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The general rule of thumb I was taught is that you don't enter the intersection unless you can clear it before the light turns red. So if I look at oncoming traffic and I see a long line then I do not enter the intersection until I can see a potential gap in the traffic that would allow me to complete my turn. Also told that if you are in the intersection when the light turns red you have effectively run the red light and could be ticketed. This is true going straight, left, or right. I tend to drive cautious because I have enough crap happening in life and enough car problems to not have to deal with an accident, etc.

Holy hell I love this quote. He's hitting the team in two ways. First, Levi is a really good goalie but the team in front of him is letting him down. Second, Levi needs to find a way to pick his team up with a save and not wilt if the skaters on the ice aren't getting it done. The more I hear about this guy... yeah.

No. Because even with those players in the lineup the defensive zone coverage still doesn't understand the concept of the backdoor or trailing high slot player. Also this, but I don't think they'd be in a playoff spot because the coaching is horrible and the PP sucks along with defensive zone coverage. It's not alarming and it's not unique. It's a call out that it's tougher to play in a market where fans are critical of the product on the ice. We hear players talk about the pressure of playing in Toronto and Montreal. It's a real thing. We're viewing this from the eyes of LONG TIME fans where it's been misery and we're critical because it's been misery. It's not easy for anyone to jump into that scenario and have the same feeling as coming from a market where fans were just excited they had a hockey team. To me this is much ado about nothing and an attempt to stir the pot by a media personality. It's harder to play in Buffalo than Utah and certainly Arizona where so few cared about the team that they kept bouncing around to the arena that would have them. In my opinion he's complimenting the Buffalo area as being a hockey market with fans who don't accept an inferior product. I don't think it's a sentiment that he isn't the type of player to embrace it. He's just commenting on the difference.

A reason is a justifiable explanation for an outcome. An excuse is an unjustifiable reason. Injuries are real. The question we need to debate is whether the players being lost to injury would change the outcomes of the results on the ice. In other words, do the injuries justify the losses? If we believe they do, then it's a reason and we should accept that the CURRENT situation is an outcome of the injuries. Now, the OVERALL situation and a discussion on Kevyn Adams as a GM.. that's another story. He's hopeless and even if the injuries are seen as a reason for the outcome I would still argue that the team isn't where it needs to be and hasn't been.

So.. I saw the Mitts statement. Is this more like early Jack Eichel who kept trying to do things that did not work? Back then I called it his arrogance. Because it had always worked before he was slow in understanding that the margin for error shrunk along with the gap in talent. So he had to learn how to apply his elevated skill differently to the NHL game.

Shame my beer league game is at 9:10pm.. a real shame.

I also don't care. But when people talk about a player on the Sabres not having value in the league it needs to be viewed with the lens that the league uses. It's Buffalo that's largely the problem, not the player.

eeesh.. my brother-in-law just got discharged from the hospital with viral meningitis... he's lost a ton of weight, barely can move, needs a walker, etc. It sounds like Zucker is experience is along the same lines. I'm not saying its viral meningitis by any means, but whatever he's got is pretty damn serious.

So much this. Elsewhere it's been stated that Pegula got lucky with Beane and that's why the Bills are successful. I'm not going to debate it, but not changing anything just puts hope that Kevyn Adams gets it right at some point. It's like waiting for UPL to be a top goaltender. Just make a change and see what happens. If nothing else, it gives people something to talk about.

Yeah.. because it's clear Peyton Manning and Josh Allen accomplished nothing.

I get your point... and I will address below. However, UPL is not Marleau and would never command a 1st round pick. Naturally I cannot name the teams who would add that contract. But let's look at the threads about the players the Sabres have traded away who have become successful. We all talk about it on here and yet when we talk about trading someone like UPL people flip to the opposite argument. He's useless, why would anyone want him? Well, the answers lie in looking at other former Sabres having success and GMs believing (and players saying it, etc.) that the Buffalo Sabres organization is trash even at the levels we, as fans, don't see. It's easy to believe there's a chance that some GM who needs a goalie is willing to take the chance because: 1. Goalies are quite unpredictable. A lot depends on what is in front of them, the goalie coaching, etc. 2. Buffalo is seen as a place that destroys players. I would also be fine sending him to Rochester. Then again, any team who acquired him could do that as long as they are good paying him for AHL time. There is always the "refusal to report" option as well.

He can be traded, but I am sure they are trying to get more than future considerations or a 7th round pick in 2028 for him. Is he worth more than that? Not to me. UPL doesn't improve Buffalo or have the potential to improve Buffalo in the future. Having him on the roster is pointless. If the Sabres had a run on goalie injuries they could sign anyone or bring in anyone and I would have just as much confidence in them as I do UPL and frankly I think the outcome would be the same either way. He's Just Another Goalie.

What have you done with Weave? IMPOSTER! Let me confirm with my son tonight and I will PM you.

I'm glad he's doing this and I can't be bothered to try and assign a reason why he's doing it, let alone the timing of why he's doing it. At least not in a way that would attempt to explain HIS thinking. I think there's plenty of people who are attempting to explain HIS thinking when they are really explaining THEIR thinking as they pretend to be in the situation. So, in the vein of throwing out wild ideas. He realized that they needed a roster spot so Geersten doesn't need to be waived and they can keep 3 goalies on the roster. Or.. he fondly recalls those games in Sweden in 2019 and realized it was the 6 year anniversary and decided he wanted to go back to celebrate. Or.. I'm glad I have no reference to compare it to. I'm glad I'm not that much "stronger" for having to work through it. I can however honestly say I wish they never had to go through it either. I can't even imagine.