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People keep saying this... I keep repeating. Skinner has a full NMC. He's not going anywhere unless he wants to. I suppose the question to him is: Do you want a chance on a playoff team for once in your career or are you happy to play only 82 games a season and collect your $9M? Hard to say. But the Sabres would have to retain 50% or split the money with other teams like Arizona to move him.

Not unless Skinner wants to be traded. He's in control.

Bzzzt, Adult Hockey league. As for the rest of your commentary? Pure ignorance. Hockey is for Everyone means that no one should be excluded. It doesn't mean each league is for anyone. The composition of any league is up to the people who create the league. See my first post on this entire story. I made comment that the article seemed one sided. But the original post was using the article as a reference point to an issue, not really tackling the specific incident. First bolded: Well damn. I guess the females who played on my son's high school hockey team were not really female? Second bolded: wait? I thought men's and women's sports are separated after the age of 11 or 12? I'm confused. How can there be co-ed leagues? Oh, but yes, there are ALWAYS co-ed or women's leagues available? Or... was this league an adult league.. not a men's league? DING. DING. DING.

If your wisdom led you to believe that you should comment on what is a naturally incendiary conversation without reading the article I'm not sure I would trust your wisdom in believing what you think happened. You are giving them a pass. Idiots can say anything because stupid is gonna stupid. But you don't tolerate it, you call it out and say that's not okay. I don't care how old anyone is. If I can call out my father for his ignorance I can certainly call out a stranger. Naive is pretending it should be accepted because someone grew up in a different era.

From being scratched to first pair in only a few weeks. Nothing says showcasing for a trade like moving Jokiharju up with Dahlin!

To this end... and I agree 100% here. The only defense I would expect would be the same as I have seen when some other inappropriate remarks have been made on the ice... pretty much everyone saying "Whoa there, that's just not acceptable." Naturally I am paraphrasing. If she were on my team and the other team were saying that I would definitely say something to the idiots on the other team. I'd also point out USA Hockey's Zero Tolerance policy to the officials. I'm not going to stay quiet as that feels like I'm tacitly agreeing with the sexist comments. I mean, if I can get tossed from a game for calling another player a "puck" head...

Given that a penalty was called I will assume this was a league, like most USA Hockey leagues, where checking is not allowed. Contact often does occur, but clearly the hit crossed the line and an infraction was called. The comments go beyond chirping and quite easily qualify as sexist. It does not matter if there is a women's league, she's allowed to play in the league she is in. In my now near 30 years of experience I have skated against and with quite a few women. There's no stereotype to be had there as they crossed the same skill gamut as the men I've skated against. But only once that I can recall have I ever heard inappropriate comments and that was in my first 2 years of playing "beer league". I'm not going to pass judgment on anything in this article as there's a single point of view provided. That said, the behavior is unwarranted and down right boorish. It's not good-natured, it's just mean and an example of people choosing to be a-holes when they could choose to be better.

2013-2014... i can't even think anything else compares. That was a team comprised of the bottom barrel JAGs with no hope of winning and put together only to secure top draft picks. They scored 157 goals in 82 games. That's not a good G/GP average. Today's team might be disappointing but they do at least have talent. But 2013 was awful... and I never want to think about it again.

I have complaints... but then the first complaints today were cancer and death.. now my complaints really don't seem like complaints. F cancer... like.. let's just stop warring with each other and all agree to put science and budgets to better use..

I was not directing my response at you. The food comment was continuing the jest made earlier in the thread. The quality of posts comment was pointing out how inane any conversation on what people do or how well they perform should matter in regards to vacations and food. I really wish I didn't have to explain the dry humor. Although you'll note, I did insinuate that even my post was such low quality that I would not be eating. Weave made sure to emphasize that. 🙂

If quality of play means no vacations or food until it improves does that logic also hold true for quality of posts on here? Curious where we set the standard? I have to know if I get to eat tonight.

If the Sabres don't have a prospect they can call up to take Quinn's spot then I don't want to hear another word about the Sabres prospects. Either they are worth playing.. or they are not. Time to sink or swim.

Can he coach the power play? There might be some capacity in which he could serve the Sabres, but I wouldn't hire him as HC.

