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I think the point in the pod cast was that Byram (maybe, more specifically his agent) may still want to go to free agency in two years even if traded to a team that wants to sign him long term. Any team interested in Byram would take that into account in terms of the value they will be willing to give up for him.

It was. It was them saying the strategy of the tank wasn't wrong, it was the accelerating the rebuild that was wrong. And to prove it, they'd rebuild the slow cooking way, except built around 2 D rather than 2 F's and that by slow cooking they would actually rush 5 years worth of prospects into the NHL via the "no blocking" policy. Guess they showed us.

Hmm, team with incredible goalie; team with very good to great goalie; team with incredible goalie. Noticing a pattern here.

Great idea! Thanks! There's a place near here that sells cherry concentrate. It's not cheap, but a cherry wheat sounds delicious.

I got into brewing about 1990. I used to make a mean cherry wheat beer. Just follow your wheat beer recipe until you ready to pitch the yeast. Pour in one bottle of R.W. Knudsen black cherry concentrate. Pitch the yeast and continue with your recipe. Very subtle cherry flavor; more on the nose than the palate.

On a tangent, didn’t realize until recently that when cars drive by to hand water bottles to the riders, there’s an art to how long they allow their hands to both linger on the bottle for just a moment so the car in affect pulls forward the rider allowing for momentary rest The art of cheating is one of the best parts of sports

The tipping point, and I said it at the time, was electing for a long form rebuild on the heels of missing 9 straight years already it was a disastrous calculation

It’s Pegula’s unwillingness to fire Adams and hire a competent GM

We also played at a 93 point pace in the stretch run - which we know wasn’t reflective of our season as a whole as always caution using a “garbage time” sample size You have to write out the lines somehow

I'm not sure what size that fermentation vessel is, but it looks like that mead kit has everything you need to make beer except a pot, a mesh bag, and a thermometer. If you've already got a large pot and a decent digital thermometer, the bag is less than $10 on Amazon. As an aside, I've never tried mead. Is there something to compare it to flavour wise?

Yes I think LINDY is done with this roster. Adams is just collecting a check this season.

Imagine thinking this is b.c of Trump 🤣 The things MAGA fall for on twitter/trumpsocial. I cannot believe people still follow a man who has been found out to be a known predator and lies to keep other predators safe.

Boy, it's going to be a cruel summer ...

Who ??

And it was a ridiculous question at best. Adam’s can be horrible, but at the end of the day, Pegula is the one that continues to employ him as GM. Adams may be A problem, but he’s not THE problem.

This a good way to look at it. I always tend to look at the 5on5 and stating lines as the 1-4 designation. I do think Kulich will get much more PP time this season. Last year, MacLeod got tons of PK time and some PP.

The viewership numbers show that this small market could easily support a top-flight team with a big payroll, well-compensated staff and hockey ops, and average to a touch above ticket prices. Instead, this market would rather watch tv. That’s solely on the owner and his pathetic choices and EEE.

It reminds me of the question I posted in the complaint thread on Thursday.

Cue up the classic “We will continue to look at anything that will make our team better but we are very happy with where the roster is right now” quote and call it a summer.

But I am also attempting to show Buffalo is still a strong hockey market. It really is. The fact that the TV ratings are consistently high shows that. It is no doubt aided by no NBA and no MLB in Buffalo - so it is a unique market that also has an international component to it that is not factored into the TV numbers but could be included in home attendance.

This team is going on 3 failed rebuilds under Pegula. Not being one of the best 8 teams in your conference 14 straight years is absurd. Nothing they have done this offseason is pointing to them being serious about changing that. The whole “bring everyone back because they are under contract for one more year” mentality after years of failure is the biggest sign that Pegula is not serious about winning or is so clueless on how to win that he needs to go.

True, just answering the question posed to me.

My "humorless post" was the gif, and only the gif. Your responded to me was that you cannot trade a player for money, which is only partially correct, and it tells me you misinterpreted the gif by taking it literally. BTW - Cash can be included in trades, but not cash only. Your 👎response was to a gif that you did not fully understand, you could just admit it and move on. After I explained it to you could just say "thanks for the clarification". Instead you call it humorless, and maybe it was to some or most here, but you are consistent is taking shots. I get that you don't like me, so be it. You can always not respond.