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The players need to realize that in order to get energy from the crowd they need to feed them first. Then the fans can reciprocate into an upward climb where both reinforce each other. The in arena experience will only go so far, especially when most people who show up are rooting for the other team or expecting a loss.

There's only one answer to this and it applies to everyone, regardless of playing hockey or not. We are only accountable to ourselves. We cannot control the actions of others. As far as hockey goes, any player who decides they don't want to play at their best cannot point the finger at anyone else. At the very best that player becomes equally as culpable as all the others who have "given up". Not trying because the team "sucks" and has "sucked" is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Only by actually putting in the effort could anything change. if I am a GM on another team do I want to trade for a player who is willing to "give up" because of the situation? I'm not saying players don't do it. I just won't ever excuse it and I wouldn't want those players on my team or coming to my team.

That's awful... poor kids (and everyone). I've said it before.. dogs are better than people... so this kind of stuff just hits hard.

I've been traveling for work and forgot the season started... (no, I didn't but the Sabres did!). Anyway.. I can't root for losses because that actually takes energy. it takes no energy to not care and that's where I am at.

https://www.nicb.org/news/news-releases/vehicles-stolen-keys-left-inside-rise There are plenty of people who say to not to bother locking your car so your windows don't get broken. This is not that situation of course, but there are apparently plenty of people who leave their keys in the car. I know a few people who do it. All I know is I've spoken with people who don't lock their doors and have said those words to me. I lock my doors although there have been plenty of times when I haven't and even times when I left the garage door wide open and the inside door open.. overnight while I was away and nothing happened. That's me. But the point is the subjective nature... which it is, because it really depends on where you live and what you expect to happen.

I'll listen to what McDavid has to say about it. In the end he signed the deal and that's all that matters. There are certainly some concepts that cannot be applied any longer. There's no way to say McDavid's salary prevented building a winning team. He wants to win. I think he only has to look at the Panthers (who he has seen the past two finals) to understand that perhaps having the highest paid player in hockey is not the way to for a team to win a Stanley Cup. He's letting the Oilers go get resources and if they don't, he can demand the trade or wait it out. He's going to collect in 3 years.. one way another.

Since the start of the year the quality of this group has declined significantly. The recent spate of rhetoric, passive aggressiveness, and personal attacks has sealed the deal for me. So I am asking the rest of you for your input. I think what is happening in this club does not provide benefit to the overall forum as a whole and only serves to provide an additional pathway to negativity. The Sabres have provided enough of that on their own. I am traveling a lot this month and will barely be around to moderate. It's clear that despite repeated messages the intent to lower the flames here has failed. This has resulted in my decision to stop moderating this club. I will place a poll for people to determine the future. At the end of this week, by Friday morning, my interactions with this club will be over.

Yes, it can. But as I indicated, there are those who would say, "if I have to do that, then this is not the place I want to live any longer." As for fear and paranoia not being subjective we simply need to look at the FUD being bandied about on a daily basis. It's all about conjuring up fear where it likely shouldn't exist. It's not about painting a realistic picture but instead one with intent to "scare" people into an action whether it's statistically relevant or not.

Well there's the major issue here. Nothing happens to you until it does. It's realistically about probability versus possibility. Fear and paranoia are subjective and it becomes difficult to judge others for the levels they go to. We are products of our experiences. I've been robbed while working a job. I had a shotgun put up to my chest so I could feel the barrel. I didn't "plan" for that and I still don't. I don't walk around expecting it to happen. It's highly improbable. Now, if I were in certain areas I would be more aware. Similarly I would be less concerned in other areas. It's because it's less probable. Your take on locking doors is your opinion. It is an easy thing to do, certainly. But some people would tell you that if they felt they had to lock their doors then it would change the way they feel about where they live. If they feel that way, then they don't want to be there any longer. It's not so cut and dry. What precautions should the people at this bar have taken? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nigel-edge-north-carolina-bar-shooting-suspect-marine-veteran/

Do you find it odd that you are the only one in this forum who makes these wild allegations towards others? These are the types of things unhinged people say. I've mentioned this about you before. You engage in the same behaviors that you often call out about others. It's concerning really. You are also one who just posts YouTube videos.. so calling out someone for posting Tweets is an interesting behavior. This was not the kind of conversation I was suggesting in here. Instead of a conversation you decided to attack another poster. Is it about changing his mind or speaking your piece? That said, I'm not in favor of giving anyone free healthcare. I'm barely interested in paying for kid right now who seems to have adopted McDonald's as his go to. And that's exactly why I am not in favor of it. Funding other people's bad habits is not an interest of mine. I want people to have access to healthcare, 100%. But our culture is one that doesn't take into account personal responsibility. So, we end up funding healthcare for people who continually make bad choices. Is it racism? I don't think healthcare for illegals is a racist discussion. I think it's about asking why we would pay the healthcare for someone who is not a citizen of the country. I wouldn't expect Spain to pay for my healthcare. ICE was formed in 2003 as a result of the Homeland Security Act. We all know what precipitated that act and it was very much not a one party situation that voted for it. You can't put ICE on this administration. Certainly you can talk about how ICE performs its function in today's administration but it's been around for some time now.

Over/Under on the number of players who get injuries that put them out week to week?

Meh... instinct might be the wrong word but I know what you are getting at. Example below. A young female walks down a mostly deserted street in a nations capital, 6 hours after darkness falls. She has earbuds in and is staring at her phone. Is this naive? In the United States, one might think so. However, when I was in Stockholm I saw this in reality. There was a street, the only person I could see on it was me and this woman walking toward me. She did not even look up. I don't think is naive but a testament to the difference of crime rates and social experiences. Similarly I navigated the Stockholm public transit system at 2:30am without even remotely feeling in danger. I would think many times over doing that in most cities. It's not so much the instinct but the educated understanding that things work differently here. The situation is pretty much identical except for the society it happens in. We learn to fear things because we live in a culture that supports the behaviors we need to fear. In small towns in the United States people don't lock their doors. They don't fear having their house broken into. Common sense does come from life experience. Life experience is highly different for people. Your experience tells you to always distrust others. It does not mean it's the correct behavior. For the number of people you "don't trust to value life" how many of them actually don't? There's no way to tell of course. But, you can play the odds by assuming others don't and so this lowers your native trust.. We see the news and hear about how many interactions between people end up in murder. What we don't put into scope is the number of interactions between people that day that did NOT end in murder. We focus on the negative, and without context it drives our perception.

The lack of an opposing viewpoint in this thread is noticeable. Is there any support for the actions of the Democrats here?

Generally, no. However, as a society we've built into our nature to focus on the negatives. Why do people like gladiator events? It's not for the charming kick-lines. We love violence. We crave it. As long as that's true tapping into the violent nature of people will not be hard to do. We also love power. And the promise of power or the use of power to dominate others remains a significant issue. There are rare cultures in history who didn't seek violence and desired to live in balance.

And yet you do it... why? Perhaps not snarking at each other is the first step to improving how we treat each other, especially those with a different view. You willingly say you don't take it seriously, then why antagonize others? Why participate in the escalation of hyperbole? Perhaps if people spent less time arguing with each other and more time understanding the lying that is engaged on by both sides it would help. For example: Protect the Constitutional freedoms is something both sides have raised up. However, then they argue which freedoms should be protected. First Amendment - freedom of speech - "YAY" Left wing, "BOO" Right wing. Second Amendment - freedom to arm oneself - "YAY Right Wing, "BOO" Left wing. It just boggles the mind how it's so obvious that the argument is not protect our freedoms, it's protect what "I believe" and not what "you believe".