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Other than Kodi, which is just the platform I do believe everything you posted here is a link to illegal content and a great way to open backdoors onto your network. Also $40/year is more expensive than $3/month... that's a very interesting marketing tactic. 🙂

13 is my number, always has been, always will be... as long as its available for me to wear. Not an ounce of superstition.. but it's fun sometimes to play the game. The song is always a great listen. 🙂

This is a hockey forum and you posted on it. So, it has everything to do with hockey. I don't know you, but you posted on here with absolutely no background information during a period of time where the vast majority of posters fall into the category the GIF insinuates. I apologize for insulting you and your father's memory. Finally, I hope the the last great memory of your father is not the only great memory of your father and if the Sabres are tarnishing those memories then perhaps it would be helpful to eliminate them from your life so you can focus on the the other great memories.

I thought he was referring to the 1-3-1. 🙂

They aren't.. but there are people everywhere on the Internet who will be like that. This place is no exception. This is how people cope, they just come in here and go full on chicken little. Apparently they'll be okay... they apparently aren't suffering medical issues from their apparent stress. There's just one thing you have to remember.... You can't tell them to relax, even if they should. They get mad. Then they take it personal and respond with "I know you are but what am I?" or "Your Mom" type responses. That's when you get a good understanding of who they are, what they are about, and that unless you want to get drawn into it, you just need to learn to filter it out. Not that this comment is wrong.. but some people love to fret and worry over things. You can't suggest they don't because that also gets them upset. Bottom line? Some people just like to be upset. I don't understand it either, but if it works for them, so be it. The game was crap. I could hypothesize about the pressure of RJ, the pressure of making the playoffs, the desire to want to do so well that you aren't relaxed enough to play the game you are supposed to play. It doesn't change that the game was crap. The Rangers were playing Game 1 like Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Lots of room to improve, but if they don't figure out the 1-3-1 and they don't figure out how to not always try to setup one-timers on the power play they will suffer immensely. The Rangers just gave the league a blueprint on how to slow the Sabres down... now it's up to the Sabres to figure out how to beat it. I'd say on to tomorrow, but it is tomorrow. So just sitting here after my late hockey game, having a little Elijah Craig to slow the system before crashing for the night. My team also lost, I told them they all sucked and their families will hate them. They are a joke and they get paid too much to play the game if they are going to play like that. I also feel shame.. somewhere someone is going to watch the LiveBarn feed and light my ass up on some niche forum that rags on beer league players. 🙂

Let's go.

Oh yeah. Great song.. and 2 Cellos are great as well. Overall.. the list is the list. Skinner teased "Firework" by Katy Perry on Tuch's Instagram.. that would have been amazing. His choice is not right for me.. my 19 year old thinks it's hilarious.. ooookay. Some good ones.. some I wouldn't like. Oh well. It keeps it interesting.

Skinner had teased "Firework" by Katy Perry. I would have preferred that. But.. we're good. I'll pour a nice Macallan 12 year Sherry Oak for the start of the game. The bottle would take a serious hit if not for me having to go skate at 10:10pm tonight. On the bright side, my game is late enough to allow me to enjoy the one I want to see.

I don't worry about it.. but from an analytical perspective, it's accurate.

The patch: - Simple, effective, and yet still amazing - just like RJ - Worn on the "heart" just where it should be. I like it.

Interesting point.. it fits with Granato. He wants an up tempo high pressure team that makes other teams react and want to prevent the Sabres offense through a defensive scheme. However, once a team establishes the zone on the Sabres all hell breaks loose. So he needs to coach that. In football, this would similar to not building up your defense because your offense is to potent only to run into troubles when your opponent's offense keeps your offense off the field.

Oooo evil Sith lord!

It's really about if his penalties are off-set at the time they take them or if the Sabres score more PPG when he draws a penalty than they give up when he takes a penalty. It doesn't do the team any good if they only score 1 in 10 times on the power play if they give up goals 3 of 10 times when he's in the box.

Hmmm.. I never recall this happening until this past time I was there. Granted I did not buy much water, but my kid did. And there's a great idea right there. Not only that but I really hate single serve bottles.

I believe this. The points are nice but his ability to read the play and move the puck stood out for me. Like many other players in this situation, especially at his age, I am concerned about his ability to wither the grind of a 82 game season and playoffs. It's not a bad problem to have though.

Well poop. When I looked earlier it wasn't on there. scratch my theory.

This makes sense. The Sabres clearly do not want to just get rid of a goalie and so they are forced to keep all 3. They might want a trade, but at the same time teams know that no team wants to carry 3 goaltenders. It's a battle of wills, are teams like Tampa willing to go into the season with their goaltenders or are they willing to make a trade? Of course with more players still to hit waivers, and doing so now, that might change things. For example, is Martin Jones now an option for Tampa?

I was probably not clear. Dahlin might have been asking for trade restrictions and the Sabres were negotiating against providing them, thus Dahlin seeking more money in compensation for agreeing to an open movement contract.

I wonder about two things in particular to the higher amount. First, I've seen no mention of any trade restrictions on this contract. I wonder if the Sabres wanted that and Dahlin countered with more money to accommodate. Second, with many players signing short term UFA deals earlier this summer, I wonder if Dahlin's camp approached the Sabres and said, you can pay us a bit more now or wait for someone to set the new baseline in the next few years. All in all, the biggest benefit (other than being signed) is if it's true that he can be moved at will.

I know what I said, and the word was not predetermined. Nothing I said at all indicates he won't be able to compete or that the team knows for sure. My comments are that they need to be sure. Nothing more. They aren't even my opinion but commentary on how management makes decisions on rosters. This has been going on for as long as players have been trying out for teams. It's not even a Granato or Adams thing. You seem to be relating the all of the potential outcomes of a preseason with the word predetermined. Roster flexibility and the ability of a player to perform at an NHL level throughout a season are concerns for every player in this situation, it has nothing to do with Benson or anyone. There's nothing predetermined. You have players compete in preseason so you can gauge the likelihood of their ability to compete at the NHL level for a full season. That seems rather obvious.

That said, before the Peter Gabriel concert I received an email each from KBC and TicketMaster telling me of the policy. That did not happen last year so I suspect they heard some complaints. The newest joy is them taking the plastic caps from the bottles if you buy something to drink (water, etc.). I guess it's to allow the bottle to empty a bit should you want to throw it? No idea.

Just run the damn thing from below the goal line and those one-timers will open up even more. It should also reduce short-handed opportunities against as the defense is forced to play lower in the zone. I still wait for the day some NHL team uses this and shows success.. and they will show success.

Who said predetermined? You are making a counterpoint to a point that was not made. If the original point does not exist, then your counterpoint is, by virtue, also non-existent.. therefore your comment is pointless. Just having some fun, but seriously. I didn't say predetermined, so you should re-read what I posted and make a counterpoint to that. True, but that does speak to the contract/roster flexibility. I don't just mean at this point in time but for as long as those assets are in the system. Starting a contract without getting the full potential is, at a business level, wasteful. All things can be worked around, naturally. With younger players the tendency is to keep things flexible, especially when a team has a talented roster. And again, I will say it. I like Benson, a lot. I would like nothing more for him to be on this team and to provide the Sabres with roster flexibility to ice a top 9 that are all scoring threats. I don't know where Benson ends up this season, but his play so far indicates his trajectory is top line eventually.