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Exactly. You cannot rationalize a thorough tanking and not rapidly replenish the veterans you jettisoned. At the end of the day we are where we are because we compounded a couple of big mistakes with annual smaller mistakes when the room for error was negligible.

That wasn’t sarcasm. i meant what I posted. Youthful enthusiasm is good here.

Not gonna lie, given this team’s current reputation I’m a bit leery of drafting a player that has the option to simple stay in school a little longer and leave a free agent. Hearing Power say he’d be honored to be drafted by the Sabres is a bit of a relief for me.

You have to enjoy youthful enthusiasm.

So we’re using Donny as a verb already?

Don’t harsh my buzz, man.

Yup. You can count on the fingers of one hand (and have fingers left over) the number of players on this team that I genuinely like over the last 7 years. KO tops the list.

Yeah, i think he’s the type of vet that really gets the attention of the kids. I know most want him gone but IMO he’s a valuable presence.

I could see Okposo being a very valuable locker room addition. He might not need much of a sweeter to move depending on how Seattle wants to build there team.

Kayaked about 4 miles this morning. Caught 2 walleyes and 3 smallmouth bass. Got good and soaked in the persistent drizzle and loved every moment of it. Not another boat on the water and a low hanging fog. Frickin downright serene out there today. And Henry McKenna is treating me well at the bar this afternoon. Life is pretty OK.

Man, I love twitter. It’s just a news feed for me, and predominately a sports news feed.

The Tank.

Jack is traded on draft day. Risto traded on expansion draft day. Sam is 50/50 to return.

Wallstedt, WI or Wallstedt, GER? Wallstedt, WI or Wallstedt, GER?

Thats just it, the variance is huge. And it passes the eye test. So many ways to build a contender. I’ll stop there.

The biggest takeaway for me was, for all of the bluster that is expended regarding this prospect or that prospect, in the big picture they are statistically interchangeable. And it looks like GMTMs draft strategy was definitely in line with the strong link concept. He swung for the fences.

We should totally sign Taylor Hall.

Not gonna lie. I Googled Chicoutimi to see if the team name was really the Chicklets. Noice.

A center for now, a center for later, and a couple of guys that have played deep into the playoffs several times? Yes please.

Consolidation is generally not good for the consumer. I'm sure it's great for the owners of The Athletic though. I expect that selling was the business model all along.

Short version for us cheapskates?

I said the same. My son replied, “don’t assume it wasn’t accidentally self inflicted.” He’s not wrong. What a tragedy. Fireworks are often not given the respect they should.

We hit Chautauqua in 2 weeks. Always the highlight of my Summer.

The metric system is pretty widely used in manufacturing in the US. Product of a global economy. Its the day to day use that people are resistant to.