Daily Links for Monday, June 20

by Andy Boron on Jun 20, 2011 7:36 AM EDT in Daily Links

This summer is shaping up to be a great one for Sabres fans, and to accompany the excitement we've got plenty of great Sabres content being written around the blogosphere including two small novels and some gambling info (remember kids, gambling is bad.) After the break check out some stories and memes from the Vancouver kissing couple.

Report: NHL Salary Cap Increasing Nearly $5 Mill - WGR 550
According to TSN, the NHL is telling teams and agents that the cap will be set with an upper limit of $64 million, nearly a $5 million increase from last season.

Ryan Miller’s Fading Star - Hockey Heaven
"Is Miller the victim of such comparisons? Do we unfairly expect out of him something which isn't deserved, something that comes around so rarely that we shouldn't expect it of anybody? Ryan Miller is not Dominik Hasek. But that is, so far as I see it, no excuse."

The Evolution of Thomas Vanek - Buffalo Wins
Shelby Griswold, formerly of Puck Over The Glass, has taken her talents to Buffalo Wins, and has penned a nice long article on the ch-ch-changes within Thomas Vanek.

Sabres have 25-to-1 odds to win next Stanley Cup - Sabres Edge
With the the 2010-11 season over, its time to look ahead to the 2011-12 campaign.

Devils file for arbitration with Zach Parise - NHL.com
Zach Parise will be a New Jersey Devil in 2011-12 after the club filed for arbitration.

Inside the KHL’s ‘money for a roster spot’ scandal - Puck Daddy
A remarkable case has ended in Russia: One that led to criminal prosecution and a conviction for a manager of KHL's Severstal Cherepovets.

Delaware North celebrates Bruins' Stanley Cup triumph - The Buffalo News
It wasn't quite the Sabres' year, but one corner of Buffalo celebrated a Stanley Cup championship this week.

Mark Recchi Tribute: Fans in each of his NHL cities look back - Puck Daddy
"We asked some of the top hockey bloggers for each of Recchi's NHL teams — and one special guest — for their recollections and impressions of Recchi's impact on those teams."

Woman in kissing couple photo was knocked down by police - thestar.com
Speaking to the Toronto Star, the kissing couple who were photographed in between police lines at the Vancouver riot described a very different scenario than what people saw.

The Best "Vancouver Riot Kiss" Memes on the Internet (with Originals) - Bleacher Report | Bleacher Report
Some enjoyable PhotoShops of the Vancouver kissing couple.

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Anyone have an Insider account I’m curious to hear what they say about Buffalo.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nhl/insider/news/story?id=6670106&action=upsell&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fnhl%2finsider%2fnews%2fstory%3fid%3d6670106

by MetalTrooper on Jun 20, 2011 9:02 AM EDT reply actions

it said our hole is a top four defensemen (which is true) and our fix should be sami salo (which is something i probably wouldn’t want to see)

by afranco822 on Jun 20, 2011 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions

Garth

Also how come you never include Garth from Hockeybuzz in your articles. I know the site and Eklund in particular are known for garbage rumors but Garth rarely does and he usually has a decent take on the Sabres.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/GARTH/ITS-DRAFTY-IN-HERE/6/36483

by MetalTrooper on Jun 20, 2011 9:30 AM EDT reply actions

Good question

I’ll take a stab at an answer here, and as always, I could be wrong. I think there’s a significant difference between the forum that hockeybuzz provides versus the one that DBTB does. I’ll admit, as an avid fan of hockey, I check out that site a few times a week. The difference (for me) is that I don’t go into the message boards there. Here, I genuinely look forward to the thoughts and ideas presented by the folks paying a visit to this site. To me, it’s almost like two different cultures, and I prefer this one. And while this site (and by no means am I speaking for Zach or any other SBnation guys), keeping the two separate is a good thing (in my opinion).

by krytime on Jun 20, 2011 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Honestly?

I hate their super-loud automatic video player that loads every time you go there – especially since I usually put these together at 7am. Garth’s writing is generally good, but I agree with kry that our two sites serve different purposes.

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by Andy Boron on Jun 22, 2011 7:09 AM EDT up reply actions

That and they’re still unofficially blacklisted by SBN.

Though in fairness, SBN has an obnoxious auto-load video player now (that i have complained about in the past because the ad now shows ads that i can’t stop before it loads THE AD.)

On the Mike Weber bandwagon!
Sabres took the scenic route, but they still MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!1

by Ubiquitous on Jun 22, 2011 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions

You should get AdBlock Plus plug-in for Firefox. It is absolutely life-changing. I can’t believe people still deal with ads on websites when this amazing software was rolled out years ago. Stop whatever you are doing and go download it now, you’ll be glad you did.

by lassathrax on Jun 22, 2011 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions