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Obstructing ICE from doing their job is one thing, obstructing their extra-judicial activities is another. Indeed, it is our responsibility as citizens to protest these tactics which, as I alluded to earlier, are NOT part of their mission and never have been. Their mission is to capture and deport CRIMINALS. I’m surprised that a veteran of our armed services, sworn to protect and defend our Constitution, would be OK with these newly adopted tactics. Especially considering that being here illegally is a misdemeanor and not a criminal offense. As for the rest of your editorial regarding Biden’s “corrupt open border policy?” All due respect, but that is just regurgitated, far right propaganda. And no, I do not wish to discuss that particular issue any further. It’s an exercise in futility.

I look forward to Sammy getting Wally Pipped by Novikov.

About time we got a story about ICE actually doing the job their mission calls for. But that in no way validates the many extra-judicial actions they’ve performed since January. Things like arresting innocent US citizens, setting off explosives to enter the home of a US citizen, raiding elementary schools to round up children, riding thru parks on horseback just because, wearing masks to conceal their identity, or deporting people for MISDEMEANORS, just to name a few. I wonder how many pardoned January 6th criminals serve in their ranks? And I gotta wonder also how attractive it is to groups like the Proud Boys who get to go and round up brown people.

None of that was known at the time I would have told him to go pound sand. And after he tried playing me like that, I’d have been just as inclined to tell him, anyway.

No doubt Adams screwed the pooch with Ullmark, but when Adams matched Boston’s offer and Ullmark said the Sabres would then have to better it in order for him to stay, I would have told Linus to go pound sand as well.

No thanks.

Forgot that he signed with them. Thanks for the clarification. Someone needs to tell Adams though otherwise his master plan falls apart.

Well, KA can decide not to accept the arbitration decision, decline to pay Timmons, and then bring back JBD. 4D chess.

With his speed, Peterka should be able to develop a good two-way game but defense, regardless of the sport being played, starts with burning desire and effort, so JJ needs to grow up a bit in that regard imo.

Well, if we are gonna read the editorial opinion of John Hinderaker’s The Center of the American Experiment, then in an effort to provide a balanced editorial response, I submit this article from The Center for American Progress (much like our long-repealed Fairness Doctrine demanded): https://www.americanprogress.org/article/fact-sheet-trumps-rescission-request-would-slash-spending-on-foreign-assistance-programs-that-benefit-american-interests/

Again, dumb or not stupid or not, Adams has been an utter failure as a GM in this league. Sure, some of the things he says in front of the mic has merit at times and defending against the offer sheet is one of them. But he is full of crap with his trite remarks and platitudes the majority of the time. Like that old saying goes, he’s all hat, no cattle.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti decades ago wrote: "Pity the nation whose people are sheep, and whose shepherds mislead them. Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced, and whose bigots haunt the airwaves. Pity the nation that raises not its voice, except to praise conquerors and acclaim the bully as hero and aims to rule the world with force and by torture. Pity the nation that knows no other language but its own and no other culture but its own. Pity the nation whose breath is money and sleeps the sleep of the too well fed. Pity the nation - oh, pity the people who allow their rights to erode and their freedoms to be washed away. My country, tears of thee, sweet land of liberty."

At this point so far, I’m more inclined to agree than not. But I also don’t like the quality of looks they’ve given him in his extremely short stints in the show meaning he, seemingly like they do with every skilled call up from the A, gets saddled with 4th line stiffs 99% of the ice time he sees instead of equally skilled offensive players more compatible with his style of play.

Dumb or not, he has been incompetent to this point as GM of this team and his redundant line of bull$hit every time he gets behind a mic has worn quite thin.

So would Danny Gare.

This is an unfair critcism of Lindy imo. Lindy has spent decades coaching countless young players and part of that process includes "getting on" a player when other tactics fail and that player keeps making the same mistakes game in and game out. There's a process involved in figuring out how to reach and teach teach various players of different personalities and the same tactics don't work the same for each individual. Some players embrace the criticism, others don't. I'm convinced JJ chafed against it.

Thanks to you, @dudacek and a few others, I've changed my thinking on Byram. I think this team has so pissed me off that I let his boneheaded plays cloud my objectivity and obscure the promise of his potential. He is still ascending and unless clueless Kevyn can get a king's ransom in return, let's just sign him and move on. But I wonder if he even wants to at this point.

Marfans

Particularly ironic given how KA doesn’t understand why he’s here.

Not to defend the indefensible GMKA, but free agency is not a war room exercise. And the prospects practice ended at 10:30 so numbskull will have had plenty of time to walk back to his office to not make or receive calls, anyway, by the time free agency officially opens at noon.

Kinda like that fallen tree in the forest.

Renee

I’m not giving anyone in this organization the benefit of the doubt, especially the inept front office. But where the blame lies is irrelevant, anyway. There may be a million reasons why players no longer want to be here. But Ruff’s coaching style is a complete 180 from whatever Peterka and others have experienced in the past. Whereas both Granato and Ruff look at mistakes as “learning opportunities” for young players, Ruff is far less patient in that regard and I suspect that as the season wore on repetitive mistakes became less teaching moments and more “get your head out of your a$$ and fix it or take a seat” moments. And Ruff has never had any compunction about calling players out in front of the team during film sessions. Mature pros can handle that better than younger players and many don’t need the coach to point out their poor play as they are usually the first to see it themselves and cry “mea culpa” in front of the group. We will just have to agree to disagree about this new generation of young players being able to handle criticism like generations before them. We see the difference manifest across multiple facets of modern life, not just pro sports. But that’s a discussion for another time.