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Any point of view is defensible, it's just a matter of whether the POV is more chatter to add to the din of discontent or whether it is meaningful enough to stand out and warrant scrutiny. Not to harp on Iron Crotch, or anyone, really, who is not happy with the moves JBot has made, but I'd like to know what these voices/authors think JBot should do otherwise? I'm no fan of Schopp, but I can relate to his frustration with callers who throw out XYZ ideas without vetting those ideas first. It's the constant swirl of negative energy that gets old, and with Pegulas I'm convinced they at first were sensitive to it, hence the reason for the ridiculous moves the organization made the first three years or so. Someone made the point that exGMTM was an over-correction for exGMDR. I can buy that narrative seeing how things turned out. Murray wouldn't have made the moves JBot did, in my opinion. Indeed, I think Murray was out of ideas on what to do. Anyway, I think JBot has shown a little creativity and bravery so far. The D should be improved, and way more deep than the last several seasons. I think Kane would still be here if HE wanted to be here, and ROR would have been gone regardless. But now that both are gone, JBot is ready to trust his younger forwards more to get it done. That's brave, and outside the conventional wisdom you find in places like this and in the media.

"Blind"? I think dudacek's summary is rather objective and reasonable, backed up by obvious facts. If anyone could GM a hockey team, as you're implying, why are the Sabres still in the basement? Why isn't the spread across the league measured in tenths or hundreds of a point, instead of whole points? I think if anyone is blind, it's those who look at stuff and find fault with it, but never try to offer alternatives. The-everything-is-just-wrong-because-it's-wrong crowd.

Great post. Love the optimism. Depth and development have been sorely lacking long before the tank, and JBot is finally attempting to address both, at least it seems from out here. With the ages our core players are at, now, I'm hopeful we see the likes of Eichel, Reinhart, Risto, and frankly, Ullmark emerge as players capable of carrying a team. That's all we need, right now, is those four to take a step forward in their overall development. The changes, so far, ALMOST seem like they were made purposely to help this happen. I don't want to give JBot too much credit...not yet, at least, not until another season has passed. Then you have Mittelstadt and Dahlin starting their pro journey as this happens, I'm actually kind of jazzed about this coming season, unlike the past few off-seasons. As far as Nylander goes - I hope to God someone got fired for neglecting him. I know COR was moved because of what he did, but someone in the organization needs to keep a FAR closer eye on what's happening to these kids outside of the rink. I don't mind giving Nylander another two seasons to see if he can recover from what happened, but the Sabres need to help that kid out. The Sabres development method, process, strategy, whatever it is has reflected their on-ice play, in a weird way, just neglected, half-assed, and taken for granted. One of the signs of how well JBot is doing will be on how serious they take and refine player development - Nylander might actually be a test case.

I agree with this take. I think Hutton has the right attitude, and could very well post better numbers with more frequent games. He's apparently just fine with being a mentor, which is one of the reasons he was hired, so...

Actually, now that I think of it, ROR was the epitome of the Nolan Way. Hard work, persistence, always going. It made him miserable.

How do you not use a face-off specialist when you have one? How do you not use a skilled two-way forward when you have one? Player usage in instances like this aren't black and white matters. ROR wasn't in the same category as Matty Mo, where doing whatever with him made sense. ROR can still play. If he can still play, then for the money he gets you put him out there. The Sabres needed wins - he's one of the best players on the team, you play him. What kind of lashing would Housley have received if he didn't use ROR for ROR's supposed strengths?

The only thing the Sabres really lose in this is a face-off specialist. Otherwise, the tactics, assignments and roles will obviously change. Having ROR on your team forces you to rely on him, because, you have ROR on your team. Well, now they don't, and therefore the door is opened to change. In the case of the Sabres, change is definitely needed. On ROR's skill/talent: skill and talent are not synonymous with success and winning. I'm not suggesting the Nolan Way, but I am saying that there are many, many talented and skilled people in the world who can't get it together and become a success, or, at least, be a successful team player. Team building in any context is an art, Any person in a leadership capacity should know this. Getting a group together that is successful is the same no matter what the task. For kids sports teams, you have the tiers of talent; in business you try and hire correctly, rock bands; a professional kitchen - it's obvious after a while when someone doesn't fit. I think Mittelstadt did enough over the past week to help JBots with this decision. It'll be a young team out there - hopefully it'll be fun to watch.

What a bunch of old bingo ladies. This trade makes total sense. Years of losing, and the last person here to fix it didn't get it done. JBots is trying a new direction. It's exactly what needs to happen if the Sabres are going to find a way out of the failure loop. What sucks is that fans may have to wait and see what happens, but for a supposed "hockey town" many fans seem pretty impatient and fairly ignorant of what it takes to make a hockey team work.

