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Would he be the pick or would he be a piece in a trade that protects another Sabres player from being picked?

I hated the early whistle. But Nashville had a 5-3 and barely put pressure on Pittsburgh. They had another PP and had 0 shots. The Preds had their chances and couldn't do it. In the end it was a flukey bounce goal. It is what it is. I'm sure Pollock was trying to protect the goalie since everyone keeps crashing the net but in this case there was no one on top of Murray. Oh well. It happened.

Sorry I missed that intention. But yes, people are too serious because many people do act in the way you were but are dead serious about it. Makes it harder to determine when someone is or is not being tongue in cheek. Truthfully? I grew up in Buffalo and I think enough people there need a win to feel better about everything that happens there. If the Sabres win I get excited. I feel good. If they lose.. well it's a loss. In the end though? I root for them to be successful because I can still remember what Buffalo was like when it had a football team that was so dominant that it could make it to 4 straight Super Bowls... and also old enough to know how so many of those fans would prefer to focus on them losing 4 straight. They need a win to help their psyche. Well.. I dunno. My disgust with a few teams is strong enough that some nights I can be almost as happy with their opponent beating them over the Sabres winning. :) And now about the series... Was busy.. got home, turned on at intermission and saw 3-0.. I stepped away.. I did a few things.. I looked back and it was 5-0 and then any intention of turning the game on went away.

Really? I remember sitting in a smoke filled bar with my Dad when I was little because he wanted a damn beer and he had me with him. You can go on about parents being stupid but it's not just in relation to their kids. Adults feel the same way and that includes telling others where kids should and should not be. Your first statement was that they don't belong at a hockey game. I went to a lot of hockey games growing up, it's why I became a fan. Without it I would probably not be a hockey fan today. That's usually how it works. same thing I asked the other guy.. you are in a thread designed to discuss two teams that you clearly don't want to care about. Why do you bother to come into the thread? You would save yourself a lot of hassle and stress by not venturing in here. The fact that you do would indicate that you clearly care enough about something to venture in, get all uppity and then crap on everyone else. What is in it for you? Truthfully? What's the line between fan and rooting for another team to beat a different team? I mean, I don't even allow myself to get depressed about the Sabres because it's a group of people getting paid a lot of money to entertain people. In the grand scheme of things there are far more critical things in life. So, if they Sabres don't impact me that much am I not a fan?

You are so bitter about Nashville it makes me wonder why you venture into this thread every day. You know you are going to hear about the crowd and the city. You know it's going to annoy you. Do you want that kind of angst in your life? In addition, what's the the desire to spread your negativity over it? Do you want others to share in the misery you are creating for yourself? I'm honestly curious. Each day you are in here commenting about how you dislike Nashville. Stupid kids.. you were the stupid kid once. You aren't infected by them. Stupid adults are far worse than stupid kids... because adults at least have developed their brains.. in theory.

Everything is going to be rapid fire as soon as these finals end... if not before it. The expansion draft and regular draft make for some exciting times.

Well that was the problem... he needed the guys. Which is to say he wasn't able to do enough by himself... and therefore not the great player that was needed. Vanek is Vanek and he didn't have the it factor to drive the team to where it had to go. There were plenty of times when he wasn't giving it his all on the ice. The Vanek is lazy meme doesn't exist if he isn't at least part of the time actually being lazy.

Really? Vanek is a talented forward who could never string along enough "it" to make himself the player he could be. I stand that he should have gone to Edmonton when the Sabres had the chance to let him go to Edmonton. We'd all be better for it. Perhaps he would have flourished there... But while he managed to put up statistics he never managed to get his team to go very far. Any team he's on.

I'm just here to say... dear lord no. That is all.

Wrong! Also Wrong! BTW: While slightly less well known.. Fools only go in against Sicilians.... and only when death is on the line.

The question boils down to this.. Is Baptiste or Bailey a better fit for that position? Kane is 6'2 214 Bailey is 6'3 214 Baptiste is 6'1 204 If you have the chance to move Kane and get a top D and a pick I think you take it. He's a high value contract now, an off-season mess (although so far so good this off-season eh?), and he may not want to be here. Perhaps you can move him out, move ROR to that wing, put Reinhart at C? :) I'd trade him if the value was there.

Since I drink beer I would never try this under normal circumstances. However, I will take up your challenge on not knowing it is an NA beer. I get together with a group of guys who periodically do blind tastings (we don't even know what beers are being tasted). I'll add this to the mix next time (of course I'd know which beer it was) but I'll test 8-10 others on it. And no ripping on you for not drinking. Everyone has their own preferences and reasons. Have not had this... but I am always curious with coffee beers as some brewers continue to put coffee in the whirlpool or worse the boil. This would lead to some extremely bitter coffee notes in a beer as coffee needs to be brewed hot and consumed hot or brewed cold and consumed cold. Brewing it hot leads to far more acidic flavors and you'll notice it even more as it cools. For me, I would only add coffee to a secondary fermentation. If I were brewing a beer with a decent amount of hops I would first cold crash the primary fermentation to get the hops to drop out of suspension and then raise the temperature back up to about 50-55 degrees and let the coffee step in the secondary fermentation for 24-48 hours. This will give you the sweeter more balanced flavor of the coffee from the cold brew without the grounds getting all screwed up with hops.

