nfreeman
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I'm kinda psyched about this move. They're dying for playmakers on offense and they're taking a cheap flyer on someone who has produced quite a bit of offense in 3 very good non-NHL leagues, and who didn't do badly in his one and only shot in th NHL -- which was for a highly dysfunctional franchise.
As for his age: he came to the US at age 23 in 2010-2011 and got 51 games in Edmonton. They had too many young skilled forwards ahead of him so they kept him in the minors for most of 2011-2012. He went home for the lockout year in 2012-2013 and returned to Edmonton this year. So it's not like a Mancari situation where a guy has been unable to get out of the AHL for 7 or 8 years.
His youtube clips show an undeniably high level of puck skills. It looks like he's a decent skater too. His AHL coach says he's really matured this year. And I'm not really concerned that Edmonton, which is a very poorly run franchise, has given up on him.
Teddy is going to turn him into something real.
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I'll say it: beating Boston tonight would be awesome.
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Ya never know!
I admire your optimistic spirit, sir.
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I'm not sure where this one belongs. I almost want to simultaneously post in this one and the awesome thread. I was up for a promotion that would have brought me a 10% raise. For the second time, that was rejected. They instead have given me a "Special Achievement Award" which comes along with $2500. I have no idea what to think on this one. It's part slap in the face, part pat on the back. Very odd.
Nice! Hopefully this takes the sting out of spending the extra $100 or whatever it was on the ipad as opposed to the kindle.
As for not getting the promotion, there are a bunch of possible reasons that have nothing to do with you -- e.g. they might want someone more senior, they could be considering eliminating the position, etc. Getting that bonus means they like you and want to keep you happy.
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I offically hate the interview and negotiation process. After 4 interviews and what I thought was an understanding of what the value of my skills and the position held I was offered the position but the offer was a low ball. There was some negotiation, but they weren't budging much. Haven't heard back in 48 hrs now so I am assuming they are speaking with the other candidate that made it all the way through the process.
I'll be damned if I am going to undervalue 20+ years of experience.
Sorry my friend. One way of looking at it though is that if they are mistreating you at this stage it probably isn't the right place for you long term.
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For a lot of money, which you can't do anymore. If you had the pick to get the next Crosby (exaggerating a little), what would a team have to offer you to trade him away? Remember that after the top 1-3 in most drafts, you're talking about players who will probably be pretty good. So, no matter how many "first round picks" you're talking about, they aren't worth much if they are out of those top 1-3.
Correct. In the cap era it makes zero sense to trade a #1 overall pick (or #2 or #3 for that matter) when there is a franchise player to be taken. It will almost certainly not happen under this CBA and will absolutely not happen with McDavid.
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It's not literature, but some of these are great articles: http://deadspin.com/deadspin-2013-all-the-cool-old-stories-we-republished-1486006466
I just read the one about NBA groupies and the one about Steve Carlton. Holy mackerel.
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Just get fat. Nobody can take these puppies away from me without a scalpel.
Filthy, but very nice.
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:w00t:
Izzat your garbage disposal drain catcher thing? If so, I approve. For a moment I was confused as it looks like part of our coffee percolator.
And sure, good luck with his biohazard fart powers. If you wanna wriggle on up there towards his heart, that's your choice!
I'll have cookies made for whenever you boys get done playing Cave Explorer.
Boy, things have kinda taken a turn in here.
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Just looked at the Islanders' schedule -- they have lost 18 out of their last 21 (and 2 of their 3 wins in that stretch have come in the shootout). Vanek has 6 goals in 19 games there, btw.
Holy mackerel.
I think it's safe to say that Vanek won't be re-signing there.
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I'm still not sure this is a hard fast NHL rule. I have been told that there is no set NHL rule and every trade sets its own parameters as to when the deferral is required. The article you cite doesn't really clarify this even though you continue to state it as fact.
I would guess that you are right that it's a negotiated point in the trade. It would seem like a strange item for a league rule.
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Then I'd resign him. He is better than whatever they're likely to get out of that 25th overall pick.
I agree that he's better than what they'd get from #25, but I don't think I would want to give him what he would demand in order to re-sign with the Sabres. Someone will probably give him, say, a Pommer-type contract ($5.6MM x 5 years). I don't want the Sabres to be that team.
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I never want to hear you bitch about the Sabres (lack of) toughness again :P
Very nice.
FWIW, I'm thinking of going to the Islanders-Rangers outdoor game here in January if the tickets aren't too expensive.
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I've noticed, of late, how the team's official Twitter page is always careful to call Nolan the "interim coach". It's conspicuous to me. They could call him "Ted Nolan" or just "Nolan", but instead they choose to refer to him as "interim coach." Maybe tThey've [clearly] been doing that from the start; anyway, its persistence just dawned on me.
I noticed that too on the facebook posts. He always has his title attached, and that title is always interim coach.
I'd guess that they are being careful about this since the GM search/recruitment process is ongoing and they don't want the GM candidates to feel obligated to keep Nolan.
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You're right. They will declare all of team USA to be pro gay propagandists and imprison them all just before we play.
In all seriousness, I am 100% expecting some BS Russian hijinks during this tournament.
