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Yep. Yep. Yep.

And in the AHL, he's necessary. He's fine in there as the 3rd/4th line guy. You can't tell me the rest of those guys are worth anything more. Well put. Incredibly well put.

Beside it being so much improved over NHL 15. Fired it up last night with my son. We played as Buffalo, of course. First opponent, randomized turned up as San Jose. Sabres win 11-3. Moulson and ROR had hat tricks. :) Love the game... EASHL for the rest of the night.

I can't understand why anyone would have angst towards Ellis. He's a great influence on players. He's the kind of player you need around younger kids. He's got a great attitude and work ethic and regardless of his abilities he never stops giving all he has on the ice.

I read somewhere recently that one league (NFL?) is considering color vs. color uniforms when they are not too similar. The concept that light and dark were developed to handle B&W television and that today it's not really needed. Could be good in the NHL as well. Some teams would remain too similar and you'd need white sweaters.. but having a blue versus nashville gold or carolina red wouldn't be bad. Then again.. color blind players might have a problem with it.

Not sure how I missed this thread the whole time.. but.. Mr. Robot has to be one of the best shows I've seen in a long time. My only concern is that it progressed too quickly and the second season will devolve into traditional run of the mill story telling and plot lines. The ending was fantastic and not at all unexpected. I've got ideas on the character progression of the main character in season 2. Kind of an enhancement on an idea introduced in the first season. It'll be complex, that's for certain. In fact, I should go back and watch the show again to see if I can predict it. That's about all the TV I watch.. other things look interesting but I never bother to get involved with them.

Roster flexibility trumps talent in all but your top players. Ristolainen is the top player. McCabe is not. He will be in Rochester and be used as the injury call up.

Hmm.. so there was some discussion back awhile about the whole porn and violence thing. https://reason.com/blog/2015/09/10/porn-viewers-hold-more-egalitarian-views Just posting this for discussion. I will freely admit I've not looked into it any more than scanning.

Just a quick note.. you should say that you were able to get a call and spoke directly to Paul Cambria who told you that. I didn't read it as you talking to him but that's good to note. Just easier to do it beforehand than afterward in clarification. :)

Let me say this.. "Why report to the police if you have no intention to testify?" That's a pretty cut a dry question. This assumes, that at the time the allocation is being made that the victim knows they will not testify. In some situations I could see that you would do this because you hope that merely reporting something allows for charges to be brought without your involvement. As we've covered, in a rape case, that's very difficult. However, the real problem is the assumption that the victim didn't want to testify at the time the report was made. Knowing that every human on Earth has made a decision without being aware of all the potential ramifications that come from that decision I think it's supportable to say that in a moment of emotional and physical distress that the victim would not be thinking about the pain that might be felt upon cross-examination when deciding to talk to the police. It's much more plausible that the victim would be thinking about the pain they are feeling at the moment. As time progresses and the immediate reality of what happened settles in there then comes the understanding of what comes next. The realization that some defense lawyer will absolutely paint the victim as someone who was in it to frame his client and that the "victim" (lawyer's words) made no clear indication that the sex was unwanted and every other little thing in the victim's life will be mentioned (even if overturned and the jury instructed to ignore the comment). That realization is why the decision to no longer want to testify could be made. It would be a better argument to find an improved method of handling a rape case such that the victim is not trotted out in front of strangers and forced to relive the events that happened. It might lead to a greater chance of the victim testifying. There is no reason that a rape victim needs to sit in an open courtroom for this. Let's break this down into a word equation of sorts. This incident occurs. It could be rape. The people involved will never undo the incident itself or what transpires after that. The victim, believing she was raped, will always believe she was raped. This stands regardless of a court result. She cannot undo that. If she proceeds to trial (any trial) she must relive the events again and be subjected to extensive examination of the way she lives her life and her decision making abilities. This will be painful. So you have pain of initial incident + pain of reliving in public which is logically greater than initial incident. Assuming the attacker is found guilty she can (in this situation) win a sizable civic lawsuit monetary settlement as well. = She has the money + pain of initial incident + pain of reliving the incident in public. Assuming the attacker is not found guilty, she MAY win a sizable monetary settlement as well. = She may have the money + pain of the initial incident + pain of reliving the incident in publi. She can settle pre-trial. She has the money + pain of initial incident. The last option. Never report it. She has the pain of the initial incident. The money is not presumed to help her heal. It might help her afford ways to seek healing that she would otherwise not have but that is all. If she never reports it she is left to cope with the pain without any additional financial and other resources that might be made available to her because of reporting it.

