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  11. We have the talent. What we don't have...

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    2 hours ago, Thorny said:

    Hard to say with skills sets. Most important is definitely durability. Then I’d say players who don’t rely on speed are most likely to keep up. Size…who knows. Sometimes it’s harder for those big bodies to keep up 

    After I made the prior post and looked back on it was I actually expecting you to reply, "That's what she said". 

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  12. We have the talent. What we don't have...

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    24 minutes ago, Thorny said:

    No I disagree. It’s probably close to the beginning of the end. NHL prime for forwards is statistically ~23-24

    I’m not saying he won’t be a good player for a good while longer, but speaking specifically of prime years it’s quite unlikely they’ll be found within any year where his age starts with a 3. 

    We still have Thompson’s 27,28, and 29 year seasons before the 30’s. I also think his skill set will endure better than most into ‘old’ age because he won’t get any smaller. 

  13. GDT Buffalo Sabres @ Florida Panthers Sat. 4/13 5pm ESPN+ MSG & WGR Radio

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    22 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

    I’m watching and wondering why when it’s beautiful outside.   Wish this was a 7 or 8 o’clock game 
     

    I got 18 holes in today.  Now I want to stay out until the street lights come on. 

    I’m finishing up a workout at 7am in Tokyo (working out is unusual for me these days, at any time) and I have a whole sunny day ahead of me (half of which I’ll be doing work, but still)

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  15. Around the NHL 2023-24 Season

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    10 hours ago, Flashsabre said:

    Cooley is garbage. He had one great preseason game too and then absolutely stunk all season. If you don’t watch him play don’t comment after one good game.

    Marks Stone cleared to practice with Vegas. Who could have seen this one coming?😂

     

    10 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said:

    Cooley’s Amerks GAA was 3.77 and save percentage was .891. He stunk.  
     

    For comparison, Levi is 2.42 and .929. 

     

    10 hours ago, shrader said:

    But ranting about everything is what we do around here. 

    I see only one person here was able to identify my comment as the sarcastic joke it was meant to be. Duly noted. 

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  20. Buffalo Bills 2024 Thread

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    51 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

    As a young Buffalo kid, I had posters of OJ, Gil Perreault, and Bob McAdoo on my bedroom wall.  I got to meet him once and he was what you would expect at that time, he was the coolest and most magnetic guy in the room.  

    For a short period of time in the 70's we had 3 very good teams, all with superstar players.  

    Sal Maiorana wrote a book about this era. "When Buffalo Sat Atop the Sports World".  It's on Amazon. 

    I was a few years behind you so this era was sort of on the edge of my consciousness as I got to a few Braves games but I was very young, I saw OJ live a couple times but again, I was a little kid. The book really helped put it all in context.  

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  22. Biggest Sabres issue - losing the 1st period badly too often

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    3 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

    No it isn't, imo. 

    When Pegula made that a rule, which it clearly is, it restricts Adams ability to take on anyone. He has less options. 

    An example, team calls and says they'll trade you X but you gotta take Y too. Adams can't say yes even if it's a good deal. So he asks Terry, Terry says nope. He's now meddled in a hockey trade. 

    Would you consider an internal salary cap (i.e. lower than the league cap) as meddling too? 

    I mean, as a fan it would piss me off for various reasons, but I also believe it's within Pegula's purview as owner to set those guidelines. Then KA has to live within them. To me this is not what we mean by meddling. 

    I don't see the scenario you describe as much different. A trade offer could come that would put the team over the internal cap. KA would have to decline (or come up with some other way to fund it through another trade, etc.) But that's not the same thing as Terry saying "I don't like that player." (which I think he used to, and may still, do)

    In my experience, when there are financial constraints, such as the one we think may exist within the Sabres organization around not taking on dead cap, it's not always impossible to get around them.  The manager (KA in this case) needs to come up with the right value prop and selling points to get the owner onboard. No one said it's easy.

    Although I do tend to agree with you that Pegula has likely mandated this constraint, it's also possible that he hasn't and all we are seeing is KA being a dumbass. Our data is all implicit at this point.  

  23. Biggest Sabres issue - losing the 1st period badly too often

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    11 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

    He is. See Buffalo take on dead salary ever? Even though they have been almost dead last the last 3 years in cap? That's Pegula. 

    To me there is a difference between setting business rules for the organization, and meddling. 

    Telling KA that he doesn't want to take on dead cap is a business rule, within his prerogative as owner (not saying I like this at all, just that it's not 'meddling') 

    Whereas telling KA to draft or not draft a certain player, or sign or not sign a certain FA is clearly meddling in hockey matters. 

    Using that definition I don't know if he's 'meddling' or not (it would not surprise me at all if he is) but deciding to not take on dead cap isn't proof that he is, in my opinion.

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