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Or the NFL version of the NY Jests.

Great topic... just disgusted... Sabres are the NHL version of the NY Jests.

The topic was Sabres toal payroll and I mentioned that the gutted the entire organization since Covid and the departure of Botts, and upon the arrival of Adams. True enough, the entire 14 years of Pegula hockey has been a shambles. Adams traded Reinhart and Eichel, lost Montour, Ullmark and McCabe - all of that hurt the product on the ice. Paying Muel, Cozens, and Power and consistently icing very young teams far under the cap - that hurt. Peterka wanting out is another sign of problems. If this year is another bust then there will be more "Peterka's" wanting out.

His muscle tissue was weak before he was drafted.

His was just a finger though, but hey, I'm here to offer options.

Hits and physicality are not the same thing. They guys you mentioned knew how to muscle someone out of the crease or get their bodies in people’s way. Power Ole’s people as they skate by and has no idea how to move someone out of the crease.

If the PP we saw yesterday was the reworked version Appert and Ventura should be fired immediately. It was the same old same old; pass the puck to Tage for a one timer.

Seth Appert talks about how he reworked the power play, with the help of Sam Ventura https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-training-camp-power-play-seth-appert

God you've becoming annoying. Truly condescending in annoying carrying water in every thread for this team. I'll spell it out for you then. I don't give a ***** on this earth if billionaire Terry Pegula makes a dime off the Sabres. His product is boring, middling, and awful. Now when you come back with "well don't watch then!" Don't worry ppl don't and the revenue reflects that. Just obnoxious. Thxs for mansplanning that a hockey team doesn't just have to pay the 90 million in player contracts. Liger, the guy on this stupid website with the most posts would never have guessed coaches, gms, scouts, maintenance ppl etc... work for the Sabres because I'm too ***** stupid. Edit: if Terry Pegula is spending 200 million a year on this team, then he's not getting his money's worth and neither are we.

No. I can look it up.

Are you familiar with Ronnie Lott’s approach to these kind of things?

I am still in PT - stretches, strength training, and more stretches for hammy, hips, glutes. I am doing knee bends (squats) or seated leg press, but keep in mind I have to knee replacements so there are limits. Sometimes it feels better, but then the pain comes back.

What’s the timeline on all of this? Given the 14 year drought, I’d at least question whether or not it hurt the product on the ice. You can’t break something that’s already broken.

It would be interesting to know the answer to your question. Keep in mind that Terry and Kim gutted the PSE and Sabres staff across the board back in COVID, including many long time employees. They have rebuilt some of the Hockey FO since then, but the EEE policies put in that drove Botts out have really hurt the product on the ice and the teams' perception throughout the NHL.

Well somebody (one of the main hockey talking heads like Seravelli or Friedman or somebody like that but I forget which) said a few years back that Buffalo was becoming a farm team for the league and it's pretty much true. The sad thing is getting out of it would be extremely difficult and would require Pegula to give up, stop being de facto GM, and get a good hockey GM in place to tear it down one last time and rebuild it properly. Maybe nobody wants to admit that but how else do you do it? If for example Dahlin wants out after this season what other choice do you have? If you just move him for 4 firsts or whatever it just continues and gets worse and proves the statement true. This is the bad time line. In the good time line Rick Dudley is Senior Advisor and Pat LaFontaine is President of the 3 time Stanley Cup Champion Sabres. Pegula sails the Caribbean and relaxes with his trophies and rings.

Goddam poison ivy man. First time and I don't think I ever want to go in the woods again. Savage plant.

With age comes increased strength. Hoping the strength, and age, and experience, and confidence breeds some physical edge to him. If he never, ever, will play with more physical presence then I would move him. But he is 22 and we don't know yet. Dahlin provides more offense and is physical and tough. Byram provides just as much offense and is more physical than Power.

Yes there are times where we have to trust people that we don’t know but that is 100% not the case in the scenario discussed. I agree the environment you are in impacts how you respond. If it’s a town hall meeting I’d engage with a stranger on whatever topic. A random car not from my neighborhood sitting in the dark across the street with a bunch of people in it, no. I will observe and if absolutely necessary I will interact. I’m not going up to their car and knocking on the window to say hi. Your scenario about the girl walking and not paying attention? Yes, she is naive. Same for a man. Purposely being aloof just doesn’t make sense to me. Not locking doors at night seems pretty stupid because it’s such a simple thing to do that offers a measure of physical security and peace of mind. Crime doesn’t happen to you until it does then it’s too late for could’ve, would’ve, should’ve. Fear and paranoia are not the same as maintaining awareness and being responsible for your own safety. IMO you guys are conflating those concepts. Being a shut in because you’re afraid something could happen is being paranoid. Observing and assessing your surroundings and situations seems to make sense given the world we live in.

So time to tank right? lol I guess we add 4 wonky D men to the list of injury excuses. We shall see who is ready on opening night. I did have a laugh today that the only guy in Bruins camp that has a minor injury that might keep him out is Casey Mittelstadt. Clearly, there's something in Buffalo water that weakens muscle tissue or decreases bone density 🙂

We got Tage in a trade.

Paul's annual review...

Because it should be easier for us to compete A salary cap encourages parity If it falls flat, it’s because it’s an insult to the Pirates lol