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  1. nfreeman
    I'm kinda optimistic on Marco. I know people here have differing opinions on Garth (I generally like his stuff, although he's certainly whiffed on a number of things), but here's his 2 cents: http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/GARTHS-CORNER/Scandella-less/6/87137 Have the Sabres ever had a guy named Marco before? In any case, there's a real possibility that he could elevate Risto's game, allow McCabe to anchor a very strong 2nd pair and generally be a significant difference-maker in team construction terms and hopefully #fancystats if not #simpletonstats. And I'm getting psyched for hockey season too.
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    No. Plenty of posters here think the Bills are incompetent, and no one else gets the reactions that you get. Listen to the feedback you are getting. Don't assume the problem is with everyone else.
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    Very nice.
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    This is out of line. ...but there is some truth in this. There is something in the tone of Jeff's posts that is off-putting, and leaves room for improvement. I will note that there is absolutely nothing wrong, IMHO, with the "the Bills can be presumed incompetent until they prove otherwise" perspective.
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    FWIW, my 17-year-old son and his meathead friends -- most of whom come from highly PC families and all of whom live in a highly PC community -- call each other "retards" all the time.
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    Outstanding.
  7. nfreeman
    Me too. I'm confident Marty will be a real upgrade. My preference would've been for Marty to have become the color guy, with Razor at rinkside as the 3rd guy.
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    I don't think he's right, but the last 15 years or so certainly provide ample justification for his conclusions. Bottom line is that until they prove otherwise, the Bills have earned the presumption of incompetence.
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    My 2 cents on Nylander: - I do not expect him to play much in the NHL this year. He's only one year removed from his draft year, he did nada in Rochester last year, and he wasn't drafted by the JBott/Howie regime, so they are not invested in him. I suppose it's possible that he could have a tremendous preseason and force his way onto the roster, but we have no reason to expect this to occur. - If he somehow does make the roster, I could see him on the 3rd line if the Sabres go with 3 scoring lines as they did in the Roy-Max-Vanek days. So if their 3rd line includes, say, Reino and Kane, I could see Nylander as the RW on that line.
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    Based on the TBN today, cutting or trading Dareus would result in prohibitive cap hits both this year and next year. We're stuck with him. I, too, like what I've seen from McD and Beane, but it really feels like we're embarking on a 4-12 season here. There have just been too many setbacks in the preseason.
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    Pretty solid finale IMHO -- probably a B-plus/A-minus. The Theon scenes were the only real losers. They wrapped up the crappy Sansa-Arya plot line reasonably well. Most of the King's Landing scenes were good to excellent. Tyrion had a number of very good scenes. Jon Snow is a professional.
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    I believe I've posted multiple times about the likelihood of Dareus being a dissolute washout. Two more great RB/DW moves -- drafting that loser AND giving him $100MM. We're stuck with him.
  13. nfreeman
    I'm interested and rooting for McG. I'm also on vacation in a fairly densely populated part of Massachusetts, and the closest place that is showing it is 50 miles away! So we might spring for it on the Roku.
  14. nfreeman
    I wouldn't have agreed with this before the last 2 episodes, but I do now. It feels like they want to wrap it up and GTFO. Disappointing, although they get a shot at redemption on Sunday.
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    https://www.theplayerstribune.com/category/letter-to-my-younger-self/?utm_source=theplayerstribune&utm_medium=now-trending-banner&utm_campaign=now-trending This is a great first-person reminiscence by Mike Bossy, who was the 2nd-greatest goal scorer I've ever seen (after 99).
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    Interesting. 3 bottom dwellers.
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    Didn't love that episode either but it was better than the previous one.
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    Kinda starting to feel like a lost season already. Yeeeessshhh.
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    Me too. This as well. Good breakdown. It does seem like B-loo, Antipin and Gorges will be fighting it out for the last 2 spots. I'm hoping by midseason, Risto-Scandella has emerged as a capable top pair, getting about 23 min per night, with McCabe-Bogo and B-loo-Antipin sharing the remaining 37 min pretty evenly. And JBott might also deliver Butcher, and he might be pounding on the door from Rochester...
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    Good stats. Interesting.
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    it is a classic.
  22. nfreeman
    IMHO the Sabres' D rotation is far from being so strong that Butcher couldn't muscle his way in. Sign 'im up!
  23. nfreeman
    Here's an article about the most recent episode that articulates my issues with it pretty well: http://io9.gizmodo.com/on-game-of-thrones-the-cracks-are-beginning-to-show-1797819044
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    It's strange how some industry professionals take a different view of GoT despite its apparent neglect of cinematic building blocks: http://www.indiewire.com/2017/08/game-of-thrones-direction-battle-spoils-of-war-mark-shakman-1201864165/ Here's one entitled "A Breakdown of Why the Directing in Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Finale Was So Brilliant" http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/06/29/a_breakdown_of_why_miguel_sapochnik_s_direction_in_game_of_thrones_season.html It's a good thing we have our own in-house veteran of presumably at least one undergrad film studies course to disabuse us of what our lyin' eyes keep telling us.
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    Well, maybe usage/non-usage of certain director gimmicks isn't all that drives the determination of whether a show is "boring." I'd guess the percentage of the population who thinks that GoT is boring is pretty low.
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