[KO knew very early we didn’t have it - something was missing]

22 hours ago, Malazan said:

On the bench where he spends most of the game compared to Buffalo where he played an average of 18 minutes. If you didn't know the bench is where players sit while not on the ice.. that's not on me.

You clearly weren't aware that he gave away the puck to Boston while he was on the ice.. He had next to nothing to do with the goal besides screwing up and be bailed by an amazing play from Barkov. It seems like you still haven't actually watched it.

As one trying to point out my inattentiveness to details... clearly you've not looked at stats: https://www.nhl.com/panthers/player/kyle-okposo-8473449

Clearly pointless talking to you.  Have a nice day.

[The even randomer thread]

15 hours ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

Marmite and vegemite.... One British... One aussie. 

Both terrible. 

I feel like things ending in mite are just terrible.

Thermite

Termite

Spam-Lite

 

[KO knew very early we didn’t have it - something was missing]

On 5/16/2024 at 1:10 PM, Malazan said:

Those goalposts are heavy. I'd also appreciate you not making stuff up. I never said he wasn't on the ice. You completely made that up. I never said he wasn't active. You completely made that up. He's on the bench most of the time like he should have been in Buffalo. He plays a role in Florida where he gets ~10 minutes of ice time. He is a broken down vet that doesn't add much.

So just admit you didn't know he lost the puck to Boston and it was recovered by Barkov who then single-handedly went up the ice through 3 opposing players to score.

 

Revisionist history usually takes longer to kick in.

Your initial post said on the bench and I called you out on it. Nothing made up. Bottom line. Also, I am aware of how the goal was scored, so there's nothing to admit. He was on the ice, he has an assist. The very fact that he has an assist means he was deemed to have been involved in the goal being scored. I don't make the rules of the game.

Have a great weekend and I hope your forgetfulness doesn't impact you forgetting where your phone, wallet, or keys are.

[Buffalo Bills 2024 Thread]

11 hours ago, PASabreFan said:

There's no conversation to be had. nfreeman has decreed that Bills social media is off limits.

Paging George Carlin.

Ahh, well whatever. I was not commenting on your question as it did at least give me pause to consider.  I don't agree.  My commentary was strictly decision by a poster to give into intentionally insulting terms.

On to football!.. but first.. I am a huge George Carlin fan. 🙂

[OT - IIHF worlds 24]

20 hours ago, dudacek said:

We think so.

it was basically the same with all wheat products over your way: pasta, bread etc.

Makes her sick over here, but she was in her glory over there; spent 10 weeks last summer

Lucky she was walking so much, otherwise she probably would have needed a new wardrobe. 😁

I could go on about beer and the process of making it.  The Reinheitsgebot is a purity law but it means you use water, hops, barley.  It doesn't mean the barley is good, or the water, etc.  It was put in place to reduce competition for wheat and rye which bakers needed.  Both wheat and rye being incredible ingredients in the use of beer including a very common German beer style of Hefeweizen (for wheat specifically).

I would think the allergic reaction would come from the chemicals that might appear in the barley based on how it was grown and farmed. This would cover similar items such as wheat as the United States allows certain pesticides and other chemicals that Europe does not.

Hop bitterness can be alleviated by the type of hop and length of addition to the boil.  Hop bitterness is generally attributed to the IPA world but also stouts.  That said, IPAs also have hop flavoring additions which is what brings about the floral aromas.  Fruitiness can be induced either through the yeast strain used and temperature of fermentation.. or, if you are talking about the fruit slushy "sour" beers that dominate the scene.. it's from fruit puree dumped into the beer.  Certainly other lighter fruit additions happen in other beers to steer clear of the "puree" look.

ANyway.. how about that hockey?

[Buffalo Bills 2024 Thread]

5 minutes ago, Demoted said:

Yea homeless, bums, street scum... which ever you want.

That's just unnecessary and devolves the conversation.

 

[2024 NHL Playoffs - ROUND TWO]

10 hours ago, bunomatic said:

I would take JT Miller on this team.

He called himself out on being responsible for them giving up the GWG in the game prior.  He went out and got it done. That's being accountable, first to yourself, then to your teammates. Something this team needs to learn.

