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Yay. ICE caught another bad guy. But they continue their disgraceful abuse as there are 250+ immigrants HELD IN CAGES in “Alligator Alcatraz” WITH NO CRIMINAL CHARGES OR CONVICTIONS. Held in cages for MISDEMEANORS. But because this administration has no problem lying about any of this, I’m sure they will invent some bull$hit charges. WTF happened to our country that ANYONE would be OK with this? Now I long ago rejected the religious dogma I was indoctrinated into as a child, but these self-professed Christian politicians need to read their good book again as God clearly states that individuals and nations will be judged on how they treat “the least of these, and that includes the stranger and the poor. Our nation should be ashamed.

I couldn’t care less, but if you think Buffalo brings in significant money go right ahead and think that, I’m not stopping you

There are no secrets about this franchise, owner and how business is done. When one has better options it’s not a surprise that an alternative pathway is preferred by players and potential staff. No one likes living in the ghetto when one can instead live in an upscale suburb.

Welcome to Trumps America 🤣

You are misconstruing the knowledge of a list of names with the actuality of the list itself and what actions those people on the list were involved with. What we know is that Epstein was involved in all kinds of illegal activities, including trafficking of minors, etc. What we know is that Trump had involvement with Epstein, so did Bill Gates, so did Bill Clinton, and so on. What we know is that someone has claimed that Trump was really big on power moves and screwing other people's wives along with many other indecent and deplorable ways to treat women. What we DO NOT KNOW is that Trump engaged in pedophilia. What we are reasonably positive of is that there is a list of names and potentially other information. Without that evidence making such claims is irresponsible. You can BELIEVE what you want, but I've never read anywhere of the insinuation that Trump was involved in pedophilia and I'm not going to allow that statement to be made as though it's fact. I am sure that list has a lot of really influential people on it. That's the kind of list that will never be published. It's an indictment on the kind of society we have in the United States (albeit the power matrices go well beyond the US borders). Underneath all of this is the fact that we are dealing with a group of individuals who routinely say anything that comes to mind and then forgets they ever said it. Do I put any credence into what Pam Bondi says? Hell no. Just like I don't listen to most of what anyone in this administration says because it's 99.8% hot air. The US has the reality show it always wanted, in the White House. Not a surprise from a country whose citizens pay more attention to the Kardashians and "Real" Housewives of anywhere than they do their local, state, and national politics.

Everything is falling apart for Trump organization 🤣 Trump stops supporting Ukraine in the war, Calls Zelensky a dictator, takes away many of the sanctions on Russia to allow them to grow in strength. Now all the sudden everything is changing. I love this disaster of an organization, they give us the best entertainment in what not to do.

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I've met my fair share of athletes. I had one run in with Andrew Peters and it's easily the most obnoxious and inconsiderate run-in I had ever had. He's a buffoon who is hanging on to whatever money he can scrabble from his brief moments in professional hockey. Not a chance in hell I would ever willingly choose to be in the same room with him again.

What is the source?

If he actually is gotta assume we are would they want Byram as part of the package any chance they would send Helleson back? Mctavish and Helleson for Byram and Krebs and a pick? Or maybe Helenius or Östlund? my rationale would be Byram is better then Helleson, but McTavish is way better then Krebs so I’d assume we need to add

Really? I like him!

idk and I suspect we never know but remember the shot of Lou Lamorello in the Buffalo airport? So one assumes he interviewed/talked with Terry before Jarmo was hired. Did he say no thanks after seeing the financial constraints and owner oversight or did owner decide he wasn't the right guy and wouldn't say yes enough? Did anyone else say no? Did Shanahan actually call and ask? I have no idea on any of it but I think one thing we can conclude is there are experienced hockey people who are or were interested in coming here but either they sour on it or the owner is an impediment to it. That is almost certain.

No doubt. And Terry probably also wants to make sure Jarmo will say "yes" to him if he wants something different and that's just not how you build or run a winning organization. The thing is people talk about how players have NTCs and don't want to come there and then they talk about the small market and the weather and that's just not it. Players and their agents are not all idiots. They know it's a badly run Mickey Mouse organization.

Sounds like McTavish is legit available. Buffalo should certainly inquire.

He’ll only come over if you tell him that he doesn’t have to spend any money to buy a bottle of wine to bring with him to dinner.

Actually I would. From all accounts Kevyn Adams is a terrific person ( I have a close relative who knows the family personally) and I would love to talk hockey with him. He is a terrible NHL GM though, whether that be from his lack of experience, the financial restraints he operates under or a combination of both.

I agree. I take it you won’t be having Adams over for dinner anytime soon?

Adams is still under very tight financial constraints. The 91 point season the Sabres led the league in available cap space with a whopping 17.2 million available. The following season 2023-24 season they were 4th with 10.6 million available. This was also the first season that the Thompson and Cozens Extensions kicked in. The past season they were 7th with 8.4 million available. Couple this with the fact that Granato is the only person in the organization who was fired with term remaining on his deal, there is no doubt the organization is still under a do not spend philosophy. (Particularly since this was shared by a member of the Sabres Front Office) Adams absolutely sucks at his job, it takes a GM like Regier to successfully build a team under financial constraints. If Pegula will not upgrade on Adams, Assistant Coaches or allow the team to spend to the cap, that’s on him. The biggest worry is the players know what is going on, see all the unused cap space and lack of commitment to winning. Peterka was the latest example. Tage has had Podcast interviews this summer and has mentioned the lack of winning. If we get to the beginning of the season and Tuch hasn’t extended that’s the latest version of the canary in the coal mine.

Spoken like a Toronto fan. Yes?

On paper, the D IS better. Had they replaced Wilford, would even expect it to be better, perhaps significantly. But will only say it is better when it actually performs better.

He's not wrong. Superstar Car Wash is a fantastic album.

Make it 8 more wins to be in a genuine race. I’m not so concerned about scoring goals as I’m about the goaltending.

Let's break it into three sections... Offense: Same or only slightly worse. The black box is what we get from Josh Norris. If he plays to his potential he fills the hole left by JJ. You hope that Tage and Tuch stay at last year's level. That Quinn, Benson and Kulich take steps. Addition of grit from Doan and Danforth can't hurt. Defense: Good to very good. Kesselring and Timmins are upgrades. If Byram stays we could have a very deep defense. Goaltending: Same, but .... With improved defensive play, Goals allowed should improve. Get UPL to play a controlled game and stop trying too hard. Lyon should see more starts than Reimer. Bottom line: can better defense earn you 5 more wins from last year? You are in the thick of the wild card race.

He's a lifer then.

Did the owner order KA to hire an experienced hockey person to help him? And was Jarmo the GM's personal selection?