Replace your power supply.

Sailor Denied 'Clinton Deal', Gets 1 Year in Prison for 6 Photos of Sub Where is the equality of justice here? WHERE!? Defend this, zombies. Dude, this isn't a matter of CIA or Secret Service "hit lists". These are people who had information that could damage the Clintons directly. None of these deaths could in any way, superficially or otherwise, be connected to national security or law enforcement or whatever. These are mafia-style hits.

Here, none of the following means anything. Enjoy. Here is a list of all the mysterious deaths involved with the Clintons: 1 – James McDougal – Clinton’s convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr’s investigation. 2 – Mary Mahoney – A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House. 3 – Vince Foster – Former white House councilor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock’s Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide. 4 – Ron Brown – Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown’s skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors. 5 – C. Victor Raiser II and Montgomery Raiser, Major players in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992. 6 – Paul Tulley – Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, September 1992… Described by Clinton as a “Dear friend and trusted advisor.” 7- Ed Willey – Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events. 8 – Jerry Parks – Head of Clinton’s gubernatorial security team in Little Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Park’s son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house. 9 – James Bunch – Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a “Black Book” of people which contained names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas. 10 – James Wilson – Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater. 11- Kathy Ferguson, ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones. 12 – Bill Shelton – Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy Ferguson. Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancee. 13 – Gandy Baugh – Attorney for Clinton’s friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client was a convicted drug distributor. 14 – Florence Martin – Accountant and sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case. He died of three gunshot wounds. 15 – Suzanne Coleman – Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death. 16 – Paula Grober – Clinton’s speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident. 17 – Danny Casolaro – Investigative reporter. Investigating Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparently, in the middle of his investigation. 18 – Paul Wilcher – Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 “October Surprise” was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993 in his Washington DC apartment. Had delivered a report to Janet Reno three weeks before his death 19 – Jon Parnell Walker – Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Virginia apartment balcony August15, 1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guarantee scandal. 20 – Barbara Wise – Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her bruised, nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce. 21- Charles Meissner – Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash. 22 – Dr. Stanley Heard – Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee, died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton’s advisory council personally treated Clinton’s mother, stepfather and brother. 23 – Barry Seal – Drug running pilot out of Mena, Arkansas, death was no accident. 24 – Johnny Lawhorn Jr. – Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. He was found dead after his car had hit a utility pole. 25 – Stanley Huggins – Investigated Madison Guarantee. His death was a purported suicide and his report was never released. 26- Hershell Friday – Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994 when his plane exploded. 27 – Kevin Ives and Don Henry – Known as “The boys on the track” case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. A controversial case, the initial report of death said, due to falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the two boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury. THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE: 28 – Keith Coney – Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck, July 1988. 29 – Keith McMaskle – Died stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988 30 – Gregory Collins – Died from a gunshot wound January 1989. 31 – Jeff Rhodes – He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989. 33 – James Milan – Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to “natural causes.” 34 – Jordan Kettleson – Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June 1990. 35 – Richard Winters – A suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths. He was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989. THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD: 36 – Major William S. Barkley Jr. 37 – Captain Scott J. Reynolds 38 – Sgt. Brian Hanley 39 – Sgt. Tim Sabel 40 – Major General William Robertson 41 – Col. William Densberger 42 – Col. Robert Kelly 43 – Spec. Gary Rhodes 44 – Steve Willis 45 – Robert Williams 46 – Conway LeBleu 47 – Todd McKeehan 48 - Seth Rich – voter data expansion expert. Was going to bring up fraud issues. 49 - John Ashe - the former president of the United Nations General Assembly in 2013 and 2014, died while awaiting trial in a bribery scandal. Ashe, 61, died of injuries while lifting a barbell on a bench. 50 - Molly Macauley – space and satellite expert. Complained to John Ashe about satellites being used to rig elections. 51 - Shawn Lucas – young lawyer who served papers to DNC in fraud class action suit on behalf of Sanders supporters. Found dead in bathroom Aug. 2 2016.

Of course it wasn't. Obama sh*ts rainbows and kittens. Clinton's house is in a unicorn pasture. How's Bernie's new $600,000 new home? I bet the pay-off for supporting Hillary will make his retirement cozy. Oops, looks like Obama has done something for Louisiana after-all...it's so quaint he hasn't forgotten his community organizer roots. Obama irks La. flood victims with memo warning them not to discriminate You're a fool. SPORTS! It's all about framing like life a sports fan! Your team sucks, mine is great! Rah, rah, rah, sis boom bah! Nothing bad ever REALLY happens...evar.

