PASabreFan
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I have a bad feeling things aren't going to end well for Kim. She's so... good? Innocent? Cute? And she loves Jimmy. To death? Something rotten is going to happen to turn Jimmy into Saul, a moment, maybe like Walt's cancer diagnosis, where he just says, why the am I trying to be an honest (almost) lawyer? What's the point? Imma get me some.
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The deadline deal that sent Michal Neuvirth to the Island for Chad Johnson was a head-scratcher for me. Johnson had his ups and down, mostly down, but he had played well in February and had earned the praise of his coach just before the deal.
"There's no question that Chad has been playing real well for us, obviously. You don't want a goalie to sit too long . . . Both guys are going to get an opportunity to play and I think it's good for both guys because they both work extremely hard and Jaro is now at a point where he's played a lot of hockey." .... "Jaro was going through a stretch there where he was winning a lot of hockey games, and Chad understood that and he worked hard to get back in, and now that Chad is having success, it's helping our team," Capuano said. "Jaro feels the same way."
Why would a contending team swap backup goalies at the deadline, when your backup has been getting his game in shape? What was going on with Halak's health and what happened to Johnson between the publication of the story above (February 27) and March 2?
Fast forward to today. Neuvirth has started three of the last five games for the Islanders, an odd trend for a slumping team that's just been surpassed by the Rangers for first place. And Halak is now out day to day with a lower body injury.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/blogpost.htm?id=38027
Is it fair to assume the injury is not new and was a consideration in the decision to acquire Neuvirth? The Islanders might have foreseen the need to spell Halak more. Still, why not stick with Johnson? Maybe because Johnson was already hurt and they knew he could be done for the season, leaving them with Kevin Poulin playing perhaps the majority of games down the stretch?
How would that conversation have gone between Snow and Murray? Snow: Do you want Johnson? He could be done for the year. Murray: Sure, we'll just have him get injured in his first practice and no jury in the land could convict us.
Correction: Johnson's injury (I won't call it alleged, but I guess that's what I'm suggesting) came in the morning skate on Friday before the Ottawa game that night. I don't think it was his first time on the ice with the team ("his first practice").
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"You know you're gonna have to kill him" :w00t:
I hope the little twerp turns the tables on her and she finally gets what's coming. She's turrible.
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I feel like they're mispronouncing everyone's names on purpose tonight.
They're tricky. RAZmus for example.
https://devilsmedia.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/2014-15_pronunciationguide.pdf
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Nice article, PA. I hadn't considered the ###### car in that light. I'm going to post my favorite "they said it with cinematography" shots in BCS later tonight. I should have some free time to pour over at least 3 or 4 of the episodes.
Nothing's going to beat the toilet bowl cam.
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See Liger? That's how it's done.
Bwahahahaha
No, THIS is how it's done.
So did he get you free?
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Does it follow then that Pittsburgh would make that trade?
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They have the persona of their captain. Can't say as I am too surprised. If I was them and they felt confident in Malkin staying healthy I would trade Crosby. Of course that's me.. but then again Gretzky was traded. :)
Would you trade the first pick in this draft for Sid?
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After being so immersed in the mind of Walter White, being with Jimmy is a lot more fun.
Except for, y'know, when it's not.
Yeah, you can pull for Jimmy. He's had his indiscretions, but, wow, he's got a ways to go to become Saul. Mike, too. Watching the transformations is going to be fascinating. Is Nacho going to be the hook who pulls them to the (really) dark side?
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Looked it up to talk a friend off the ledge. Looks like the sweet spot is to get your game in shape and finish strong without shooting your, ya know.
Cup champs since lockout, last 20 regular season games.
06 -- Carolina -- 9-8-3
07 -- Anaheim -- 15-4-1
08 -- Detroit -- 12-6-2
09 -- Pittsburgh -- 15-2-3
10 -- Chicago -- 11-6-3
11 -- Boston -- 10-6-4
12 -- LA -- 12-5-3
13 -- Chicago -- 13-5-2
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Can we have a , thread too? Maybe a ; or a : thread?
I'm surprised we've only had one this season, the only other time I can imagine one is some playoff stress
I started a : thread last summer.
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I should correct myself, the actual PM wasn't brought into the thread but the fact that I sent the PM did as well as the topic. I'm not going to mention any names, but I said the reason I sent the PM to the people I was having issues with was because nobody in the thread wanted to read the bickering.
Still, nobody should be bringing PM's into the discussion, you are correct. If it gets to the point of harassment then bring it to the mods' attention. But leave it out of the threads.
PMS should be banned.
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Remember SnowMobile3019840923851, and their was another SnowSomethingorother? They both have since been permanently banned.
PA got banned/quit-and-lurked for a year or so after a contentious interaction with some board members.
No, I told SDS off. I deserved the ban. But I didn't lurk here. I went to HF Boards. They didn't like me either. The feeling is mutual. There's nothing like SabreSpace. So I came back.
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Good take.
