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My hope is they find a trade partner and retain less than 3mil to get it done.

Buffalo Sabres met with Ivan Demidov for about 10 minutes at the event this morning. "For example, after he sat down with me for this story, the Buffalo Sabres chatted with him for about 10 minutes." https://eprinkside.com/2024/06/18/ivan-demidov-happily-shocks-nhl-teams-as-he-meets-with-them-for-first-time?s=09

If you you're a Sabre who needs this, I hope Adams trades you yesterday. Fully fine with adding more grit and guys who can rough-house more. I don't need Cozens being the one dropping gloves if someone else can address it but if you are a Sabre and are afraid to get in a scrum without someone else "standing up for you" I have no time for you.

There's some but it's mostly still weird and offbeat.

For those who've ever drank or hung out on Allen Street, the Old Pink burned down this morning. The building was demolished this afternoon. A truly eclectic dive bar with a really solid steak Sammy and fried bologna, it was certainly a dive but it was memorable.

Workers are more productive now than at any other point in history. https://images.app.goo.gl/Dh57mEaQWDdm32JU6

Yes, being right about Terry Pegula meddling is equivalent to saying fans that's look up salary info aren't good fans. Right. Yup. Sure.

If anyone wants to look at the tax stuff: https://www3.erie.gov/ecrpts/sites/www3.erie.gov.ecrpts/files/2023-01/erie_22-23_tax_comparison.pdf

I am going to make some guesses. You are over 55, my guess is over 65 but at least 55 so all the teachers you know are probably 20 or more years in the profession so I wouldn't be surprised if they made around 100k. I've lived a couple of different places including outside of NY for a time. Specifically in the southeast and teachers and educators didn't make a lot, unless again they had years on years in the system where they could get up to those higher levels of pay. I know quite a few teachers, none of them make anywhere close to 100k, most are in the 55-65k market.

I'm looking at entry prevention% defensive play, retrieval success rate, controlled exits, etc... so idk what an NHL could be looking at other than having more complete data. I don't like Yakemchuk btw, I think his defensive zone play is poor and his ability to move pucks up ice mediocre.

We don't agree.

I do want to say my friend who moved to Texas is very happy there. Again, all depends on what you do and what your order of operations so to speak is.

Oh I certainly see some Risto in his game.

Dylan Cozens was A. younger at only 22 when he saw his jump. He was at 140-200 games during that year which does compare favorable to Joshua. B. his sh% that season is at 14.7% which is fairly normal and only 4.3% above his career average. Cozens has taken 633 shots in his career which means the numbers should be stabilizing. Joshua was 27 and in the 120-180 range for the games played of his career. Now we run into issues though. Cozens shot 200 times this year, where as Joshua hasn't even hit 200 times in his entire career, being at only 195 over 4 seasons (granted the 1st two seasons are part time ones). So we have to ask is Joshua, Tage Thompson where the lack of total shots means that his sh% is closer to 21.4% or is it lower? The last 2 years his sh% average on 155 shots is 18.7% which puts him into the Sam Reinhart level and that seems unlikely. My main concern looking at this is, any minor drop and his goal totals plummet. He simply does not generate enough shots and for a comparison, Joshua shot 84 times this season, Benson shot 98. Joshua probably can be that 12-15g guy but you gotta be really careful what and for how long you pay him.

Which of those things wouldn't apply to Yakemchuk?

You were done on Wednesday the 12th. You were not going to waste your time on Friday the 14th You told SDS he could compare his stawmen on Sunday the 16th. and... Here you are still tripling down on my fandom being a punchline after you were told by just about every poster here why your take was bad. Good thing you were done last Wednesday though, good thing.

Sounds like he went to school several years ago when this occurred, be curious if Texas is increasing services or cutting them. That doesn't mean there aren't really good public schools in texas. I also know in NY specific services are mandated.