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I kinda forgot about Risto's contract... I thought we were all supposing that Risto (or any player without a pro contract) wouldn't risk playing in the World Cup? Are there any other players doing this? And why risk it? Answered my own question, thanks to BRAWNDO's buffalo news link... Gaudreau and Trouba are among the other contract-less players in the WC: So, new question: How does insurance from the NHLPA work? Any ideas?

They play a Preseason Game at Harborcenter on Thu Oct 6 Individual Game Tickets went on sale today Schedule: Fri. Oct, 14 2016 vs. Hershey Bears 7:05 PM Sat. Oct, 15 2016 @ Syracuse Crunch 7:00 PM Sun. Oct, 16 2016 vs. Syracuse Crunch 5:05 PM Fri. Oct, 21 2016 vs. Toronto Marlies 7:05 PM Sat. Oct, 22 2016 @ Binghamton Senators 7:05 PM Fri. Oct, 28 2016 @ St. John's IceCaps 6:00 PM Sat. Oct, 29 2016 @ St. John's IceCaps 6:00 PM Fri. Nov, 04 2016 vs. Syracuse Crunch 7:05 PM Sat. Nov, 05 2016 @ Binghamton Senators 7:05 PM Sun. Nov, 06 2016 @ Hershey Bears 5:00 PM Fri. Nov, 11 2016 vs. Hartford Wolf Pack 7:05 PM Sat. Nov, 12 2016 @ Syracuse Crunch 7:00 PM Sun. Nov, 13 2016 @ Springfield Thunderbirds 3:05 PM Wed. Nov, 16 2016 vs. Albany Devils 7:05 PM Fri. Nov, 18 2016 vs. St. Johns IceCaps 7:05 PM Sat. Nov, 19 2016 @ Utica Comets 7:00 PM Wed. Nov, 23 2016 vs. Providence Bruins 7:05 PM Fri. Nov, 25 2016 vs. Utica Comets 7:05 PM Sat. Nov, 26 2016 @ Albany Devils 5:00 PM Wed. Nov, 30 2016 @ Utica Comets 7:00 PM Fri. Dec, 02 2016 vs. Toronto Marlies 7:05 PM Sat. Dec, 03 2016 @ Syracuse Crunch 7:00 PM Fri. Dec, 09 2016 @ Lehigh Valley Phantoms 7:05 PM Sat. Dec, 10 2016 @ Lehigh Valley Phantoms 7:05 PM Sun. Dec, 11 2016 @ Hershey Bears 5:00 PM Wed. Dec, 14 2016 vs. Toronto Marlies 7:05 PM Fri. Dec, 16 2016 @ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 7:05 PM Sat. Dec, 17 2016 vs. St. Johns IceCaps 7:05 PM Mon. Dec, 19 2016 vs. Binghamton Senators 7:05 PM Mon. Dec, 26 2016 vs. Syracuse Crunch 7:05 PM Wed. Dec, 28 2016 vs. Lehigh Valley Phantoms 7:05 PM Fri. Dec, 30 2016 vs. Lehigh Valley Phantoms 7:05 PM Sat. Dec, 31 2016 @ Utica Comets 5:00 PM Fri. Jan, 06 2017 vs. Syracuse Crunch 7:05 PM Sat. Jan, 07 2017 @ Toronto Marlies 5:00 PM Sun. Jan, 08 2017 @ Toronto Marlies 3:00 PM Wed. Jan, 11 2017 vs. Hartford Wolf Pack 7:05 PM Fri. Jan, 13 2017 vs. Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins 7:05 PM Sat. Jan, 14 2017 @ Toronto Marlies 5:00 PM Fri. Jan, 20 2017 @ Providence Bruins 7:05 PM Sat. Jan, 21 2017 @ Hartford Wolf Pack 7:00 PM Sun. Jan, 22 2017 @ Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3:00 PM Wed. Jan, 25 2017 vs. Toronto Marlies 7:05 PM Fri. Jan, 27 2017 vs. Albany Devils 7:05 PM Sat. Jan, 28 2017 @ Albany Devils 5:00 PM Fri. Feb, 03 2017 @ Bridgeport Sound Tigers 7:00 PM Sat. Feb, 04 2017 @ Hartford Wolf Pack 7:30 PM Fri. Feb, 10 2017 vs. Albany Devils 7:05 PM Sat. Feb, 11 2017 @ Syracuse Crunch 7:00 PM Fri. Feb, 17 2017 vs. Bridgeport Sound Tigers 7:05 PM Sat. Feb, 18 2017 @ Binghamton Senators 7:05 PM Sun. Feb, 19 2017 vs. Binghamton Senators 5:05 PM Wed. Feb, 22 2017 vs. Utica Comets 7:05 PM Fri. Feb, 24 2017 vs. Syracuse Crunch 7:05 PM Sat. Feb, 25 2017 @ Syracuse Crunch 7:00 PM Fri. Mar, 03 2017 vs. St. Johns IceCaps 7:05 PM Sat. Mar, 04 2017 vs. Bridgeport Sound Tigers 7:05 PM Wed. Mar, 08 2017 vs. Toronto Marlies 7:05 PM Fri. Mar, 10 2017 vs. St. Johns IceCaps 7:05 PM Sun. Mar, 12 2017 @ Springfield Thunderbirds 3:05 PM Wed. Mar, 15 2017 vs. Binghamton Senators 7:05 PM Fri. Mar, 17 2017 @ St. John's IceCaps 6:00 PM Sat. Mar, 18 2017 @ St. John's IceCaps 6:00 PM Tue. Mar, 21 2017 @ Toronto Marlies 7:00 PM Fri. Mar, 24 2017 vs. Springfield Thunderbirds 7:05 PM Sat. Mar, 25 2017 @ Binghamton Senators 7:05 PM Sun. Mar, 26 2017 vs. Springfield Thunderbirds 3:05 PM Fri. Mar, 31 2017 vs. Utica Comets 7:05 PM Sat. Apr, 01 2017 @ Utica Comets 7:00 PM Sun. Apr, 02 2017 @ Albany Devils 3:00 PM Fri. Apr, 07 2017 vs. Hershey Bears 7:05 PM Sat. Apr, 08 2017 vs. Utica Comets 7:05 PM Sun. Apr, 09 2017 @ Toronto Marlies 5:00 PM Wed. Apr, 12 2017 vs. Binghamton Senators 7:05 PM Fri. Apr, 14 2017 vs. Albany Devils 7:05 PM Sat. Apr, 15 2017 @ Albany Devils 5:00 PM

