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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. 🙂
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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.
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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, 2023Why 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 - 30-27-4He 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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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!
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7 hours ago, Billznut said:
Hoppe was right!! He must have had a good secret source he didn’t want to name.
Tom webster?
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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.
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25 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
He hasn't been good in the NHL in years for 1. And before ANYONE quotes the Devils record, that was Burnette's doing and the proof is that the guy who made Florida the president trophy team, made Devils a playoffs team, and made the Predators a playoff team in back to back to back years. Every team he left dropped down after he left. Florida appears to have recovered and replaced him and deserves credit.
I'll quote the Devils record with Ruff. 128-125-28.
Granato 122-125-27.
As you rightly point out, the only good season was with Brunette behind the bench with him. Lindy is most assuredly not the answer.
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5 hours ago, #freejame said:
Nothing meaning anything until it means something.
Well.. he could have 0G.. so it means something.
Relative to what you are looking for perhaps not.. but would you feel better he had shown no success? It's just there for perspective.
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All good stuff. I'd be curious how those stats break down against teams in the top 50% of the league versus the bottom 50%. Is it a situation where against lower quality opponents they were able to play better defensively and still score or was it even or worse?
The macro level look certainly indicates what we all thought we saw.
All of that aside.. I still saw too many opponents able to drive our net while not enough Sabres doing the same. Having an improved defense only matters if it translates into winning and it did not. Now, if they can continue to improve and find the scoring ability again then fantastic. We'll be able to look back and say this season was where they figured out defense. If it doesn't.. then it didn't matter at all.
Good stuff by the way. It should be long. That's research.
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At least after tonight the official off-season starts and as such the debate over management changes can really take hold. We knew they wouldn't change in season...
But for tonight.. they can enjoy one last game. Not sure I will bother.
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One of my dogs has been officially diagnosed with a tumor... This dog does not get upset about how the Sabres play, so she means a lot to me. (The other dog, her sister, also does not get upset, but this isn't about her.)
This sucks. But what sucks more is just how impersonal the vet has been about this whole situation. They've been a good vet but in the past year or two their quality of service has declined greatly. This will be our last time ever dealing with them. Not only them, but they needed an ultrasound done but the "traveling" doc who does them is only there on Thursdays and we're not allowed to be in the waiting room even while the ultrasound occurs? Damn right I asked for an image from the ultrasound before I pay that bill.
Oddly enough, had the same experience with our dental practice. They'd been great but the past two years they've seen massive turnover and every visit feels impersonal. Then, they try to sell you snake oil. Like some new owner took over and decided that trying to sell BS services and pushing unnecessary treatments is a great way to improve revenue while also treating customers like garbage.
Sure sign I am getting too old at this point.
But... I really want my dog to be better. Nothing else matters... not right now.
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5 hours ago, shrader said:
And an American kid is pretty likely to be playing baseball before starting hockey… or any other sport for that matter. So then you pick up a hockey stick and just have to move one hand slightly. The Canadian kid is probably starting out with hockey before anything. The Europeans? I really don’t know, but I’m thinking it’s a safe bet that there isn’t much baseball influence there.
Certainly..
2 hours ago, SwampD said:Batting right makes sense to me, as well as golfing right because the dominant hand is doing fine adjustments in both cases.
As far as hockey shots (it’s so nice out, I just grabbed a stick to try it to make sure I wasn’t talkin out my azz), the lower hand on a wrister is really just the fulcrum moving forward. The power comes from the top hand snapping back quickly. With a slap shot, both hands kinda work together in the same direction, more like baseball.
Makes me think it’s a style think almost. I’d rather have great sneaky wrister than a huge slapper. Way more opportunity to use it.
I just got off the ice last night.. but I did not pay attention to why I was shooting a certain way. I have to analyze it more.
2 hours ago, ska-T Chitown said:I am surprised none of the "still playing at a high level" folks have chimed in. I grew up slapping a tennis ball around in my driveway in some hand-me-down old school roller skates, so how I learned is very irrelevant (but follows the baseball analogy closely).
