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He's been slow, grabbing opponents, missing pucks, making bad passes. I don't see that being on the coaches. He simply does not look good at all and I dare say he might be the worst player on the ice at the moment.

I need to say one thing.. If placing ads on the TV is going to be the norm this season (and I am sure it is).. I'm not sure how long I can continue to watch. It annoyed me to no end each time the screen would resize just so an ad could be shown along the bottom and side (when they switched the sponsor next to the score panel). Ugh...

Fubo streams the game at 720p and 60fps. I thought the quality is excellent last night. That's a 720p stream being sent to a HD output and then upconverted by my 4k TV and it looked great using my Firestick 4k.

Yeah, but I mean all teams. Washington didn't look good last night but a few times at least their players seemed to know where the others would be on the ice. Buffalo looked straight out lost at times and I don't think it's just a lack of talent. I haven't looked at other teams to see if its isolated to the Sabres. Just a lack of any pre-season games might play into teams that have a more cohesive returning roster getting off to a quicker start than others. If they look this bad by mid-February I'll be saving money on my Fubo subscription. I love this team, but not enough to pay that much money to watch them lose. 🙂

My hangover tells me that beers of sorrow is not worth it. I'm curious if the teams that have had more changes to their lineup will struggle early on as they adjust to gameplay and each other. I'm still glad we get to see hockey.

At this point I see the argument about Skinner falling into two camps. Either you see what is wrong with Skinner and expect him to suck it up or You're his mother.

It really boils down to this... Is my hangover tomorrow caused by: Beers of Joy Beers of Sorrow Either way, I'm ready... so ready...

Stayed up last night to catch the first GDT. Went off to sign up for Fubo so I can watch this season and it was a little after midnight when I was done. Forgot to stop back here and just went to bed.... Doesn't matter.. @jsb rockin out a great start to the season with a killer GDT. I'll be parked in front of the screen with my reverse retro jersey on that my son bought me. I wish I had some idea of what to expect... but at this point I'm just happy that hockey is back!

Being able to operate openly certainly allows for a certain speed to be achieved especially when the movement is young and hasn't had to hide itself. Now it does, but yes, over time I believe that the rally last Wednesday would have been just as large regardless of the platform they used to organize it. The only difference would be the difficulty intelligence agencies might have in discovering that the rally would occur and preparing for it. Not sure I am following your question. I'll take a stab. Eventually those who want to find information will. There are those whose interests are piqued enough by happenstance or simply because some algorithm thinks they might want to see some radical post that could pull them in. The latter is the what you hope shutting down social media accounts really impacts. But last summer I was getting Donald Trump ads on Youtube. Disturbing Trump ads no less that were clearly propaganda. That's the stuff you want to block because there is a decent contingency of people who will believe any well produced propaganda or at least will want to learn more and then might become a believer. But, by forcing the organizational groups underground you do make the infiltration of those groups easier. Given the current capabilities of these groups I'm not too concerned but it is inevitable that someone with the right charisma and intelligence rises to the top and can lead a group like this to be quite disruptive. You hope it doesn't happen... but history would indicate otherwise.

Figured I should share this.. https://cardiaccane.com/2020/09/24/carolina-hurricanes-mike-maniscalco-to-officially-take-over-play-by-play-duties/ Mike is a Buffalo native. He went to Kenmore East. I knew him and his brother from attending at the same time and I met his future wife before he did when we both attended Geneseo. She's also from Buffalo. Williamsville East I believe? He beat cancer recently and took over PBP last year in the playoffs when Forslund stopped calling games. Looks like he did a bang up job and earned the job for this season. Pretty damn cool.

Pretty sure it was @26CornerBlitz who had a ton of solid GDTs. There are many others who have done a bang up job as well.

Hack? it could be difficult. infiltrate? easy. That said, this is the hard part about cutting off the open and easy access communication channels. Sure, by removing things like parler and other items it reduces the influence on the general public, but I'm convinced people will find the new encrypted sites just as handily if they go looking for it. Now it's just harder for the people who watch over them to gain access.

Damn.. I posted this in the training camp before I saw you post it here. When I saw it the post had not attributed the original tweet it came from.

They do, but MSG or the NHL keeps putting in rules that are tying their service to the "cable" company. I would really call it any service aggregator as that is what Fubo, Charter, DirecTV all are at this point. They are all about creating the packages that people want for a price that makes them money. It's going to continue to be ridiculous as each content producer finds their way in the world. We're seeing that happen right before our eyes with CBS All Access, Peacock, Disney+/ESPN+/Hulu+, Discovery+ (or whatever they are calling it). The NHL needs to adapt to this as well because MSG can't stand on its own. While people are cutting the cord not many are moving to YouTubeTV, HuluTV, Sling, Fubo, etc. because they are content subscribing to Netflix, Amazon, Disney, HBO, CBS, etc. I will be using Fubo to get the Sabres this year. Spectrum would charge me $12.99 broadcast surcharge and $8.99 set top box fees on top of all the regular programming charges. For the few months I need it I would rather pay slightly more to Fubo than pay $22 per month to absolutely ridiculous fees. You also get more from Fubo. Ultimately though, the NHL needs to shore up its NHL.tv product and make that unrestricted.