Dude. 2005. You may have been in diapers, but, this is a clear double-standard. And back at you with the eye-rolls... :rolleyes: You are so stuck on defending the status-quo, in believing the hype-machine, in allowing yourself to be dup'd. Obama and the Clintons are victims of a psychotic right-wing mentality. You're ignoring the reality on the ground because, what, you want your "team" to win? How the hell is a biased and manipulative media good for our future? What about this: State Dept.: $400M to Iran was contingent on US prisoners’ release President Obama Violated the Law with His Ransom Payment to Iran Is this invalid and unimportant because of the sources? Your government is highly corrupt and corrupted. You are young, your future and your family's future is at stake here. You get all bent when someone brings up something negative against the democrats - it's obvious. They have you. You are among their tools. Hope it feels good.

A democrat governor making the statement after-the-fact. How convenient. That hat is like '80s day-glo.

Catastrophic Floods In Louisiana Have Caused Massive Housing Crisis Hello? Testing...1...2...3... Where is the outrage over, like, NO action by Obama or Clinton regarding the crisis in Louisiana? Did I miss the post somewhere in this thread? Louisiana paper to Obama: Cut vacation short Here’s why President Obama isn’t stopping his vacation to visit the Louisiana flooding So, hmm. What excuses do y'all have for not putting on your best Anti-Republican Team Hat and ignoring this obvious double-standard?

FWIW, it happens to us middle agers, too. The market here is smaller than it looks online and there are a sh&t-ton of applicants. I can also tell you that there's a bias against free-lancing. I can tell you that if you are looking at front-end developer jobs, or even server-side coding jobs, if you are not 100% up with the latest frameworks and can talk about them like they were as obvious as rain, then you are at a severe disadvantage. If moving to Buffalo is what you want to do, I think you're left with three choices - keep trying to land a job in your field (from experience it's the definition of crazy), make an uncomfortable compromise, or start your own business and live with the consequences of that. Good luck! It's pretty challenging out there right now. If you decide starting your own business might be an option, PM me and I can give you further insight.

Politics has been very good to Bernie Sanders. Sanders buys a Summer Home for $600k This is Sanders third home - only the well-off can afford multiple, expensive properties.

Anyone seen this interview with Julian Assange from a few days ago? Absolutely fascinating...

So, a lobotomy is an acceptable remedy for a headache. Got it.

You don't even understand the science, do you? But you're a warrior for the cause regardless.

This is how you are being scared and manipulated: Observe this chart... So, greenhouse gases are primarily, or, nearly completely, water vapor. But, you won't see this chart. What someone like K-9 will show you is a chart like this... And they won't show you a breakdown of the sources of C02, or go over the historical averages of naturally occurring CO2, they will point to a graph with questionable data, with fundamentally insignificant data if you factor in just the known temporal existence of modern man, let alone the age of the planet, and the graph will be crafted in a way to conclude somehow man is causing a rise in temperature. The rise in temperature, if you look, is a blip on the timelines that have been established - maybe a visible spike if you zoom in on the graph. And it's only half of one degree. But you're supposed to be scared. You're supposed to think the planet is doomed. But no one is telling you to stop using technology, are they? Because if you drop out, then you can't be manipulated. You are, though, supposed to vote a certain way, buy into certain technologies, conform to a certain way of thinking. K-9, why are you here if you believe this? You are contributing to the death of the planet - have you no shame? Who is really scaring people? The left scares you on the environment. Then they scare you into believing the right wants to take away your health care, and wants to, what, keep women down or something. Tell me again who uses scare tactics to manipulate the way you think. Don't say it's just the right.

She's too savvy and experienced a politician to do something so egregious that the media would feel compelled to pick it up. So you have to rely on anecdotes and testimony from those on the inside. Like that local chef who has come out recently. You have to rely on "experts" and pundits making a big deal about it. But, unless it's picked up and plastered across Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Huffington, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, and in the NYTs et al, it goes nowhere and those people, regardless of their veracity, are attacked, buried or ignored. You know this happens. Don't you believe in being exhaustive?

Show me. Post it. Because you can hardly assemble a more credible set of scientists than they had in that documentary.

How much of this is contextually accurate? How much of it would matter if it weren't plastered across every media outlet? Where is the equivalent micro-scrutiny of Clinton? The sources that do scrutinise the left are dismissed as biased, so where is the unbiased scrutiny? You, of all people, should be all over this stuff. You who digs into the dark crevasses of the team you claim to love and reports them regardless of the fallout. You who will apply cold reasoning to any Sabres situation and are not afraid to temper your criticisms. You are buying into all of this political garbage? I don't believe it for a minute.

What's the evidence?