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That Atlantic reporter should release everything. Trump claims it isn't classified, so there you go.

I just posted about this. They are going to scrub all the liberal courts out of existence and instead just have conservative courts with the Supreme Court. We are almost at the end now, once the courts go, it's over.

I think this: Peterka/Benson - Norris - Thompson Benson/Peterka - McLeod - Tuch Zucker - Kulich - Greenway Not saying I want that, just what no changes looks like

Oh, I should probably clarify. Eklund is good and may be better than his brother. You could also take him but I think Desnoyers and McQueen are in the same tier and offer things Buffalo doesn't currently have. Carter Bear could also be an option if you want to believe in that skills developing with the motor. You could also take Frondell but honestly, Frondell is boring. He's gonna be like a 2c somewhere getting you 25g, 35a and that's just so boring. He's kinda like slightly bigger Helenius although I could be selling him short. With that said... I like the idea of Desnoyers being a really good playmaking center and I think his skating is better than he gets credit for. McQueen just looks the way I want a player to look and I wish he hadn't had the disc issue in his back. Desnoyers gives you more playmaking and probably a safer floor, McQueen has more intrigue but with a higher ceiling. Anyways, I could also be convinced still that maybe one of these players should go at 4. Martone hasn't sold me, I like him but he's never wowed me. Edit: McQueen's injury got updated: "(He initially said the injury was a bulging disc but recently said it was actually a pars fracture, or a spondylolysis — a stress fracture of the spine.)" https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6194607/2025/03/25/nhl-draft-prospects-2025-rankings-top-64/

Meh, no one is coming to help next year anyways. If we draft 5th, take McQueen or Desnoyers and hope it works.

Not a matter of "if" anymore but "when" Trump seizes unlimited power. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-mike-johnson-floats-eliminating-federal-courts-rcna197986 "Legislative remedies" is code for removing districts they disagree with and consolidating Trump's power. We're rapidly approaching the endgame now.

Wheeler's March Rankings https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6194607/2025/03/25/nhl-draft-prospects-2025-rankings-top-64/ Schaefer Misa Hagens Martone Frondell Desnoyers McQueen Mrtka Eklund Carbonneau

I keep telling Terry to hire me but he won't return my calls.

I think we should view more as a 3c+ where he can fill in for the 2c due to injury or other shenanigans. Issue is that leaves us without a 1c still as Norris is a 2c and also.. injured... again.

Marchand's first full NHL season was at age 22. He had 41pts. Zach Benson won't be 22 for another 2 seasons and he already hit 30pts. I won't go as far as saying that Benson will be Marchard who is a multiple 30g, 80+ pt forward, but the early returns are fun.

The hearing on this is breathtaking. Gabbard won't even answer basic questions. This administration is corrupt and incompetent to the core. Sycophants one and all with barely and ounce of professionalism between the lot. Gabbard in particular is just so disappointing. She can't even say if she was in the chat, which is something that we already have the answer too.

I just here for a Zach Benson multi-point night.

I mean... he's playing not so good. Maybe they are trying to give him some rest to get him going again. Hope Bernard-Docker plays

Ryan McLeod's rate metrics per 60mins 2023: 0.6g/60, 0.9a/60, 0.8a1/60 2024: 0.9g/60, 1.4a/60, 0.7a1/60 His goals per 60 has gone up but that is partially explained by his sh%. Sam Reinhart is one of the few guys who shoots near 20% just you understand that doing it regularly is rare. We should assume that his goal total will regress unless he shoots more to make up for it. Oddly, his shots per 60 has dropped from 5.5 to 4.3 this year. He should probably have even more goals. Then we have his assists per 60 and that is up by quite a bit. The interesting thing is that it is being driven by a big jump in his secondary assists. he's up from .2 to .7 in terms of a2 (2nd assists) which does not necessarily mean anything bad. It probably has to do with him being a puck transporter who doesn't shoot a bunch. Either way, the assist number are fairly nice to see. Peterka for example has almost the same assist metrics, only being .1 better in both categories. He's only .2 better in terms of g/60. That should put McLeod's season in a bit of context. I think he's potentially coming into his own as a legit 2c type of player that can score, defend, and otherwise tilt the ice towards your teams favor. That said, we do not have enough evidence that this is sustainable. A sh% of 22.1 is certainly not. That said if he shot at his career avg of 14.2 he would have 11g instead of 17 which isn't a small difference. How good can he be with pp2 time and encouraging him to uncork his shot more? Hard to say but at a minimum, you have a higher end 3c with potential for a lot more. Considering he starts in the defensive zone a whopping 64.6% of the time, giving him more o-zone faceoffs could offset some things... but also, it tells us how good he has been defensively overall.

And the Titanic is only 2.4 miles away when you're above it.

The Cozens trade is weird to me because I don't feel ill will towards him and I hope he does well. He just wasn't working in Buffalo.

I'm good with that. His rate metrics show he's a bit better than last year so this could be his level (45ish pts) but I don't think breaking the bank on him is wise. 3 years sounds fine

Cozens was absolutely a problem in Buffalo. You don't tank everyone else you play with, if you're not a problem. I have no issues with Cozens but he wasn't the guy we needed.

McLeod is an nhl player. The Sabres need more of those. I do worry about his sh% but if he makes up for with assists, great. The Sabres issue isn't 5v5 scoring. McLeod is good at what Buffalo isn't good at.

I don't think Trump found the best and brightest. I think he found the loyalist and unscrupulous. In normal times, Hagseth would be fired and a full congressional inquiry launched... but I expect no one will have the guts to call trump or his appointees out.