I've been a fan since a kid and have played hockey my whole life.

It's okay this guy has been a Kassian hater ever since the trade, of course inferring him as a fourth-liner when he doesn't put up points, and staying quiet when he has a good stretch of games

:fuckthatshit:

No one here is hurt. We're mostly just astonished as to how some people are still bitching about this trade, knowing how big of a cancer Hodgson was.

BRB, acting like I'm entitled to top 6 mins when I'm a rookie
BRB, don't believe in working my way up

Then I don't understand how you can really think Kassian is a fourth liner if you've watched him play at all. His puck protection, hockey IQ, and offensive prowess say otherwise. The kid is 22, he's going to have inconsistencies as I said. Doesn't mean he's a fourth liner.

omg men, he was playing with da sedinz so it doesnt count1!!1

I assume all NHLers have those qualities.. that's why they're getting paid millions to play a sport

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Why don't we just trade for John Scott, put him with the Sedins and watch him get 30+ goals? Because all NHLers have those qualities? Right? I guess all those years of watching and playing hockey didn't teach you very much.

time spent watching/playing hockey =/= knowledge of game

true, that's why everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and that John Scott trade...you never know until you try

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this guys gotta be trolling now.....

How am i trolling? You never know..John Scott is 6'8, he might be able to get a couple of goals playing with the Sedins standing in front of the net, he can protect them as well. And I never said Sedins are gods that can set people up with a 30+ goals..I'm just saying that whoever plays can have a chance of scoring. That's if they can keep their head up and anticipate the play....which I assume any NHLer can do.

I think my brain cells are deteriorating as this discussion goes on.

Funny stat from earlier today. We need a little bit of this. So dirty.

saw that the other day.. :jerkit:

F I L T H Y

European players are so creative

To back my shit up, Chris Tanev's goal..He isn't known as a scorer..how did he score????

lol radioman all you can do is press the fail button, tell me how this wasn't a textbook example of a player benefiting from the Sedins.. what's more embarrassing is how Yakupov was watching the puck the whole time in that play.

Kass is a 4th liner, therefore he holds the same skill set as volpatti, Wiese, eager, hordichuk, bissonnette, etc AMIRITE!?!?

I guess Coho's dick is so far down his throat, it's destroying thos fanboy's braincells.

No h8 just realtea
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Can't really say all 4th liners are plugs like the above. Biznasty's not even NHL calibre 4th line anyway.

Example would be Brouwer, I think he plugged in chicago's 4th line and is now flourishing in WSH playing with Backstrom.

Kassian if he keeps developing could be a top line power forward, but it all depends on skill development and environment. I think he suits the AV system and he'll get plenty of ice time.

Bertuzzi was 24 before he started putting up points.

Holy crap, bert is already 38 right now!?!?!

fuck we old

Brouwer was a legit 3rd liner playing on a stacked Chi team. IMO, calling Kass a 4th liner is pretty bizarre
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Guys, I've been playing hockey my whole life...if you put me on a line with the Sedins I will tap 30 goals in.


While I like Hodgson, he had a piss poor attitude on a veteran team. He just needed to shut up and play, but he didn't do that. Kassien was not brought in for grit as much as Hodgson was moved for being a whiny bitch.

The Sabres are going no where fast.

That team has been mismanaged for years. Back in 2006, the Sabres were the class of the NHL. Speed, skill, depth, they had it all.

Since, similar to the Caps, they've tried to change their style on the fly, making them have no identity. The team is small and weak up the middle. Hodgson, Ennis, and Hecht are all below average at faceoffs (closer to 40 than 50, which is horrible), and the only centre in the positive on the draw is Steve Ott.

The team simply can’t compete with the top clubs in the East – Crosby/Malkin, Krejci/Bergeron, etc etc... and the top teams are all experienced and deep down the middle.

Ehrhoff has been a good defensemen for them, but they overpaid for him.

Leino hasn't played a single game this year. Yes the top line has been productive, but no one else is contributing. Stafford has been invisible for much of the season and Foligno isn't nearly the same impact player he was last year (sophomore jinx?).

Don't even get me started on Myers. He got paid...based on a magic in a bottle rookie season but has regressed significantly. I should qualify this last point by saying, I tried hard to get him on my fantasy team this year because I think he will get back to his calder season ways, but for now, he's a dud.

Score more than what Burrows did with the sedins the past little while?

get'er done MG!!!!!!!!:troll: