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As long as the service doesn't block known VPN IP addresses, yes.

Here's his twitter account: I wanted to make this thread next level.

Well at least one person tried to understand the actual role and event versus testing their comedy chops. https://www.zippia.com/video-coordinator-jobs/ https://www.nba.com/suns/news/feature_elvisinthebuilding_100816.html I would imagine the NHL life ain't much different.

Damn fun to watch. He's definitely a player you turn the game on for just to see what he does. I thought Ben Roethlisburger was similar when he started. He certainly did not have the speed but I seem to recall him barreling through people.

I'm just going to disagree here. I almost don't want to make a counter-argument, but I suppose I should. Tom Brady is an exceptional quarterback, I would consider him the best ever. But I would not consider him anything unique. He's accomplished unique things but much of that is related to the team around him, his coach, and other factors. Megatron? Perhaps you know something I don't? He was a great wide receiver, but nothing unique. Deion Sanders? I'd love to know why. Barry Sanders - possibly.. but we'll never really know what he could have been. But then, to say there will never be another is just wrong. First, Josh Allen hasn't accomplished much. He still shows potential. Imagine, we're all giddy about his potential but if you talk about the potential of the Sabres prospects people get all doom and gloom. Anyway, he's been good, but he's hasn't won anything yet. And even then.. there will be another like him, perhaps someone even better.

I don't think it's right to call Allen a unicorn. He's a player who, in the past, most executives overlooked because of some preconceived notion of what a "QB" is. Much like other players who have altered the path of the position throughout the past. There are other Allen's out there, and you'll see teams try and find them and they will be successful because right now there are youth football coaches looking at kids the size of Allen and thinking... perhaps he'd be a better QB than LB?

For those who stream, Fubo and DirecTV Stream are the only streaming services that have MSG. Fubo does not have ANY Turner Broadcast channels, so no TNT. So I will miss 4 Sabres games this year unless I get another service that has TNT. The cheapest option I know is to get Sling. You can also get Spectrum TV (in this area) and you'll get it all. You may also get boned pretty good on costs (cable box charge, broadcast surcharge, etc.)

These are the kinds of things that make that band so awesome. I saw them once, in Buffalo, back in like 1994. They were amazing.

I'm not predicting anything. But I am a Vinnie fan. I think the quote from Granato say a lot about him. We think stars are the ones who have to hold teams accountable but a player who knows their role and plays it can demand accountability. There's something about his game I really like and it predates his time in Buffalo. Eventually he will begin to lose playing time, but there are others that will first... starting with Bjork as mentioned above.

If you can get him for the right price, you get him. If he earns a spot on the team, perfect. If he doesn't because you have better players and you can flip him for a better haul than you gave up, you do it. You go after talent even if you have talent, if the price is right.

You don't know data is bad until after you use it and then analyze the results. You don't your model is good until it is proven. Getting something right/wrong once doesn't constitute a pattern. Decisions are made on the information and knowledge had at the time. They are judged on the information and knowledge gained after that fact. Claiming a decision was bad is easy. Claiming the person who made the decision was incapable of their job is a bit of a stretch without looking at why they made the decision and reasonably inferring they ignored non-debatable facts. Of course a pattern of bad decisions is another story.

Fair, but the question also remains. Would those fans have still felt the same if they had access to the same information the front office and scouts did? If they were immersed into the event itself so that they had a seat at the table it's quite possible they might have chosen differently or have been influenced to have chosen differently based on conversations/directives (not saying directives happened, just allowing for the possibility). Thus the real inability to completely analyze that DIY GMs and Scouts are more effective.

That's the Internet of today. Everyone questions the experts, because everyone is an expert. They read something on the Internet that made them so. Poor Holiday In Express, undermined by the Internet. But,there are plenty of fans who can play in the space. I mean, fans second guess coaching, they believe they know all locker room intricacies, etc. It's the nature of fans I suppose.. or at least a significant subset of them.

The great thing about the Sabres having built a solid prospect pool is that each player is on the hook to perform. I don't see any of these players having had the season that Thompson had that would demand a contract. Samuelsson will never demand a high dollar contract and is suited as a shutdown D. Cozens has the most to gain, but he's also the youngest and so has more time. Asplund is the one who needs to step up or I suspect he'll be traded. It won't be enough for him to just be good, he's going to have to be significantly better than the players coming behind him. He's 24, this is it for him if he wants something more than a 1 year deal. I'd add Mitts is in the same boat at 23. He's going to have to demonstrate he's got more upside than he has so far or I see him being replaced as well.