2 hours ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

Weren't we Poo Pooing tocchet around here before they hired Krueger or Housley?

I may be misremembering 

I'll give him some credit for Vancouver right now. He needs to sustain it a bit before I go all in. At the time Tocchet hadn't proven much of anything as a coach.

• 2008-2010 (Tampa) - 53-69-26 overall, no playoffs
• 2017-2021 (Arizona) - 125-131-26 overall, 1 playoff appearance during COVID when they finished 5th in the Pacific. 

This year the team is killing it, no doubt.

[KO knew very early we didn’t have it - something was missing]

7 hours ago, Malazan said:

You may have wanted to watch the goal. I'm not sure how integral Okposo losing the puck to Boston was to Barkov taking it back then skating through 3 guys to score.

So you admit he was on the ice for the GWG. Got it. Also noted, he was on the bench for all the games so far, which is to say he's in the lineup.  Which is not what you were attempting to say about him. You incorrectly used on the bench as a reference of not playing. It's all good. You said it.

I'm not going to blast Okposo as a captain because to this point we've not seen if this team will listen to anyone.  Be it the "C" or the coach. What we are sure of is that this team blasted accountability as they walked out the door. We know that their new coach said that a player is accountable to themselves and then their teammates before he even mentioned being accountable to the coach.

We'll find out this season if the players that remain are willing to do what it takes. For all I know Okposo said some stuff, found our the roster and coach didn't back it and said "F it". Get me outta here.

The past is in the past. Change the roster, set your leadership, let's see what happens.  The only thing that will change how I feel about this team is winning.

[Complaint Thursdays]

1 hour ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

I had a Crackhead come in with the police... She was swearing at everyone and looked at me and called me a Blonde Ponytail F*ck... Then told me to lick her @sscrack 😂😂😂

I replied with "no thanks, I had a salad for lunch" then proceeded to sedate her until probably Friday. 

This would have gone an entirely different direction with Dr. @inkman.

 

In other news, my neighbor had a tree cut down 2 years ago, at the time they dropped part of the tree on one of my trees destroying it. Oh well I guess, I didn't press the issue.  For some reason they left like 8 feet of trunk and stump.  Fast forward to the past 3 days....  one guy with a chainsaw that appears to be one of the smallest you could get a Home Depot is over there attempting to cut down the rest of it... I'm surprised he's not overheated the thing, blown out the engine, etc.  There are moments when he's got the thing gunned at 100% for more than a minute straight.  It's 8 hours a day of constant chainsaw racket.

Why on Earth did they not just get the trunk cut further with the tree removal company.. I get stump removal is expensive in its own right, but the chainsaw guy hasn't even got to the stump yet...

 

[KO knew very early we didn’t have it - something was missing]

8 minutes ago, Malazan said:

I'm glad to hear that KO is happy where he is now...

...the bench. Where he should have been when employed by the Sabres.

It's a strange comment to make when you look at this Game 4 Recap - https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-fla/2024/05/12/2023030214

Pretty sure you can't play the puck from the bench, so how did he get an assist on the GWG?

Of course being on the bench in hockey means you are in the lineup, which he has been for every game this series..

Your insults just don't have the right impact when you make such egregious mistakes.

[Seth Appert to join Sabres Coaching Staff]

Meh.  I think everyone's all aboard the incompetence starts at the top, so until that's gone why expect anything that makes sense?

At the rate this team is going I'm going to have a lot of free time on my hands next season.

[The even randomer thread]

18 hours ago, Scottysabres said:

@LTS

Here is the early trend after the first 3 cuts, 2 a week, so this is 1 1/2 weeks. Bare in mind the 9 day condensed usage due the grass growth given the rain.

1st cut, grass 6" average, 1st cut of season, heavy rain prior, grass still moist in low spots. Low speed, low blade speed, 1 cut down to 3". 84% battery start, 21% at complete thick tall grass cut.

2nd cut 3 days later, grass 5" average, low speed, low blade speed, 1 cut down to 2.5". 100% battery start, 39% completion.

3rd cut 3 days later, today, grass 5" average again (Stop Raining!!!!), 1 cut down to 2.5", 100% battery start, 45% completion.

