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Not getting heated over it. You keep saying he was tested every day. Other than the league's CMO, who was not at their facility, have not seen anybody else involved say that. 2 questions, which though one has been asked repeatedly, they never get answered, and no, you did not answer it in you're reply 1. why when they say he did not suffer a head injury in the game (& therefore suffered no concussion), did not list any head injury as an issue during the week (though they did list a back injury and an ankle injury), and stated repeatedly that he was not in the concussion protocol would they have been testing him daily to prove he didn't suffer an injury that they say he didn't sustain? That makes no sense, unless he really did have a concussion. And 2. Who besides the league's CMO said he was tested daily? They said he wasn't in the concussion protocol so there would've been no reason to test him. (Again, presuming they aren't lying about no head injury, however ....)

Tischke isn't as much of a puck mover as the others, but he's not exactly a solid defensive defenseman either. Guess he's their "stay at home" guy. Good luck with that Ukka & Malcolm. You'll need it.

Somebody needs to buy UPL & Subban copies of Eric Carmen's "All By Myself." Horrible song, but appropriate because in games, they will be.

Barring a serious injury epidemic, don't see any way Bjork is a Sabre 11 days from now.

Expecting the Sabres keep all 3 of those kids up w/ Hinostroza sliding to 13, but if Vinny is in the top 12 expect Sheahan to be the 13 & probably JJ but possibly Krebs slide to Ra-cha-cha. (Prior to the prospects challenge would've expected Peterka to start in Ra-cha-cha.) Though expecting Krebs to start the year in Buffalo, could see them deciding mid-year he needs to slide back down to really focus on not making that pass that doesn't work at this level (which may be counter productive because that pass does work in the A). Because sending Mittelstadt & Thompson down worked is the only reason we MIGHT see Krebs sent down.

Based on the contract they gave Bryson, he will have to clearly outplay Bryson to take his spot. From what we've seen in preseason to date, he might do so. Really expect they're going w/ 8 D because it makes practices run easier & Fitzgerald would be the D going down unless something changes these last 2 games.

So, in Seattle a Kraken is a stylized troll doll? Alrighty then.

Expecting those 2 will both make the Amerks, but it is premature to say they have made that squad. There are several players there now that will be in Cincy or back in Junior within the next 2 weeks.

And it seems to be based upon him shooting 1 puck into the side of the net rather than into the open net.

No, you are. The guy who is not in Coral Gables says they tested him every day. The guy who is actually there every day & runs the team's day to day activities says he wasn't in the concussion protocol. Have asked this before and you have ignored the question but if he was NOT in the concussion protocol during the week just WHY & for WHAT were they testing him for? He was listed as having a back and an ankle injury. There was NO listing of a head injury at ANY point between the 2 games. If they explicitly said he DIDN'T have a head injury AND he wasn't in the concussion protocol, then just wtf were they testing for? Further, do they test ALL players regardless of head injury status? Because if they don't test everybody for head injuries, either the Fishies were lying about him not having a head injury and his not being in the concussion protocol, the league chief doctor who is an administrator in this whole affair and wasn't there was lying about him being tested (or perhaps HE was lied to & he's repeating what he was told), or they're all lying and he did get a concussion but they needed him to play Sunday because it was their Superbowl & they figured the odds of him getting another concussion in short order were long enough that it was worth the risk to his health and then they couldn't put him in concussion protocol because it would be admitting they lied on Sunday. And if you read the actual in game protocol the NFL uses EITHER the "independent" neurospecialist can clear him OR the team physician can. No info on who cleared him, but am guessing we know who it was. Further, the issue about him being tested during the week is it makes no sense at all WHY they'd be testing him DAILY for neurofunction if, as the Fishies STILL claim, he DIDN'T have a head injury during the Bills game. Please explain WHY they'd test for head injury when they swear he didn't have one. Again, he was not listed on the injury report as having a head injury and the coach SAID REPEATEDLY he was not in the concussion protocol because he did not have a head injury. Most all the discussion with Porous has been about the team's (in)actions during the week NOT during the game. That is where/when the league chief doctor is claiming he was tested and the Fishies were saying he didn't have a head injury & was not in concussion protocol, so just what the #### was he getting tested for? Everybody agrees he was "tested" (wink, wink, nod, nod) for a concussion during the game; that isn't in dispute. However, his actually legitimately passing the test sure seems to be debatable.

Have no idea what they were testing him for. The head coach said REPEATEDLY during the week that Tua was NOT in the concussion protocol. If he's not in the protocol, what exactly are they testing him for? BTW, the "independent neuro expert" was fired today. Or have they been also talking to another "independent neuro expert?" Pretty sure the NFL is in CYA mode. At this point, they should be.