Plus food metaphors always add flavour to the discussion. :P
In the spirit of the thread, what are your thoughts on the Kane trade? Or of Murray's moves in general?
Don't you think trading two prospects and a pick for a pair of 23-year-olds speaks more loudly than your reading of the above quote?
Trading for Gorges?
The only players Murray has moved for futures have been pending UFAs, with the exception of Flynn.
I read the latter move as his attempt to clear some space for (better?) prospects, like Larsson.
I loved the Kane trade. It seemed to signal a quicker build. The quote suggests, to me anyway, something else. I'm a bit discombobulated. We'll know a lot more by the dog days of hockey.
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This thread promises to be a real head-desker because PA and a few others read the quote one way and many other another.
You can't have a good discussion if you can't agree on the premise of that discussion,
Here's another possible underlying source of, for lack of a better word, friction on this board. I think there are many posters here who love the draft, junior hockey, college hockey, rating and discussing prospects and so forth. They seem to relish in the idea of a nice rebuild, even a tank, because it's going to lead to several years of getting ass deep in prospect talk. I mean, they love the Sabres and want them to win, but all in good time. That'll be fun, too.
Others, and I am squarely in this camp, wouldn't walk across the street to watch our fourth round pick play a junior game. I don't want to see how the sausage is made. I just want some good sausage. And we're starving for it. It's probably why Murray's quote riled me up. We can't be in the kitchen forever. Hell, it never even had to come to The Tank. It's been four years since Terry took over. These should be our salad days. OK, now I'm actually hungry.
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LOL. When I had to move my stove a while back to do the kitchen backsplash I was shocked by the number of those plastic jingle bell cat toys that had ended up under there.
I feel bad though, like I disrupted some kind of ecosystem or hidden society. Maybe they were happy, in loving relationships. The blueberry and the chick pea were committed to each other, and I like to think the M&M and pill would be like that married couple who both have PhDs. But the two couples got along swimmingly like Luci and Desi and Fred and Ethel. But then I wonder if the two smartie pants threw the fact they had been imprinted in the face of the lowly salad throw-in and berry next door. "We give pleasure! We cure disease!" And then the berry is like, "I'm a super food!" The berry looked like its head was dented in. Maybe I don't really want to know what was going on under there all that time.
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Yeah, I feel you there (and I'm just teasing, 11)... I watched tonight mostly because I had nothing better to do and didn't feel like cleaning my house, lol.
I actually got in the mood to clean. I haven't cleaned under the kitchen stove in a ######'s age, not since it was put in, actually. I never pulled it out because the gas line is too short. Tonight my 97-point IQ kicked in and I realized I could turn the stove sideways and move it enough to completely expose the floor under it. The crud was pretty impressive. Everything I've dropped in that kitchen that seemed to disappear into another dimension was under there. M&Ms, pills, chick peas, a blueberry, all in various states of mummification. It was pretty funny, actually.
Edit: Oh, FFS, a racoon's age.
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Peeps are people!
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I look at it like this. Why pound the pavement day after day to get a job, work hard at it even if you don't really like it or it doesn't pay as much as you might like,… when you can just stay at home and collect unemployment.
Not bad. Or... the Sabres faked a back injury to get on disability, and now they're spending that check on Mega Millions tickets.
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Kids who binge on marshmallows grow up to be thin! More conflicting dietary advice!
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Here's the other thing - you can be angry at the Sabres and Pegula - I would't agree with your anger, but go for it - but being angry with GMTM for our current state makes absolutely no sense. He's barely been the GM for more than a year. He inherited this situation. He didn't trade Vanek. He didn't trade Pominville. He traded Miller and Ott but they were both going to leave anyway - at least Miller was. The Sabres were already the worst team in the league when he got here. He really didn't have a choice other than to finish the rebuild and then build the team back up.
Like I said, he talked about how he could go ahead and just get a bunch of players in here and gun for 8th place. Lots of teams do that. Look at Florida. Look at TORONTO. But he's doing what is best for the long-term success of the franchise. I'm glad he does what he thinks is best and doesn't listen to the few who want to win now and not worry about the future. Luckily, most fans are on board with what he's doing.
I guarantee the same fans whining about GMTM now are going to be right on the Sabres bandwagon when they're carrying the Cup down Delaware Avenue. And they'll STILL probably be complaining.
You need an editor. Your posts are great, but there's always one line that kills them, usually at the end. Heartbreaking.
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I can't tell if that's your smiley face or your vomit face.
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The idea that Breaking Bad was just the setup for something even better is pretty mind-blowing. Maybe a bit premature, but the last episode, like Rob said, at least starts the conversation.
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There is this aura of trouble downtown right now. I don't know if it's because of the parade tomorrow or what, but there's definitely something up. Many more people wandering around than is normal for a Saturday afternoon--and I mean downtown, not Allentown or Elmwood.
Moreso than an aura of trouble, do you get any sense there's ennui in the air?
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Group hug? I got dibs on qwksndmonster. Dude needs a shorthand nickname, btw. Is there one? Mon?