Peter

I agree. How could there be if the people who own or manage the bar say he was not trespassing?!? This will have a similar result to the ROR incident. Just my two cents.

Very well said.

That does not appear the MO at WGR. I remember how Howard used to be buddy-buddy with Chan Gailey during interviews (by way of example), and be just the opposite when they were not interviewing him/he was off the air.

No, the Buffalo News and some here are doing that.

With all due respect to the police, this was STUPID and has/will backfire. I suppose he was handcuffed to protect the public while he walked the few extra steps into the station and had nothing to do with a tipped off photographer being present.

I wonder. I have a feeling that this is an example of someone being overcharged to make a point. I had mentioned in an earlier post a few days ago that a friend of mine had heard from someone at the bar that night that this is much ado about absolutely nothing. I have no idea whether this is true. I do suspect that this is all a show though.

Absolutely. Totally gratuitous and obvious that they called the media ahead of time. They really must have absolutely nothing on him given the BS charge as well. If his name were Joe Smith, there is no way he would have been treated like this (either the investigation, charges, or calling the media obviously).

I seem to recall that he was in Buffalo to visit around the time of the draft. Maybe I am mistaken.

How do you go about getting film on the guy? As and aside, I have never seen him play but I am a bit pathological about how much I want him to sign with the Sabres. That is the fanatic side of being a fan I suppose.

I just don't see giving up on a guy based on the information thus far. It may turn out that the evidence will show that he did what is alleged. I just don't see it yet. I am not willing to make the same mistake that Bucky G made with Shady. As an aside, I have heard rumblings from a friend of mine who still lives in Buffalo who tells me that people at the bar claim that this whole thing is overblown. I have no idea whether this is true, but it does give me pause before I am ready to trash the guy. Just my two cents.

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After all we traded to get him . . . I hope that this still works out for us. I would hate to trade him for a back of pucks.

That is funny. Well done.

I do not want to go through that again. I would suggest making an offering in person that expires once he and his agent leave (and don't let them take any calls a la the Jim Kelly/Houston Gamblers situation several years ago).

It just goes to show you how much GMTM did not like Pysyk - he even traded him for a Russian?!?! P.S. I wish that Nikita Zadorov had not been included in the ROR deal. P.P.S. I have a feeling that GMTM has a bit of the bias you see in old school Canadians (e.g., Don Cherry).

Alex seems like he has a ton of talent and is good value at 8. I am excited to see how he develops.

I try not to think about what if. I also think that the jury may still be out. In the end, I like both of these guys. They both have outstanding talent. They both seem like good, quality, character buys. They both wanted to play in Buffalo. As someone else posted above, at least McDavid is playing out west and not for one of the teams in the east that I despise.

The guy may end up being great, but I have to believe that we could have obtained him without giving up a first round pick for him. Tim loves to pay retail. I will never be able to prove this, but we presumably could have gotten him for a second (we were actually doing Ottawa a favor by taking his salary off their books) and then would have been able to trade the 21st pick in the ROR deal rather than have to trade Zadorov. Just my two cents.

I believe that this may be the thread that you were thinking of: http://forums.sabrespace.com/topic/21550-auto-recording-the-sabres-on-directv/?hl=cchan

I think that you are correct. Thanks.

Crashing into a Tim Horton's is probably a very serious crime in Canada. If it had been a McDonald's, he probably would have gotten off with a warning not to do it again.

The Sabres: - gave up a ton in the trade (in my view, they overpaid when they had more leverage to get a better deal); - agreed to pay the guy more than any other player in Sabres' history; - structured the deal most favorably to ROR. I just hope that ROR realizes the above, gets his sh*t together, and becomes the player and leader that others see in him.

We traded a kid with huge potential who some thought had character issues because he was 30 minutes late for a meeting and had travel issues . . . .

Which 4k did you get? I have been staring at them in stores for some time yet, but have not bought one yet. I was leaning toward the Sony.

I wonder if this is more Irbe than the Sabres.