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I would bring him in to start one of the back to back. Maybe throw him a bone as the backup for one to get him an extra skate or two with the team. If we keep winning I would guess Levi is the one to spell UPL. And if by some gift from the invisible magic hockey people in the sky this team makes the playoffs Levi is the other goalie on the bench.

Good point. She can figure some stuff out, but also no, no she can't. haha.

3rd in shut outs.

I get the CHL - NHL agreement. I just don't like it at times. For a kid like Benson it makes sense to have a provision where if an NHL team is willing to eat a roster spot or dress an 18/19 year old for I don't know 30, 40 games in a single season that they become eligible for the AHL. If a team is willing to eat a roster spot for half a year to get a kid skating at practice then they should be able to send him to the AHL. That way the CHL still has some protection of it's stars and the NHL does have a work around but it does create some sacrifice. There should be a set process rather than asking for special permission. Just spit balling.

PRO TIP for @Marvin and anybody else. If you aren't using Chat GPT for your resumes and cover letters, start now! The free version (3.5) does a good job but the paid (4.0/ $20/month) does noticeably better. Either way it is rare that any company is manually reading all their resumes these days. They are weeding them out via AI so it makes sense to use AI to give yourself a leg up. The prompts are super easy. I recommend fiddling around with them based on your resume, the job description, etc. But at its most generic it is: 1. Here is a job posting (copy paste) 2. Here is my resume (copy paste) 3. Optimize my resume for this job posting. 4. Write me a cover letter using specific experiences from my resume that make me an ideal candidate for this role.

She was "OK' for a long time. She can use an iPad, set the timers on her DVR, put a VHS in and set it to record Wheel of Fortune or Seinfeld or whatever when she left the house. Way back when she could set the pre-set numbers on her house phone. etc. I would never consider her tech savvy at any point but she kept up at a reasonable pace for a long time. I think it is easy to forget how quickly the world has progressed in the last 15 years. It has been remarkably quick. Re: the socials. I agree with your overall point on the current tech trends and prioritizing what is important. But one thing I keep pinned in the back of my head is similar to the situation with your kids. At some point the kids consuming all the IG, TT, Discord, etc. will be the same people shaping what technology looks like tomorrow. My parents taught me until I taught them. I teach my kids until they start teaching me and part of that is learned through their "daily drivers" that they use.

Great post. To add on I think part of it is how best to develop a goalie and letting UPL struggle for a few season in the NHL seems to fall in the category of "just because you can doesn't mean you should". It feels like a no brainer that the best thing for UPL was to have some stability in net to learn from or spend more time in Rochester. Not a whole lot different than Levi. The kid has the potential to be really good, but you have to let him bake. There are a lot of pro-athletes that never turn out because they got rushed into responsibility. You never hear of a player in any sport that was "ruined" by being a back up for an extra year or spending an extra year in the minors. Happy for UPL and Sabres. Super amped to come into next season with UPL and Levi.

They played fast last night v NYI. If they can maintain that pace anything could happen. That is a big if though. I think part of the problem with this team has been that they can't sustain their best hockey. It is just so taxing for them. The one thing I am worried about is goaltending. The stakes are just too high to start Comrie at any point right now. They should be bringing Levi up here and there through this stretch and managing his games in the AHL to prepare for it. And if by the grace of all the good hockey ju-ju the Sabres do make the playoffs I think you have to keep Levi up as the backup.

I think there is this correlation to when people begin to age out of technology and what generation they think all people younger then them are. Totally anecdotal, but when my grandma complains about millennials she means gen Z. But she has been doing that since she created her 6th different facebook account because she forgot her password and didn't know how to reset it. In all honesty stuff like what I posted is why I always download the new apps, social media's etc. I don't love tiktok, or discord, or twitch at all. I don't even like some of them. But I understand the world is advancing at a wild pace and I cannot afford to age out of it. It took my grandma something like 70 years for the world to pass her by. In 2024 it can happen in an instant.

I hope these guys don’t write any letter to the fans anytime soon. Bad things always happen when they do that.

This post has very Pegula “wet blanket” vibes. I’ll have to do some digging to see if that’s you Terry. Thanks for the PSA though. This is the no fun zone when you are around. And if anybody does want to have fun Hank will call you names. Noted. Get over yourself. I haven’t done anything offensive or egregious. Especially nothing to deserve any name calling. You are not the arbiter of…well….anything.

Listen 1H 1A 1N 1K. I get it, you want to be Kevyn Adams. But you can’t be him and the Mrs. are already here.

That’s our second 3G W streak. What a year!

He’s much too far along for juniors. He fits on this roster because we don’t have anybody else. But I do think that if rules allowed the AHL would be a better spot. I think he’s likely in blue and gold next year but I wouldn’t be shocked if he were in Rochester next year.

Look at this forking team, playing some hockey! LETS GO!!!!

Byram had that wide open. Looked a little late and a bouncing puck.

18 year old kid scores. Everybody: “Yay!” Razor: “Looks like it went off Benson. But really who cares”

They’re 16-11-1 since Jan 1. That’s good for 16th in the league and 9th in the conference. So if by “top team” you mean “average” then you nailed it! There was that 3 game win streak in there. So I get how thag could skew some things.

They are playing fast. I am very much coming around to the idea that KO was may have been a wet blanket.

I am so sorry to hear about your health issues. As somebody who also had some long covid issues I feel this one! To anybody thinking of the heeler please beware they deserve a very active home. They aren't a "nightly walk and let out in the backyard" kind of dog. They are smart and stubborn. If you don't give them enough stimulation both physically and mentally they will become destructive/bad dogs. If you camp, hike, work outside, or want a running buddy a heeler would be absolutely perfect. I have had two. For reference my first one was my training partner while I lived at the Olympic Training Center. We would run anywhere from 10-20 miles (in a single go) 3-4 times per week and she could have handled more. Like 20 mile run in the morning and she would bounce of the walls in the afternoon. This isn't necessarily to protect the owner/house, it is to protect the dog too. They are custom built for extreme work in extreme working conditions.

After seeing your first ever post ever was last year and about how knowledgeable Kevyn Adams with a heavy dose of Kevyn Adams ballwashing I have no choice but to believe that both you and @Sabres73 are some combination of Mr. and Mrs. Adams. I just asked Siri and she agreed. EDIT: I just asked Alexa. She said without a doubt. But with an Australian accent.

This team has been letting other teams take shots at our goalies waaaay too often. I constantly see guys in front of the net totally unopposed poking and bumping, regularly stinking around after the play for a little extra and nobody....NOBODY does anything. Defending the crease is something that has driven me nuts lately. This current group is a major problem. They just don't have a whole lot of grit or physicality or spine for that matter. But it isn't just a DG/KA regime problem, teams have been running Buffalo goalies for a good portion of the Pegula era. It is strange. We have been talking about teams running our goalies and nobody doing anything for a decade. It is gross.

If we are out of the playoff hunt it doesn't make sense to get him back for a few meaningless games. Just not worth the risk v reward. A conservative approach to getting to full strength will be better for Quinn in the long run.

The Botts thing feels like is was likely pretty untenable. With the rumors that Pegula forced the Skinner contract and franchise layoffs it sounds like no matter what the results or spend were that this was a relationship that was never going to work out.

Kevyn. If you’re going to be rude can you at least provide us with some more inside information other than “fans bad, GM good”?