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Slava was ****ting on the city and the team before he even set foot on the ice. He was an entitled *******, just ask people who met him in his short stay in town.
Down boy.
Kozlov and Berglund are two different type attitudes and personalities. But they both went through a similar situation was all I was saying...they were both respected players unceremoniously dumped by their long-time team in favor of a star the Sabres were forced to sent the other way. The Sabres were a team in crisis both times.
Both players didn't react well to this kind of crisis, but reacted differently. Kozlov had 21 pts in 38 games then got injured. He was a malcontent in Buffalo and got traded after one year but it's funny how he went to the Thrashers, a far inferior team, and lasted there for seven years, (maybe because of the big Russian community over there?)
Berglund just flat out quit with $12 million on the table without any noise. It's strange that Housley said ‘”Personally, Patrik is a terrific guy. He meant well. He was a team player. Great teammate and just an unfortunate incident occurred..." Unless Housely doesn't know what incident means, I wonder what the incident was...a visit from the black widow?
Since losing the Cup in '99 the Sabres have been mostly a team in severe crisis. They've had three owners play hot potato with this franchise since then, along with management shenanigans never before experienced by this team, including Briere-Drury, the two tanks, etc. The crisis mode has only stepped up during the Pegula Era with the incompetent leadership at the very top.
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