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Eichel with a nice helper on the PP as USA ties it up at 1 each. USA came on strong the last half of the first and are clearly asserting control. Eichel is good. Fasching is strong on the puck. Haven't seen too much of Compher. GO SABRES!!!

Never mind. GO SABRES!!!

Soylent green. GO SABRES!!!

I understand the frustration of not getting the tell-tale "links" but they really don't apply here. And I don't care if you think I'm full of schit or not; I understand the nature of the disbelief in an anonymous internet forum. I have no desire to get into a tit for tat pissing contest, either. I go back nearly 40 years with some of these guys. We were editing tapes for scouts and coaches back when beta-max was cool for crissakes, so I'm more than comfortable with what they share with me, and I'm more than confident in my experience to interpret that information. But like I said, I only share it here to set the record straight because these guys put in thousands of hours trying to get it right on these kids coming out; all without an agenda. Unlike the "pundits" or the "insiders" on the click for traffic sights or even fans with their own agendas. A word of caution about the pundits and "draft gurus": they are often fed total crap by the community and often times they are shills for various agents out there. Take that for what it's worth. Have a nice evening, gentlemen. GO BILLS!!!

His ability to do well during the interview process is part and parcel to his rise up the draft boards, that's why I felt it was pertinent to the discussion. GO BILLS!!!

Nope. That's right from the actual reports from several people I've know for nearly 40 years, three of whom currently working for two different teams in the league. Manuel aced his private interview with us, SD, Philly, Jax, that I know of personally and I suspect others as well. He blew everyone away with his ability to break down every play he was asked about, both on the whiteboard and in the film room. Lemme guess, you read a report that Florida State only allowed Manuel to "read half the field?" But the most absurd thing I've ever read about Manuel is your claim that he compares to Pennington in terms of arm strength. Pennington DID have questions about his arm coming out while Manuel has been lauded for his arm strength since high school, when he was considered a top 5 recruit. I've spent too much time on the Bills forum discussing this and I don't feel compelled to redo that here. I also know that as an anonymous poster on the internet, you are free to believe I'm full of schit and that's OK. I offer this info for your edification, not mine. I'm quite comfortable in my assertion either way. GO BILLS!!!

Having had the pleasure of watching both their entire careers, I can say Dom is the best ever at his position, and Gilbert is the greatest Buffalo Sabre ever. And I say that without any sense of conflict at all. Perreault ESTABLISHED the entire franchise and carried it on his back for the duration of his playing days. He did things with a puck from an offensive standpoint that others couldn't; things as amazing on offense as Dom did in goal. You had to be there to really get a sense of it. GO SABRES!!!

This is a myth and has been for a while. The entire off season after his senior year, Manuel had a meteoric rise up the charts, from his bowl win, the entire Senior Bowl practice week and game, to the combine, pro days and every private workout. By the time the draft arrived he was projected to go somewhere from 20-25 in the first round. The Eagles were strongly considering trading back into the first round to get him with another team, possibly the Jest, rumored to do the same. He was never considered less than a late first rounder by a consensus of the scouting community. This myth picked up steam because the Cowboys publicly said they had him rated as a 4th rounder and by the accepted knowledge that while he possessed every physical trait you'd want in a QB, he was still gonna be a developmental project in his transition to the pro game. He was never slated to start his first year but nobody expected him to outplay Kolb in camp and for Kolb to get injured and lost for the year. He's doing now what he should have been doing last season. GO BILLS!!! EJ doesn't have arm strength? LOL!. You are the first person in history to hold that opinion. Arm strength is the very least of his issues. GO BILLS!!!

You are then granted the special Young Turk waiver by the senior voting committee. Welcome aboard. GO SABRES!!!

Any of you young turks that voted against Bert in the other poll, need to abstain from this vote as you aren't qualified to evaluate the 1975 team in any context whatsoever. Hats of to Biodork for bringing a measure of integrity to the process. GO SABRES!!!

I laughed, I cried, I enjoyed the ride. A true Capraesque moment. Well done, PA.

It does little to further Manuel's development to play him in a meaningless game played alongside teammates with meaningless expectations. This is a classic run for the bus scenario where it's just too easy for OLmen to not finish blocks and receivers not to sell out in their routes, etc. If Manuel lays an egg it only serves to raise the clamor going into the offseason. If he plays lights out, it's in a meaningless game anyway and gives rise to criticism that Marrone should have played him all along. Smart to avoid it all together. Orton drove this bus. He needs to park it. GO BILLS!!!

"Gil isn't even close." "I never saw Gil play a single game." I rest my case. GO SABRES!!!

LOL! In some future poll many years from now, they will suffer the same outrage at the lack of respect for Dom by youngins that never saw him play. GO SABRES!!!

I laughed. Nicely done. GO SABRES!!!

Absolutely! If he had a signature phrase, it was when an errant puck went over the glass and it was always, "And there's a souvenir for a lucky fan from the Sloan Kiwanis Club!", or some other civic group. That said, my vote goes to Bert (or doesn't go to Bert for the poll purposes). And while my nostalgic bias may be playing a role in that decision and Hasek may have been a better player at his position, Perreault hoisted this franchise on his shoulders from its inception and kept it there. And to this very day, there has NEVER been another player that induces that butterfly in the gut feeling EVERY TIME they wind up with the puck behind their own net to start a rush. When I think of what it may have been like if we lost that spin of the wheel, I shudder. It literally would have been a COMPLETELY different franchise. And not for the better, I think. GO BILLS!!!

This reminds me of perhaps the funniest thing a fan ever yelled towards the Sabre's bench. It was vs. the Jets on 11/26, in the middle of a snooze fest that we eventually lost 2-1 and before we started our roll. He had been ragging on the Sabres the entire game. In the third period he yells in his best Maximus gladiator voice yells: "Are we not entertained?!!!" And then answers himself: "NO!!!!" GO SABRES!!!

Best PR this picture ever received. You can't buy this kind of media interest. I predict this movie will do great at the box office. People will line up to see it out of a sense of patriotic duty at this point. Masterful.

Torture evil, Cuba not bad.

Long overdue.

Is it OK to say trading Risto is taking the short bus to good ideas? GO SABRES!!!

God bless, GoDD. That was extremely funny stuff. Perhaps a record for ballbusting around here. GO SABRES!!!

I didn't bother. Between the subject content, the Wall Street Journal link, and the views of the poster that linked it, I didn't think it was necessary.

Well then, by all means, that makes it right. Where's the poll that surveys how we feel about the outsourcing of these tactics to private companies? How do we feel about detainees for profit? Torture for profit?