It's still true for Gallagher, just a different head.

Perhaps @Taro T can keep me honest... suspensions are part of the CBA.. the whole process is, Section 18. So the NHLPA is also to blame for how the process works and the length of suspensions. Why the players themselves don't push for more discipline against the "idiot" players of their union is beyond me.

Nah. The off-season will be something I think about when it gets here. No need to put more aspects of this team in my brain right now. Besides, the landscape will change dramatically between now and July.

This actually happened last game. I also believe it's an indictment of Tuch who has not been forechecking as well as he should. They don't want to mess up the JJP-Quinn-Cozens so they move up Okposo. I do think it also has the impacts you mentioned. If Tuch was playing the way he SHOULD be playing, he'd be on that line. Won't see this one.. real life has more important things planned for today.

Fubo has raised its rates another $6 total beginning Feb 1. The Sabres have done nothing to make me want to spend that much. Thank you to the Sabres for saving me money. Not gonna watch tonight because tomorrow... must work.

Good to know. Although Isabella... woof. I would have had Haack in and let him punt while Martin held.

Skinner, not unless he agrees. Cozens has no protections according to capfriendly. Not sure if Power did. That said, signing Mitts would not break the bank on this team. But, if they are signing him to similar money as Cozens then you might as well trade Cozens or repurpose him in the lineup. You don't pay two 2Cs.. not that I necessarily think Cozens is a center. Right now Mitts is second on the team in P/GP and first in +/-. I'm not trading him on the hopes that Cozens rebounds. I sign Mitts and the Cozens has to prove he needs to be here or I am shipping him out. I've seen more tenacity and hustle out of Mitts the past two seasons than I have Cozens. He's not the workhorse he was labeled.. he's trying more to be a show horse.. and not having much to show for it.

The past few years I was irritated so much more about the loss in the playoffs. As much as I would get irritated over the Bills at this point. I'm always curious where people's level of frustration sits relative to those who survived four straight Super Bowl losses. This year I had lower expectations. The first was, this team failed to find its stride until later in the season. The second is that quite simply, the defense was decimated. I'd not use that as a reason too often but just like the 2006 Sabres, sometimes injuries really do play a significant impact. That said, the single game analysis would tell you Buffalo did not execute when they had the chance. Despite the defensive struggles the offense had the chance to keep pace and did not. There's a lot of talk about Diggs dropped ball, that's not the EASIEST catch in the world, but certainly one a WR of his level should make. I've not seen much on Cook's dropped pass that would have been an easy touchdown. If you have a team that can run, you need to use the play action pass, especially if you have Kincaid. The Bills had a chance to use their TE just as well as the Chiefs used theirs and failed to do so. If Sam Martin can't punt then why is he in the lineup? It's not the same as other positions. It's a punter and while they can play into the game this is a team that punts less often than others and can endure one game with a punter who can kick the ball. Perhaps it was the holding skills, but I think they would have had that covered. I'm not upset. I still want them to win because I want Buffalo to be able to say its won a championship in a major sport. I'm not pointing fingers as much this time. There are some changes that need to be made... I just don't have confidence (or in most cases enough knowledge) to say where those changes should occur or if they did would it make a difference. BUt.. can they get rid of Von Miller? Because I'd like him gone.

I, for one, am a huge fan of the dump and chase the other team back out of their zone strategy the Sabres use. 😉

Interesting. 13 seconds irritated me but not to the same level. What irritated me most I think was how cocksure everyone was about the Bills winning that game. I am pretty sure that was the first time I posted "You ain't won ****, until you win ****." In my head I maybe felt a little vindictive towards all those who were bragging so hard about the Bills. It was one kick to the nuts that people who had never been kicked in the nuts by the team needed to feel. I'm not saying it's right, but if the Bills do win it all, then people now will have the 13 seconds game to help put in perspective what an accomplishment a championship would be. I still want them to win though. No matter what happens, I was still born in Buffalo, spent 21 years there and only moved an hour away. I want that city to experience a championship. Especially after having been kicked in the nuts so many times.

I have a beer league game... hallelujah.