-Brian Campbell will not be traded.
Why is it assumed that this year is suddenly the year in which Darcy Regier does what the public dictates that he "has to do?" There's not a team in the Eastern Conference that is infallible come playoff time. The standings are tight because the differential in talent is slim. Get your PP and PK going at the right time, get good (to great) goaltending on most nights, use your playoff experience to your advantage, and the next thing you know, you're in the Eastern Conference Finals for the third straight season.
Also, the whole "you're stupid to just let him walk away for nothing" makes no sense. If the Sabres didn't already have Brian Campbell on the roster, I'd be trying to figure out what Buffalo would need to give up in a trade to acquire him... and THEN assume he'd walk away for nothing at the end of the playoff run. Well, here's the good news... Campbell is Buffalo's rent-a-player and, in order to get him at the deadline, they have to give up NOTHING at all.
-Pickings look pretty slim in NFL free agency this year. The wise move (as often the case) is probably to sit back and let a few desperate teams overpay for the B-list talent masquerading as A-list talent. Then, spend "reasonable" money to plug some holes with C-listers.
-No Country for Old Men as Best Picture tells me that I picked a good year to bypass most of the theatrical releases. Maybe more telling than No Country's win was Michael Clayton's nomination. If there was a category for Best Five Minute Sequence To Wrap Up a Movie That Probably Put You to Sleep, Michael Clayton was a mortal lock.
I walked out of the theater once all year thinking "that should get a bunch of nominations" and the film was Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. It received none. Damn you, Oscar. Side note, this film should receive an award for Best Topless Scene That You'd Been Waiting For So Long To See That You'd Completely Given Up. Marisa Tomei's still got it.
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