Taro T
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Didn't LA lose the Raiders twice? I've lost track of that team's moves.
Nope. Just lost them the 1 time, for now.
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Any possibility that the quote function can go back to the old one which actually showed the origination of the quote?Forum was upgraded to the latest stable version of the software. It was also moved to the new server. Shouldn't be a whole lot of difference on the reader end, but you'll see minor differences from time to time.
I'm hoping it runs pretty smoothly from here on out.
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Eventually could be useful in video review. But for now, it's extra fun.
Provided they don't decide to give us the 'Kane's Eye View' for a Chicago powerplay in real time.
If this is limited to replays / stoppages, it should be a good thing.
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I don't put much stock into the talent dilution idea. While there may be a lack of superstars, there isn't a lack of overall talent. There is essentially no difference between many of the guys in the league today and the marginal ones who just missed out. That and we have a long list of players who have been forced out simply due to money reasons. There will be no trouble assembling two more hockey teams, minus the typical growing pains.
My only concern about expansion is what we eventually lose to an expansion draft.
Pretty much where I'm at on this one.
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As others have said perhaps Dom wanted low key ?
And, either way, it should be easy enough to find out.
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When I was a kid I really wanted Mal Davis to make it. He had a Mike Bossy wrister and it seemed like he could score anytime he got a clean shot off. But Scotty (I think it was Scotty) didn't trust him and he never got more than a coupl of games at a time in the show.
When I was a kid, I wanted Scotty to trade Mal Davis, Gates Orlando, and Jody Gage to Detroit, TO, or Washington for an NHL regular. Would've benefitted both teams.
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skating coach...for nhl players?? should they not have learned perfectly by now??.......oi kinda like tryng to teach Fitz how to throw the ball farther than an 8th grader
While you don't want to work C-cuts every practice; I can definitely see where working basics every now and then could be extremely beneficial.
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Except he all but admitted it.
No, no. He admitted nothing of the sort. He merely stated that he likes the balls to go through a specific procedure and then have ABSOLUTELY NO VARIATION FROM THAT PROCEDURE. How could he possibly be expected to realize the balls had been modified at halftime? They seemed EXACTLY the same as they had prior to the half. Which is why it was so shocking that they scored 100 or so points after halftime when the weather got bad.
Totally schadenfreude, but it is REALLY cool that these idiots thought they needed to cheat to beat the ####ing Colts. Now, every single cold weather win in Foxboro is in question. Even though only a handful if that SHOULD be in question.
Hey, St.Doug, ever wonder why Marcia couldn't hit the broad side of a barn against you? Couldn't of had anything to do with no need to win which equalled no need to cheat, could it? Have fun coaching Jax' O-line.
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:oops: Go figure... one of the 3 or so threads I don't bother with! There's so many damn tank threads I never know where to post this stuff anymore.
That'll learn ya. ;)
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You mean the bronx cheer when Kenneth Davis made it 35-10? And I wanted to leave..I had walked halfway up the aisle at 35-3, but my Dad convinced me to stay "until the Oilers score again"....
You left just before OT? Bummer. ;)
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I like the logic that we don't deserve to get an NHL "prodigy" because we had one who retired almost 30 years ago. Yeah, we're really spoiled in that department.
It was a brilliant article. Piss off people in 2 markets that do care about hockey (raising click rates) in support of markets that 'traditional' fans scoff at - again boosting click rates.
He probably generated 4x or more the clicks and 10x the comments an article saying Buffalo, Edmonton, or both should land a piece of the McEichel.
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I also think I've read that TP was willing to give him an extension -- just not as long as Marrone wanted. So if TP was willing to give him an additional year at, say $5MM -- that's $9MM he left on the table, minus whatever he's getting paid in Jacksonville.
Good point.
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If nothing else, it was good to see the May Day clip for the first time in a while. It is often forgotten just how good of a play LaFontaine made on that goal.
It also is often forgotten which goalie skated up to him after the goal was scored. Too bad that same one didn't play against the Habs.
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Having gone through the fiery ritual of having to name a baby recently, it's surprisingly difficult. You're tagging a person with something they'll have for their entire life. We waited right up to the end before officially putting a name down ("you really need to fill out the paperwork before we can discharge you"). You want it to be unique but not crazy (we told people we were going to name her "Starshine Bottlerocket" to get them off our case ("Torque Ripcord" was the boy option)). In our case, the kid's going to be spelling her last name to everyone unless she changes it so first names that require spelling were out. My wife doesn't like names that end in "e" sounds because they sound cutsie. And finally, my last name ends with 'a' so names that ended in 'a' were out (we didn't want to rhyme). That's a lot of restrictions.
(We also joked about "Ruella Barbara Pie", so her short name would be Ru Barb Pie.)
:lol:
Hope the joke name for the boy wasn't Maurice Ronald. ;)
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I believe NFL coaching contracts are typically guaranteed.
