Harrington spewing more stupidity and furthering TBN's anti-Hecht agenda.
Yes, Mike, they kept a player so that he could play one regular season and one exhibition game in his home country. Heck, that's probably why they gave Ehrhoff $40 mil, too.
I actually used to like Harrington before he got his Twitter account. I sure am excited for his first "I want my $6.25m goaltender to make that save" comment. I don't think he will be able to make it beyond the second or third game.
Well said, Zip - Harrington is even more annoying than Gleason and fast approaching Sullivan's level IMO. And I think you pegged it, relative to the timing: his blogs and Twitter stuff are pure rants of idiocy. He seems as hell-bent on bashing Hecht as Gleason was on Afinogenov & Connolly. Pathetic.
The hit was shocking to me because it's the hardest I've ever seen Vanek hit somebody and it was a teammate! To me, it totally crossed the line because Kaleta is not expecting that kind of contact in practice so he's not braced for it. Ruff agreed, "The obvious answer is yes, it went too far, but whether Van leaned in too much or whether Patty kept coming with too much momentum, we don't want anybody hurt in practice so that's the extreme case, but he's going to be fine."
I had a chance to speak to Vanek as he was leaving. He said, "It happened fast, I just in the high slot, saw Patty was coming out of the scrum and taking it to the net, I wanted to cut him off, he stopped and opened up and I just froze." Vanek agreed he hit him harder than he needed to, "Oh sure, I was just ready there to cut him off and it happened fast."
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As far as the rest of the injuries Derek Roy was out there. Roy said, He looked pretty good, he's close. The question will be whether we want to risk anything by playing him Friday night. I think if there's any hesitation on his part to playing or any concern strength wise then the obvious answer is just keep him out."
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Hecht did not skate and Ruff said, "He saw another doctor, he went out and skated on his own and we'll see how that goes. Hopefully he'll start progressing in the next few days."
I had a chance to speak to Vanek as he was leaving. He said, "It happened fast, I just in the high slot, saw Patty was coming out of the scrum and taking it to the net, I wanted to cut him off, he stopped and opened up and I just froze." Vanek agreed he hit him harder than he needed to, "Oh sure, I was just ready there to cut him off and it happened fast."
I haven't seen Fargo in years. But when I read the bolded I imagined him speaking with one of these upper midwest accents. Oh ya, oh sure
Harrington spewing more stupidity and furthering TBN's anti-Hecht agenda.
Yes, Mike, they kept a player so that he could play one regular season and one exhibition game in his home country. Heck, that's probably why they gave Ehrhoff $40 mil, too.
I actually used to like Harrington before he got his Twitter account. I sure am excited for his first "I want my $6.25m goaltender to make that save" comment. I don't think he will be able to make it beyond the second or third game.
Agreed. The twitter stuff is especially Bucky-like.
I have a recurring (but probably mostly futile) hope now that Tim Graham is back at the news he might do a bit of hockey stuff (I liked the the Spinner piece a few weeks back in the Buffalo News).
Meanwhile, center Jochen Hecht (possible head injury) saw another doctor and later skated on his own. “Hopefully, he’ll start progressing here in the next few days,” Ruff said.
At least he's skating.
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I haven't seen Fargo in years. But when I read the bolded I imagined him speaking with one of these upper midwest accents. Oh ya, oh sure
I was listening to a Vanek interview late last night and, as usual, I noted how his accent is a bit goofy -- by which I don't mean "Austrian". It just hit me now that his accent is very affected by having lived in South Dakota through his teens, presumably while first learning conversational English, and then attending (and still living in) Minnesota. Austrian-by-way-of-mid-west totally encapsulates his accent and it can be a funny mix.
I was listening to a Vanek interview late last night and, as usual, I noted how his accent is a bit goofy -- by which I don't mean "Austrian". It just hit me now that his accent is very affected by having lived in South Dakota through his teens, presumably while first learning conversational English, and then attending (and still living in) Minnesota. Austrian-by-way-of-mid-west totally encapsulates his accent and it can be a funny mix.
He definitely has a strange accent. He's no Jaroslav Spacek, but then again, nobody is.
I think I'll change my nickname to Hecht5555 and laugh at all of you doubters in 6 months time!
HAH!
I'll be like jags6868 over on the main board!
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Seriously though, Hecht wasn't scoring last season, but he was by no means bad... And the season before that he was the best Sabre forward, all things considered.
I'm hoping for a strong year from him if his body can keep up.
"I’m making progress," said Hecht, who also was sidelined by a concussion last season. "I’ve been skating on my own for a couple days, and today I did the pregame skate with the team, so it’s a step in the right direction.
"You worry about your health, and you want to make sure when you come back that you’re healthy and not taking steps backward. ... Every case is an individual case. I’m just worrying about how I feel, how I can make sure when I come back that I won’t have any problems again."
Hecht per Hoppe's article on Leino today (it's in the notes at the bottom)
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Ruff ruled Hecht out for playing in Germany, per GR this morning.
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Both Hamilton and Vogl are reporting that Hecht had a headache recently and didn't practice with the team today.
He did skate by himself, however.
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Unfortunately for Jochen Hecht and any Germans looking for the Mannheim native, he was unable to skate with his teammates during most of the session. He suffered a headache recently, setting back his progress from a concussion. He is going to skate at the end to treat the fans.
Looks like some kind of programming error. Vanek and Weber are the last two listed on the roster when sorted alphabetically, which that list is. For whatever reason it randomly put them in the injured column.
Hecht has been cleared for contact by the Sabres on Tuesday, and skated in the hour-long session. Head coach Lindy Ruff updated reporters on the forward's status after practice.
"Jochen won’t be ready for this weekend,'' Ruff said after practice in First Niagara Center. "We gave him a little extra today, but we need to be sure this time around. We need to pound him physically and take him to the limit, which we haven’t taken him to the limit yet. We’re getting close, but it’s not a case where we’re going to put him in and guess or put him in because we’re close.
"In Jochen’s case, there’s a history, which changes a lot of things. The couple of instances at the end of last year, that history makes his situation different than anybody else’s. You monitor how he feels. If his head doesn’t feel right -- which he hasn’t given it the, "Jeez, I feel great. I feel good." -- he still doesn’t seem like he’s there yet, and that’s why you keep him out of contact. The real heavy stuff we’ll ramp up in the next few days. We don’t know if we get to the battle stuff if he’ll make it through it."
