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Let's be real though. There are a multitude of things that get reported. Let's say Snow gives a ring to his favorite TSN reporter and says... Hey, TSN Guy... Here's what's going on. We're looking at options at goaltender. I'm not hearing that Lehner's name is on anyone's list. If you could get that out there on the market I have an update on Tavares for you as well. Let's not kid ourselves into thinking that situations like that don't occur all the time. Perhaps the parties are both complicit in the distribution of questionably accurate information and perhaps it's just the game playing by the GMs.. either way it's perfectly acceptable to believe that everything that is said is not 100% accurate.

Evaluations on players are difficult when they are all adapting to a new system as well. Look at the difference in the Sabres early on and then later into December until now. Guys who looked good are not showing as well and guys who looked bad are showing better. Reinhart is a perfect example of improving where as Pominville and Kane are great examples of falling back. Trades work when you can acquire a player who doesn't work in one environment but will work in another. The same is true with free agency but because that also has salary negotiations tied to it the outcomes usually don't pay. So, if you have all those other players back and the team still performs the same what do you do? I don't find it realistic to believe that those players are going to improve this team. Meanwhile a player like Falk and Nelson are showing every bit as well as Zadarov and McNabb and no one is giving credit for acquiring those players. We all want the team to be better but desperation isn't the answer. The phrase just do something is pure desperation. Just do something, anything. Trade Eichel... hell waive him. It's doing something, right? I am sure you mean "do something less obviously ignorant that would help the team". The thing is, the GMs making the moves legitimately believe what they are doing will help the team, even if the "help" is not felt for a few years. I'd like to think that if Botterill had a move to make that would help the team that he would make it. Just like every GM who is hired to do the job. I haven't seen any moves made where the Sabres could or should have been in on the trade. Waiving players goes 100% against his desire to have a younger group of players play together in the AHL and experience playoffs, etc. Just because the Amerks are struggling now does not mean that you immediately throw the whole plan away and just waive people and move the younger players up to the Sabres.

You never know these days... all kinds of things can be happening. Lehner suffered a case of management's foot up his arse as they kick him out the door. It's hard to play with a foot up your butt so onto the injured list he goes.. DTD with a lower body injury. There's no harm in resting him up this week for anyone. The Isles just lost Greiss as well. :)

Watched on the iPad while drinking in the hotel in Cleveland. Didn’t see a lot, but I immediately noticed Kane in OT lollygagging to the bench and figured that would lead to a goal. Kane needs to be moved soon. I’m guessing there are players in the locker room that will have a serious problem with the effort he displayed. What should be pointed out is the icing just before that...terrible pass.

Interesting. Was it listed through an agency or was it one of the for sale by owner situations? I don't go on Zillow but I wonder if they allow people to send up pictures on their own as well. Otherwise the trend would be that the listing agency gets the information, enters it into the system and then via the syndication gets sent out on the MLS. It's possible that the syndication for realtor.com did not get the pictures as quickly. But if you were to say that realtor.com never got those new pictures then that would really change things.

I agree with you. The question is where you view Kane's production. I put him in the middle 6 category and almost view an upgrade of the 3rd line as replacing his contributions since he's been there quite a bit this season (and not producing). As a linemate to ROR and Eichel he has produced most of his offense so the hope might be that you could put someone like Nylander there and have similar results. Maybe. I think the UFA market will have opportunities. I'm not a huge fan of that path because people will tend to overpay. I'm hard pressed to see how the Islanders keep Bailey and Tavares. Assuming Tavares even gets to free agency I am pretty sure every team in the league would be looking to sign him. Soon we'll be able to focus on free agency and the draft... just need to get past that trade deadline. I haven't seen any indication that any of Fasching, Bailey, Baptiste are the replacement. They may be a good 3rd/4th line solution.

Yeah. I've been lucky enough to not have to be in a situation where it might be prescribed. We'll see how much I can tolerate when it happens. Additionally I think everyone has a different level of addictive personalities. Some people can kick things easier than others. Which isn't to say that they have less to be concerned about with something highly addictive, but if you recognize that you are more likely to engage in addictive behaviors you might avoid taking the drugs just in case. I'm hoping I don't have to experience it.

That's because they use pictures from prior listings of the house. So if a house was on the market 5 years ago, Zillow would have those pictures handy and use them. The problem is that they are not recent and things may have significantly changed. We had a house around us that was in that situation. It had been neglected and in need of serious repair. It went on the market and was sold at a very low price (to be expected). The house was fixed up and lived in for about 5 years. It was put on the market at 3x the sale price from 5 years earlier. Zillow still showed the dilapidated house photos. I am sure that did not help the sale in any way. The most recent photos have to come from the listing broker/agent. Zillow won't get anything different on a new listing as they are getting a syndicated feed from the MLS. (Of course FSBO (for sale by owner) homes would be a different story).

