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We all hope we're wrong.

It just occurred to me that 70 seems like dying young to me in this post 1/2 the population smokes world.

Whoa.

Risto with a hate goal off the rush after a turnover just inside the Sabres blueline.

IMO he’s about 50/50 to ever be considered an NHL starting goalie.

Say what now?

Same.

Definitely regretting not being able to make that show.

Randall bringing the heat!

I think it was as simple as, our kids were better than their kids, not our scheme is better than their scheme. Close gaps, puck pressure, quick transitions are all things that happen when you have the more talented squad on the ice. When you are the better team you tend to be more aggressive. If anything points to how much of our last few seasons are the result of coaching/schemes and how much is related to the on ice talent, tourneys like this do it. P-burgh has a very effective team system. So does Boston. I'm sure their kids got just as much schooling into their system as ours did, Yet our kids looked great against them. It's not our scheme, which is still being devised and installed. It's the talent that was on the ice.

That is exactly what Brawndo is suggesting though.

I agree.

I seem to recall it was 2 seasons, when we didn’t have a viable 2C (hmmmmm.....). Was it the addition of Christian Ruutu that kept him back on D? Does that timing sound right?

If the Sabres are a bottom 10 team again this season you’ll be able to get those tickets pretty cheaply on the secondary market. And there will be plenty of them available.

Eichel over Turgeon as well. I'm not sure that is justified.

Half full. Pretty good for a weeknight

Summer Sabrespace meet up....

Taking in some playoff baseball. Batavia Muckdogs, single A affiliate of Florida, won their division and game 1 is tonight.

The body metabolizes alcohol similar to how it metabolizes carbs but doesn’t produce insulin in response to alcohol intake.

Well, beer has carbs and alcohol, if your concern is the insulin response......

Alcohol actually is more energy dense (kcalories) when metabolized than carbohydrates, but doesn't produce the insulin response. I say drink em all.

My hopes, fears, and expectations revolve around two items, Casey Mittledstadt and goaltending. Hope they both see significant improvement over last season, fear that without significant improvement this team will be a bottom feeder once again, and I have no expectations regarding either. I feel like significant enough improvement of both is a a 50/50 shot.

After a roller coaster weekend (we put our dog down Saturday morning AND my 101yr old Grandmother passed peacefully Saturday night)), we needed something to brighten things up. We used to raise canaries and finches, but have been out of it for awhile. The last 2 Winters we both commented how much we missed singing birds brightening up cold Winter mornings. So, we hit a breeder in the Buffalo area and now have 4 finches and a male canary in a big flight cage in our family room. The singing and crooning was just what the doctor ordered at 7am this morning.

Are cashiers personally at risk legally for underage tobacco sales, like clerks that sell alcohol? If so, that would make me so serious about the joke.