Except for Savoie, yes.

Needs to look like a veteran paired with Jokiharju.

From @flashsabre 's article: Tagovailoa was hit by Bills linebacker Matt Milano late in the first half and appeared to hit his head on the turf. He stumbled when he got up and was immediately taken to the locker room, where he was evaluated for a concussion. He returned to the game at the start of the third quarter and was not in the concussion protocol the following week, despite questions about why he was allowed to return to the game at all after displaying what the NFL concussion protocol describes as "gross motor instability." So, no, he WAS NOT tested daily because he wasn't in the protocol. Or do they randomly test everyone whether they are in the concussion protocol or not? I mean, their coach said he'd NEVER put a player's safety at risk and we know coaches never lie, so it's possible they might.

Well, it's pretty clear that that individual ####ed up royally. But this appears to be the Fish & the league (via the union) playing CYA after the fact. And for once the "Twitter mob" was a good thing. The 1/2 time show of Thursday's game never once referenced Tua's hit the previous Sunday and until the bitter end AL Michaels was toeing the party line of back injury (pretty sure even for Thursday's injury); but after the web went wild, the post-game show was actually referencing Sunday's hit. Don't particularly like nor dislike Tua (well, being a Bills fan really hope he's QBing the Fish for the next decade), but really hope he doesn't have chronic issues because of taking 2 bad concussions in less than a week. And maybe something like legit following of concussion protocols ends up the followup to this week's events which would be a very large silver lining to this.

Amen to the bolded. Really believe that they have enough character in the dressing room that the players should be allowed to vote for who wears the letters. If it ends up close, let the coaches cast the deciding vote; but these kids seem to actually be (mature) adults & my expectation is they'll identify the guys that really are leading & not just vote via popularity contest or vote for who the marketing department might want. (Which seems to be how the coach chose to give out the last C (and the co-primary A's before that).)

Because of the actions (or more accurately, the inactions) of their medical, training, coaching staffs, & him. F his BS about never ever putting a guy in that situation. We just watched him put him in that situation 2 times in 4 days. Tua is just lucky Frazier only went to the prevent D for a few plays on 1 drive in the 2nd half. Had he been out there more than a handful of plays, he could've taken a real shot. And 1 real hit that would've bounced his head off the lawn again could've been catastrophic.

Website still lists everyone as a Sabre. Thought they usually make the 1st cuts ~1 week before the RS starts or roughly after the 4th PS game. So, likely sometime between tomorrow's game & the weekend is when they make the bulk of the cuts.

Tua is an adult. Is the hospital able to keep him locked inside their facility against his will when he has a medical staff traveling with him? Serious question. Doubt the answer is 'yes' but honestly don't know. The hospital is required to follow HIIPA regulations. THEY aren't releasing ANY information about his health to anyone but Tua and his proxies (the exception being they might have to release info to law enforcement or a court should either become involved). So, really fail to see how the Cincy hospital is covering anything up regardless of his current health situation.

And every single person with a license to practice medicine that was involved in that decision should have their license revoked. Can't even begin to imagine how much money the lawsuit him family will bring should anything go wrong on this flight is going to bring them.

Apparently the protocol are administered by both the team's physicians and an "independent" neurologist. That game last week was Miami's superbowl. No way was Tua sitting out the 2nd 1/2. And now, who knows when or even if he's back. YOU can argue it was in Tua's best interest to pass last Sunday's test. No way this kid will.

He came from Bama, he probably did know a thing or 2 about cheating on a test. 😉 But that does not change the fact that he was concussed when he was gaming the test on Sunday. Which means HE wasn't thinking properly. His brain was injured. There were a lot of sober, coherent people that could've done the right thing & instead did the expedient thing. Don't even particularly like Tua, but hate seeing anybody get messed up like that. And he could be REALLY messed up right now. And, to keep from getting busted in their lie, the Fishies' medical staff couldn't put him in the concussion protocol this week. So, they compounded their original malfeasance.

The question is, does the NFL continue to stand w/ the Fishies in the charade that Tua wasn't concussed last week or do they throw them under the bus? There's no way this hit's result ends up as bad as it was if he wasn't concussed FIVE days ago.

Just posted this on another site & you posted the sentiment here just before the repost: MFer should sue the Fishies coaches & medical staff. They had their 3rd Q active this week because, in AL Michaels' words, "Tua was on the injury report." Those douche monkeys in charge KNEW if he got hit again this was likely to happen. That's 2 major concussions in less than a week.

ANOTHER ankle injury? He can't catch a break.