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I woke up to read a rumor running around twitter today that Shanahan called Terry directly and offered his services as Director of Hockey Ops and Terry's reply was "I'm Director of Hockey Ops" which made me both laugh and cry at the same time. It's also totally believable. Could be bs but it just feels like it's probably true.

Casey Mittelstadt last season: 0.7g/60, 1.1a/60 Ryan McLeod: 0.9g/60, 1.5a/60 So not only did McLeod outscore 2nd line center Casey Mittelstadt, he was more efficient with the ice time he got as well. It was not a case of simply more ice time, McLeod legit improved. Mitts hasn't topped that assist rate since leaving Buffalo and has never topped that goal rate. If Casey Mittelstadt is a 2nd line center than Ryan McLeod is a 2nd line center. On top of that, McLeod had about 62% d-zone starts compared to the opposite for Mitts with 36% and yet... McLeod was only a few xgf lower compared to Mittsy. Just interesting to look at how perceptions drive narratives.

I agree he is throwing darts hoping one hits a bullseye I am not sure even he believes him...

https://ktla-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/ktla.com/news/local-news/undocumented-minors-found-amid-raid-of-ventura-county-cannabis-farm-dhs-says/amp/?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From %1%24s&aoh=17522577555930&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fktla.com%2Fnews%2Flocal-news%2Fundocumented-minors-found-amid-raid-of-ventura-county-cannabis-farm-dhs-says%2F Exploiting unaccompanied minors working in a Marijuana farm. Yes, I support Ice raiding places like this. Shame on Newsome for allowing this in his state, and shame on the residents of California for electing him.

What Improvements did Boston make that I am forgetting?

I agree! It's a great thing that Ice is allowed to do their job again after four years of Bidens deplorable, corrupt open border policy. I hope anyone who tries to obstruct Ice from doing their job is prosecuted. I didn't vote for this, but I sure as hell support it.

Unironically yes The temptation to become desensitized to it is a prevalent, strong and natural process We shouldn’t turn our minds off to the true absurdity of it, nor remove it from it’s proper historical context that’s how they win: indifference

There's also no reason to believe that it IS true--or that it matters at all. The latter point is more important. The guy is the owner. As I've said before, you can put a ridiculous amount of layers between Adams and Pegula: president of hockey operations; vice presidents of forwards, defensemen, and goaltenders; plenipotentiary in charge of scouting; duke of power play development; whatever: The owner is still the ultimate decision maker in any organization including this one. For example, it's evident from the pattern of negotiations that the Houston Texans' GM wanted to keep DeShaun Watson. But Janice and Cal McNair didn't, so he was gone. Whether Pegula meddles with management of the team is up for reasonable debate. Whether he is entitled to do so isn't.

I see them as a more of a quality control guy. They are there to give advice and to veto an idea when they think it would cause irreparable harm to the team. Sort of like the parent of a teenager or young adult. That said, Terry is not qualified for this role. Not even remotely. More like, block a decision that would cause harm to his lifestyle.

I still have no idea what a president of hockey ops even is and how many teams even have one. The blurred lines between a more business oriented president and this position are hard to sort out from team to team. The Sabres need a GM, but I'm not sure they need this.

what was that anonymous sourced quote a while back? “If I have to call you to get clearance to trade Jokiharu (sp) for a 4th - what are we even doing here?”

It's not so much this, as it is that they are idiots.

Were you concerned that the team not improving wasn’t getting enough scrutiny? 🤣

I listened to that episode today. Just a side note, both Petey and Craig started the show saying they had a bunch of stuff to talk about on the Sabres. They talked about how Petey went to a July 4th party and someone related to Shanny told him this. Then they didn't say anything else. I guess they have trouble remembering what they tease. 🤣

Today I learned……

I’m not convinced having Zito would’ve made any difference. Botts was fired because he didn’t want to follow EEE. Zito wouldn’t picked the same fate.

There’s nothing to suggest this is even remotely untrue. Just look at the results and decisions.

FOUND 1 !!!!!!

There is no reason to think that this isn’t true. Even so. Yowza. https://www.reddit.com/r/sabres/s/nEffSAFN1F

Bump

I look forward to Sammy getting Wally Pipped by Novikov.

About time we got a story about ICE actually doing the job their mission calls for. But that in no way validates the many extra-judicial actions they’ve performed since January. Things like arresting innocent US citizens, setting off explosives to enter the home of a US citizen, raiding elementary schools to round up children, riding thru parks on horseback just because, wearing masks to conceal their identity, or deporting people for MISDEMEANORS, just to name a few. I wonder how many pardoned January 6th criminals serve in their ranks? And I gotta wonder also how attractive it is to groups like the Proud Boys who get to go and round up brown people.

Well it's about to happen again when Trump sets up the next set of insider trading with August tariffs. What's funny is the stock market rebounding has nothing to do with Trump.

I play a par 3 course once a week with my Mother who is in her mid 80’s. I feel like a young guy on this course, definitely no scuffles even though most are slow movers. You are right that weekends are busy at most courses. My brother in law, also retired, is my playing partner and we get out whenever we want. His son and son in law want to join us but weekends are their only options so we get the dew sweeper tee times. No scuffles, we are usually first out and setting the pace. The young guys lose balls going all out for distance but we speed them up by allowing the odd foot wedge shots.