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I could have not said it better myself ... ;)
I am convinced that he (she) is another youngster. Possibly born in the mid 90s.
I'm not sure. I think that was also a flawed team that got exposed as the 70s went on. They did nothing in the playoffs after 75, and Punch, like Darcy, stubbornly hung on to his core for too long.
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I didn't see the hit, but your first three all seem like reasonable possibilities in the abstract.
The Caps seemed to be targeting the Islander defenseman, who has had concussion issues. As much as the hit was clean by NHL rule standards, it was filthy in that it was much more about taking out a guy than winning possession of the puck. Laich of the Caps even went on the radio and said it was a good penalty to take because it took the Isles down to five D. My God, how do you take that mentality out of the game? Where do you even start?
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There's an 80 year old or so guy that kicks ass on the accordian. The best I ever saw was a kid...maybe 10 or 11 tops....and he was playing jazz standards and improvising on the piano. I ended up getting an iced cap and sat around on the couch for a half an hour.
Sometimes though you get people that should not be there. I'm serious....a lot of patients are nauseous and in pain to begin with, and then you get an out of tune singer, or a young group that can't go mezzo....it carries up through all the floors. There's nothing like waiting for 4 hours with tubes in your neck and arm to see if you get another Christmas, and hearing Stashu's rendition of Besame Mucho on the ukulele.......
Welcome back. Like I said, you always return to your dark master.
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PA, first let me say good for you to be able to do that. Dealing with those with a terminal illness and to remain upbeat and positive is a rare trait.
Second, and please if you do not wish to answer please do not. My interest is in how you came to drive a Vet to Roswell. Do you work/volunteer for a local VA, or are you employed elsewhere? We have a nice VA hospital here with shuttles and wondered how that worked, if you knew?
I've been a volunteer DAV driver for a couple of years. The DAV chapters raise money to buy the vans, then title is given over to the VA, which pays for gas and maintenance, and trains the volunteers. A nice example of how things should work, and how political philosophies can co-exist. A little Big Government and a little Folks Helping Out. There's even a paid DAV coordinator working right in the VA hospital.
I drive from my remote location mainly to the Erie VA hospital but also to the ones in Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Buffalo. We transport to non-VA facilities like Roswell if the vets are sent there by their VA docs. The local vans you see are also staffed by volunteers.
There are some hoops to jump through to become a volunteer driver, but it's well worth it. A very rewarding experience that's as much selfishly for me as for the vets. Again, win-win.
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A few more posts like this and you will ditch that *crochety old man* moniker permanently.
Very well done, indeed ... :thumbsup:
I spilled the basket of candy. I kicked the dog. I heckled the musicians. There.
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I drove one of our local vets up to Roswell today. They do a lot of things to keep spirits high, or as high as possible. A man came around with a basket of candy. A woman walked around with a therapy dog, a beautiful golden retriever. Another man played the guitar and sang, then a piano player took over. Invisible musicians — very few people wanted to acknowledge them, but I know many appreciated it. Understandably many of those who were the intended recipients of the musical comfort gave off a "I'm not here and you're not there" vibe. But a few smiled or gave a thumbs up. One older man — I have no idea if he had cancer, but I suspect he did — mouthed a "thank you." All of these folks are volunteers, I would imagine. And all are awesome.
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The same way they do it in the NFL--you change the game and a bunch of old "purists" whine and complain a lot about it not being hockey anymore.
What changes then, when considering the Wilson hit? Tighten up charging? You can't skate more than five feet and hit someone? The player being hit has to be controlling the puck? A penalty for excessive contact?
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Yes it was....and when Dumont scored in '06....and Shields went after Garth in Ted's 2nd playoff series......
This thread does my heart good. The end started in the middle of '06-'07......there was hope last year for a bit, but the last 2 months of the regular season this year was the death rattle.
And for doing that, they escorted the Grim Reaper out.
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Timmy I know we fans had been.......... difficult with you during your career here. I know some of us yelled unkind things in the arena and we wrote unkind things about you. I am sure if I went thru my posts here I would certainly find some of my own.
Regardless I hope things are going well for you. I hope you are enjoying life and hopefully without lingering issues from injuries. But if you are having problems please seek out the help you need.
