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Where was this thread in October?… September? Are people really surprised by this team, now? This is the team and season we knew we had back then. We were in 31st place and we got rid of everyone that mattered. It's a tank. Ride it like a wave, baby. At least we get to cheer some goals.

He ***** nailed him.

I completely disagree with this. If it's a tank (and I have truly believed that it is for quite some time), for god's sake don't say it. Why should he give a crap about what the fans think as long as he has a plan and is sticking to it? Jack's non-answer about it getting personal from "higher up than KA" in that Barstool interview tells me all I need to know. I think once KA knew he lost Jack, the tank was on and the yard sale started, and once again, this is the path we're stuck with. I think we're in a better position this time around, though. It looks like we actually have some prospects worth a crap, and the team can actually score now (didn't we set a record lowest number of goals scored in one of the tank years?) Get some more high end talent in the next draft and actually fix the goaltending, and we're in business.

Cuz they aren't very good.

Here are some more of my buddy’s NFL Films segments. All are Bills pieces. You have to watch them on YouTube. Of course.

A friend of mine works at NFL Films. He says he can now retire peacefully after having mixed this segment.😀

Here’s an interesting post from Reddit about future considerations. All of the answers here are correct, but I'll also add that 'future considerations' can be named in the future, and often times we're not privy to what is explicitly spelled out in the trade paperwork. To take an example, Kevin Poulin was recently traded from Tampa Bay to Calgary for future considerations. Hypothetically, let's say that the specific consideration is that in the 2016 Entry Draft, Tampa Bay will swap 5th round picks with Calgary if Calgary's pick is higher in the draft. If this ends up being the case, we'd hear about it, but if Tampa Bay already has the higher pick, we wouldn't necessarily find out that that was the 'consideration' because it was so minor, and ultimately not fulfilled. It tends to be pretty minor stuff. In the old days you could trade players for cash (Quebec famously got a buttload of cash in the Lindros trade, along with their haul of players) and Kris Draper was infamously traded from Winnipeg to Detroit for $1. You can't do that anymore. (I believe it was eliminated in the 2005 CBA.) What you also can't do is essentially loan a player, explicitly or implicitly. For example: Arizona trades Shane Doan to Chicago for future considerations. The legalese of that paperwork can't then be 'The consideration is that in June of this year, Chicago will trade Shane Doan back to Arizona for a 7th Round Pick.' You can't put restrictions on a player being traded into the wording of 'future considerations.' I wouldn't be surprised (though I don't have anything to back this up) if some teams just drew up completely insane conditional scenarios in order to facilitate a trade of a player for essentially nothing. IE: To use the Poulin example, Tampa Bay trades Poulin to Calgary for future considerations. The consideration being that if Calgary wins the cup the next 5 years running and Poulin posts a +.95SV% in each year and ties the single season win record, Tampa Bay receives a 7th. You know, something extremely unlikely, because you can't just give a player away, but the teams don't want to hassle with the possibility of a condition being satisfied (even for a 5th round pick.) Which may be why so many 'considerations' amount to nothing-- the ridiculous premises aren't satisfied.

To quote a great man, Dahlin will be fine.

No. Our goalies are really bad. The play led to a routine stop. But because it’s us, it felt like a RJ call the cops highlight reel stop.

Not sure if that was the the play, but even if it was, imagine that, a Sabres goalie covering for the skaters.

I’d be totally fine with that.

Last night on the PP, Dahlin was fine. I just watched all three (which curiously only came after the Panthers tied in up in the third). He had one small gaff that didn't lead to anything. I thought Olofsson was tentative.

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Again, that pass by Okposo up the boards for Sam’s game winning goal was just a mind-numbingly bad decision. WTF. I thought Joker was pretty bad last night. Dahlin was fine. It seems like every Sabre last night lost all of their arm strength. Florida didn’t even have to use the body because with a simple stick check, they had the puck. Not sure if I’ve ever seen more pucks battles lost 5 feet from the blue line as I did last night.

The Sabres played the same the entire game. Florida played half a game and they were good enough to win it.

I didn’t find anything wrong with Dahlin tonight. Even though he played a good game, Okposo’s pass on that last PP to seal the deal was brutal.

Did you learn a new word or something? Voicing a concern that is unfounded (in my opinion) is hardly gaslighting. While I truly believe that size matters in other positions and can give an advantage in certain situations on the ice, I don't believe that to be the case with goalies. They are either good or not. Big goalies oft get hurt, too. It's not gaslighting. There was no need to make someone you disagree with sound crazy in order to make your point more valid.

How does that happen?

Yes.

Bjork is soon to be gone filler.

Although I am skeptical, I've heard good things about the Apple pro EarPods (or whatever they are called) by people I trust. I'm sure they are not cheap. I'll have more tomorrow,as I'm kinda on the same quest.

Goalies matter. You go with bad ones when you are tanking.

It would be great if we won this game. A comeback would really fun.

It's still amazing to me that this is still some of the best hockey we Sabres fans have witnessed this decade. That is the Pegulas legacy. Great job.

Maybe not.