Does Jack need a new nickname?

Good lord.. talk about stretching the limits. That's just stupid.

The NMC is huge, but it was required to get him apparently. That said, the market will be different and a player who is not playing will waive that clause. He will still get paid, but he wants to play and someone who wants to pair him with the center they have to maximize his production will pay to get that "top ES scorer" that people keep touting. I agree with this. A shortened camp and no preseason means that you have to make moves quickly. Skinner didn't adapt as fast as he should and he's moved down. it doesn't mean he won't move back or that some other player won't suddenly make a 3rd line with good scoring potential a reality. You keep apologizing for Skinner. Everything Krueger said indicated they had been communicating about things and the expectations. He's not throwing Skinner under the bus here. He's explaining, so people can understand why Skinner is sliding down the depth chart. That much was going to be obvious to anyone, so there has to be an explanation. For me the explanation is pretty bland but it speaks volumes. Bottom line, others are doing what is expected of them, Skinner is not. I don't even think it's just his defensive play. Does he even look interested in the offensive zone? What Skinner will do is pure speculation. I think we all want him to adapt and be the productive player he can be. Right now, he's not that. They commented on Ruotsalainen being fatigued. Clearly it stood out enough that they commented on it. Is it true? I don't know. Is it some line of garbage meant to justify their move? I don't know. I think there is an aspect of.. 56 games, every game counts and proven assets get the first nod. The shuffling of players will likely be a very real thing with the condensed schedule. I think players, more than usual, will get their chances to show themselves in games.

Those words say everything I need to know about Skinner right now. Yes, the owners allowed the large contract, so be it. They aren't going to let his $9M contract dictate the team. It's clear that's the message being sent. There doesn't appear to be any players too concerned about where Skinner is at in the lineup. I think the team is on board with where things are and Skinner will have to face the facts soon. His contract is big, no doubt, but as we've said, good GMs find a way.

Yes. You have the right to file a lawsuit. It doesn't mean it will go anywhere. Twitter owns its platform and has an Acceptable Use Policy. Trump violated that policy and was subjected to the rules. But as was said, its not really gone.

Is he playing well? What is he showing out there? What message do you send to the team if you promote a talented but selfish player to a top line and demote someone from that line who is working hard? I would bet good money that if Jack thought Skinner should be up on a higher line, or Staal, or Hall they would say something to Krueger. Right now I don't think anyone is saying anything and Skinner isn't doing anything to make him promotion worthy. There's an assumption that moving Skinner up will result in more offense, but perhaps that is not the case.

Conversely, Skinner is getting paid $9M to play like he is an NHL player and not a whiny brat. Skinner does nothing to help himself. When he hasn't gotten his way he lets his play drop off. if he were truly offended by the demotion why wouldn't he be out there proving everyone wrong? You want to blame the organization, and you can for the contract. That GM is gone now. The level of play by the player is squarely on the player themselves and no one else. Skinner needs to step it up. Bottom line. or perhaps he'll be upset enough to waive his NMC and someone will take him.

Right.. but until the tweets are deleted they are out there.. and when people take screenshots they remain out there. No big deal, there are plenty of blowhard twitter accounts out there. Well, they aren't going to admit defeat either. I can only imagine the behind the scenes benefits those people get for staying on board. They didn't know them to be untrue in this case. They don't know there was no fraud. If they knew there was no fraud that would mean they had access to things they should not have had access to. However, the chances of there being any truth to it was slim. Yep. As it should have been.

Players slamming some Blues after the game. 🙂

Sure, but if you look at schedules I'm not sure where the openings are to fit in any other games without trying 3 games in 3 days, etc. Double-header? One game played at 10am and another at 7pm? The 10am isn't going to due the broadcast viewership much good. hard to say all around. To me they call up the next players and go.

He can't acknowledge that any more than a GM can acknowledge he's about to fire a coach. Sure one is the international stage of politics and effects the leadership of our country but fundamentally its the same thing. If you are trying to win at something you can't come out and says "It's really just a joke and I don't expect to win." I care. The message has to be sent that these actions are not tolerable, at any point. Yeah.. and Trump was back in a few minutes posting as POTUS on Twitter. Won't amount to much. Real action is required and unfortunately I do not have faith that politicians will rise up to make it happen. Ultimately politicians cower away from taking meaningful action. Politicians by and large lack any real leadership capability and are more a group of compromisers and manipulators. Its a rare politician that can truly lead and make those tough decisions that serve the country and not themselves.