SarasotaSabre
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I'm considering transferring my lease to another person (have not advertised yet). I have to change vehicles and I'm looking for anyone who has experience or knowledge of this type of transaction.
I used a company called Swapalease (www.swapalease.com) and it was very easy to find someone to pick up the remaining term on my lease. This company offers services for both sides of the equation....there are others too in this market, as it is a very commonly desired activity.
Good luck
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I get your point, as a comparison to what Shero did. There's the un-quantifiable "chemistry" factor that we have no idea, yet, what it will be for the Sabres. Meanwhile, I think it's safe to say Shero bombed on that and was more a Regier-style manager.
With regards to Bylsma, I think TBphD detailed the reasons why I had said in prior threads that Bylsma would be a Hunter S. Thompson-esque choice: there are way too many variables left unanswered with his coaching. For every positive, there seems to be a relatively equivocal negative, or at least a reasonable, albeit ignorant retort (and I don't mean stupid here, just ignorant because fans don't have all of the facts usually). He's like the first round draft pick that fell from top 5 to the mid-round because of "questions". If the variables swing more toward the positive for the Sabres, then, they hit a home-run. If the complaints are valid, well, then we may as well have re-hired Ron Rolston.
good post until the Ron Rolston reference; sorry, I just don't see RR imploring his charges with "let's grind these down"....
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this from Yahoo Sports, plugging Bylsma:
"There’s the fact that Buffalo is slowly becoming the cradle of USA Hockey, and Bylsma is a prominent part of that program."
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I don't doubt this for a second, especially in light of Wawrow's scoop yesterday. The Sabres wouldn't have leaked that otherwise. And I'm convinced more than ever that once Pegula learned that Toronto had re-entered the picture, he wasn't gonna be played and he pulled the offer. I think that reflects well on him, too. It's all well and good that Babcock found the job of his dreams and his family is OK with it, etc, but I don't think this reflects well on him at all. If he doesn't produce in Toronto, he may well have signed his last coaching contract for a long time.
GO SABRES!!!
I would love to find out Pegula actually pulled the offer.
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If Babcock spreads himself too thin with other player personnel issues (think Bowman when he came here), and he can't immediately turn around the lockerroom attitude from last year (and it was bad), I don't give him much of a chance with that roster in the short term. I think they'll actually finish worse than last year.
Let me mull it over.
GO SABRES!!!
Not sure what that has to do with reneging on a deal he reportedly reached in principle with the Sabres yesterday.
GO SABRES!!!
who reported this? I never read anywhere the deal was agreed to in principle, only that Buffalo came with a second offer after the weekend.
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It is really an interesting move. The question is, what the hell is Shanahan doing? He's fired a coach, hired and fired a coach, fired a GM, now hired a coach without a GM?
Did he really hire a coach to be superior to a GM? If so, I really like this as a Sabres fan, because that organization from Scouting, roster, to farm and Office are a mess.
Babcock is a great coach, no doubt. But this is really a serious rebuild for him.
What kind of GM comes in and how does this work with Babcock?
Good luck Toronto. You've just made Leafs visits that much more interesting.
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And the two old pals in Buffalo couldn't have made that work?
In theory it may work, but what happens when there is a real disagreement over talent evaluation or a deal to be made? That's when the waters get muddied......in a hurry and perhaps irreperably
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Meh, maybe not my finest hour. We'll see what shakes out. It was written out of disappointment. How many times can we finish second? It's uncanny
I hope you don't think I was coming at you personally, b/c I wasn't. I could see it was written out of disappointment. While all signs are pointing to TO granting Babs shared personnel control with Shanny as the dealmaker, that is not a model for success. If that's what Babs wanted, he wasn't going to get it with a GM like TM.
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Nice job, Tim. Hope his ass gets ###### fired.
Very.....shortsighted (and melodramatic to boot)
Yeah, this is all on Timmy
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I am a sales exec in the IT world, focusing on cloud, application delivery, & data center automation/software; in my spare time I am a father of a 4 y/o girl and volunteer for the Wounded Warrior Project
Since this is quasi-Buffalo version of LinkedIn, perhaps we should re-brand it as "Binked.com".........?
