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Not that close but think about it every day I deal with corporate BS. Yeah.. shop I go to talked about how Tesla drivers are shocked how fast their tires go. --- So, waiting to find out but I was able to get my van from Schenectady back to Rochester (helpful hint: do NOT use the well advertised and rated brokers online). I went through hell with that and ended up calling a local place (Allstar Hauling, West Henrietta.. 10/10 would use again, but hopefully never need to). So, the van arrived Tuesday night. The local dealer looks at the car for 2 hours and diagnoses that the backup camera is shorted out and causing the electrical system to have issues. Waiting to see if this gets fixed and solves the problem. If that turns out to be the issue then the dealer in Schenectady was basically trying to pull one over on me and then perpetuate it into fraud by claiming it was the main wiring harness that was chewed on by rodents. Of course they never had the vehicle ready to be inspected by insurance so after the 5th trip out there my insurance company told me to tow it to Rochester. Waiting to see.. it's apparently a thing as I began searching the Internet. I'm not 100% convinced.. but man.. 6 weeks later finally having some progress is a nice thing.. but 6 damn weeks they held my car hostage...

I base 4yrs on my projection of where my retirement savings will be, when I clear my debt, and how long I will be paying for 100% of my health insurance. I haven’t done a detailed study but Ive made some estimates of what my budget will look like. I will probably do a trial run of living at that budget for a year or two first before pulling the trigger. I do plan to do something part time at first. I have an idea or two in mind. I have grown quite weary of corporate life and have to actively fight the urge to say “Im done” these days.

But we have to go for shock and awe by mentioning the roof.

You need to go back and look at the list of names that were purged from the organization during the switch. Video scouting itself wasn't the issue. It was simply an excuse used to cut payroll. He had the right guys for the job and he got rid of them.

I thought they did play Helenius at center last year

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I'm curious as to how they're going to line up at centre ice. I think Osltund is inked as the 1C and Leschsyshyn and Dunne should get two of the other spots. But will Kozak be there as a 3rd defensive centre? Will Savage be the 4C if Kozak makes the Sabres? Or will Wahlberg or Helenius be moved back to the middle? I'm hoping its Helenius and he and Östlund take turns leading the offence.

The point I made about the scouting issue is that from a broad perspective it wasn’t a major factor why this franchise has struggled for nearly a generation. I strongly believe thst Golisano would have hired better hockey staff and allowed them to do their jobs. And I’m sure he would have held them accountable for their performance.

Thank you. The ceiling came down and that looks like a water pipe burst.

Who writes the headline in the links? If it’s inside the building, it’s not the roof.

Geertsen Savage Kuntar Joshua Looks to me like they agreed that the team was a soft and too easy to play against last year. They've re-built the bottom 6 into a much more physical group. Meyer and Leschyshyn are also more complete players and not as one dimensional as the guys they've had previously.

15K and they are done? Here is some Dad-like advice, you probably already know this stuff but maybe you get something from it. I once bought a set of Michelin's that lasted only 20k before I took them off due to bad performance and wear. I did all the right maintenance. The guy at the dealership said they could have been dry rotting by setting in their storage for awhile so he gave me half the money back towards another set. I hope you get some compensation back for the poor performance. Good tire maintenance: - check alignment and do a front end alignment if needed every time you put new tires on. - Check inflation of tires to proper levels periodically, especially important when seasons change as external temps effect the tire pressure. This helps gas mileage and reduces the chance of bad wear. - check tire balance and rotate your tires every 12,000 miles, or every other oil change, so they wear evenly. - Make sure your shocks/struts are good, they will slowly degrade so once you get 60K to 100K miles on them. Over 100K and they are probably not doing the job to full performance but they still could be good. Problem is you get used to them, making it harder to detect when they are marginal.

One of these things is not like the other. I know I had to Google it because those 6 NHl games for Kuntar don’t really stick out in my mind.

July 1st 2007. Two of the best players walk after a 113 point season. Like Pimlach I am grateful he saved the team and what he has done for this area of New York but as long term owner I don't think we would have been better off.

He demanded they’d be good but then cut them off at the knees. Personally, I have no issue with his ownership. He was a means to an end. Unfortunately that next step didn’t go well.

All valid concerns and I have shared them myself. I wonder how much of "experience" is age, how much is in-game NHL experience, pro hockey experience, practice repetition, mental maturity, physical maturity, exposure to and comfort with NHL routine and lifestyle...so many variables. But there is no doubt this group needs more experience.

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So in addition to Brian Savage's son, they'll have Curtis Leschyshyn's son, and Les Kuntar's son? Leschyshyn was a Nordique in 1994, otherwise it could've been a full 1994 Habs kids reunion.

Good times... https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/watch-piece-of-keybank-center-roof-comes-crashing-down-in-leak/

Yes. However, Golisano demanded the organization be successful. I think that is 100% of the difference in the two eras. No. Golisano implemented video scouting. It was all done while Regier was GM. Pegula actually reversed it.

I'm not sure that is the case. I believe that change in scouting happened under Pegula. But that isn't the primary reason why the franchise has struggled. The owner hasn't done a good job in hiring staff to run the hockey operation. The hiring of KA made little sense and the process to hire Ruff was a charade. I'm not discussing whether Ruff is a good HC or not. What I can say is that the hiring process was not a serious process for a critical position.

That initial much maligned move to video scouting, it was done under his watch, wasn’t it?

Yesterday during a bath, my 3 year old put a wash cloth over his face, said “waterboard coming up!”, and then poured a cup of water over his face. I knew I was onto something when I originally wanted to name him Jack Bauer Shrader.

Here is Florida's defenders: Kulikov: 1018 Petry: 981 Jones: 860 Ekblad: 732 Forsling: 477 Mikkola: 328 Bjornfot: 134 4,530 games played (Sabres have 1,893 games played or only 41.8% of the experience of Florida's D) Here is Edmonton's defenders: Ekholm: 884 Nurse: 761 Kulak: 580 Stecher: 560 Bouchard: 347 Walman: 267 Emberson: 106 3,505 games played (Sabres have 1,893 games played or only 54% of the experience of Edmonton's D)