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No truth to the rumor that the hockey gods declared that the Leafs shall not win in the next 5 years in response....

You're new here... so let me just post this link and then you can lock the thread yourself. http://www.startribune.com/casey-mittelstadt-lifting-gophers-with-strong-start-to-college-career/454779223/ Have a great day.

I didn't watch every minute of pre-season, but I recall Dahlin turning the puck over quite a bit. This might be one reason to lower his minutes. Also, by lowering his minutes you reduce the workload as it stretches across the season. That said, the trend could reverse itself in other games too. If you believe your D pairings are somewhat equal, then perhaps you are rotating who is eating up minutes each night. It would be a different concept, but when I look at the Sabres D, I don't see a clear 1D pairing. McCabe looked good, but Risto is still Risto and if he drags that pair down on a night perhaps the Miller-Dahlin pairing is expected to step up. We shall see. Dahlin will need to prove himself and I think we should be confident that it will happen.

Now the euphoria has worn off. I'm still working through the first cup of coffee. They were good. Now they need to prove they can be consistently good. They will still struggle against top teams, but they have to believe that changes they've made to their game play can lead to success. It's just game 1...

I forgot to add that next weekend I will be in Pittsburgh for my son's hockey tournament. Gonna need that new 50th sweater to wear around town ?

I had a meeting that run through most of the second and third period (yeah really). I had the game on the 2nd screen. The team executed many of the things they started in the pre-season. It'd take me awhile to write up the nuances but in short, they are much more up tempo. They are contesting pucks at a higher rate. They have increased their puck support on the ice. They also are using that open space to drive play. It's okay to chip it to space if you are committed to winning the battle to that space. And.. confidence. I need to get back to my bourbon.

Yes! Mitts with an A... great start

HOLY... Welcome back!

People posting in seemingly every thread about ROR incessantly? People turning so many threads into a whine about Sobotka? People coming here to claim how much they hate this team but are still going to watch it? Trying to understand TRpm? ? Having more than 1 favorite team based on geography? ? Coming here every day despite all the negativity? Okay... enough. I'm far too busy with work stuff, but I stopped in. The division this team plays in will make it tough for them to succeed. It's the best division in hockey, without a doubt. They are young and despite years of losing, things are going to be tough again. I don't care. I love hockey. I'm a Sabres fan. Win or lose, I will be a fan. I hate losing, I love winning. I have no control over the outcome of this team. Life is slightly better when they win and it's only worse when they lose because it would be better if they won. I am only in control of me. I choose to root for the team. Win or lose. I might be louder when they win, but I am there when they lose. Enjoy the night, whatever it may bring. Be happy that you are here to even watch the game in the first place. Not everyone will have that opportunity. Go Sabres. I SAID... GO SABRES!!

Undefeated.

Maybe. After all RK doesn't know, no reason we should know. I mean, they fired Housley, so perhaps he was telling them to make bad passes. Albeit, perhaps not directly. ?

Yeah... I just resolved a bit of the problem. but didn't drop a RW... gotta figure out which one to drop. No way Kadri was staynig on my roster though.. F that guy.

Good lord.. the system drafted 5 RWs and 1 LW... well that's a problem

Did I still have a team? I was traveling yesterday so I guess no way I could have participated. Guess I do have a team... my lineup sucks. Should be awesome. Who knows how much time I can even devote to this...

The Sabres play real hockey tomorrow. That's all I care about. REAL. HOCKEY. So does the rest of the league, so that's a bonus.

Nah, it's always blank for me. I support the team, the players come and go. It's a business. If I put anything on it, it would only be a player however. I wouldn't put the other things suggested like 50, season 50, etc. I'm not saying people shouldn't.. I just wouldn't.

Well, my guess is that these guys all know each other for the teams and have each others backs. So, when an Arizona player gets out of line in Toronto the favor gets returned. I think it's quite reasonable to believe things like that happen.

So when does he get removed from the EA Sports NHL 20 cover? What an idiot he is.

At one point I had aspirations of a political life. I could only imagine how some of the things I had done in my past would come back now. Granted, I've never done anything that would be construed as racist by then or now standards. However, there are certainly other things that would not pass today's litmus test.

Did they? Just because they had to use him that way does not mean they wanted to use him that way. I'm not going into the round and round over some guy named Ryan and that his departure meant the Sabres were all about Mittlestadt as 2C. Sometimes you have to make a move that will force you to rely upon someone in a position you know they aren't suited to be in. If nothing else, and if the truth is that they viewed Mittlestadt as a good 3C, then it lends more credence that they felt very strongly that 91 had to go. Either way, just because they used Mittlestadt at 2C does not mean they thought it was the best spot for him.

To me this would be the worst part of things at this point. If he has called out others for things they have done in the past he probably should not have done so when he had his own skeletons. As for the situation itself. I am tired of hearing about what people have done in the past when it relates to judging who they are now. While each past event should be judged on its own, so too should be the evolution of the person in question. People make mistakes, and sometimes, in some social circles, you may be prone to making some choices that seem perfectly fine at the time. It's only later, when we grow wiser, that we realize how ignorant the decision was. Holding these things over people's heads ignores everything else they've done in their lives. Judge them as a whole, not as a part. I am sure we are all full of mistakes, which, if brought to light now, may damn us to eternity in the same ways that some of these past moments of poor judgment are used to judge those in the public light.

I would imagine they do it the same way Sabrespace posters endure the off-season. ?

The half-empty was the Pilsner. It was full not 6 minutes prior to that photo being taken. It was empty less than another 6 minutes after. I then had the Red Ale. The wife has the Irish Stout. I stayed away from the IPAs intentionally. It was midday drinking and I was, in theory, keeping it calm. ? The beer was good. The food was decidedly mediocre. Oh well, can't win them all. Tomorrow night we'll be at Seven Story brewing in Bushnell's Basin. They're a real favorite and being right on the canal is awesome.

I am currently using a Meraki MX64. We are Meraki partners, so I completed the CMNA training and they shipped me a free stack - MX64, MR33, MS108 with full licensing for 3 years. It's really nice. ? I had an Aerohive XR600 before that (I still have it) but I like the Meraki better. If I were buying something I would probably buy a $300 router from TP-Link.

The number of contracts coming off the books leaves open the possibility of tooling the roster to its true potential. Tampa will be in a tough situation to keep all their players, Boston will be getting a bit too old, Toronto.. well. hah. Contracts expiring at the end of this season for Buffalo: UFA: Sobotka, Sheary, Vesey, Girgensons, Larsson, Wilson, Bogosian, Scandella, Hunwick RFA: Reinhart, Rodrigues, Mittlestadt, Montour, Ullmark, Thompson, Olofsson, Lazar Rostered: Eichel, Skinner, Okposo, Johansson, Ristolainen, Miller, McCabe, Dahlin, Hutton Basically, they can let the UFAs walk or trade this year and get something. They can qualify whomever they want for RFA and sign them. Only Reinhart will really be a question mark with regards to contract. They will have money open to make things happen.