Wanna see the changing face of hockey? http://www.bardown.com/a-surprising-fact-about-the-penguins-game-5-lineup-1.758283 Look at the number of NCAA players who played for the Penguins last game.

I can live with this. I like Nashville. A team I can root for.

My friend, my friend... Just finished the video... it was such a great pleasure to meet you, hang out with you, drink with you. Your video brings back many memories for me. It's refreshing to see through your eyes. Let me just end with this. Cheers to your mother, for she is responsible for bringing you to this planet. She made you who you are. She is the reason we all are experiencing your amazing video and got to meet a wonderful person. All the best my friend. Until next time....

You can have all of it. I'm not worried about the money that comes out of NYC. I am sure having the thought of the 2006 Sabres vs. Pens in the Winter Classic had a nice ring to it. They could have had the Pens play anywhere. I don't want to get too deep into the politics of this in this thread. This is a good place to where I am going. Take the concept of political offices being decided by different measures. Some population, some geographic boundary and you introduce a mess. No more derailing the thread except to say I don't want the Sabres playing at Citi Field for the Rangers and to give up a home game to do it. Especially to give some rich bozo a tax break he doesn't need.

Oh.. I am on a 2.5 hour conference call.. if I were working from home I would put the headset down and grab a beer, but alas I am at work. Tonight is going to be epic. Sorry.. I meant EPIC.

Well, it was the first WC. The setting was perfect but the ice was not great and the game was impacted. Barring catastrophic stupidity it was going to be successful. My point was, if they picked the Sabres based on their "stars" so they could showcase them it didn't work out so well because those stars were elsewhere the following season. Your point of showing off a few of the players on the Sabres roster today fits the same mold. Some of them may be gone by next Jan 1. As for being good for the Sabres, that depends. If you consider only the impact of national TV visibility then yes. If however, people are annoyed because they are paying increased rates for their season tickets for less games, and if people are somehow negatively impacted (as I am) by supporting this garbage concept that they are the HOME team in NYC then I think it could ultimately be a negative for them. You live in NYC.. not sure how long you have... but for me NYC should be part of NJ. I can't stand the place and it absolutely distorts NY politics and economics. So, I'm not a fan of giving the NYC people any more than they already have.

People beat me to it, but those oranges in the Aud were the worst. The best was trying not to step on someone's head as you walked by. You always felt like you were going to fall down 6 rows minimum if you took one bad step.

Nice. Although, I actually prefer to sit higher. Experiencing a game once against the glass is cool.. but then the novelty is gone, at least for me. I am one of the people that would be happiest in row 1, center ice, 300 level.

It's a contrary view, I'll give you that. The concept of showing of those players specifically is interesting. I am sure the NHL banked on showing off the Sabres 2006-2007 roster when they signed them up for the first Winter Classic and that didn't work out so well did it? However, your Ferrari analogy doesn't quite hold up to what i was saying. The businesses who make money from a game being played at FNC care. So, let's rearrange it to fit a bit better. I rent a Ferrari for $300/day to a guy who comes into town each Sabres home game. However, he won't be there for this one. So, I won't be getting my $300. Instead he rented from a guy in NYC. Do I care? Yes... yes I do. Then let's talk about how the owners of the Rangers still need their $42 million tax break. Because they are going to leave NYC? No way. They own the building, no way they give up the revenue that comes from ALL the events that get held in that building.

Well, I think it's subjective. You might think that a game that is played like basketball is the way to go. Others may think a game like soccer is the way to go. It's tough to sell it when they just put up a 5 spot. They are counter-punching and it's a good strategy. It's like people complaining about campers in FPS games. Camping is a strategy, it may not be glamorous but in the end if you get to claim victory what does it matter. So, you can look at the Sens style and not like it. What would your opinion be if the Sabres were doing that and were sitting in the ECF's right now? If you would accept that then you should accept what the Senators are doing. Movies are even more subjective nature and two movies can succeed at the same time where as on the ice only one team can win. I understand where the argument comes from. I don't have a problem with them playing a defensive game. It's a different story when we move into the obstruction, holding, etc. Those are penalties that aren't getting called, but if they play a clean defensive game I can't fault them for it.

Enjoyed reading this... http://reason.com/blog/2017/05/13/how-madison-square-gardens-42-million-ta In fact, I did not enjoy reading that. There are a million things wrong with this entire situation. And the Sabres fans, business partners, and surrounding community are getting hosed because of one less game... all so Richie Rich can get his tax break. Boycott the Classic. Buffalo is traditionally one of the highest rated TV markets for NHL events... what if no one watched (won't happen, but you know).

If you win you've done your job. Who cares how it happens? It's not illegal. The Sens put up 5 last night.. so I dunno, I would be a pretty happy Sens fan. Lord knows I was a pretty happy anti-Pens fan about it.

So, Bylsma is on NHL Network and they are going to talk about Botteril. Awkward?