A couple of trends of note.

1.) 2 x 40v batteries drain, the 2 x 80v carry the day. Picture below will show you post cut battery situation. The purchase comes with 2 x 40v and 2 x 80v with room for 2 more 40v and 1 more 80v. Personally, I'm going to take the grand or so hit and purchase them, given what I'm running in to with the plush lawn due to rain situation. Just an insurance purchase type thing for me. Glad I found out early on. 

2.) Charging time, expect a good 2 to 4 hrs from 39%-45% range with the 2/2 as purchased battery configuration. The charger doesn't have a selector for fast charge, so best to stay on top of it.

So far LTS, she's performed as advertised, but I'll let ya know how the batteries handle a full summer. As stated, below are pics of yard done and machine battery data.

 

 

Nice.. I have 2 40V now as they came with the push mower.  I throw the batteries on the charger and let'em go overnight.  The 80V have to take awhile to get back to full charge no doubt.  I'd probably run into running through the batteries as I have some complexity in my lawn that slows down some cutting areas.. either that or I skip those and hand mow them.  Also live in a pretty good grade so if I cut uphill I wonder what that would do.

Either way, for now it remains the riding mower and the push mower and I generally just use the push because it's a good workout.  I think @Doohickie called it yardio... I like that term.

[Rod Brind’Amour signs extension with Carolina]

21 hours ago, inkman said:

I swear to god if this dude hits the open market and we saddled ourselves with coach of Christmas past, I’m going to have to leave the internet.  This place, Twitter and any other god forsaken place will be unbearable. 
 

 

Have you started smoking again or not?  Just curious which state of mind you are in posting creativity like the bolded.  That's an absolute classic. I think my brain will now autocorrect Lindy Ruff to "Coach of Christmas Past". Absolutely dy-no-mite.

[Complaint Thursdays]

1 hour ago, Buffalonill said:

It's going for the wife that irritates me and it's like she thinks I should know the exact details of the drink.

If they all close down you wouldn't see me cry

Imagine if she ordered via the app for pick-up and you just walked in and grabbed the cup.  You might suggest it.

[The even randomer thread]

1 minute ago, Scottysabres said:

Picked up the Ryobi 80v 0 turn 42" deck electric mower. 1st use today. 1 acre, thick, plush lawn grass, started at 84% charge on 2 x 10ah 80v and 2 8ah 40v, upon completion, 21%.

If the 3rd 80v and additional 2 40v are purchased, I can fully see the 3 acre capacity claimed by Ryobi as a very real claim. She performed superbly, cut through the 5 and 6 inch grass on low blade and low speed mode with ease, no second cut was needed.

Highly recommend this product if your looking to get away from oil changes, gas.

Please report your performance over the summer.... as I am interested.  I have a Husqvarna riding mower now but I often use my Ryobi electric push mower (exercise!!!)

I might consider this thing if it holds up.  The push mower is great.

[Lindy Ruff officially hired as Sabres HC]

Well... it might work, it might not. While I was firmly in the camp of Ruff is not the answer for this team I am also not sure the management knows what the question is anyway.

Bottom line.. I find myself completely ambivalent about this.

I want it to work, but at this point they could have hired anyone and I think I would feel the same as I feel now.  Which is nothing.

[Buffalo Sabres ownership situation]

On 4/20/2024 at 2:32 PM, Mango said:

In the last 7.5 moths Pegula told Rochester that

- Dissolving PSE would be a change in name only and wouldn't effect the operation of BCA. (August 28,2023)
- Backing out of the lease didn't have anything to do with his commitment to Rochester. Both teams would be staying. (April 2, 2023)
- He is selling the Knighthawks but only because he doesn't want 2 NLL teams so close to each other (April 18, 2024)

Based on that it seems like the Buffalo Sabres are very likely open to hearing offers. 

https://www.cityofrochester.gov/article.aspx?id=21474854444

You for got that PSE has also opted out of the operating contract for BCA as of April 30, 2025.. as announced on March 28, 2024.  🙂

[(OT) big layoff at work]

On 4/19/2024 at 4:19 PM, Brawndo said:

Nothing worse than being on vacation and getting a text message from your boss that we need to talk when you get back. I reached out to him and asked what was up and he mentioned there was a reduction in workforce of 20-35% and that 75% of the physicians from our division where being laid off. It was done over a Zoom Meeting earlier that morning and of course the higher ups still had not shared the list of who was being cut with him( He is a very good friend of mine we have known each other since college so I know he wasn’t BSing me) I checked my work email and unfortunately I got an invite to the meeting and My Severance Package was emailed to me this morning.
 

