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It's just outside the offensive zone. Like an offsides. I'm pretty certain. I wonder if the calls will change in Round 2. The officiating does seem suspect this post-season. A little more loose. Lots of hits that are a good 2-3 seconds after the puck has been moved. Non-sense stuff that people have pointed out here as well. And.. there's some really great hustle and some creativity with players too.

Hard to tell sometimes with people on here loving to bash things.

Curious, is there a reason to go off like this and go with the name calling? Are you including Leino because he's a Finn? Wouldn't Ristolainen have had more influence on Armia than Leino could have ever hoped? You hear one rumor and this is your response? Fantastic.

Is there any team willing to trade for that #5 pick? The Isles have to think about shopping that pick now that it's theirs to give up. The other question, what GMs are willing to give up a lottery pick in next year's draft? It's something to think about when saying that the Sabres (or anyone) can trade something away to get another shot in that draft

Awesome too. Perhaps they'll get that social media thing figured out?

To be fair, I could find 100 pictures of him looking a certain way and I'd still end up with nothing even remotely close to what Ted Nolan looks like. This is fantastic work.

I've steamrolled a female on the ice. Not because it was a female but because she was the opposing player standing the place that I needed to be at that time (I also had the puck). I don't take sex into account when playing. It's true that guys on the opposing team are somewhat overprotective of such things. The one time I needed to turn up ice and the defender (female) was standing in front of me I just began pushing her up the ice to get her out of my way. They really didn't like that. I never knocked her over though. It was more like a bulldozer move until she decided to get out of my way. Of course these are all things I do to any player on the ice when I have to.

It's pretty clean now at BGRI. A fight nets you a 3 game suspension. The second one puts you out for a season and three and you're done. There are some skirmishes but not all out fights. I've been in one fight my entire time there and I honestly wanted no part of it. Of course he dropped his gloves and did a great job of punching my cage. I left my gloves on.. because well. they are designed to block sticks and pucks on the exterior. It was short lived as I basically threw him to the ice. What a waste.. suspended because some other jerk started throwing punches at me. Could be. I especially loved that we had varying nights and times. That made it extremely easy to plan. If I could recall much about my 2-3 seasons I played there I'd provide more detail but truthfully I was happy to leave so I didn't commit a lot to memory!

No.. I figured the point was that we wouldn't be able to tell him apart by his nickname. can't we have "But Not Out 1" and "But Not Out 2" at least? And so on...

Beauty.

The way people described it reminded me of playing in mid-90's at Holiday and Leisure in buffalo.. at 1am. that was fun. Always fights.. it was awful. I have never been more injured than I was playing in those places.

Sabres are running out of bodies... Foligno did not look good going down last night. It all begins tonight!

Part of me really believes that.. the other part does it just to bait you a bit :w00t:

Here's where I am with Ted Nolan. The players that are good enough to be top level talent in the NHL are generally driven to improve themselves. All the basic systems are usually covered long before they get to the NHL. There might be a few tweaks here or there but I'd say by and large most of the little things to improve their play are going to be learned from veterans and/or specific position coaches. Ted Nolan's greatest asset is getting players to believe in themselves and each other. He doesn't seem to be disingenuous in any way. In short, he's a really good motivator and definitely good at bringing people together and getting them to play as a team. His players believe in him. That's why I think he'll be fine regardless of who the Sabres have on the team. I'm really high on the guy, there's no doubt. I was in his first stint as well. It's very different with him when you listen to him speak.

It's much better than it used to be. I'll give them that. I can't speak about Lakeshore leagues. I know most people I speak to don't like them, tends to be rough out there they say. I have no idea personally. I don't like the rink itself, I think it's the low ceiling. The rinks at BGRI could stand to be improved a bit. Rink 3 has an absolute crevasse by the Zamboni door. No one dares venture near there.

He'll be here all through next year. Contract extension in the off-season. They need to pay someone, it might as well be him. :)

4th round pick.. 121st overall. Freakin Wings can find them. He's becoming a one man highlight reel.

It's great if McCabe plays. We get another chance at seeing the future of Buffalo's draft picks and get an idea of how he'll perform. Unfortunately for him he'll be playing against one of the best teams in the NHL.

Can't say that I do...

Knowing friends who have an autistic child and others who have gone through significant stressful situations and have seen it tear their family apart...please stay strong for your child and for your family. As I've already seen from some of the comments in this thread.. the lengths that people will go to in support of their child will help redefine them as a person. Lean on that, and be strong in that, and go forward. All the best... it seems as though you've got a great support group starting right here. It's a thread like this that helps me get past some of the more bizarre comments and situations that pop up on here from time to time.

Yea.. they owed the refs like $15k I heard. It was paid and salvaged the season I was in, thankfully. It's improved quite a bit since Bill Gray's slapped their name on it and new ownership took over. It's ALMOST respectable. I might be a bit better than that level. Thomas Creek is about 26 minutes from me... in fact most rinks in Rochester are except for BGRI which is about 20 minutes. My son plays in Scottsville, so I'm use to the drive. I've played with the same core group of guys since I moved to Rochester in 1996. I think that's right when BGRI opened (ESL back then). We've been there ever since. It's central for the team. I could be convinced to venture out some night to another rink. :)

Are any of you peeps playing in Rochester at Bill Grays Ice Plex? Just curious.. that's where I am.. in the suck level of play. :)

Yea.. well the one thing I think every player will get from Nolan (TM wasn't around when it happened) is the straight poop on where a player stands. I'm guessing that Nolan laid things out for the guys were shipped out and that they are seeing just how much the remaining players want to play for Nolan. There's no doubt in Nolan being genuine. We'll see just how much we wants to put into this game. Let's hope for the best.

Danny Gare is bad in all situations. He shouldn't be allowed to speak, period. That was an awful Hall of Fame ceremony... AWFUL. So, could it be that the management is not there because the BS HoF (wow, that is not a good abbreviation) is managed by the Alumni Association? Just a thought.. either way. I thought it was tacky and not well thought out. The TV broadcast was also amateur. They cut to the photo of Ralph Wilson and it sat there and THEN you could hear the announcer speaking. SOP would be to show the rink and crowd while the announcer asked for a moment of silence and then you fade to the picture of Wilson... and then to commercial. Instead there was Dominik cheering and then a picture of Wilson.. ugh. And Girgensons is awesome.. that's all I got.

Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.