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It's like telling a switch hitter in baseball they are batting from the wrong side. The "wrong side" would be the side that a player is less effective at. However, how wrong it is would depend on the gap between playing the other side. Some people cannot stand flexibility and need rigid structures.

Kind of sad he wasn't from Norway. 😉

He's probably had an account on this forum and see's all the negative posters and decided.. no.. not really.

Let's be honest.. you're gonna lose it regardless.

@inkmanwould draft him because of his Mom.

Why? It's not like the guy hasn't already held the same position. He's qualified. Why care who his family is or where they work?

Somehow become an LTIR roster addition for a team.

The OMB is often the source of these "areas" because of census and other reasons: https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2016/beyond-bls/pdf/analyzing-omb-classification-of-regions-three-case-studies.pdf Enjoy! We also use them for statistics in our network footprint coverage, etc. Go Florida... all the way. Still not watching.

See the problem is.. you bash it.. and then do it. So do you want to be like everyone else?

It belongs elsewhere. I love hockey. As such, I love hockey growing in higher population markets. It's really that simple for me.

Ryan Johnson? He can't play until next year when his contract starts.

This one is just random.. well even randomer. 🙂

Agreed.. and it is highly annoying because while you can skip an entire thread about a subject (not ignore it, but speed to the end and move on) you cannot do so when you are inside a thread. It would be nice if things were policed a bit more to stay on topic. ---- Back to Ryan Johnson. I'm not going to speculate. This is a high draft pick signing with the Sabres in a position of need. It's a positive signing and it deepens the pool, it creates more competition, and ultimately the level of talent on the Sabres i boosted because of it. Assuming he doesn't completely flame out.

Understandable. Probabilistic outcomes are a concept with which you are familiar as well, and hopefully that plays into your ability to be less aloof so Doc Flow can be around for as long as possible.

This used to be my argument. Steadfast in it. Then, I believe it was actually on here, someone pointed out that a seat belt may keep you in your seat during a collision allowing you to retain control or at least better control of your vehicle so as to limit further damage. That changed my mind. I always wore mine, but I felt it was up to each person. But imagine a collision occurs and a person not wearing a seat belt is knocked away from the wheel and the car crashing into someone/something else. That might have been avoided. Small intrusion to provide a potential better outcome.

Good stuff. This is the kind of conversation I love. Appreciate it. I think Buffalo is a great market, fans certainly.

What's the point of this response? Clearly not even remotely the argument being made for having signed him to a 1 year contract. Resorting to dismissive behavior is a sure sign that you have no reasonable response. There's reasonable statements as to how this helps the team. I don't even think Okposo would let himself be guaranteed He's not that guy... So you have them making the playoffs? Good to know they'll be winning more.

He was speaking on a far more interesting topic.. 🙂 Aye. Not really commenting first on football at all though. That said, I would say the fans are solid, especially for football. May I infer from your statement that the fans are what makes an NHL market? I was honestly asking, is it the fans, is it the team, the arena, the impact of location on the economics of the city? I was not slighting Buffalo, but using them as an example. Empty barn on weeknights and that's even with a 55% attendance jump over last year. The arena is crap and we all know it. I don't think it's just the fans that make the market.

Can you please tie your point to my question? The best I can infer at the moment is that it's cheap to go see a Panthers game. I mean, I'm not sure if you saw KBC at on a Wed. night in December this year. It wasn't exactly full. And of the two teams, one of them is in the Stanley Cup Finals. So, one of them is more relevant for hockey right now.

The kids still haven't got off your lawn, have they? 😉 Amerks sent me a text offering me free tickets to Game 3. Naturally that was if I bought season tickets for next year. Not an endearing marketing tactic to someone like me, but I give them credit for trying to capitalize off this year's success. Naturally hoping they win, overall. Hoping they win 3 straight so my son and his friends, who will be at Game 4, can experience another great night.

I'm just loving how this signing has some people so bent out of shape. Loving it. I am happy for Kyle. He deserves this. This is what an organization does to demonstrate that it cares about players. This is how an organization makes people want to be part of it.

Florida has been in the league quite a long time now. Vegas is new but the team is well supported. I think we can agree that Arizona is a crap market. After that... what makes a market crap? It seems that Buffalo could be a crap market. They have a team that is setting records on not making the playoffs. How does that contribute to the betterment of the league? Buffalo Sabres fans ran at an 82% capacity filling up KBC. The only team worse was San Jose (79%) and tied with Chicago. Neither of those team were in the hunt for the playoffs. The Sabres were up 55% over last year, second highest jump in the league next to Ottawa (80%?). It seems to tell me the fans are so rabid that they will show up for a bad team. https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2023/04/17/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/nhl-attendance-regular-season.aspx So what makes a market crap?

Well, I don't think the AHL has great equipment to begin with.. then you add in the MSG effect.. so yeah, it's probably too much to ask for.

I feel like you are explaining it though. I'd like to blame fans for their lack of positivity and how it drives up all the negative energy surrounding the team such that the spirits drawn to the Buffalo area are those who thrive on misery. If everyone just cheer up a bit and stop hating on ex-players perhaps the more positive spirits would be drawn to Buffalo and then the fans could feel joy. Definitely a curse. 🙂

And I know people into weed who have not gone down that path. I suppose it's how much, how often, etc. I know enough people who are pretty straight laced who have no motivation to achieve and are just as useless. I know people who smoke up who are not. Live and let live is a great tenet, because unless you want me telling you how to live your life, that's exactly the tenet you should subscribe too. Slippery slope on who gets "control" over what's right.