Gotta love the practice of maximizing profits for shareholders over patient care, but that’s healthcare now a days 
 

 

Ugh, sorry.  What a wonderfully impersonal way of handling things. Group layoffs...

And yeah.. maximizing profits for shareholders.. short term gain because they can always put their money elsewhere... it's a bad system made worse when the economy is bad.

On 4/20/2024 at 2:13 PM, kas23 said:

People want to point their fingers at Big Pharma and how can they profit off of people’s misery and they are the cause of our ballooning health care costs, but they are nothing compared to what is going on with large hospital networks. Pharma makes it no secret they want to profit and have no direct say in people’s medical care. But, now we have hospitals whose very existence is to make a profit. They may call themselves a non-profit, but the people running them are laser focused on making money.
 

Private practices are becoming a relic with most of them are being bought up by very large hospital networks. This poses 2 issues. The physicians are no longer their own boss and medical decisions are now made to maximize profit. Physicians themselves will never go along with this model, so as a result, are being forced to double/triple book patients or being laid off. And it’s definitely not due to a lack of demand. Now with private equity becoming more involved with healthcare, this is only going to worsen. 

As the CFO of the hospital system I used to work for often said, "Not for profit does not mean not for revenue."  They aren't so much making money but finding ways to fund lots of other things, not all of the necessary or worth the cost.

21 hours ago, Brawndo said:

Thanks everyone hopefully I land something soon. 
 

As Kas23 mentioned large hospital groups and even Health Insurance Companies are buying up everything to maximize profits.

Welcome to future of US Healthcare 

US everything it would seem.  Same situation as our vet.  We did finally learn that while the "owner" vet who has had his name on the business for a long time still has his name on it. It's corporate run explaining every change we've experienced over the past two years. All the other vets left and just the office staff as largely remained unchanged.

I am glad I do not have to spend much time in the US healthcare system and this just confirms it even more.  Unfortunate.

[Who will be the next Head Coach of the Buffalo Sabres?]

2 hours ago, dudacek said:

Why does everyone point to Brunette as the main reason for the rise and fall of the Devils?

Didn’t exchanging 3 veteran defencemen (Hamilton, Graves, Severson) for 3 rookies (Hughes, Nemec Bahl) in their starting 6 play a huge role?

I mean, those are talented kids but we know 1st-hand about having too many young D. The vets were +66, the kids -31.

 

Devils fans chant "Fire Lindy" - November 13, 2022
Sabres fans change "Fire Donnie" - December 23, 2023

Why do I bring this up?  Everyone keeps looking at only last year to this year for Ruff.  But people seem to ignore that the Devils sucked the year before their great year last year. 

Lindy Ruff - year over year with NJ

2020-2021 - 19-30-7
2021-2022 - 27-46-9
2022-2023 - 55-22-8
2023-2024 - 30-27-4

He had ONE good year. There's nothing here that says he's going to perform better with the Sabres.  Do the Sabres have Jack Hughes, Timo Meier, Dougie Hamilton, Ryan Graves, Damon Severson?  Nope.  So if Ruff's success is because of the players then why do you expect he'll have success with this roster?

Brunette took over in Florida and had a 51-18-6 record.  Florida last year?  42-32-8.  Nashville this year 47-30-5.  The man coaches winning teams.

When Brunette came to NJD he ran the power play, that improved from 28th the year before to 13th.  That NJD last year also boasts the largest single season turnaround in NHL history.  It's not all Brunette, but it's also an outlier at this point. 

There's just not much to give Ruff all the credit here.  And if people point to the roster for the reasons of his success then you have to account the Sabres roster and ask if that roster will give him success.. because either he's a coach that wins because of the roster or he's a coach that can make the roster win.

The difference is important.

