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Interesting questions, especially when you put it that way. Not sure about Reino. He's shown enough so that I'd be happy to secure his rights for a long period, but not enough to support a major cap space commitment. I'd give Skinner $8MM x 8 years, and I'd probably go to $8.5MM to avoid losing him.

Reino definitely took a step up this year, and I am looking forward to seeing him next year, preferably as the leader of a 2nd line with upgraded 2nd-line linemates. But it has to be said: when the season was lost, in January and February, he was just meh. And when the team ran for the bus in March, he brought the Doritos and the boy band mp3s. It wasn't as bad as when he showed up for the previous season 40 games late, but it was still nowhere near young-star-level performance, or Draisaitl-level performance, and definitely far from fat-contract-worthy performance. YMMV, of course.

Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. You can disagree, which is fine, but it's important, and required, that you communicate here in a respectful and non-obnoxious manner.

That's a low-maintenance spouse you have there, sir. Nicely done.

Good to see ya sir! This is pretty obnoxious.

Drive faster, eh?

I also liked his perspective on Eichel -- i.e. he hasn't delivered what everyone was hoping for when they tanked for him, but getting rid of him would be dumb, and the sky's still the limit -- I think they referred to him as a "potential nuclear weapon."

Well, it's also quite possible that Olofsson is savvy enough to know that paying tribute to his time in Rochester is what the organization wants to hear, so he's being a good company man in order to generate internal goodwill.

I think @novascotiaguy and @New Scotland (NS) should carpool to the meetup game next year.

Awesome.

So @dudacek posted the link below, in a different thread, to a 31 Thoughts podcast with Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek. They do a nice, in-depth Sabres discussion for about 8 minutes. (I listened to a few episodes of this podcast early this season and then bailed because I find Friedman too verbose and it makes the podcast too long IMHO. But it doesn't bother me when they're doing the Sabres.) Here it is: https://www.sportsnet.ca/podcasts/31-thoughts-podcast/march-21-2019-cracks-maple-leafs-armour/ The Sabres discussion starts at the 20-minute mark. So, if you come across something similar and you think others here would appreciate it, please fire away.

I'd suggest a location that offers a number of different activities -- i.e. some sports events, some amusement park/other kid stuff, some camping/other outdoors stuff, etc. For example, if you flew to Southern California, you could go to the beach, Disneyland, rent a convertible and drive up the PCH (which is awesome), redwood forest, soccer game, NBA or NHL game, etc. and fly home from Northern California. We did that on a family trip a few years ago and it was great.

This father-and-son visit is very high up on the list of best things to happen this season. Have an amazing time. Also, go to Gabriel's Gate or Duffs for wings.

I saw “Us” over the weekend with my daughter. Pretty entertaining. I’ll give it a B-plus. (I didn’t really like “Get Out,” FWIW.)

I'm apparently in the minority, but I'd like both goalies gone. I don't think either one is good enough, and this team is dying for consistently strong goaltending. I also voted to jettison Bogo. I'm glad he's physically recovered, and I like the elements of toughness and standing up for teammates that he provides, but I thought his D-zone play really tailed off in the 2nd half of the season.

I voted for the first day after the end of the regular season, but after player interviews is certainly plausible. At this point I'll be pretty surprised if he isn't canned. The team looks like they quit on Howie and the season for the last 20 games.

Interesting. I've always kinda liked AV and would be totally fine with this.

I stand corrected. Is the current AD the former AD's deputy? If so, he might have the right stuff too.

There is no conceivable way UB basketball could make hundreds of millions. Having said that, the AD has killed it with his last 2 coaching hires, so there’s reason to think he knows what he’s doing. It would certainly be great for UB to be a good program that’s a contender in its conference and makes the NCAA tournament every year.

Stranger Things.

Sorry you didn't like it. My wife and I loved it, but comedy appreciation might be more of a personal taste matter than other types of shows. Also sorry about the trauma you apparently inflicted on your offspring!

The last 10 games or so make the bolded seem pretty likely -- and if it's true, he has to go. I'd love for Howie to disprove this, but either way, JB needs to make the right call.

Well, Belichik crashed and burned in his first HC job.

That doesn't bode well for Howie.

No one is saying you can't support another team. Making it your avatar on a Sabres board is waving it in everyone's face in a trollish way.