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Makes the most sense at this point. And guess the signing makes sense to a degree from a well, having another cheap lottery ticket never hurts point of view. But, not sure that a day old cheap lottery ticket purchase makes any sense. Yes, it only has 1 less chance of winning than that "fresh" lottery ticket has, but that 1 additional chance makes a huge difference in the value of each.

He's the guy who's last sighting in an Avs uni gave the Sabres a 4-1 lead in the Dahlin breaks to start the 3rd, there goes the season game. He was pretty much on the next plane to SJ after that little debacle.

Well, we DID want Adams to address GT. Not sure which multiverse we have to be in for THIS move to meet THAT definition. And, what are the odds of OUR luck placing us in that 1 in every 14 million or so variants that this does meet that definition?

Umm, are they really rolling the dice on him regaining his form from several years ago? Don't understand this one at all.

Sorry, couldn't find the Morning Circus Band's Fa-La-La-La-LaFontaine on line.

According to the Rochester D&C, the stat that @Demoted quoted was SINCE 2017. Since then, teams down by 15+ with 5 or less minutes left were 0-717. And, according to the D&C, so take it for what it's worth, the Bills are the 1st team to ever win when trailing by 15+ with only 4 minutes to go. EDIT: But believe the D&C isn't quite correct, believe the Bills are the only 1 (of 4 or 5) to win in regulation after being down by that much with that little time left to go.

Those teams down by 15 with some random amount of time left were 3 & a couple thousand since IIRC 2000. They're now 4 & a couple thousand and this is the only one of those that ended in regulation. The stat he was trying to quote seems to be this (have no idea who the tweeter is, so take the stat for what it's worth). Will try to find the ESPN stat about being down by that much with so little time left. And the Ravens are now either 11-1 or 10-1 including playoffs when Henry rushes for at least 100 yards. He had 1 playoff game for them with over 100 yards rushing, so believe it is 11-1, but might've given them 1 extra win.

He lives in Winterpeg. Thus ...

Until proven otherwise, the supposition is a good one. The thing that might be a fly in the Bills ointment as far as getting the 1 seed is the Texasses play in a division that is at least as bad as the East and very possibly even worse. The results of the Dolt Fishies game not withstanding. 😉

Why terrifying? There were about 25 seconds left when the O raced off the field and the kicking team raced on. They were fully set with at least 10, and more likey 15, seconds left in the game. Everybody knew they wouldn't snap it until at most 4 seconds were left (that's how long FG attempts typically run off the clock). Ball went up a little lower than Prater probably wanted for a kick that short, but it was true and Hamilton was unable to get his good mitt on the ball. And in their last home opener ever in the stadium Ralph had built, they won one for the ages.

That was satisfying.

Max length currently is 8 years. They're not scheduled to have it drop to 7 years until next September. BUT they've said they're going to implement some of the provisions of the new CBA on an expeditied schedule. No data on whether the max contract length decreasing (and the regular max dropping to 6 years from the current 7 as well) will be on an expedited schedule or not.

Presuming it's the same one as before, you should be good. Thanks!

Thanks for doing that @tom webster. What's the preferred way to pay you?

There's at least one other "connection" to the Sabres. The 3rd of his "Game" books "Game Change" was centered around the life and death of former Sabre Steve Montador. All 3 books (The Game and Home Game were the other 2) are all excellent tomes. The 2nd one was turned into a 6 part miniseries for either CBC or CTV (forget which one it aired on). That also was very good. He was a very talented man. This is a truly sad day. RIP 29.

Did he grow up next door to Joe Sakic? How much more money does he need to be set and have his children set for life? Know the answer to the 1st one. And though don't know the answer to the 2nd one, expect that whatever it is it's less than he'll end up getting in a 7-8 year deal with the Sabres. 😉 And would be quite surprised that without some major unforseen shock to the professional hockey system there would be a lockout in 2030.

Eh, signing now might be the better play. We don't know exactly when all of the terms of the next CBA kick in, but we know there is a high likelihood some/many of them will kick in THIS season rather than 1 year from now. IF the 6/7 year maxes are introduced before or at the beginning of the next jeague year in July, his signing a deal taking him to 37 could work out much better for him than signing a deal at a higher annual rate that only goes through age 35. Big men don't tend to have the seriously long careers unless their freaks of nature like Chara. If he were younger when his current deal ends, you could very well be onto something. But he and Adams/Pegula can factor those projected cap increases into what he signs for and they can know they're effectively prorating his salary from the 5 years he'll still be useful into an 8 year deal and any buyout or retirement adjustments at the end likely won't be crippling to the team for a myriad of reasons (some good and some not so good 😉 ).

IF he doesn't extend with the Sabres, yes, he is a canary in the coal mine. If he re-signs, no, it isn't a canary in the coal mine move, but it could (might?) go a long way towards keeping the other 2 LT long time vets on board with what comes next.

Or even when they selected their next GM.

In a mother ####### heartbeat.

Suppose "scratched" works, but "sniffed" fits the motif better. MHO. YMMV.

Pretty much all the rest of the US Open has been on ESPN. Don't see why this wouldn't be as well. EDIT: No data on when the match starts, but ESPN's broadcast of it starts at 7PM.

Honestly not sure when he started leaning into them. But he's been getting booed heavily since at least '99 and likely going all the way back to '93. It's an annual rite of early summer. Bettman shows up and the boo birds come out in force.

Apparently the Bills are concerned whether Bass will be ready to go on Sunday. They added Prater to the PS. https://www.buffalorumblings.com/buffalo-bills-injuries/114946/buffalo-bills-add-kicker-with-tyler-bass-potentially-injured

Goodell took office in 2006. Bettman in 1993. Who was mimicking whom?