[ESPN+ Article on Prospects]

10 hours ago, Thorny said:

That doesn’t look like a man with a refreshing grasp of analytics to you? 

He's clearly calculated how long it will take for him to get his next drink.

[Kevyn Adams, press conference 4/16/2024]

8 hours ago, inkman said:

Or what? 

I assume you mean.. what if he doesn't perform this off-season?  If so.. see what I bolded below.

10 hours ago, LTS said:

So Kevyn Adams has an offseason to improve the team eh?  Sounds good.

If they don't come out of the gate much improved over this year I don't think he makes it to Thanksgiving.

He can say anything he wants, but he said playoffs were the expectation this year... and it did not happen.

He might have decided early on to let the season play out and to back some of the things Granato and the team were saying rather than cause even more distraction like what occurred in Vancouver with Boudreau... who knows.  Either way... one offseason... that's it.

If that's not what you meant, can you expand upon your question?

[Who will be the next Head Coach of the Buffalo Sabres?]

9 hours ago, TRIP65 said:

You're a Bright one!

Defamation of a Winning Coach of 864 wins

One of the most Accomplished Coaches in Sabres History

Last Year, The Devils ultimately finished third in the NHL, and second in their division, with a 52–22–8 record. Ruff was again named a finalist for the Jack Adams Award. Ruff did this bringing NJ from the dredges for 3 years.

In 2014, Ruff led the Dallas Stars to their first playoff appearance since 2008. Another team he brought back from the dredges!!!!

In Ruff's second season as coach, the Sabres reached the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals before losing to the Dallas Stars in six games

That is the Coach I want to LEAD the Sabres from a 13 years missing from the Playoff streak

 

Thank you for pointing out the Devils record last year... its important to note because....

57 minutes ago, WhenWillItEnd66 said:

First off, Ruff was most likely not responsible for the Devils last year. Andrew Brunette was most likely responsible. Once he left, the Devils went to straight garbage. Ruff although could be a decent choice as he is a hard nose coach, is not the Sabres Savior. 

This.  As I posted elsewhere.

Ruff with the Devils: 128-125-28

Granato with Sabres: 122-125-27

When you factor in that Ruff's only good season with the Devils was with Brunette and that netted them a +30 W differential I would say its easy to see that Ruff is not what people think he is.  He's not the Ruff from so long ago.

I like Lindy, but he should not be the coach.

[Things that are AWESOME...]

Dog went in for surgery today. Thankfully my wife has connections with people who work at vet offices and to some vets herself through her organization. The vet she uses with her organization gave us some straight shot answers... over the weekend we forwarded her medical files and the doctor cleared a spot for surgery today.

Doc said it went really well. My poor girl is exhausted (as to be expected) but she put up all the energy she could when she got home.

Doc later on let us know that the tumor had cratered (or some language) and that it could have burst at any time which would have led to her bleeding out if we had not had the surgery so soon.  FWIW, the original vet had let us know that she was a "ticking time bomb" but as they needed to call around for specialists to handle this the best they could get was August and at 4-5x what we paid.

Nothing is a given and she's not out of the woods by a long shot... but she's home and the path is there.  This dog survived eating 40 pieces of sugar-free gum without a single side effect. It helped that she doesn't chew food and apparently has an iron stomach (we could not get her to throw up the gum even giving her stuff that made me want to vomit).

I can handle 13 years of suffering with the Sabres.. I cannot handle one hour of suffering for my dog.  But... again, the road ahead looks good.  So... cheers!

[Breaking: Hoppe says to expect firings, trades]

7 hours ago, Billznut said:

Hoppe was right!!  He must have had a good secret source he didn’t want to name. 

Tom webster?

[Kevyn Adams, press conference 4/16/2024]

So Kevyn Adams has an offseason to improve the team eh?  Sounds good.

If they don't come out of the gate much improved over this year I don't think he makes it to Thanksgiving.

He can say anything he wants, but he said playoffs were the expectation this year... and it did not happen.

He might have decided early on to let the season play out and to back some of the things Granato and the team were saying rather than cause even more distraction like what occurred in Vancouver with Boudreau... who knows.  Either way... one offseason... that's it.