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  2. Buffalo Sabres Training Camp (2020/21)

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    5 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

    That bottom 6 is simply dreadful. Sheahan came here on a PTO and Rieder was signed for the minimum.  These guys are barely hanging on in the NHL and on a good team they wouldn’t make the roster.  Lazar is a career minor leaguer who did enough to get an NHL contract, but isn’t more then a utility depth forward.  KO is a player who found a role as a checking forward as his production has fallen from 44 pts to 29 to 19 over the last 3 years.  Eakin’s PT has fallen from 17 minutes to 14 over the last few years and scored 15 pts last season.  These are all 4th line or taxi squad players.  To play any of them higher in the lineup is a mistake.  Yet here we are predicting that all 5 will be start the season in Buffalo and on the ice.  Complete garbage.   Why am I the only one who seems pissed off about this?  

    The rest of us are still in the denial stage 

  7. Buffalo Sabres Training Camp (2020/21)

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    13 minutes ago, Taro T said:

     

    Yep.  Skinner was on the 2nd unit most of the time with occasional time on the 1st unit.

     

    Am perfectly fine w/ 9 of those 10 skaters, but for the love of all that is Holy why is Ristolainen getting g 2nd unit usage when Montour & Miller are available?  Please let it be that Krueger plans on using Dahlin-Montour as his primary pair & doesn't want to overwork Montour and not because you just can't ever get too much Risto.

    You're fine with KO but not Risto???  Risto has scored consistently on the pp. 

  8. Is Cozens Ready?

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    I just think we need to have realistic expectations for what a young kid can do with limited training camp and no AHL experience. He will probably get more minutes than planned due to Zemgus being out, but I don’t see him as an impact player this year. 

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  11. The College Football Thread

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    1 hour ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

    Like ND?  I thought they did pretty well with a chance to win in the 4th with their backup QB in his 2nd start.  

    Nice win by Northwestern beating Auburn.

    Nice of ND to scrimmage against Alabama to keep them fresh for OSU.

    IU played well without its starting QB. Lane Kiffin has done a good job at Ole Miss. The college football bowls and playoffs need to change. It’s the same teams in the playoffs and too many players sit out the bowl games because they are meaningless. 

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  17. COVID-19

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    Got the Pfizer  vaccine and had no side effects at all. I have heard that the 2nd dose has more side effects. Hopefully as more people are vaccinated those that fear the vaccine will change their outlook and take the vaccine.  

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  19. NHL Season Start Date: January 13, 2021

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    5 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

    Something else I found interesting from the TSN article:

    I'm interpreting this to mean that the owners got a major economic concession from the players -- i.e. effectively a 20% across-the-board pay cut to get the split for the 2019-20 season back to 50/50.

    It's not clear from the TSN article, but I would guess that the 72% is before escrow -- i.e. that 20% of the 72% will go into escrow to preserve the 50/50 split for 2020-21.

    The 72% is after escrow. 

  20. NHL Season Start Date: January 13, 2021

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    14 minutes ago, dudacek said:

    The athletic is reporting the taxi squad is subject to the same waiver rules as the AHL.

    If that’s the case, Arizona can keep three goalies, but they will have to pay all three NHL salaries and that will mean one less roster spot for a skater, and as Freester said, they need to move money.

    The Coyotes will be active; don’t count out Carolina as a partner for a goalie.

    I wonder how the holiday roster freeze is affected? Typically teams can’t make trades three or four days before and after Christmas. 

    That would mean a rush today, or just before camp opens.

    Calgary has a Goalie they want to move to shed cap as well. David Rittich. They are also a potential trade partner. 

  22. COVID-19

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    7 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

    Covid first hand.

    I haven’t been around much lately.  I came down with Covid two weeks ago despite taking max precautions because I have asthma.  Ultimately, i ended up with Covid related Bilateral Pneumonia with a secondary bacterial infection which has caused persistent fever and cough.  I actually turned the corner, i think, yesterday after spending Tuesday in the hospital when my blood oxygen levels fell to 90.  (98-100 is normal).

    For those who don’t already own one, I’d suggest buying a pulse oximeter.  Because I own one, I was able to seek treatment at the right time.  

    So the treatment so far.  Zinc 50-75mg daily, 500 mg Vitamin C twice a day, 5000 units of Vitamin D, one baby aspirin daily and a probiotic.  Melatoin 10 mg to help sleep.
    Once my lungs got bad, they added a strong course of prednisone for 7 days and 7 days of levofloxacin.  Albuterol inhaler as needed. 

    Of course Advil/tylenol for the fever, Benzonatate for day time cough and Tussinex (codeine cough medicine) for night.

    My experience started with 72 straight hours with the chills.  I was feeling better 7 days in but then I could feel it hitting my lungs and I knew I was in trouble.  My wife and younger daughter also got it, but recovered quickly except by daughter had a terrible migraine for 3 days and my wife lost her sense of smell, but that is starting to improve.  Besides the chills, fever, horrible cough, the worst symptom has been fatigue.  At the peak of this illness, the fatigue was so bad, I almost couldn’t muster enough energy to go to he washroom.  Sleep is also difficult and I found it easier to sleep in an easy chair rather then in bed.  

    I don’t wish this on anyone and everyone should take reasonable precautions especially those with pre-existing conditions like asthma.  However, ultimately I honestly believe that most everyone will get this thing. My hope is the vaccine and newer treatments will make this less dangerous.  

    Some interesting things I learned during my hospital visit and on my followup with my pulmonologist is the in hospital treatment.  First, I didn’t receive fluids or oxygen during my stay.  The research so far is that fluids and oxygen on a boardline case like mine can actually make things worse.  Had my oxygen fell below 88, they would have admitted me overnight and placed me on oxygen then.  Also with pneumonia, they are fearing blood clots.  They did a CT with contrast to rule out blood clots in my lungs.  Fortunately I had none.  Again I would have been admitted and put on blood thinners.  I was lucky and my oxygen started to improve with simple rest in the ER.  I entered with an 91 and left with a 93. Since then, it’s shown improvement back to 95 with an occasional 97.  I suspect it will be at least another 2-3 weeks before the fatigue fades completely and I plan to stay on the vitamins.

    As to other treatments, the drugs have to be administered within the first 3 days of illness and that’s where they have the most impact.  Plasma treatments are helpful in later stages, but are typically only for in hospital patients.  That is changing.  There are now some outpatient plasma treatment centers.  If I had not been improving, that was then next step in my treatment.

    One final thought,  despite what i have gone through, please don’t stop living your lives.  Take reasonable precautions, but be with your families, and support local business, including restaurants and gyms etc..  

    I’m glad to hear you’re recovering.That is frightening.  I assume you were admitted to Kennestone Wellstar. I have a close friend who is a cardiologist there if you need a referral. I’m hoping to get the vaccine on Monday since I’m a health care worker. 
    Big game today for NU. Go Cats. 

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  24. NHL Network airing every World Juniors game

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    3 hours ago, I-90 W said:

    May I suggest Sling? $44 after tax and that includes the added on sports tier which comes with NHL Network and NBC Sports as well. 

    Is Sling the only option for streaming NHL network ?  I’m getting close to cutting the cord. My friends have advised me to get YouTube tv but they don’t have nhl network. 

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