretty solid. It's better now than it ever was before. Why would anyone even care anymore?

 

[K8fool]

To be clear we’re not making him a scapegoat - we’re making him a villain

i have no problem keeping him as a villain, just so long as we don't sully ourselves by doing anything other than killing him and his family w love and kindness when he is here. He should never buy a drink , smiling the whole time and after we beat his teams ass on the ice without making idiots of ourselves by booing him for rejecting us .

 

[K8fool]

Think, if you've truly moved on from yiur ex .. You treat them as they are , w kindness and at least respect. If you haven't moved on you wish ill on them and other weak expressions of your jealousy.

 

[K8fool]

Everytime you want to see Eichel and his team fall flat on their faces, imagine Kim pegula walking to a podium and cracking a few jokes about herself..

She'll be healed in no time , oh insufferable and rejected fans..


We have real villains, The leafs blow.. If they start winning in the first round its on you buffalo, you've lost yr focus..

 

[KrakenSabresMike]

i have no problem keeping him as a villain, just so long as we don't sully ourselves by doing anything other than killing him and his family w love and kindness when he is here. He should never buy a drink , smiling the whole time and after we beat his teams ass on the ice without making idiots of ourselves by booing him for rejecting us .

Umm …this is “slightly” different bc it’s sports - not personal relationships. Hate and villains are part of what make sports fun. I’m not actively rooting against my exes is a competitive way - I could care less and would hope they are well. They are also not playing professional hockey on my TV multiple times a week…


Are y’all buying Lucic drinks after he ran Miller? I’m not personally attacking his family ever ( nor is anyone else) but we totally can hate on him the hockey player freely and boo him every time he touches the puck. Just like I do brad Marchand, but more so since he gave up on our team and insulted our fans. It’s not personal it’s big boy professional sports - he made himself a villain and that makes it more fun! Plus don’t we want to get the other teams best players off their game by getting under their skin? That’s the whole point of being a fan helping your team!

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Who was it who has the girlfriend that’s amused by there being two Sebastian Aho’s? Wait until you tell them the Canucks now have two Elias Pettersson’s.