I don't see Reinhart being moved. I think what he's bringing to the game is what we should expect from him in the future. Given the recent play of the defensive corps I would also think that Botterill is less concerned with having to move Reinhart to get a significant D piece. He should be able to do that with Kane/Lehner (either more immediate or a bit longer term from a draft pick). Moving Reinhart creates a hole in the top 6 that's not going to be filled by anyone coming in next season (no, not even Mittlestadt). There might be a UFA signing that could be signed for the top 6 but you don't need to move Reinhart to get that player. The biggest improvement has to come on the 3rd line. The Sabres need a 3rd line that can put together around 30 goals. If some of the current 3rd liners end up on the 4th line the Sabres will be in good shape.

I agreed with the call. It was the second Canada player sliding into the crease on her own that I thought sealed the deal. It created a situation where the first player who was pushed in could not get out of the crease. I watched the first two periods and then went to sleep. I don't expect women's hockey to look like men's hockey. The lack of checking makes a significant difference. The women's game has been growing tremendously and the skill of the younger ages is evident. Right now I think the overall talent pool is not elevated and as such there are some players who don't have the same hockey sense/skill as there will be in the future. As that happens I would expect the level of the game to go up. You can already see it when some of the top players are out there.

I'm pretty certain at this point, if I ever need a medical procedure where any of those drugs would be given to me I would decline them and ask for an alternative just to avoid the potential situation. I'd rather feel more pain in the short run than potentially have to fight that off that addiction. I don't have to worry about heroin unless someone slips into my system without my noticing.

Bound for Cleveland for the weekend. Should be there before the game starts... might be hard to find the game on in Cleveland. MSG GO don't fail me now.

I'd let the medically trained answer this more officially but everything I have read would indicate that standing in one place is nearly as bad as sitting in one place. The key is that our bodies are meant for movement. So it's a mix of stand and sit. For me, I also walk around a lot. I have a wireless headset and I will walk into the other room, stretch, do knee bends, etc. while on calls. When it gets warmer out I will walk outside while on calls. Even when I am at my desk I try to make sure I am moving my feet around every so often.

At one point, and this was around 5 years ago, there were a good collection of agencies that would block the distribution of their listing to Trulia and Zillow. So it wasn't even so much that the homes sold too fast.. it was that they were never going to be listed anyway. That battle may still be raging...

"Owner that didn't trust his employees." Yeah.. so that's an unhealthy situation no matter what you do. Anecdotal. I'm not arguing against or for productivity levels. Arguing that people should be more productive is not the same as arguing that people should work longer hours. It's this kind of completely arrogant that is unnecessary in society. If your goal was to be a complete jackass then do it on someone else's dime. Why even enter into a conversation if you are not intending to participate in good faith? No, you just want to spout some stupid uneducated nonsense and be a jerk. I can go on Facebook or read Buffalo News article comments if I want to see that ignorant crap. Grow the up.

Do you or do you have families/friends who work in real estate? That sounds like the real estate broker/agent response I would hear when I worked in the industry.

I don't normally WTF... but seriously... WTF? When I said it had been around a long time I am referring to people like Thomas Jefferson and Leonardo Da Vinci and countless others. Do you even bother to research anything or do you just decide that it fits some tinfoil hat conspiracy theory about control and plug it in? I'll give you credit on one thing, people are so gullible. Gullible in say believing that the sit-stand desk is come American corporate conspiracy action to glue people to their desks and get more work time out of them. Because you clearly have done ZERO research on the subject, I'd like to help you on your way: https://fika-online.com/2017/08/03/lessons-from-denmark-standing-up-to-work/ Enjoy the reading. Please note the bolded text under the first picture referencing Denmark passing a law in 2015 requiring sit-stand desks.

Honestly don't enjoy NBC trying to slip in super fast ads between whistles. Happened last night in the women's SUI vs. SWE game. I almost turned it off for that purpose.

I think the thing you take away from that stat is that on this team, even a few games without its top scorer, they are able to put together that kind of run. You look back and understand that the team has to learn the system and more importantly they have to believe in the system. Jack Eichel finally believed that playing a full 200ft. game would translate into more points and it happened. The team learned how to play with more speed and attack while not getting scorched for goals. All of this equates to a change in mentality that just doesn't happen overnight. Kind of like when the power goes out and you still walk around hitting light switches. You know the power is out, but you haven't unlearned your ingrained thinking that when you enter a room you flip the switch. He's not doing anything different. He's still skating, shooting, passing. It's HOW he's doing it that has changed. :)

For aging veterans with bloated salaries.... yes. I do see it as a prep move by LA more than anything.

The standing concept surely isn’t an American origin nor is it a recent one. Google it.

The real emotion from Shaun White was awesome. From throwing his helmet on the first run to losing it after his last. Given his crash in October and coming back it had to mean the most to him this time. He delivered... big.

Well... it’s something.

Everyone just keep being negative. It’s working. Tonight I was busy watching the game but also the men’s snowboarding finals. No time to post. The team seems to have found another gear. They’ve gained confidence and they certainly look like they understand where they are supposed to be on the ice most of the time. It’s nice to see.

I am not sure I am following any part of this. I keep trying but keep failing.