Some may still say unkind things about your time as a Sabre. But I won't anymore, I will remember you as someone that gave what he could for my hometown team and suffered for it. Perhaps more than we knew at the time.
Well said. Decent. I'd love to see the Timmy avatar go. I'm not sure why I'm supposed to hate him.
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I've done door to door home electrolysis for nine years.
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Mixed information here. Was Steve's issue drugs and alcohol, concussions or "mental health"? All are mentioned in the text under the video. Or some combination?
I'm left wanting more, as powerful as this was. What are we supposed to do now?
It's okay everyone, a few more 1 game suspensions and the head hit problem will be fully resolved!
The Wilson hit on Visnovsky in the Caps-Islanders series shows how tough it is to get concussions out of the game. Bigger opponent with speed (Wilson) doesn't actually charge Visnovsky (although he got a penalty for it), keeps his elbows down, doesn't leap and doesn't target the head (Visnovsky throws on the brakes at the last second and almost crouches, so you can't blame Wilson for the contact with his head). You still end up with a guy with concussion history out of the series, for Game 5 anyway.
As much as I could not care less about big hits like that, how do you take that hit out of the game and still have, uh, hockey?
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I was at that game. I was also at 2 games in Raleigh in the 2006 ECF. Much louder in Carolina for every goal the Canes scored. FNC really is fairly cavernous.
I can't believe you are suggesting that Terry should build a new arena.
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@martybiron43 Does "Biron" really translate to "two circles" which is why you rocked the 00 early on? http://www.hockeygoalies.org/faq/numbers.html …
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I didn't expect Biron's tweet to be so short.
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Yea i don't think income has anything to do with it.... after all the sabres are in the middle of the league when it comes to ticket prices. I think the arena itself doens't lend itself to sounding loud ie winnipeg or the aud.
It sounded loud when Derek Plante scored in overtime of Game 7.
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Swamp wanted me to post — bread and circuses.
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Given the last two seasons, how about:
They played that occasionally during 2010-11 when the Sabres were coming out of their atrocious start. It works, as a goal song, end of game song, and the rhythmic beats could be used to signal a power play or to get the crowd fired up when the Sabres have the momentum. You play it consistently and eventually it gets into everyone's head, especially the opponents. That's what the arena is really missing. Some smart psychological programming.
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I think I'd be surprised if he ends up with a "vanity" number.
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I'll pay Terry a rare compliment, but I'm only speculating. Perhaps he told his people he didn't care if home games at the end were tough to sell, thus three of five at home to finish. I could be wrong, but that's unusual on a Bills schedule.
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It looks like Mother Nature — or Old Pappy Weather, I dunno — is experimenting with splatter art. Pretty cool, if you ask me.
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The last exciting player we had was Afinogenov. Fans always gasped when he roared up ice just prior to turning the puck over.
Years of Pommenstein, Vanek, Stafford, Myers... eh... Who gets your blood pumping there? The same old players, playing under the same old coach, put together by the same old GM led to years of having nothing interesting to watch or talk about.
No offense, but this (and the others posts like it) all sounds like hyperbole to me.
The not standing? It's very real. The looks? I've noticed it. It's either anger or shock that someone is yelling during a memorial service.
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The Sabres should require an act of faith. STHs should be required to stand in line, outside, all night, to renew their tix. Each ticket holder must stand in line, including the toddlers and crotch turds. Positive ID required.
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How did we all miss this?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/21/manhole_cover_octopus_inferno/
This is how I'm going to die, on the afternoon of Game 4, the Sabres leading the final 3-0. I just know it.
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Who says edmonton doesn't pick eichel :P
To read this board today, you would think they would be crazy not to!
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I may or may not have misremembered how the distribution shifted for 28th place. :bag:
Wait, I might have been right about something? Now I have to work on Taro. He's as slippery as an eel, and as infallible as the Pope (not Wander).
Martin Biron 
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Well said. I'd go up the food chain at least one more and fine/suspend the coaches, who make a lot less than the players do, generally. The strategy of targeting Visnovsky had to come from Barry Trotz, who should have some empathy, having lost his neck in a game in 1983.