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Depends on your worldview. Darth Vader was not Luke's father because Darth killed Anakin - by his (Darth's) own admission - until he (Darth) decided he was still Anakin afterall, thereby resurrecting himself and casting aside Darth. So, the entity that referred to itself as "Darth Vader" was the father to no one, not even Luke, but his prior form, Anakin Skywalker, was...or is.

Absolutely - that’s my point the admittance of the actual experience

Maybe Adams is out smarting us all and he made the deal with JJP to set the market so he could get something really good for Byram?

I am fascinated by the Sabres going 33-17 when scoring 3 or more. I know few teams average 3 a game, but the Sabres did it FIFTY times. 50 games, 218 goals ... so for 61% of the season they averaged just over 4 goals per game. The other 32 ... 3-29 ... WTF? 47 goals ... or a paltry 1.5 (if you round up) ... 🤮 Scoring 2 or fewer 32 times and having your goalie bail you out (checks notes ...) THRICE!?!?! We can rag on the defense all we want - but ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we need look no further than between the pipes. Nothing further your honor. edit: tagging @stenbaro since they did the original work - I don't want to take credit!

Wait... how many cups does Rodriguez have?

Not necessarily. Am envisioning it as a scenario where one guy pulls up a little lame in practice or the team's had a flu raging through the roster; it the team says one of the 2 isn't at 100% (or whatever 100% actually is come early March) the team can have the guy up with the parent squad. Would also add wouldn't be shocked if they'd let a team that's going on the road for an extended road trip to take the 3rd goalie with him as well if the backup hasn't played in a long while (kind of a reverse "conditioning" assignment. They already let Buffalo and Joisey do that last year on their trip to Europe. But would expect that only to be for road trips extending beyond a set # of games and maybe not even at all unless the backup has been particularly inactive. Which upon further thought might be the real way this plays out. It doesn't make any sense to be forcing a team to keep a 3rd LEGIT goalie up with the parent squad (essentially making the roster 24 man rather than 23 man). You now aren't going to be having the 2nd and 3rd guy get enough practice time and definitely won't get enough game time. If they go full time to 3 legit goalies, then they're doing 2 things the players and their farm clubs won't like. The players will be dividing their RS pool by 24 players rather than just 23 and the farm team will be losing its best goalie for stretches when he still isn't going to get into any games. As said above, am really interested in seeing what the actual language of the new CBA is on these tweaks. Can see a few different VERY convoluted ways for them to try to work this. And won't even hazard a guess at how convoluted the BF-LTIR playoff eligibility rules will be. Just am expecting an adverb to work with how convoluted they are to be "very."

Helenius sure would look good playing behind McKenna as Pitt’s 2nd line center. But they would have to give up much more than Rust. I don’t care about his stats playing next to Sid. I don’t care that he has 2 cups. Didn’t Evan Rodriguez win two cups and play on Sids wing for a while?

Mine did. Does with every player the Sabres acquire and discard. Not what I think about his game, or how much he's worth, but how much I care about him and want him to succeed? Hell yeah! Isn't that both normal, and self-evident, and an intrinsic part of what this is all about for most people? We're fans.

Yep Martone would be a ridiculous get at 9. Martone will be gone before 9

So at this point all they have to show from trading Byram is a second round pick?

Sorry, I had other things to do.

Great - but then what's Adams plan for Dahlin's partner?

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6441026/2025/06/27/sabres-draft-picks-grades-2025/ Sabres draft guide from my favorite dude, Corey Pronman.

Someone sure does want to keep his name in the news cycle.

That's how I see it, and not every team has a farm club 60 minutes down the road.

If improved is picking #9 at the draft rather than 5 or 6 or 7 or even eight, all the time not making the playoffs, then I guess they have improved. When does the parade start?

Doesn’t that defeat the whole emergency thing though? That last second travel from where ever the farm club is, that’s a huge issue. The EBUG is someone who is always in house. They need someone there in case something happens very close to puck drop. 84 is already intended to divide up the games more evenly. Other conference: 2 games X 16 teams Within division: 4 games X 7 teams Rest of your conference: 3 games X 8 teams That all adds up to 84. Previously 2 game were dropped off of the in conference matchups. The other option would be to cut down to 2 games in the conference and go down to 76. Let’s face it, that was never going to happen. Any expansion throws this game count out the window.

If we trade nobody good away we need at minimum 1 top 6 LW, and I would argue a starting goalie

Yes! CBJ is right. We'll get there eventually....

CBJ, CBS is a news network and Friedman's stupid attempt to change abbreviations

Great post. Anecdotally I had perceived them to be front runners, seems there’s some statistical backing

Good thing wasn't drinking while reading that. Would definitely have been up in the sinuses and that can be painful. Almost as painful as the next week will likely be.

Lineup still lacks a lot. Better see more forwards arriving.