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Haha. Putin is Trump's version of a great American.

Saw a bumper sticker driving down Niagara Falls Blvd the other day: "Life is a bitch. Don't vote for one." I understand your point about what it says about people who say and write such stuff. What does it say about people willing to slap it on their HUMVEE and advertise it? Both the Schrute buck and Stanley Nickel are pegged to the Ricky Buck in New Mexico.

PA's banning was politically motivated. Simple as that. No reasonable person could read his post and consider it a personal attack on anyone. Anyone other than a partisan, I guess.

Welcome back, PA. No way that post should have resulted in a suspension, especially here in a political forum, as you indicated. I'm not surprised though, sadly. Agree. Clinton was out of line with that comment. A dumb and reckless thing to say. There is nothing to be gained by rolling around in the same pond of scum Trump likes to swim in by borrowing his rhetoric. We need leaders who understand the strength that is derived from staying above the fray.

Disagree for two reasons mostly. 1.) McClellan is keeping Jack paired with their best performing winger in Johnny hockey. I seriously doubt he makes that decision if Jack is struggling. 2.) There are 49 centers on that squad. Which one, from a purely physical standpoint, is best suited to play on the wing? I'd also mention that RNH has been their best performing C so far, so I see it as more of a promotion of him to the top line previously centered by a struggling McDavid.

Yes. That's why it's called "The Great FENCE of China."

Yep. First play of the second series was just as egregious. Shame on Greg Roman for designing pass plays with multiple open receivers. I heard from some people in the press box that Sammy was open all day, too. Onus is on TT to shake this off, get his head out of his ass, and play like the $90m QB he is. I can't put it on Roman. While I'm on the subject of Roman, I heard he was pissed at Gronk for his atrocious blocking. I could have sworn I saw Gronk lead blocks into the wrong hole a few times. Ouch! That is so the glaring on film, too.

I said the All 22 would confirm my suspicion that TT didn't see the defense yesterday and those clips prove it. The first play of our second offensive series was just as bad. It was beyond negligent. He may get laughed out of the meeting room. I have lost a ton of faith in Taylor's ability to read a defense. As bad as any display of QBing I've seen in years, including EJ's second qtr against Jacksonville last season.

I can understand this viewpoint, but baby Gronk was absolutely horrible yesterday. I suspect he got more than an earful from Roman. He wasn't nearly as bad as Taylor, though. TT didn't see the defense all day long and I'll bet the All 22 will confirm my suspicions. Not looking forward to Thursday.

That's debatable.

Haha. Good one. Atlanta, GA could be another.

Thanks, Hoss.

Excuse my ignorance, but three assists in what game? Thanks.

Just for the record Randall, I think you and Liger are two of the best contributors to this space and I hope neither of you will take my adversarial position to heart. We are gonna disagree from time to time, but I'm content knowing we all have Jack's and the Sabres' best interest in mind. And I STILL like the cut of your jib! GO SABRES!!!

I didn't post the first one you attributed to me. He was good on Thursday and we can agree to disagreed on that if you wish. I railed against the connection between "suffering" during the tank with holding him to a higher standard because of that "suffering." I wont ever be on board with that line of reasoning.

I found Clinton's "no troops in Iraq/Syria" remark much like I did Bush 41's remark of "no new taxes"; just a really dumb thing to say and one she will regret if called on it in the future.

Some interesting psychological food for thought here. As for Jack's game last night and the idead he was floating, I've come to the conclusion that some just didn't pay closer attention to the game. He played well, why no praise for that from his detractors?

I'm referring to just the basic outline of the USA boundaries and just the contiguous 48 at that. But there are those who can fill in all the states, too. It used to be an ongoing geography assignment in school.

Credible media observers as well as many of us here, disagree with your assessment that he sat back. His play has been lauded, especially the one he made to start Gaudreau's goal as well as his 200 ft. game which requires the hustle you suggest he didn't show by "floating." If you want to only stick to critiquing his negatives, that's fine and even warranted, but it he did make some plays last night and it's only fair to give him credit, too. Maybe it's that stick up my ass, but it's enough that he has high expectations placed upon him and every struggle he has is magnified as it is. He'll either meet, exceed, or fail to live up to whatever expectations there are of him. But you are the one that tied your suffering throughout the tank to your expectations of him and that certainly sounds like you are expecting some payback for that suffering. You may not have said "owes" but it sure sounded like it.

Hotdamn, Foligno really tore it up last season. 223 points in 75 games! I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict he won't keep up that pace. Thanks for the info, Hoss. GO SABRES!!!

It's more worth seeing. I said up thread, that might be the fastest line in the world. In. The. World. I hope we see it Sunday. We suffered, dammit! Suffered I say!! Jack owes us big time!!! He better have a hat trick and a half with four assists on Sunday or he BLOWS!!!!

The ONLY criticism I have of Liger's criticism is that he prefaced it with the diatribe about how much he suffered during the tank (something Eichel had nothing to do with), and because of that suffering, he demands that Eichel be all world all the time; like Eichel owes us that or something. News flash: Eichel doesn't owe anyone here a darn thing. You are only setting yourself up for disappointment if you think otherwise.

Again, the consensus was he had a great tournament. He made some head spinning plays, too. And had his way against Malkin vs. the Russians. To suggest he didn't have a good IIHF tourney in '15, is simply not accurate.

Lesser competition? Team Europe is lesser competition? Wow. Sorry, now I'm REALLY out.

Did you miss the part I said about criticism of Eichel being OK? That is not what I'm railing against. He played a good game last night against a team of more experienced all stars and looked quite at home doing it. He was a force on the ice the majority of time he spent on it. That is the consensus of those reporting on the game. Played great defensively, hustled, led the team in shots, and made a great play out of his zone to start the play on the Gaudreau goal. But because he wasn't the fastest, had more goals than MacKinnon, or doesn't look as dynamic as McDavid, I have to read how he floated and OWES us because we SUFFERED? That is objectionable in light of the good game he actually had last night. I think I've heard enough and have said all I can on the matter. I hope Eichel can realize the standards you set for him. Did you miss the commentary of the TV guys on that play? Did you see the play Jack made to start that goal? Yeah, it was secondary. Like all good plays show up on the stat line. OK, much to your satisfaction I'm sure, I really have said enough in response to your posts. Have a good one. :beer: thank you.