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Dylan Cozens is more of an off-season move but it might be a move made between non-contending teams. So I wouldn't lock in your choices where regarding the deadline. Given that it is known the Sabres and Red Wings had a trade agreed upon and the Red Wings paused because they decided to change coaches we know that at least the Red Wings wanted Dylan Cozens. Trades between perceived "bad" players happen all the time.

If you want to talk about players at their potential then the Sabres roster is incredible already. As for Tuch being UFA.. see below This 100%. You don't trade a player before you put an offer in front of him. If he rejects it then he can be traded in the off-season or next season. You'll know the answer. Bottom line EP is a headcase who had some good seasons earlier in his career and now has questions about durability and desire. We lament Samuelsson and others for durability and people want to bring in EP who people are wondering has degraded due to injury? EP is the concept of the player the Sabres need, but he is NOT the player the Sabres need. Vancouver would have to provide a lot to take on that contract and subsequent risk.

Until this happens.. it hasn't happened. Nothing has worked yet. Companies making claims to appease US government leadership is as old as it gets. So many never follow through.

It's not nor should you be saying such things. In one post you've managed to basically tell me you are Trump clone and have no objectivity. This is different from before because you'd at least acknowledge you aligned with some of the actions but left open room for dissent. Your post is even designed to mimic a Trump post. And then you acknowledge that your initial post is just pure garbage. I didn't even bother to quote your "hope and find cause" as you acknowledge you had no clue if it was possible.. just that you hope it is. Why anyone would hope that freedom of speech is punishable because it's a dissenting voice is beyond me. Perhaps you can explain why you believe it should be acceptable?

The Sabres get worse with that trade simply by losing Tuch. EP can score, maybe. With his durability and longevity in question it's really way too much of a risk. Tuch makes some odd plays but he's very good at what he does and he's the kind of player the Sabres would trade out to a team who will go on to win and people will be lamenting that he's gone. At some point you actually have to commit to a core and he should be on it. I've blasted him enough in the past about not using his size to play more physical but I can't take away his stat line and that he's net positive player for this team. (not +/-) That said.. the Sabres aren't a team that will fix itself at the trade deadline. The players the Sabres need aren't being sold off by the better teams and the sellers at the deadline are sellers for a reason. It's off-season for the Sabres to improve.

No thank you. EP does not need to be here. Period.

VENU was dead with the Disney acquisition of Fubo. However, they announced that Fubo will create some level of sports lover package that will have the major sports networks, locals, TNT, RSNs, etc. This was announced in the last week or so. It was already hinted at when the merger occurred.

The changes are coming. https://streamtv.directv.com/mysports/ I can't find a link at the moment but Fubo is putting out what was going to be the Venu streaming package as well. It's not CHEAP.. but.. it's not all the other channels.

Genuinely intrigued by this thought. Can it not be a war that was started by an invasion? Would we have to call the Gulf War the Iraq Invasion? 100% not throwing shade, but trying to assess your division of the two terms.

I mean the "War on Drugs" has proven incredibly successful to date. Hah.

Starlink is serivceable for residential Internet and desperate small businesses. There is no place for it in connectivity of critical infrastructure. The performance can mimic that of decent cable broadband, but with the variability of wireless Internet. So, it's very sensitive to environmental factors and can easily be interfered with if one desired. Bottom line... no. Bad idea.

Not sure about the parade but definitely the on-ice pre-game is there. It was very entertaining.

Just gotta hit those three dots at the top right and report the messages. It might help draw attention. I just skimmed right over this thread to clear it.

Either you two engage in an attempt to come to an understanding of each other or just drop it, please.

Until Apple actually spends the money it's irrelevant. It's no different than putting stock in what a GM says. Very possible.. and I will continue below. The AI centers are a real thing. My company has a lot of network footprint in Minnesota and we're in discussions with many large corporations about connectivity to data center builds. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-01-mega-centers-minnesota-power-staggering.html https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/01/21/minnesotas-data-center-boom-concerns-electrical-supply This is happening in other pocket markets, Abilene, TX, Memphis, TN, etc. Moving away from the core areas like Chicago, Ashburn, Dallas (although still booming), San Jose, etc. Those power grids were not designed for AI needs and given the population it is too big a lift to just add power.. which an already huge lift.