I took a year off and since coming back said poster has been negative in many threads. Often the posts appear as being contrarian as a matter of principle. The poster also has chosen an avatar that projects that same persona. Red was a no nonsense, crotchety father who often quickly escalated to the term "dumbass". If the vast majority of responses in threads by any particular poster trend towards contrarian then it would be natural to expect people to begin dismissing and downright ignoring that person. Differing viewpoints are often accepted, but not just because they are different, but in how they are presented. I think the board welcomes a wide variety of opinions, what it tends to not tolerate are those who don't further the conversation on the topic and demonstrate an unwillingness to consider the different viewpoints being presented against their position. Finally, I think it's just human nature that when you show up to the club you aren't immediately embraced as a long term member. I think some expect that it should not be the case and then fault others for not conforming to their expectations. That said, the Internet era has degraded our ability to engage in conversation. Even on a forum, where communication is not buried in a timeline nor subjected to character limits, people tend to opt for that style of communication. I suspect both because they have become accustomed to writing in short hand and their intended recipients have become big fans of TL;DR.

Perfect... I saw the rumored B&G goat heads.. but I think that would be tacky given the return of the B&R goat heads.. I would prefer them to go another route... we'll see.

So as the third jersey, that means they will be around awhile (seasons) and it also means they are not the reverse retro, is that accurate?

You don't need him until the playoffs when there's no salary ca.... oh, wrong sport.

Maybe it's because he developed a habit of throwing shade at people? Like he's throwing shade at the Bills by saying it was the most obvious thing in the world but you know Buffalo, they sometimes don't do the obvious. You know, it's so easy a caveman could do it, but if you didn't do it you must be dumber than a caveman type insinuation. Perhaps he used it to make his tweet longer and thus have it ranked higher on SEO? Damned if I know these days.

If I find out he heads your way I will message you... to make his life miserable. Well, assuming it was a idiot thing that got him there. 🙂 I was hanging out in Olean Friday for awhile, guess I will be down there more often now.

Moved my oldest into college yesterday. He's off to St. Bonaventure. Obviously I have very limited knowledge on what other colleges and universities do for their incoming first year students, but I can't imagine it being much better than what they do down there. The entire process with them was top notch. The attention to little details gives me confidence they are able to knock the bigger things (education) out of the park. Big changes in the house, for him, and everything. But it's awesome seeing your kid take their next step in life and feeling positive about the path they are on.

I need to know the answer to this, so I know where to move. But perhaps Alaska and Hawaii? 🙂

It's non-checking, not non-contact. So you won't get hip checks on the wall but you will most assuredly get lots of angling into the boards.

I'd look up the word misanthrope using a physical dictionary.

1. Restructuring the scouting staff has resulted in better prospects. Yes we'll see if they pan out, but the fact is, they are better prospects. So just comparing it to the prospect pool of the past, it's a win. 2. This is tough. Because of the progression plan I think Granato is expected to have this team product at the rate its capable of doing given where the progression plan is at any point in time. We'll cover more on that in #4. All things considered, the coach has taken the team and they have improved on the ice. There is a notable skill gap in net. No overcoming that. That said, Granato did move Thompson to center which resulted in a notable improvement. Sure it's only one season but our overall judgment period is not much more than that. 3. Eichel trade was a W. He was a problem child on the team. Three years ago I was telling people on here about his locker room reputation. So much of it came out after he was traded too. Eichel may have all-world talent (we shall see) but he's not an all-world person or player. Risto.. easy. Reinhart was questionable unless Levi signs, but yes, he was going to walk. 4. They are not in UFA mode. It's not at that point in the plan. I don't consider it a failure. Not securing a goaltender isn't on the GM alone unless you want the GM to overpay and you want to assume that overpayment is enough to convince the goaltender to sign here. Otherwise, it's a trade that brings in a goalie. At least they got Comrie who might not be great, but he's likely better than what they had. I think the Ullmark topic has been closed, he wasn't worth it. 5. I'd give him credit for the Thompson signing. I'd give him credit for positioning the contracts to the progression plan. If the bottom line is that you feel more confident in the potential of this team than you did in the potential of the team 2-3 years ago then I think that's a positive. But like anything, you can't fully judge the success until after.