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1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:
I guess I should have said this up front but my father was Latvian. My mother Estonian but grew up in Riga. I was around those communities all through my youth. Now it is possible that the younger generations over there have buried their dislike for each other in their common hatred of Russia and Russians but the older generations certainly haven't. Lithuanians look down on Latvians and Latvians look down on Estonians. Way way back it's kind of like the British-Irish-Scots. Each tribe pushed the next one further north and took the land. The Soviet Union though brought in Russian "settlers" similar to the way the Jewish settlers take and claim Palestinian lands. Russification was a real thing to attempt assimilation so people lost a lot of property to those Russians in that time. Some of it was slowly given back after the Soviet Union collapsed. It's a long complicated history.
I still remember when my wife (as a nurse) started work in a hospital and a prominent surgeon who was Lithuanian saw her Latvian name (which are similar to Lithuanian in form) and warmly greeted her in Lithuanian, then English, asked if her parents were from Lithuania and then when my wife explained she'd married a Latvian the doctor said "oh, why would you marry one of them?" and then never spoke to her again. I could give you other examples. It definitely was a real thing. It may not be one now in the current political climate. Joint hatred of another can unite.
Frankly the Russians make the Israeli settling of disputed land look like a child taking over a sandbox. Stalin wanted full on Russification in the Soviet Union and sought out ways to eliminate or disperse local populaces in the millions and replaced them with Russian Communist communities. Ukraine being a prime example as well as all three Baltic States, parts of historical Finland, and the Caucuses region. And that’s not even touching on the vast region of Siberia or the Far Eastern reaches of the Russian State.
How the hell did we get multiple Baltic people/ descendants on this board lol It’s not like a giant population in comparison to the world.
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2 hours ago, Doohickie said:
Back in the 17th century, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth occupied Latvia (and much of Estonia).
I love the tiny bit of Romania they had.
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16 minutes ago, French Collection said:
He’s in pursuit of Mike Salinger’s record of 12 different teams. Next team is number 8.
Silinger, Salinger wrote the Catcher in the Rye
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12 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:
Wow, interesting.
”No, you guys misunderstood, Lindy was brought in to work in the front office. Here is our new Head Coach Rod Brindamour”
I have heard a couple times now that Rod is not a fan of Pegula at all so even if available I doubt he would come to Buffalo.
Frankly if RBA was interested in our job I'd suspect Ruff would honestly be fine with a presidential position but sadly I don't think Mrs. RBA would be in any way willing to move here
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18 minutes ago, Doohickie said:
What do you give up to acquire Nelson? What do the Isles need?
Probably a young player seeing as they have few to none; though do we know if Nelson is a good leadership guy or malcontent?
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***** the Leafs, Bruins took a nap most of that game.
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Just now, PerreaultForever said:
Who is exchanging? I'm talking about ADDING a free agent. Cozens at 3C could be a dominant player.
I want to be a cap ceiling team next year not a cap floor team. I don't want to just improve a little bit, I want them to make the great leap forward. We need a good defensive 2 way center. He fits the role perfectly and you can see, in the playoffs, he's Vancouver's best center. Type of player we lack.
He hasn’t done well in Vancouver until literally last game. I’d look for a slightly less expensive option. Back before his supposed contract talks he had been one of my favorites for the role however.
How you originally responded had made me think you were sending Cozens out to make cap room
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8 minutes ago, SwampD said:
Florida is toying with Tampa. They’re going to do just enough to win tonight.
Of course, Tampa scores as soon as I say that.
Was it taken back?
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2 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
Oh definitely all those 35 year olds should just slit their wrists and end it all. Life is over. I'm talking to you Crosby, Giroux, Burns, Pavelski, Marchand, etc.
Seriously, no question the last year or two might be diminishing returns but he's still good for a number of years and just look what he's doing for Vancouver. You want to win or not?
I want to win now but also later and exchanging a 23 year old for a 30 year old isn’t the answer
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Frankly I see little to no scenario we buyout Skinner this offseason; the earliest I could see it is next season
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7 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
He's worth more than Cozens.
I disagree purely on an age basis
Cozens contract takes him to 29/30 years old
Lindholm would be ages 29/30 through 36/37
The odds Lindholm is worth 7mil that long is practically null.
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32 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:
I'm hopping a flight now to Latvia, it's crazy it's 6am here and there's still an active game going on, sadly my fubo/hulu/etc doesn't work well here so I can't stream hockey like I do at home. VPN isn't working well. Oh well, I'll just follow the forums and highlights.
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1 minute ago, PerreaultForever said:
Lindholm is exactly one of the things we need/could use.
Yes, but not at the ask price.
He turned down 8x7mil in CGY
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2-1 after a point shot found a wat through
Syracuse gets to beat up and tackle our guys when they get down and the refs just look away.