When I was there in October the plaza outside had lots going on before the game. Multiple "food truck" style things and a DJ. There's no shortage of things in the area to do as well... naturally.

Elon is running the country. He's the puppet master.

When he gave the speech the miracle hadn't happened yet. But yes, you've channeled your Walter Mathau quite swimmingly. Welcome to zero credibility. Absolutely ridiculous statement. I know this was in response to someone else who called your absolutely ignorant statement. I'm not offended, I don't get offended by people demonstrating their ignorance. Given that you freely demonstrate how little you think, your opinions mean absolutely nothing to me. I didn't listen to the post game interviews as I just shut the game off. I can only handle so much hyperbole from media talking heads. What did they say? I can only imagine that speaking up on the comments of the President will lead to some interesting situations for Canadian players playing in US markets. At least with those people citizens in the US that might be more fanatical supporters of the President. Ugly situation.

Matthew's decision to play had to be supported by the coach. Did they say that Kyle Connor was battling illness or did they just choose to scratch him and dress Kreider? Meh. It's over. Time to move on.

Can I claim asylum somewhere?

I guess I'm confused. You seemed to be indicating that it was virtually impossible to self-isolate. Then you agreed that people isolated with a government mandate. So, all I am saying is that it is quite possible, mandate or not. I didn't bring up isolation, you did. When I questioned it you said that it was virtually impossible and then you acknowledge that it happened. It's not virtually impossible. You are the one who framed up COVID... not me. What the government says or does not say should not somehow be a hall pass for the general populace to take off their thinking caps and act stupid. I didn't give a ***** what the CDC said during COVID. I did what I thought was best for me and my family based on information I could put together from all sources. You just keep on preaching the track that the government is the best source of information. That's scary. The government has proven time and again that they have an agenda and are willing to ignore reality to promote it. Once again, you think that the government has the well being of the citizens in mind. It's like believing Human Resources is there to protect the employee from the company.

So did isolation happen during COVID or did it not? I'm not convinced term limits actually solve the problem. The Presidency has term limits and we see at the end of each term limited President actions that blow our minds with regards to last minute mandates, commuting of criminal sentences, etc. A term limit would also limit the ability of a good politician continuing to lead (if such a thing exists). The real problem is that politics should not be a career but a service and that the United States population should pay far more attention to what their politicians are doing. I'm glad we have this conversation here but imagine if people, in general, debated politics as thoroughly as they debated sports. We should know local and regional politics as well as Canadians know junior hockey. We are a byproduct of our own willful ignorance. Agreed. I don't even want to try and wrap my ahead around the idea it seems so ridiculous but underneath it all I have to accept that I might have to try and do so.

This makes no sense. Either someone can isolate or they can not. Your implication is that people cannot choose to do it by themselves. What does a government mandate do to change one's ability to isolate oneself from the public? If it was virtually impossible then it would not have happened during COVID, and yet it did clearly proving that people can isolate themselves and as such can choose to do it without a government mandate.

Perhaps he should try a tariff to get compliance? I hate myself for even joking about these things, but I have to cope. People could always self-isolate. Unless we think RFKJr. will force people to group hug. I mean I hope we don't have another deadly pandemic, period. I didn't rely on the government during COVID to do what was right for me, I won't need them in the future either.

Honestly feels like Elon bought twitter to gather all kinds of additional data on the people who use it. He now has dirt on everyone and is clearly doing his best Jeff Foxworthy impersonation with Donald Trump. Perhaps the guy behind the curtain isn't even really behind the curtain and standing in plain sight. I "joked" with one of my Canadian co-workers yesterday that while everyone is worried about Trump and Canada it's all distraction so no one notices Elon's Boring Company building an underground tunnel through Canada siphon off the oil. As crazy as that sounds... at this point? I'm not sure it's so crazy.