Nice. I bought a Goose jersey during the Slug era, when the current Home jersey was the third (apparently, sometime during 08-09 or 09-10). http://www.nhluniforms.com/Sabres/Sabres.html I have a homemade Girgensons nameplate (yellow paper with sharpie) currently stapled to the jersey (because I am classy).

Factoid: 37 is the most popular two-digit random number

I think the Bills are satisfied with Mills starting at RT. Adding Seantrel back in the mix is (or was (the past two weeks) and will be (in Week 5)) an added bonus. Kouandjio's flashes of improvement during training camp help solidify some depth even without Seantrel. My perception was that the Bills knew going into training camp that Seantrel was a complete wildcard, were satisfied with slotting Mills in at starting RT at that time.

Eight teams at 4-12 or worse! :D

I decided to look it up... Boston will be Moore's TENTH NHL team! Crazy. Perhaps this could be placed in the ol' trivia thread, but... he will be the seventh NHL player to play for 10+ teams. Five of the other six played for exactly 10. One man holds the record of 12: [Edit: clickable link] www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/players/most_teams.html [Edit: none of the other six players played for Buffalo]

I think Rinne decided to play for his home country of Finland :P

From the Donate thread: For what it's worth -- the Bills have done the card instead of paper tickets, too, now, for at least a few years. However, I pay $4 total per season to get paper tickets (I have four season tickets) printed and mailed to me, rather than the card. Perhaps the same can be done with the Sabres? I would be curious if they would do that as an option, if any of you decides to try it. I would call your agent and ask.

