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The other thing to keep in mind, I don't think most players are willing to give up and walk away from $12 million dollars in actual salary. There's definitely something else to this story.

I think CapFriendly is just doing what they can to explain the situation. There's gotta be more going on below the surface. If Buffalo and their fans think that that money and cap hit are magically going to disappear. I think they're sadly mistaken. If it does just magically go away, I think there are plenty of teams that should file grievances. As far as this specific situation, Buffalo hasn't liked Berglund's play or his production, so he's been used sparingly and healthy scratched. Berglund doesn't like that so he's not showing up to work. To me it seems like this move was made to get things started before the Holiday Roster freeze and to make a point to Berglund -- that he can't just not show up. Obviously Berglund doesn't like his situation... and maybe he's tried to make his case and he felt that his issues weren't being heard or taken seriously. There's more to come on this story for sure.

I'm not into a nostalgia tour for Datsyuk.

My first thought was, "Please no."

You think he might have a boss that would light a fire? Oh wait. That guy's too busy polishing his big brass balls, toasting his past president cup winning seasons and having the help clean his Stanley Cup rings.

Exactly. Less talking and more lighting fires under asses.

i have a boner.

I love the adventure that is Sulak on the ice, but I do believe he needs more time in the AHL. Also, Witkowski does bring SOMETHING... the desire to throw fists.

So you all want a guy who's A WEIGHTIST making roster decisions?! For Shame, Stevie! FOR SHAME!!!

I'm not saying the man hasn't made mistakes. I don't think he'd even try to pass off the idea that he hasn't miffed on a couple of swings. ...but Holland knows, if he's getting replaced by a shiny new toy, it'll happen. He's in rebuild mode. If the Ilitches grow weary of this process and, like CLR said, his shrewd moves. He'll be gone. ....but he won't be without a job for long if he wants one. As far as the Vasilievskiy pick specifically... coulda, woulda, shoulda. Also, we already had our future goaltender in Mrazek at that point, right?

In the AHL? Also, I'm waiting for all the PainTrain slappies to come for me. (If there are any left on this board.)

dunno if this has been brought up yet or not, but check out the gigantic balls on our current GM. https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/ive-won-three-cups-five-presidents-trophies-i-dont-look-over-my-shoulder-10-minutes-with-red-wings-gm-ken-holland

So what you're saying is we have our replacement for Ericsson in Hronek and well... our ever rotating third pairing guy? XO, Lashoff, Commodore, Colaiacovo, Janik, Kindl, Lebda, Lilja, Marchenko, etc. etc. in the midst of life we are in death, etc.

As evidenced by the season thusfar, amirite? Seriously, did everyone forget that NONE of our current defensive prospects, however shining and new they are, project to be elite top pairing defensemen. "Small-ish/Undersized, unrefined, puck moving defenseman with some upside." --description of nearly all of the rookies on our blueline.