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Progressive Conservative? What in the hell kind of oxymorons do you guys have up there?

*quietly puts the magazine away*

A not well fleshed out theory..... Players like Mair, Ellis, Kennedy, Paetch had skill sets that weren't high enough for skill to take over but their coachability made them easy targets for the coaching staff to develop. Short version, they recieved alot of attention and skills development exposure from the staff. And they were probably players that showed an ability later in their careers to pass those lessons on to the players around them. The team recognized this and developed that part of their talent further. Add in relatively low salaries so they need a continued income source and........... they show up here for us to make fun of.

THAT Tim Kennedy?

Say my name, b!###! Lol Abso-freaking-lutely

And Derek Plante did the same. That still didn’t make him a 2C on a good team.

If all you checked was stats you only got about 30% of the story with those three. Tucker’s juniors performance was so good he played in Buffalo on an emergency basis while still in juniors. He had skill and flash but couldn’t be any more than a support level player in the NHL. Plante was a borderline 2C that was frequently forced into a featured role due to Lafontaine and Pecas frequent absences. His numbers were inflated because he got big time on the PP and with the teams best scoring wingers. And Roy, well you know Roy. He also stumbled badly when forced to be featured. Mitts will be alot like these guys, inflated stats because he will be forced to be 1 or 2 lines higher than he should be.

Dudacek and I agree on Mitts. No more scouting reports required.

Samuelsson seems to be Uwe Krupp 2.0 if he keeps developing. I think we'd be damned lucky to have Mitts get to Derek Roy level. I think Derek Plante with niftier hands is more likely. Ken Priestlay worst case. Cozens is projecting as Peca if Peca's game were cleaned up, so Stu Barnes? Thompson and Taylor Pyatt might be good comparables. I'm not sure this team is good enough to compare to, say 02-03 Sabres, so I don't know how you can make many comparisons to actual good players. Most of these guys are going to be afterthoughts in 10 years. Think 86-87 with Jack playing the role of the lone star Gilbert on the roster. There was a ton of youth and promise on that team, most of which never panned out. I expect the same of this current roster.

I tend to be laser focused on the hobbies I have that don't cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, like whiskey. I can't afford to be that narrow minded on a car. I'd be fortunate to end up with a common one.

You and I seem to have similar tastes, although yours is of laser focus.

No, it's probably a reflection on me. 😀

I have a thing for 1971. It would have to be one of these... Although this one would do nicely.....

Sitting on the porch this afternoon and my neighbor from across the street walks by with his wife. He's walking veerrryyy slowly and she is giving him encouragement. He looks pale, and he's hands on hips like he's exerting himself. They are about 50. They stop to chat. I'm on the porch, they stay on the sidewalk. He mentions that he got COVID 2 weeks ago. He said it turned into COVID pneumonia. I'm not sure if that is a thing or if he got a secondary infection that led to pneumonia. He said he was vaccinated in the first wave back in February. I'm guessing he has underlying conditions if he was vaccinated in February. His wife was also vacc'd but she got COVID when he did. She seemed to be doing OK, but he sure looks like it beat the hell put of him pretty good. I'm thinking that vaccine saved his life. He got it that bad with an immune system that was prepared for it. Woof.

I thought Pennsylvania claimed Chautauqua County decades ago.

WNY encompasses 7 counties. Only Erie is blue by as you state a 5% margin. The remaining 6 counties are overwhelmingly red. The divide is real and they are vocal about it out here.

Well, there is an angle I hadn't heard yet. It is creative, I suppose.

This afternoon I am officially a Father-In-Law to be. Knob Creek private selection single barrel 120 proof to celebrate. And it goes without saying, he's her problem now. 🤣

My much less flippant response, look at the county by county voting results for NY and you'll see the divide clearly. Erie, Monroe, Albany, and the counties that make up NYC all go blue and the rest of the state goes red. Add in some good old fashioned western NY inferiority complex and the divide between upstate and NYC is quite clear.

And never noticed the F#*% Cuomo bumper stickers and F#*% Biden flags? Are you in a liberal conclave in the Catskills?

It's fricking genius.

You must not spend much time outside of metropolitan areas.

I think the gnashing of teeth and rending of garments will be based 100% on the return we get and not whether or not he plays his home games in MSG. Except Wookie. His brain will break.

The past is sunk costs. We never should have been there, and we definitely should not lose any more American lives because we lost a bunch there foolishly before.