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You have to have vets when the kids are there, especially high end kids. Pittsburgh was loaded with vets when Gino and Sid arrived. They showed them the way. Chicago was a vet laden team when their core was drafted. Granted, the vets you need to make your playoff push may be different than the ones you need when your kids first arrive, so you might have to swap them out. But the idea that you can ice a team with 6-7-8 kids and expect them to figure out how to win is madness. That was the Oilers model and it bombed badly. TM chose poorly but them move was the correct one. Edit- Don't forget how different the Sabres situation was. The team was absolutely gutted of useful vets and consisted of nobodies and AAAA players. I cannot think of a single instance in the league where a team was so thoroughly dismantled. They needed good vets and good leaders to prop up the kids. What they didn't need on the ice at that time was more kids surrounded by nobodies and AAAA players.

With no veteran leaders to show them the way... no, that collection of picks would not be a playoff team today. The team absolutely needed to blow assets to get vets. It was a necessary part of basic team building. It was necessitated because of the decision to thoroughly gut the team to ensure Jack was picked. You can't have a team all of the same age group. You need a mix of vets and kids. GMTM did the right thing. Did he pick the right vets? You can surely make the case that he didn't. But the vets were needed to ensure that the kids were in the right roles and had the right pressure on them. And as Taro mentioned, when you've maybe picked the wrong vets you can't let them go for pennies on the dollar. You have to get the proper value back or you might as well have just stuck with the kids.

Maybe you overestimate private industry lol. Comparatively speaking, other than maybe Amazon, I can’t think of a company that does what the military does with regularity.

That is my understanding. It’s speculation.

My wife had been home since August due to a workers comp injury. This is her first week back at work full time. She was sent home early today. Her office mate tested positive this AM. It's about a 10'x10' office so....... You have got to be kidding me. We damned near went a full calendar year avoiding contact and 4 days into her return to work she's been exposed and needs to quarantine. She is scheduled to get tested on Monday AM. We're sleeping in separate rooms until her test results come back. This sucks.

There are very few organizations as skilled at logistics as the military. They should have been involved day 1.

Dammit. I agree with Pi again. I need a shower now.

He definitely got more hate than he deserved. Another Sabre put in a position he wasn’t properly suited for. But it became his fault.

I can't remember the last time I watched another team play. I need an intervention.

Unless the NHL obtains its stash from the first source will give/sell enough for every team....

What really, really sucks for the fanbase is that the time at the highest points is now less than the time at its lowest. The bell curve began skewing heavily after the Pegulas bought in.

Remember all those preseasons where people were predicting the Sabres would pass the Bruins because they are old and on the decline and Buffalo is full of Jack and Sam? Fun times.

That list makes me want to cut myself.

This is the sort of stretch post-Drury/Briere that started the flawed core debates. It rather interesting that this sort of stretch is being debated again.

@Shmuffalohow do you like it? What are your thoughts? Not a big fan of Makers everyday stuff, but some of their special bottlings have been really nice. Good to see that one over 100 proof.

Yeah, no. Risk is about more than exposure potential. It is about likelihood of a poor outcome as well. Eleven documented well the risk his parents (and mine) face. Add in the likelihood of a poor outcome and this is where priority should lie. Those vaccines should go first to the people that require the protection of a vaccine the most.

I said back then that it was a red flag regarding our kids. I haven't seen much that changes my opinion.

I figured we were the muppet show. Lots of competition for Waldorf and Statler. Inkman as Animal. Occassional high profile guest appearances. Jsb doing game day Kermit duty.

And noone best that drum louder than Eleven, who predicted goalie purgatory.

Its pretty clear Ralph values experience more than skill. I don’t have faith that they select someone else next time.

Dave Andrechuck was also a power forward who did not hit many people. What he did do that made him a power forward was use his size and strength to create chaos and space. If Thompson would use his size and strength in the same way he'd be quire effective. But that is an attitude as well.

There were two narratives being crushed there. A sort of double narratendre.

But narratives....

Watch it first

Are you complimenting th for having sex?