PASabreFan
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There is no screw up. Two balls come up all the time (teehee). There is a lock that only holds the first one in place and the other falls back down.
There really is nothing to see here.
How do some of you know so much about these gizmos? It really is quite maddening and at the same time intriguing.
B... 2... B 2... as in, you're going 2 B picking 2 again.
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I still can't believe we're getting Jack Eichel. So awesome. I'm going to do plenty drugs in celebration.
Yeah, but it's Buffalo sports. The Sabres could get Jack Eichel and somebody would be bitching about it. Stupid fans. I mean, stupid GM.
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haha - because that was the goofiest picture i could find of him.
surriously?
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You are either trolling or have no idea what you are talking about. 50 points on a horrible team would be pretty good.
I took it as career potential upside. But thanks for interpreting it in the worst possible way, and for the insults.
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And the long lost version with the logo upside down... sniff sniff
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Did you watch the video?
They are not even hiding the fact that they screwed it up.
Ted Black looks like, well I'm not exactly sure what.
No, I keep waiting for it to appear on YouTube. So you think there was a screwup? Others here say it's not a malfunction if two balls come up, citing The Vega Precedent.
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The NHL is a joke.
Go on...
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Sabres should make him wear 96.
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Smart take - you should post more often as I completly agree with you.
Tim is too busy driving to Toronto.
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One of the most classic American sitcoms ever was about people in a bar. Just sayin'.
Hello, Larry wasn't set in a bar.
Edit: I screwed this up. I could swear that was the Dabney Coleman show set in Buffalo. It was great (IIRC) but got canceled pretty quickly. "Buffalo Bill."
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SO will people around the league remember the Sabres tank less since they will not be getting McDavid? I mean, IMPO we had to finish last because we need Jack or Connor but does us missing on Connor coupled with EDM winning again, result in people being less critical of what Buffalo did this season?
That's been my blessing in disguise. We'll have to earn it now more than we would have. It's a perfect match — Eichel and Buffalo. I don't see how "tank" is thrown in our face the way it was thrown in the Penguins' face — when we win our Cup.
So anyone catch the draft lottery scandal? Where the guy pressed the button twice?
It was talked about in the thread "Lottery to be made available for public viewing." I'm just taking the word of a d4rk and Hoss that nothing unusual happened. It's terrible optics, for sure, our treasured number 11 sitting there, useless.
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Murray never said "I'm disappointed for our fans" , the actual line was "I feel for our fans". That comes from this video:
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/murray-compares-draft-lottery-to-not-making-team-canada/
Please stop. It's clear Murray talked to a bunch of reporters, the publicity ###### that he is. No one screws up a quote that bad. The audio clips don't contain everything he said.
My bottom line takeway is that Murray wants to act like a veteran GM in this league who is owed a stage for his opinions. I'm sure most of the other GMs are just shaking their heads at him.
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You guys know too much about these machines. OK, I'm learning something anyway.
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I think that's how it works.
So two balls get drawn up each time, and one goes back into the hopper. Got it.
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What exactly do you mean?
Instead of calling it and redoing it or instead of calling 11 out as the third number?
If you mean redoing it -- well there weren't any actual mistakes made. That's part of the machine's function.
If you mean instead of calling 11 as the third number -- for obvious reasons. They pick balls at ten second intervals.
I'm just asking why 11 wasn't taken out of the machine and called as the second number. Did it go back into the hopper automatically when the first ball was taken out?
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Just out of curiosity, has TB made any public comments about the lottery? (IIRC he was the Sabres' rep in the room.) Would be interested to see if he had any comment about the 11 being a bit premature.
When the 1st number (5) came up, it was followed in short order by 11.
OK, but it wasn't removed and called. It was dumped back in? Who decided to do that instead of calling it?
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On the "scandal" - he didn't press it twice. You hold the button down on those machines and it pulls a ball up. I wish there was juice to this one, but if you've ever watched the lottery you see multiple balls come up all the time.
But they didn't draw 11?
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5, 14, 6, 1 ... I think.
What I want to know ... is how the league assigned the numbers to the teams?
So what happened to 11? I can't find a video of the drawing that I am able to play.
No Schlitz. The league can't even run a lottery without issues. :lol:
It probably happened last year too. That's why the video had to be heavily edited.
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What were the winning numbers?
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Wait... whut.
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Yes.
These things take time. It's like getting rid of the turdburger.
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The Mausoleum coming back to life. Wow. Loud. The "yes yes yes" chant is a great story, purely fan-driven. Refreshing. They're also chanting "Can you hear us" to Ovi, who said yesterday the Coliseum wouldn't be as loud as the Cap Center (lol).
Think Sabres fans in the FNC will ever get their act together like that?
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I want to hear from @fakegorbyportwinestain and some of the others who supported him in this thread about Murray's comments from yesterday.
It was a pretty non-commital statement with lots of ifs ands and buts and "best efforts" and question marks. Is it supposed to negate his previous statement that he hopes the team is better while still having a shot in the lottery?
Tim Murray: Lottery Presser
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Careful, little feller. For one, the UFA issue, as the company line goes, is why the Sabres had to tank.