I called that one. (said no one ever).

Pysyk will be a surprise for those who still doubt. He will prove out to be one of the best D on the Sabres. He's going to be 3/4. He's not the guy who bangs bodies and he won't light it up offensively. He will, however, make the right first pass out of the zone and it will happen fast. He does take the puck of a stick fairly well to boot. His positioning and ability to make the right first pass are his biggest assets and they will serve him well. Oh.. and I like signing Franson.

Are you insinuating that people are to be controlled and forced to act? Where do you draw the line? Do people now have to intervene and try to stop a shooter? They are supposed to protect other members of society? If the victim is forced to testify and decides that the pain is unbearable and commits suicide rather than testify or even after the fact then who pays the price for that? Is the criminal justice system then sued by the relatives of the person? Do the taxpayers now have to pay for those damages? You aren't thinking clearly. Focus your anger on those who will continue to make him rich and employ him after this. After all, without that he's nothing. A few questions.. She accepts a deal. Then her name is going to be made public correct? Is she a victim, by the letter of the law? There was no crime, there can be no victim of a crime. When her information is put out there publicly not only will she have to deal with the potential backlash of public ignorance, but so will her family.

The things Carcillo continues to do off the ice make it hard for me to dislike the guy anymore. http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/13576886/nhl-chicago-blackhawks-daniel-carcillo-day-stanley-cup-tribute-steve-montador

I had a hard time even reading that list. It had a lot of pointless crap in it. Like dismissing Hawaii because it's Hawaii? I think they demonstrate a solid lack of understanding of each state's real beer scene.

You'll have some portability on 360 in the near future. If you've played online (or you play online) do you have a group of friends on the PS4 platform? it might not matter. I don't worry about games. Generally speaking each console will have its exclusives but ultimately they are just games.. Sales have the PS4 over Xbox. But really, it's up to you and what suits your needs best. I had a PS2 and that's end I stopped having Sony products in my house. just my thing. The Xbox has more versatility for me I guess and it's where my friends play.

You gotta love that he's staying with a guy who chose Buffalo over all other locations as an UFA. His answers are fantastic. Even including the no offense to the Coyotes wording. He's got it down. His thinking is excellent. Looking forward to the season.. it's about all I have at this point.

It's tough to be certain. I can say that beer judges usually do a pretty good job of differentiating. We have a few in our group and while we only do 6 IPA/DIPA in a session they are still able to go pretty strong whereas a few others tend to burn out by 6. There's still a million factors that can impact the rating a beer gets so it remains highly subjective. I'm a fan. I don't go crazy for it. Used to really go for In Heat Wheat but found a few other wheat beers that I prefer. Jack's Abby Copper Legend. (there I go again telling you about them).

I've mentioned I do blind tastings with a group of people who are all in the beer industry (brewers, distributors, etc.) This is not that group.. but I came across this the other day and figured I would post it given some recent discussion on DIPA / IPA. http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/08/blind-tasting-115-of-the-best-american-dipa-and-im.html and here's the IPA blind tasting http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/04/blind-tasting-116-of-the-best-american-ipas-we-hav.html?p=3 Pliny at 18, Heady at 16... I think the list in the wheelhouse of what I would have expected. I haven't had 3 of the top 4 (I'll seek out the Grimm soon).

Well if that's the case.. I don't pay any attention to what the windbag says so I wouldn't know.

Seriously.. what kind of response is that? I'm not even sure what you are getting at there with that comparison. I don't really appreciate being compared to Donald Trump..

I've never understood the hang up on a word. I say something is stupid. I say it's ignorant. I say it's patently absurd. I say it's valueless. I say it's silly. What difference does it make? Point is.. if i think it's stupid, that's my opinion. Using more flowery and softer language is like using makeup and airbrushing. The original concept hasn't changed.

That's his twin brother.. Gord.

Indeed. Acts of violence are clearly not common. If they were it's unlikely we'd be having this conversation right now. There are usually a lot of other reasons why trouble finds people as well. Sometimes it's just random, but usually it's not.

The thing you don't seem to be considering in your viewpoint is that when you meet someone face to face there is more than just words that provide information about the person you are talking with. Their body language will say quite a bit as well. Granted, I would say that if you head out to some random bar and just start looking for sex the risks are greater than normal but this is not anywhere near as when interacting with someone online. There's plenty of evidence that people pretend to be someone else when they are online. It's harder to pull off in person. Law enforcement has pretended to be an underage child plenty of times with the hopes of trapping potential sexual predators. It's unlikely the predator will be as easily caught if they are engaging in the encounter face to face.