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I don’t think it needs to be said (at least to the long timers) that I abhor this strategy. I hated it the first time we did it. My mind hasn’t changed this time. I find it fascinating that there are fans thinking KA is incompetent as opposed to cold and calculating regarding the path he has chosen. OK, maybe just one fan. 😂

Everyone talking about whether KA thinks UPL is ready or if they really wanted Linus. I think its pretty obvious all they really are looking for adequate at best goaltending and just enough talent to make sure UPL is pushed and not given an NHL job.

The part I left above is pretty much how I’ve read the situation as well. Frankly, I think that the 3 headed goalie monster we’ve got now is going to battle for 2 NHL spots, and I don’t think UPLs development is going to be a factor in whether he’s on Buffalo’s or Roc’s roster. Best 2 on the big club, leftover rides the bus. That’s what I think is KA’s plan.

How is Hall’s situation really any different than Hinostras? Why would Hall be inclined towards polite and disingenuous and Hinostra not have the same motivation to do the same? They both took the best money they could at the time. Yes, Hinostra maybe gets opportunity here that he wouldn’t elsewhere, but at the end of the day both were supposedly wooed by coach-speak. Lets see if he’s still motivated when there is nothing to play for in November.

Hall said himself it was a huge factor. And I am sure it was right up until he realized this team was not winning anything. And it will be the same for Hinostra as well. And that is my only point.

I don’t buy it. Not yet. Taylor Hall was excited to come play for RK.

So not during the big cover up?

Whiskey 7. They get that bird up in the air fairly frequently. We see it flying by our house occasionally.

It. Wasn’t. A. Serious. Offer. Optics. Nothing else.

Do you really think KA put all his eggs in the Linus basket if his goal was to have competent goaltending? No plan B should tell you everything you need to know. Linus was not critical to their plan (setting up for the future). Again, there is no disconnect. Its pretty clear that this is another throw away season by design, and you don’t woo decent goaltending if your goal is a throwaway season. I get you don’t like or trust KA, but a plan B is basic ***** that even internet amateurs would figure out if good goaltending was important. KA is at least at that level of competence, and almost certainly more than that. Good goaltending was obviously not important to the short term plan.

Did they really try that hard to sign Linus though? They wouldn’t offer term and they wouldn’t beat the $$s. Wouldn’t surprise me if they made a token effort but weren’t terribly serious about it. I don’t see a disconnect really.

You've been beat to that one at least once.

The first I’ve seen him play was end of last season. Color me impressed. He’s a friggin mule on skates.

Samuelsson is my beacon of light on this roster. I think he forces his way onto the team in training camp.

I can't see him not resigning. It seems inevitable. IMO he needs to get it over with and pronto.

I haven't seen a boat tip off a trailer, but I did see a guy with an overloaded tow vehicle drop his trailer off the end of the ramp loading a pontoon boat earleir this year. LOLs aplenty there. Guy was towing a monstrous pontoon boat with a little Jeep Cherokee. No way that Cherokee (not a Grand, just a Cherokee) was rated to tow that much weight. Lake Ontario was low and he backed in too far to get the boat to load onto the trailer. He dropped the trailer wheels off the end of the ramp and couldn't get the trailer over the hump. Fortunatley for him the town was at the ramp that day with an crane and they saved his bacon. I followed him out of the boat ramp and down the road. That vehicle was way overmatched by the load it was towing. He was a catastrophe waiting to happen.

No shoes. And, I know, right? Keeper crappies in a lake that gets alot of pressure are precious indeed.

He wanted a team that played up tempo though. Another way of saying playing with speed.

So, still hitting par?

Sounds like Drury, not Eichel. What is it about Colorado that breeds these types?

I’ll give you the rough location of a stringer and Gulp baits if you are impatient for that glut of gear to start showing up.

I guess a bad day fishing is still better than a good day at work. Woke up well before dawn with high hopes. Today was going to be a meat fishing day. I had my eyes on cleaning a pile of crappies when I got home. Got to the lake at 5:45am. The only bait store on the lake was closed. It appears permanently. Well, that makes things a bit more difficult. Looks like it'll be artificials only today. Yak in the water shortly after 6. Depthfinder on. Took me maybe 10 minutes to mark a school of fish. Fish on first cast. First fish on the stringer. Picked through some small fish to find a few keepers. Moved to a second spot. Went to put another fish on the stringer and.... where is the stringer? Son of a...... Apparently I didn't have my stringer firmly secured to the boat, and there is now a stringer of fish somewhere in that lake. No cooler on the boat. No stringer. Not keeping fish anymore I guess. My meat fishing day turned into a catch and release day. Caught my share, but I was really looking forward to a fish fry. I have a mental image of a small school of fish swimming around dragging 6' length of rope with a ring on the end of it. I feel bad because there is no way those fish will escape that stringer. Was entertained by Chet and Muffy endeavouring to launch their too big for the launch boat. It started poorly and was still going poorly when I left. They pulled right up to the ramp without prepping their boat first (faux pas #1). He started backing down the ramp without looking and damn near backed his boat into a boat that was already there waiting to come out of the water (faux pas #2). His mooring lines were all hanging over the side of the boat and when he realized his mistake he pulled forward and tangled one of his mooring lines in the trailer wheels. Other boat came out and he backed in. Boat in the water, but still on the trailer he proceeded to make his boat ready (faux pas #3), all while other boats were waiting to launch and load. I didn't stick around to see which other boat was going to be the first to lose their patience, but it was inevitable. I'm sure by the time it was over he was well informed about boat launch etiquette. And to top it off, I forgot to put my bag of plastic baits in my vehicle before I went down the road. If someone sees a bag of assorted Gulp minnows on the side of the road HMU. I guess it was amateur day at the lake all the way around. 🤣

What NHL team doesn't have a stated goal of being tenacious and playing with speed? Without the horses it is meaningless because every other team in the league is also striving for relentless speed. I suppose it gives the fans something positive to chew on until November or so.