They are. So, by walking away, rather than being punted, he left $4MM of Kim Pegula's money on the table. St. Doug is nothing if not chivalrous.
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Huge comeback by Washington to leave EDM empty-handed!!!
Excellent news!
Sabres officially can blow a single point (assuming Eulers don't blow any) and still end up winning it all.
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Fans on sports radio have been talking about dealing Lucic here in Boston. He's definitely not earning his 3 yr $18mil extension with 9g/15a/69pim. It would be a match made in heaven….Lucic and Buffalo. Pegula loves to overpay for non-performing has-beens and Lucic is coasting along on reputation only. And coasting is just Buffalo's speed…it would be like the second coming of Dave Schultz, who came to Buffalo all worn out.
Being worn down wasn't Schultz' biggest problem. It was he couldn't take 2 strides onto the ice w/out getting called for a reputation penalty. (For the youngins reading: Picture about 2 orders of magnitude less benefit of the doubt than Kaleta gets.)
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Grigorenko skates like Gretzky but without the power that Wayne was able to pack into one push. If Grigorekno can get that push to be stronger then his playing style will work. Without it he isn't going to make guys miss like he was in juniors. I don't think he'll ever be a high motor leg churner.
Were this Grigorenko's 1st pro year, like it should've been; we'd collectively be a lot higher on him than we are. Would not be at all surprised to see him as a #2 C with a little seasoning under his belt.
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So it goes from 100 vs 30 to 94 vs 30?
I accounted for Andreychuk getting traded......and Muckler was GM in Edmonton, no? He was on the player selection crew, that's for sure.
No, Muckler was never GM in Edmonton, which is why he was willing to come to Buffalo knowing he wouldn't be GM in year 1. Edmonton was always Sather's team.
Who pulled the trigger on that trade? Meehan was still the GM and is quoted in news stories about the trade. But Muckler was coach and director of hockey ops. I think Meehan was concentrating on the business side of things and probably had been since Muckler's arrival for the 91-92 season as director of hockey ops only.
EVERY trade, signing, or attempted signing for an Euler, Ex-Euler, or contemplated Euler was John's baby. He LOVED him some Eulers which is why Buffalo was Edmonton East (minus the hardware) in the early '90's.
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LaFontaine in his prime
Hawerchuck in his prime
Mogilny entering his prime
Andreychuk in his prime
2 HOF goalies
Stanley Cup winning GM and coach
McDavid at 18
Moulson in his prime
Girgensons entering his prime
Ennis in his prime
Enroth and Neuvirth
Tim Murray
Good luck Tankers......
You can't count 2nd HoF goalie & Andreychuk both as 1 left as part of package for the other. Also, Sather was GM in Edmonton, not myopic John.
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I was about to bring up a few years later, yesterday.
For all the McEichel BS talk.......the Sabres had a guy on their team with plenty left in the tank, who was considered the "Next Gretzky".....Dale Hawerchuk.
On that same team, along with a 28 year old Hawerchuk, they had a 26 year old Pat LaFontaine, a 22 year old Alex Mogilny, and a 28 year old Dave Andreychuk.
Hasek joined them all for a short stint and Anderychuk got moved for Fuhr.
THEY NEVER MADE IT OUT OF THE 2ND ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS............
Good luck Tankers.
... because Muckler was too obtuse to see what he had in Hasek and was too myopic to see beyond his love of all things Euler. Imagine what that '93 team could have done had they converted Puppa-Andreychuk-Jonnson into something other than another goalie; or had he, at minimum, played the healthy goalie vs Moe-ray-all rather than the one w/ the injured leg.
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Yup, we're the best. There was some level of concern we lucked our way out of the Shart with that little streak, but as it turns out, we're good enough to overcome adversity. The CHL Sabres might be the toughest Sabres team mentally we've ever seen.
My gut feel is that they end up somewhere between 105-113 points. In a normal year, that would win it going away. This isn't a normal year, but if the other contenders wait until the trade deadline to sell off, it should be enough.
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Right I forgot I read that!
Compliance buyouts are over though, right?
I'm Canadian and I don't get it either
Correct.
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Current standings through games played into 1/19. (Joisey game not included.)
Team ----- GP - L - W - OT - PTS - MPP
Buffalo 47 30 14 3 63 133
Edmonton 46 26 11 9 61 133
Carolina 46 25 16 5 55 127
Arizona 45 24 16 5 53 127
New Jersey 46 22 16 8 52 124
Philadelphia 47 22 18 7 51 121
Colorado 47 18 19 10 46 116
Columbus 44 21 20 3 45 121
Ottawa 44 18 18 8 44 120
Minnesota 44 19 20 5 43 119
MPP = Maximum Possible Points
5 teams in action. If Eulers don't take 2 from Washington, Sabres will be alone in 1st w/ same # of games played.
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Older posts, predating this latest upgrade show quote boxes. Those since the transition simply display the text. No quote boxes shown, which makes everything run on on itself. I'll see if I can get a screen capture for you.