I will be in Toronto (randomly) for the first semifinal, 9/24 at 7pm... [winner of CAN-USA-CZE-Europe] versus [2nd place of FIN-SWE-RUS-North America]. I might convince myself to attend, although I'm not really that excited about this World Cup thing, just yet. If USA somehow wins their pool, that might convince me (cheaper tickets, too).

I tried it after the 24.5-hour drive from Austin last year! :flirt:

When I lived in Pennsylvania and Virginia, I always liked seeing this sign along the thruway on my drive home. Although, I found the photo on the world wide webz. Side note: no matter how many times I make the drive, the section between the PA border and Buffalo is always so deceptively long and dull.

Catching up on this thread.... USA's Galen Rupp took bronze in the men's marathon! It was an absolute pleasure to watch. Rupp is a 10k runner (silver in 2012, 5th this year) who very recently decided to try the 26.2. In fact, yesterday was only his second marathon ever, aside from the US Olympic Qualifying 26.2 in January of this year! Kenya's Kipchoge (gold) looked incredibly strong the whole way, and as he began to pull away ~18miles in, there was no doubt in my mind he would hang on. Kipchoge and Ethiopia's Desisa (silver) are both very accomplished marathon runners, so it is not the least bit disappointing for Rupp to share the podium with those two. Also, USA's Jared Ward also finished sixth, which is nearly as impressive as Rupp's triumph. Ward surprised as USA's third qualifier (with Rupp and Meb Keflezighi) in January. He is BYU professor of statistics who apparently wrote his Masters thesis on “Analyzing Split Times for Runners in the 2013 St. George Marathon”. Very very cool. It will be interesting to see if Rupp is still attached to the 10k for 2020, or if he sees his 10k window fading (29 years old) and turns his efforts fully to the 26.2 instead. Another fun note - during each of the water/aid stations, Rupp would whip his white hat to the ground and acquire a new dry one. Pretty crafty planning for fella who's only run one previous marathon!

So it seems we need a three-part poll: With what team will he sign? When will he sign? In which post # in this thread will it be officially announced?

They'd have won their pool either way. I don't think a W versus Colombia would have affected their first-round opponent?

Yeah, that'll be cool! It looks like each athlete (20 men and 20 women total) would participate in three events: sport climbing, bouldering, and speed climbing. Overall scoring will be based on results from all three events. I also see that speed climbing has a negative connotation among the climbing community. http://www.climbing.com/news/climbing-officially-approved-for-2020-olympics/ Edit: (for the uninitiated) Sport climbing = Climber is harnessed, and clips rope into bolts as they ascend the wall Bouldering = short, very difficult moves; no harness Speed climbing = Top-roping (harnessed, already anchored from top of wall to start) up easier moves very quickly

Professional singer?

Also Namestikov signed a two-year deal with Tampa, $1.9375 per.

This is a good thing. Jim Rome is just awful. Every individual word he speaks is just abrasive and cocky, for no good reason. I can't listen to it. Where did you see this? Ryan Gates is hilarious in his current role as producer. I feel that his whit would be suppressed in a partnership with John Murphy.

I agree on the non-disclosure of names -- it will be fun for some of the obscure ones. Obscure fun fact: The player pictured for #83 also wore three other numbers as a Sabre.

Neighsayers be dammed, I do believe the pinned threads are great for a quick glance at any critical news/updates on SabreSpace during the work day

Yes, but God created the NHL :P

I, too, am curious if anyone has any more insight on Petersen. Looks like he started all 34 games in net for Notre Dame in his sophomore season last year, and performed very well. Is his ceiling high enough to get excited / keep a close eye on him?