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Does anyone care anymore? This team lit its fans base on fire. Why does anyone care what amenities have changes when the important things still haven’t been addressed?

This is kind of a weird topic as this stuff is negotiated through the CBA. Who would advocate for the fan’s desires in the CBA negotiating period? The players? ***** no. The owners? Laughable. I’m just not sure how we as fans would have any say in this at all.

I guess we’d need to have locker room access to correct disposition everyone’s hardness. Some guys really do love hockey. I’ll borrow a quote from MLB: “When they played together on the Cubs, Mark Grace once noticed Maddux walking around the pitching mound in a very strained, uncomfortable manner. Fearing his teammate was hurt, Grace approached the mound, only to find Maddux in an state of obvious physical excitement, the kind normally reserved for passionate endeavors. “Man, you really do love to pitch,” Grace marveled.”

Good - the place is in massive need of major overhaul. The physical seats are garbage, there are 0 sightlines from any concourses outside the 200s. The TV's around the stadium are probably 10-15 year old pieces of junk. The pre-game on ice production is terrible. The circle around the stadium is small and difficult to see. It feels like it's basement lighting. Peeling paint. Dust. Just an absolutely soul-less place that reflects about as much care as the team they put on the ice. I sat in the front row behind the goalie - there's a gap between the bleachers and the boards, a hole in the wall so they can run an extension cord for the goal light, and the seat bottom dips forward. My back shouldn't hurt from going to a hockey game. Also no freaking cups fit in the cup holders! Not a 20 oz soda, not a beer can, not a draft beer. Nothing. It's insanity! The other major overhaul I'd like to see is with the MSG production - it has gotta be the worst TV produced hockey in the league. Terrible angles. Dark. Sound is consistently off, and quiet. Like i hear the annoucers more than the action. And nothing takes me out of a game more than hearing a post clang like a second after it happened on the ice. Ok, rant over :-). I feel better.

There's like no risk anymore with them, if they get hurt you get the space back from LTIR. Who cares if the guy can't play the last 2 years of his deal? I'll just get another guy. The only risk is if they play poorly, and that your roster is largely locked.

Not to my knowledge, no. I would imagine congress republicans can push it through and we know that Trump will sign it. Trump didn't have a bill in 2020. If it gets through the republican congress, and i think we all believe it will, Trump will sign it into law. Carter made the mid decade census lawfull. This happening is a real possibility.

Oh. And football one day away 🫶🏼

Bump its Friday!!!

Well, ultimately, for this part of the debate, the sales pitch was an upgrading of the 4th line from Girgs, Krebs, Okposo and what they did instead was toss away a 2nd round draft pick and add two stiffs in Lafferty and Kubel who didn't even last a season. Just another example of why the team doesn't get better. So this year we added some guys BUT we also subtracted some and thus it seems unlikely we are any better yet again.

Trump tried to have non-citizens discounted in 2020 by adding a citizenship question to the census but the SCOTUS did not agree and he will face the same challenge this time around. Bottom line is that it would take a Constitutional amendment to Article 1, Section 2 to have non-residents discounted in a census.

Did the Senate pass this bill? Did the president sign it into law?

I am higher on Östlund than most of the fanbase, and to me it is no contest. You keep Helenius. Noah’s goal scoring ceiling is higher, but Konsta’s ceiling is higher for everything else. He was also a better player in the playoffs while being the youngest guy in the league. I like them both, but hold Helenius all day.

I love fiddling with line combinations as much as any fan, but check out one of the sites that tracks this stuff. It’s so all over the map though the course of a season I’m not sure it matters. To me it’s about ice time and situational use.

Östlund is a better player right now but he’s 2 years older and not as edgy. I think their niche is each middle-six centre. I take Helenius, but it’s close enough that I’d let the buyer have his pick and not sweat it

This question is directed towards those who follow the Amerks: If a trade was made trading either Östlund or Helenius in a deal, which player would you rather keep?

You maybe missed the House of Representatives vote on May 8, 2024, before Trump won the election, passing by a vote of 206-202? House of Representatives passes Edwards’ bill to only include U.S. citizens in congressional representation I believe it was stated that the census is not for the purpose of redrawing Congressional districts, you're correct in that not being allowed. I believe the purpose is to eliminate large numbers of illegals, especially in sanctuary cities and states, from the census in an effort to reduce number of seats in blue districts. I'm not saying it's right, or i agree with it, just sharing something i find interesting.

382 with 296 without https://www.naturalstattrick.com/linestats.php?fromseason=20242025&thruseason=20242025&stype=2&sit=5v5&score=all&rate=n&team=BUF&vteam=ALL&view=wowy&loc=B&gpfilt=none&fd=2024-10-04&td=2025-04-17&tgp=2000&strict=incl&p1=8479359&p2=8478043&p3=0&p4=0&p5=0

Article 1, Section 2 clearly mandates every 10 years. MANDATED. Whether or not you agree that all the people shouldn’t be counted is irrelevant because, again, the Constitution decrees that all residents be counted. Yes, and this bill relates to funding and funding only based on updated population counts. Ironically, the final paragraph above makes clear that a mid-decade census PROHIBITS redrawing Congressional districts. Regardless, none of the language contained in HR 11337 changes the mandate in Article 1, Section 2 that ALL people shall be counted, citizen or not.

Trump’s mid decade census is authorized by law and will help strip blue states of funding flowing to illegal aliens. This authority is based on HR 11337, which authorized a mid decade redistricting. It was passed in 1976 under a Democrat House and Senate and then signed into law by Jimmy Carter. It requires that eligibility for federal benefits and fund allocations be based on the most recent decennial or mid-decade census data. However, it prohibits the use of mid-decade census data for apportioning seats in the House of Representatives or redrawing congressional districts.

This is not correct at all. Every ten years has been the standard, but it CAN be done more frequently, it just hasn't been done before Trump. And no, illegal immigrants should not be counted in the census. On this we agree.

The manner in which he was hired was a charade. It was a typical Terry Pegula third-rate approach to running a franchise.

There is one other possibility and that's that Ruff isn't as respected or connected any more as we think he is. Maybe he didn't have a bunch of possible assistants who wanted to work with him ready? In any event, all the assistants suck.

I guess that's true. I've already wiped most of last season out of my memory.

McDonalds exists because standards are low, very low. My advice is to never eat that stuff.

Ruff has been in the NHL long enough to know what the standard practice is regarding staff when a new coach takes over. He agreed to the arrangement of retaining the former staff. After a year, he has kept the same staff in place. If it’s a shiiit show (your description) he’s agreed to again role in the manure pile.