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Just a boring finance guy working for a major bank. Welcome to the cube farm. :unsure:
"sounds like someone's got a case of the Mondays....."
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Could not get into Mad Men at all. Managed three episodes. Not a single likable character in the bunch. Although, Christina Hendricks is more than easy on the eyes.
too bad to hear you could not get into Mad Men.....Don Draper, Peggy Olson, Pete Campbell, and for my money, the best character = Roger Sterling. The guy is a walking one-liner, always on.
Just watched I Hate Christian Laettner, have to agree that's a must see also. Was especially relevant for me b/c I played in a baseball tournament against Laettner's team, and he was playing third base @ (easily) 6'6".
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not necessarily Netflix, but Mad Men & Homeland are both fantastic.
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How so?
"The team was terrible for the last 2 years in hopes of getting the best player in this draft. Not the 2nd best. "copied your original statement again; you should know that finishing last guaranteed an 80% chance we'd not be awarded McDavid; Because of the generational talent between # 1-2 in this lottery, "only getting the 2nd best player" sounds like a failure. Imagine Arizona & Toronto...hardly ahead of Buffalo but neither Connor/Jack went to either.
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Peyton Manning plays in the same time zone.
yes, albeit in a much stronger sports town, a future HoFer, and a on a far more credible franchise
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I'm glad to have Jack.... I feel bad for Mcdavid...going to hockey hell...
But it's a nice night and I've fired up the celebratory cigar. We won.
I'm digging the avatar !
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Babcock ain't coming. I have come to terms with that. Hopefully Buffalo has a coach come the official draft day. Babcock in T.O? I see that as a possibility also. No shortage of cash there and the challenge is immense. Pat Burns and Quinn did well there. No reason to think Mike wouldn't join Shanny in the big market. Help rebuild that franchise also. Going to be fun in the next few months to see where all these chips fall. I tend to believe it just may be Luke Richardson in Buffalo.
i thought this thread was about the draft lottery, not who the next coach of the Sabres will be? Plus, no one has suggested Babcock is coming to Buff anyhow ..... anyhow, not sure where you're going with this
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It was a sincere comment. I don't care for him. Buzz off? Really
I can see your point. I just don't know how sincere Milbury is about anything Buffalo. He could have spun it any number of other positive ways.
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The team was terrible for the last 2 years in hopes of getting the best player in this draft. Not the 2nd best.
another myopic statement ..... again
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Even Milbury looked bummed for the kid. Edmonton does nothing for the NHL to market to the US audience. It is not a good TV fit. Even if they sign him...there will not be a flood of free agent talent wanting to play there. It is not the 80s and Gretzky.
yeah, and Milbury made that semi-douche about Buffalo being crushed - buzz off
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I actually think this statement by Ted will not be used against him for future job openings. Everyone with half a brain in the NHL knows the moves TMGM made before this season, and in-season, were strategically done to support the full mission of the tank while giving a modest perception that he was trying to make the Sabres mildly competitive. Once this die was cast, everyone knows Teddy was set up to fail and he had to know that was part of the gig.
If you looked at TMGM's verbiage and body language in the presser announcing Ted's firing, his posture was very smarmy and defensive. In no way can Ted's thank you statement be viewed as a "GM killer" type of attack; it is all about self-preservation. Hopefully he'll land on his feet somewhere. This is twice he's gotten the shaft from the Sabres or-gan-eye-zation.
The Jack Eichel thread.
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Interesting statement by Eichel in the Boston Herald:
“If I’m signing, it’s not to leave school and go play major junior,” he said. “If I sign, it’s to play in the NHL the whole year. That’s the only way I’ll sign. And Buffalo has already explained to me that that would be the case.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/bruins_nhl/nhl_coverage/2015/06/jack_eichel_all_set_to_step_into_nhl