MattPie

I happened to look at the scoring number for those mid-70s teams today (long story). Nuts that the entire FC line was in the top-10/15 in goals and points those years, along with Gare too. That must have been something, lol. I remember how fun those late 90s teams were where there'd be one guy over 30 goals, but like 6 more over 20. I might actually start watching again if it felt like any line on the team could score.

Honestly, they guy has been kinda invisible with the injuries. He's probably the last center I'd think of too. I don't think that's a slight on him, just that he hasn't been able to make an impact yet. Thompson has, Krebs is Eichel-fruit, and Cozens plays tough.

Lawn signs supporting Carl Paladino that say, "Carl Country". Some more discussion on the Reddit:

Awful lot of Carl signs around WNY when I was up there this week, I'm not sure it's trying to stay hidden.

Sure, just flaunt your fancy subscription at us.

I think the role of teachers is changing, but maybe not as much as it may seem. If you think back (or at least if I do), the best teachers weren't the ones that pushed a bunch of knowledge to the students, they were the ones that engaged and made kids think. That part is the same now, but there's less need for a teacher whose only skill is pushing information down and testing to see who remembered enough on a closed-book test. I really hope public schools can pivot a bit to take this new reality and help kids navigate. Having all the information available to you at all times is powerful, but you need to be able to understand and evaluate and not just memorize stuff from some "authority" and repeat it back. There are private school curriculum that do this starting at a young age and I think it makes way more sense to prepare kids for reality.

I'd buy this Multi-Cup. https://www.stanley1913.com/products/titanium-multi-cup-10-oz

I work in IT, if I ever get to the point where I don't want to learn something new I know it'll be time for be to retire. I don't think that's limited to IT, there are often new approaches to things that may work better than what we were taught. I don't blame any teachers or medical industry people for retiring early at this point. Crap conditions, crap money, and large portions of the public and politicians that love to ***** all over them. Someone above mentioned respect, that's spot on.

It's a really tough one, it's effective, but it's 100% an unnatural pose to put a body in. It's not the first time people have had to reckon with "playing this sport will damage my body", which seems like the answer is "I don't care, the sports are more important to me".

And especially with Lehner. Could be it *wasn't* entirely the Sabres staff that was the issue.

Good thing it's a coupe, if that were a sedan it might be an unwieldy length. EDIT: The interesting part is it's not *that* much bigger than a modern car, it's the weird proportions. It's 6" wider and ~30" longer than an Accord. I think we can all see where that extra 2.5 feet could be eliminated. The other interesting 5-minute fact I just found is a Ford Explorer is only 6" wider than an Accord, and roughly the same length. But maybe that's just the Accord being a big car, it's a little longer and the same width as a Subaru Outback.

I mean, the previous director, Michael Brind'Amour (no relation, apparently) has a storied career: https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/252760/michel-brind-amour (I assume that's the same person). I can understand the let-down from that pedigree.

Methinks your sarcasm detector needs calibration. 🙂

FWIW, Miller's first two years were the (awesome) scroing free-for-all of 05-06-07, right? comparing players years apart can be difficult. How was Miller compared to his peers. (Note: I don't know what quality start means, maybe that takes that into account) Ullmark's teams didn't do him any favors though, that's for sure.

Agreed. These aren't management that are like one or two levels up from the employees doing the work; the best managers I've had in that situation are the ones that did the have experience doing the work first. At the level of Ms Skinner's hire, you're managing the department heads and lawyers and public expectations. Having grunt-level experience might help here, but it's less important than being competent at working with people and politics.

I can't help but draw parallels between Comrie and Biron. Biron played 2 full seasons as the Flyers starter after the trade, and wasn't quite good enough. I could see Comrie being similar but hopefully that's the floor. Also, it shows how disconnected I was 2002-4 when I didn't pay any attention to the Sabres, I had no idea until today the Marty was the starter those years.

This is part of the reason I love cycling, you're usually moving fast enough that it's not too bad until you hit 90 F. Just keep taking on water as you ride and when you stop make sure there's nothing that'll be damaged by the sweat that'll start pouring off you now that the 'wind' is gone, lol.

At that level, which is management, pro hockey experience isn't exactly a requirement. Outsider might even be better to call the old boys on their BS. This seems like something at Hockey Canada that desperately needs doing. Well, that too. 🙂

I was there two week agos (not by choice). It wasn't much fun outside until like 10PM, and then it was too late. I was up in Buffalo over the weekend, and tried out the Clarence/Newstead/Akron rail trail network. Nice enough trails, although there were only a few "interesting" parts. Most of it an 8 ft paved lane with the trees cut back fairly far so limited shade. The part between Wherle and Clarence Park on the West Shore Line was probably the nicest, although I didn't do the Western-most part of the Peanut Line from Transit to Goodrich Rd. If you're looking for a nice, flat, paved place to ride a bike, this is your jam. https://www2.erie.gov/clarence/sites/www2.erie.gov.clarence/files/uploads/pdfs/BikePathBrochure.pdf https://www2.erie.gov/newstead/sites/www2.erie.gov.newstead/files/uploads/SKMBT_C28420071511470.pdf

Let's not be greedy. 🙂

Whose should the Sabres be looking at for their pick in the late-20s? 😉

Things are trending back to our grandparents, so might be prophetic.

Forget that, teach him to shoot right and the Sabres RHD woes are over!