I asked a couple of guys this morning at rat (shinny) who had played some college puck - they emphasized the exact opposite of a lot of the thinking I am seeing here - dominant hand on top allows for better stick handling and puck control. While stick handling, your bottom hand is supposed to be fairly open and loose, all the rotation of the stick (and thus the blade) comes from you top hand. Naturally, if you want to emphasize stick handling and puck control in your development programs, you would encourage the kids to play dominant hand at the top of the stick.
Since the world is roughly 90% righties and he NHL is only 70% lefties, there is obviously a fair amount of players who did not follow the 'current wisdom'. 🤷♀️
Or maybe that 20% difference are really left handed people.. they just don't know it? Perhaps I am left handed. Hmmmm.. I use my right hand for everything though..
I trust what you (they) are saying. Now I am going to be in the driveway tonight shooting pucks for awhile.
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On 4/6/2024 at 3:43 PM, Porous Five Hole said:
Adjusted for age, eras, longevity and games missed, Ovie is still the best. It sucks that Bossy & Mario didn’t have longer careers.
I couldn't even imagine Mario in today's NHL. I think he's be destroying this league. He was able to do so much in the the clutching and grabbing era. I'd love to see him in this era when he could skate more freely.
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On 4/6/2024 at 12:45 PM, SwampD said:
I think I feel the exact opposite is true.😂
I think the type of shot matters as well.
I'm becoming way too engrossed in this subject and want to know more now.
20 hours ago, Big Guava said:I would bet if a right handed kid wasn't given any instructions and just told to go shoot a puck most of them would shoot "left handed" because it feels more natural.
IMO, right handed people shoot "right handed" because they are taught that is the "correct" way, not because it feels normal.
I dunno.. as I said I grew up using any street hockey stick available and was shooting both left and right handed.. eventually ended up shooting right handed overall. No one taught me anything.. it just felt normal.
But then again, I did play baseball and I hit right handed.. although once again I don't think anyone said I needed to hit that way, just that's what I did. At a young age I had a big plastic bat and I swung it right handed.
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It's interesting. Growing up I could use a left or right stick in street hockey. Really no difference. I eventually settled into right handed. Perhaps because I played baseball and also swung that way? No idea.
However, as I see it, the top hand is a pivot hand and the precision of where a stick goes is done with the bottom hand. I can swing a stick one handed all day long either either hand, but if I want control, the bottom hand is where it's at.
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20 hours ago, Weave said:
Frustratingly high risk for a fanbase that has sat on the sidlines in April-May for 13 seasons.
Regarding the goalie situation AND the implied coaching situation.
Yeah.. but my plan is to be at my job next year too, until someone decides that I won't be.
In regards to hockey I just think that "Today" this is the plan. "Tomorrow" anything could be the plan. Even if they weren't going to go forward with UPL and Levi there's no way they are going to say it publicly.
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14 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
No, nothing disparaging about women in that at all. If you like women's hockey that's great, but the point was it's a different and gentler game and that's how the Sabres play. We don't finish our checks, we don't initiate contact, we don't battle for pucks hard in the corners or the net front. It is like women's hockey. It's all similar to hockey, and there's still lots of skill, but it's a different game entirely.
Think about how we play compared to teams that are winning. Consider the differences and then get back to me with a discussion rather than trying to spin this into a false judgement of me.
Do a search for PWHL Physicality. There's nothing to discuss with such an obtuse opinion. You can insult the team without disparaging the women's game. Well, it's possible to do so, I'm not sure you are actually able to do it.
I'm done here.
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1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:
I'm starting to think that Granato learned all his hockey from watching Cammi play because this team plays like a girls team. A junior league girls team.
Straight up a disparaging comment against women. I can go watch a PWHL game and see players going all out. Just because they aren't 6'3 215lbs and banging doesn't mean they aren't giving their 100%.
Stick to comparing this team to the rest of the NHL.
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Rod Brind’Amour is all but signed
in The Aud Club
Posted · Edited by LTS
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.