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The Sabres have already done the heavy lifting to garner a top 3 pick in each of the next two drafts. They are terrible. Why throw away all the "work" done to get there? If Darcy really knew what he was doing they would already have McKinninon. Right now would be the worst time in franchise history to give away picks for a band aid.
Do you want to give up Bobby Ryan, Evgeni Malkin (Eric Staal if you go three #2 overall picks)
for Ryan O'Reilly or Derrick Brassard?
I agree -- giving up picks this high in order to sign an RFA makes no sense unless the RFA is a truly elite player -- like Stamkos a couple of years ago. The RFAs this year aren't at that level.
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Good point. When I wrote that I was looking at it the other way: LA using Schenn (#5) and Johnson (#3) to acquire Richards and Carter, who played a role in their championship.
Well, this hurts my side of the never-ending argument, but Doughty was also a top-5 pick and was a key player for that LA team...
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What happens if you overpay a UFA by $2MM per year to come here and he has a career-ending concussion, or trade away two high picks and prospects for a proven star who ends up retiring in two years? Those kind of "what if" scenarios really don't have much value because teams have no control over them. And it's really not so deeply flawed when you look at the results: since the lost season, only 2/8 Cup winners (Boston and Detroit) didn't either have a top-5 pick contributing significantly or used as a trade chip to acquire other players who did contribute significantly.
This is the song that doesn't end... :lol:
And now we're moving the goalposts, innit?
The relevant question is whether being bad enough to draft in the top 5 pays off for that team -- not for some other team that ends up using the highly-drafted player. So it doesn't matter to Hartford, who drafted Pronger #2 in 1993, that Pronger was the key to Anaheim winning the cup in 2006.
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We've all been saying the same exact thing for at least the last 10 years. I have no idea why we keep coming back, but we will.
I stopped paying for NFL Sunday Ticket before last season. I'll watch them on DVR if they are on regular NYC TV, but I'm not killing a Sunday afternoon for them and I'm not spending $400 or whatever Sunday Ticket is these days to watch them. I also don't go to the Bills-Jets game in NYC any more.
That's the way it's gonna stay until they terminate the Toronto abomination AND win a playoff game.
I was as big a Bills fan as anyone, but the years of not trying to win have really soured me on the organization.
(Of course, I'm still a Bills STH because my seats are too good to give up and it's relatively easy to unload most of the games without losing too much $$ -- so I haven't totally turned my back.)
It's a good thing DR got canned when he did, because I was starting to lean that way with the Sabres too.
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Great NYC restaurant for lunch (fancy Mexican) and another one on the schedule for dinner tonight (Asian fusion).
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I know. I'm just saying that it wouldn't be the worst-case. I'd STRONGLY prefer a forward. Honestly, if we don't get number one I still think we end up with Reinhart. At the very top, you consider need when it's close like it is between Ekblad and Reinhart. Teams like the Isles, Oilers and Panthers might consider a dman before another forward. Especially Edmonton.
It'd be interesting to see what we'd do if we ended up with both Reinhart AND McDavid. Who do we move to wing between those two and Hodgson? Obviously McDavid stays at center. I don't think I could see Hodgson on the wing, and I don't know if you want to tango with him going back to the bottom six. Obviously could trade one. Good problem to have if it ever gets there.
Well, a defenseman has gone #1 only once since 1996 -- that was Erik Johnson in 2006.
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Enough of the other bottom teams need defense that even if we end up #2 there's a good chance we get Reinhart.
On a broader point, I refuse to give in to the "it's Buffalo, of course 'negative thing' will happen". We should have picked higher last year, and we are clearly the worst team in the league this year. And we're long overdue for some good luck. This is our year dammit!
How about "you reap what you sow?"
We are still making our way out of the long shadow of Black Sunday and the DR cloud of loserdom. We traded away our 2 best forwards in order to intentionally ice a terrible team. There are more Rangers and Leafs fans at the FNC than Sabres fans. Why do we deserve a 1-in-4 longshot to hit?
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Good point on the team talent. It's hard to say where some of these guys would land on other teams. Except Hodgson, he's clearly a top-6 forward. Screw the haters! :P
I want everyone who thinks this team is going on a run to read your last point, and then re-read it. We may not win the lottery, but we'll damn sure have a better chance than any other team.
Which is a 25% chance of winning. That and $2.50 gets you on the subway -- but it most likely doesn't get you Reinhardt.
Is there any doubt in your mind that we'll end up with #2 (literally and figuratively)?
Thanks a million Darcy.
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Interview tomorrow with a company and position MUCH more in line with my experience and career wishes. 1st interview was with just the HR mgr and it went very, very well. Interviewing tomorrow with two engineering group managers. Missed most of the game so far tonight prepping for the interview. I'm as ready as I've ever been.
Wow. Did she give you a lapdance?
Good luck. You are going to kill it.
Confirmed: Sabres Acquire Winger Linus Omark from Edmonton
in The Aud Club
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I agree that it's not time yet to start popping the champagne corks, but, as I posted above, he is not an AHL lifer. He has had exactly one full AHL season, plus 30 games or so this year. That's it.