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5 hours ago, Archie Lee said:
Today? No. But that doesn’t mean we are headed in the Leafs direction (again, it feels stupid to say that because the Leafs are so much better than us).
The Leafs actually have a lot of jam/grit in their line-up. It is just that they have tied half of their salary to 4 elite offensive players who collectively have little jam/grit. This has not allowed them to have a deep enough roster talent-wise. They can’t afford to spend on a goalie. Last night they were down 2 with 4 minutes left and they had Jake McCabe QBjng PP2. That is not a path we are headed on. We are actually built quite differently with goal and D prioritized from the backend. If and when we add bottom 6 grit/jam, we will see that our top players are quite able to stand up for themselves and their teammates (not all, but more than enough).The best way to describe the Leafs would be a soft core with rough skin. They have acquired tougher players but their Core 4 and 1D have little of it. You see it when Toronto is forced to stack their stars; their toughness drops off a cliff.
Buffalo isn't any physical brute with their Top 4 and 1D but guys like Cozens, Dahlin, and Tuch are tougher than all 5 of the Leafs mentioned. Your more physical pieces must be capable of also being effective at hockey. Reaves is barely functioning and can't be used without hurting the Leafs play as a whole
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5 minutes ago, Thorny said:
Personally, I’d take a stretch of multiple enjoyable regular seasons leading to playoff berths ultimately ending in disappointment than I would multiple terrible regular seasons to the tune of the worst run of all time in professional sports followed by coming in even lower by expectations than the Leafs because we can’t finish higher than 22nd any single season
but that’s just me
He’s so damn good
Doesn't matter, Benedict Arnold was a good general but he was also a traitor.
That being said the true star tonight is Thompson standing on his head
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#### that traitorous bastard
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27 minutes ago, Thorny said:
Because 1st round picks are drastically overvalued
Have you seen the movie Draft Day with Kevin Costner? It’s really good. If you watch that you’ll see what I mean
not in terms of my post it has nothing to do with that, it’s just a really good movie, you’ll see
Frankly, the lottery is what makes 1sts so much more valuable. When the Top 12 can give you #1, it inflates the value immensely versus 1sts from 13 on
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3 hours ago, Thorny said:
Very good year. I assume next year whenever John-Jason goes out on the ice, opponents, being very aware, will shout “there goes John-Jason Peterka for a shift!”
La La La La
John
Jason
Peterka has a shift
His puck can be my puck too
Whenever we skate out, our opponents always shout,
there goes John Jason Peterka on a shift
La La La La la
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39 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
Quick question. How does KA fill the hole at 2/3C?
The best candidates for success would likely be Bennett or Karlsson.
Stephenson would likely want Mitts money thus ending that option.
14 minutes ago, Thorny said:What do you think our first round pick is worth?
I’d assume a good deal; once the lottery is over I’d be open to moving it.
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5 minutes ago, Thorny said:
They can’t hurt us anymore than they already have, we’ll get through it together as an online family
That team hurts me constantly; they run counter to everything I love about hockey and its structures.
Ironically my Armchair GM also ended up with issues for Quinn and Peterka only I used money on Matt Roy.
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3 minutes ago, Thorny said:
Sorry just saw this.
I just chuckled to myself because you are pretty consistently against actually prioritizing the now whenever push comes to shove, despite advocating occasionally for otherwise. Saying you are only good with Tofolli if he comes to us at a whopping 50% of the projected AAV is the same thing as saying you aren’t interested. You see seem most concerned with our ability to lock up a roster that hasn’t amounted to anything and not very interested in actual improvement in the now
You can correct me if I am wrong but you don’t seem willing to give up much of anything to improve and seem to only want moves if they are unrealistically lopsided in our favour
There’s zero presence that I can glean of a willingness to “bite the bullet”, to make any sort of trade or signing that stings a little bit: which is of course what actual trades amount to
The trade for Karlsson is something I mostly like, I just feel it shouldn't require our Top C prospect to get since Vegas is going to have to move someone due to their absurd cap situation. (Plus I just really don't want to give Vegas another dynamic center)
As for Toffoli, I do really like his experience and continued competence on the ice; however, even if I may want to push more for the present I really don't want to end up in a situation with Quinn, Peterka and Levi having great seasons but losing 1 because we need to retain a 33 year old winger. If Peterka or Quinn flame out it wouldn't be a problem but in the best case scenario I don't want all of our happiness to get stabbed viciously by losing a young star.
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A random set of moves
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AHL PLAYOFF GDT - Amerks @ Crunch - Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 7:05 PM (EDT) AHL TV, 950/95.7 WROC
in The Aud Club
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Rough game for everyone but Levi