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On 2/13/2024 at 3:33 PM, SwampD said:
You don't have to click on it.
What, are you expecting to click on it one time to find out that we actually beat the Chiefs in that playoff game?!
It's true, but if you use the "Next unread topic" to run through the forum there's no avoiding this thread. So something is going to catch your eye. You can't ignore threads like you can posters. Sadly.
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8 hours ago, Doohickie said:
But he was that stupid once... with Ullmark.
I understand that. But don't Reinhart him by giving him a minimal bridge deal to free agency, sending the message he's not part of the long term.
There has been plenty posted about how Ullmark was looking to leave the Sabres for a fresh start elsewhere. Are you dismissing that story? I tend to believe it all. If he wasn't going to stay unless you paid him stupid money (assuming that would have done it) would it have made sense to do so?
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On 2/13/2024 at 6:10 PM, GASabresIUFAN said:
Dear Mr Adams
1). Your team is already eliminated. Time to begin the auditions.
2) you can make roster room by clearing out the dead weight on the roster. Don’t wait until the deadline. Be aggressive, start now.
3) Sign Mitts, trade Skinner.
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.
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Just now, Crusader1969 said:
Any possibility that Skinner could be traded ? I know Sabres wouldn't want to retain any of his salary but I think it should be considered.
Not unless Skinner wants to be traded. He's in control.
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19 hours ago, pi2000 said:
II I signed up to play in a women's league (hey it's 2024, why not!), do I have a right to get upset when they chirp me and tell me I don't belong out there? I would be shocked if they didn't tho haha. But what if I really like women's hockey and want to play at that level? Isn't "hockey for everyone"?
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.
18 hours ago, shrader said:Isn’t it also naive to assume that one person’s telling of an incident is 100% accurate? I’m sorry, but I’m very skeptical of this story as written. D1 coach sitting in the corner crying? There’s some massive exaggeration at play here.
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.
54 minutes ago, Big Guava said:It is...and there is a reason men's and women's sports are separated after the age of 11 or 12.
People can believe whatever they want to believe. The real world doesn't care about that and neither does physics. I could "believe" that I could jump off a 10 story building or walk in front of a moving train and survive without any injuries. I would be dead wrong, literally, but I could believe it if I wanted to.
Believing something that simply logically and scientifically isn't true is a sign of delusion, which is where a lot of these women's rights people come off.
I'm not saying she shouldn't play, but she can always go play in a woman's league or a coed league.
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?
42 minutes ago, SwampD said:Just a point of clarification, It was an adult Hockey league, not a men's hockey league. She's playing in the right place.
Maybe those douchebags should go find a children's league to play in, if they're going to act like children.
DING. DING. DING.
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1 hour ago, pi2000 said:
Well that's not very nice.
It feels like we're only getting half of the story tho. Find it hard to believe they would chirp her unprovoked, just because she's a woman.
Edit... went back and actually read the article 😂. I believe something else happened, to provoke the taunts... maybe she baited them somehow, I've seen it happen.
"Hockey is for everyone" is a great ambition, but we're not there yet... still lots of guys playing who grew up with a different game with a different culture.
Not giving them a pass here, but at the same time let's not be naive.
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.
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From being scratched to first pair in only a few weeks. Nothing says showcasing for a trade like moving Jokiharju up with Dahlin!
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2 minutes ago, Weave said:
This is ***** stupid. Its a beer league. Everyone is there for recreation and exercise. Everyone has a real job to get to the next day. It’s absolutely ridiculous to expect someone in that situation to have the means, personality, or will to come to someone’s aid here. It’s a ***** beer league.
And yeah, some white knight should have come to defend her honor. Now there is some real progress. LMAO
She came into a situation where she expected to be treated as equal. Was plastered in a league that certainly regulated contact, as evidenced by the penalty handed out. And then taunted afterwards. And she’s the one who handled it poorly. *eyeroll*
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...
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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.
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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.
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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..
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5 hours ago, Pimlach said:
Since when did vacations and food become on the same level in the hierarchy of needs? Food is a basic physiological need
As I previously stated, I don’t care if they go on vacation or not. Just come back ready to play and be better.
The fans quality of posts here has nothing to do with the caliber of play of this team.
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. 🙂
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Just now, Weave said:
After this post, you don’t get to eat until President’s Day.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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27 minutes ago, Norcal said:
Charas elbows just happen to be head height for the avg NHLer. Not his fault.
12 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:I meant gallagher.
It's still true for Gallagher, just a different head.
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14 hours ago, DarthEbriate said:
Because the league doesn't care and has no desire to truly suspend someone, this is exactly why a) the players need to immediately exact some retribution on the ice, and b) the Sabres need someone reckless enough to be Gallagher on their behalf. Is it a good solution? No, not at all.
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.
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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.
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2 hours ago, Sabres Fan in NS said:
That is not a thing that will be happening in the game.
This actually happened last game.
1 hour ago, PickaPecaPickles said:I kind of like it. Having tuch on the 3rd line with mittlestadt creates a solid scoring line. KO provides the forechecking of tuch, but not the scoring, which forces TT to pick up the offensive load. 3 solid scoring lines, though the kid line now appears to be #1.
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.
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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.
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2 hours ago, carpandean said:
Teams are limited to two callups from the practice squad per game in the playoffs, so bringing up Haack would have meant not elevating one of the guys that they did. Obviously, AJ Klein had to be there, given their injuries at linebacker, so it came down to Haack or Isabella. They chose the latter after evaluating Martin.
Good to know. Although Isabella... woof. I would have had Haack in and let him punt while Martin held.
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7 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
I agree with you in general. It's a legit issue. How do you keep paying guys when they have accomplished nothing from a team standpoint? I guess it comes down to whether the GM thinks a player is part of the solution or part of the problem. Given how many of our forwards are allergic to 2-way play, I'd argue the problem lies elsewhere. IMHO Skinner, Cozens, and Power are players we could trade to create cap space if necessary. I don't like not bridging Power. Of all the guys we signed an extension to, his contract seems like the biggest miscalculation so far.
Regardless of whether we pay Mitts 6 or 7 per season, there are no cap issues next season. They may start in 2025, but I don't think we can worry about that at this point.
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.
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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.
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I wonder how much more there is to the Jiricek situation as well. Definitely something significant.