Randall Flagg

I'd be surprised if Strome wasn't a Sabre by October.

Whether or not you cede it, the presupposition is that they own all of it

Who knows if AJ Dillon can have the impact of Derrick Henry, but man, AJ Dillon must make defenders poop their pants

We finally got internet at my house for the first time in the fall of 2011, my Junior year of high school. I was obsessed with the Sabres and would spend hours typing "Sabres" into google and reading everything that came up, no matter the source. Learning how the Internet worked. Then one day I discovered a site that grouped all of the articles together for me! I checked that site and clicked the links every day for a month or two. Then discovered the entry to the forum. Then got lost for days, reading as many threads as I could beginning to end, even the ones years old. It was my first intro to an Internet forum. I was blown away by Sabrespace lore and the presence certain members had (and the hushed mentions of the king that had gone missing, PA) I distinctly remember thinking that there was no way I could ever have the longevity or ability to become a part of the sacred community Then I became an adult and realized that you're all just as dumb as me ;) (I kid, but those feelings were genuine as I was sheltered and impressionable)

There are plenty of cup winners who are bad players - were those guys good? Cup winners as an adjective doesn't actually tell us if that was a bad move

Our Jeff Carter is coming.

I screamed out loud when he flipped that ball to Knox while upside down. What a lunkhead. At the same time, had it connected, Knox had a straight shot to glory and to Kansas City the next weekend. We were inches from seeing an all-time NFL highlight reel play. Allen is nothing if not entertaining in one form or another lol what also killed me about that game is how GOOD he was in quarters 1-3, and how that contrasted with Q4. Its in him to play most games like he did in Dallas, we just have to hope he finds that consistency. The story of a young project QB. Had Duke not let a TD pass through his fingers, and had the OL been able to block just THREE freaking rushers for two plays on the second to last drive, I don't think we see that game as an Allen deer-in-headlights moment at all. Which is why the Diggs acquisition is so huge. Find another solid RB, get improved OL play from familiarity, and we will have the cleanest possible lens to see if adequate progress is made, and to make decisions going forward

You can read about new advancements in any part of fighting this new disease daily. We couldn't test anybody merely weeks ago and have now given what, almost 2 million? Months is a long time. This stuff isn't being made or even directed in the halls of congress, either, so I'm not worried about "our government"'s ability to get people tested. What will, IMO, end up happening is that you'll be able to test a large and representative sample of people as to have an understanding of how prevalent this virus was, and go from there. And while that's true, the prevailing sentiment of everything I read about the last lockout from a vast majority of posters and internet people, is that the NHL is generally completely willing to go without hockey for a season again like they did in 2004. It was written here, and not heavily contested, a million times in 2012, and was also brought up before the CBA was just extended a few months ago.

I would support doing something like this to hand out the cup, especially if we figure out via antibody tests that way more people have had this virus than we realize (I read that Iceland has tested a higher percentage of their population than any other country, and 50% of positives were asymptomatic) and it becomes clear that immunity is a thing. But August is way too late. A *potential* normal start for next season takes precedence for me over handing out a cup this year, which as dark points out, the nhl doesn't care THAT much about since they're willing to not do it roughly once every seven years

What was your original username? or did you get to keep it with the new account?

The only potato chips I'll eat are kettle-cooked (salt&vinegar or jalapeno) or dill pickle flavored.

I did this yesterday on Facebook, I ha-ha-ed a post from my cousin, trying to click the heart reaction, about her deceased mother (my godmother) on the anniversary of her death. I hope I caught it before anyone else saw

I looked but didn't see em.

The first post mine shows was about 4 weeks after my real first post, which was a discussion with NS, who was the first to welcome me. I was 16 years old and boy do those read like it lol cringe My not-actual-first-post was about a snow day I had, in the complaint Thursday thread, saying how I had nothing to complain about

I watched the first 4 episodes. Haven't had the faintest urge to keep watching past that point

Even though I bash Jason as much as anyone, I don't think this is true. The ROR return was so bad because Jason's decision that he had to trade ROR, with Terry's deadline, painted us into a corner. He would never have so little leverage in a Dahlin trade

I read Gretzky's book of hockey tales recently. He mentioned that he skated around pretending to be Perreault on his backyard rink, but only for a little bit - it was clear to him that he would never skate like Gilbert, that he would be a completely different player.

I think this -encourages the type of camp competition Botterill has long been after -wouldn't harm the team in a big way if the worst case scenario happened and all struggled -is in line with GA's point about being unable to build the perfect roster with only established NHLers

The only reason I bring up Olofsson was to illustrate an example of the kind of situation I picture nfreeman feeling comfortable writi Casey in for - when on-ice evidence has compiled to a degree where damn near everybody is confident the player will be a real asset to the team right now. Given how our flame outs with Casey have harmed both Casey and the Sabres, it will absolutely take this evidence in real games for people to be comfortable with designing the roster by handing Casey a spot.

That he was in on Trocheck gives me hope that he knows what he needs.

They're probably looking for that feeling Olofsson gave us - "yeah, that guy is going to make the team, and he's going to be pretty good."

You can, however, expect better at center than Eichs-rookie-questionmark-Lazar.

Fleshing out more why I'd consider a Dahlin trade but not an Eichel trade, Jack already is, today, good enough at hockey, at one of the two or three most important and hardest to acquire positions, that we could win the cup as a team without upgrading that position. Further, he's an established veteran - his trade value is locked down, and it is more than likely to be a comparable player, or two lesser players, and so on. Dahlin still fits a bit of the Lindros mold. He had a mystical air around him, people spoke in hushed tones about Lidstrom comparables, best defenseman his age in a generation. People are aware of development curves for D, and see the teenage D scoring stats. This is the type of thing that creates potential for Lindros-like returns, usually from a specific type of franchise, in a place a team like San Jose is today. You can still ask the moon for Dahlin, and you'd be able to get back whatever type of asset you like from those specific teams. All while Dahlin has not passed the level of nice second pairing defenseman yet, in a position of team strength. It'd be smart to exploit that atmosphere around Dahlin to see what you could garner. It probably wouldn't be smart to move Jack for Barzal, Nelson, and Pelech or something, because everyone knows what he is. And they'd want that, don't get me wrong. But we are either making a lateral move, or downgrading something good enough for cups for a limited increase in value elsewhere, versus moving someone with the value to greatly impact roster holes, and NOT cutting out an established elite player at the game's most important position

Dude our first is about fifteen tiers of importance below Eichel and Dahlin. I'd call Cozens more untouchable than our first? obviously you wait for the lottery before doing anything, but presuming we aren't drafting first, we should absolutely be dangling it for any help we can get. As enticing the idea of another grab bag of Mitts, Nylander, and Cozens is....why is it enticing lol speaking of, holy cow, aren't we now at the point in Mitts development that we traded Nylander at? Man time flies

If Gretzky wasn't untouchable then no player in history is untouchable. That's a boring question Its not about clinging to Eichel for those of us that are opposed, it's that when we make a list of problems with this team, a Eichel ain't on it, and we'd rather fix the actual problems we've been pointing and screeching at for 3+ years straight now than add "find a 1C" to the list like it's the good old days of 2011-2015. The sentiment of "we haven't done anything WITH the talent", which usually shows up in the offseason, is exactly what a couple of us went to war against when everyone else wanted us to think that Jason nailed the ROR trade. It'd be an interesting question if you ignored the many gaping holes around him staring us in the face for the 40 minutes of ice time he's not out there, and/or in goal, or if they didn't exist and we were still bad, but they're there and directly contributing to our horrific experiences over the last forever Plus, moving the question to Eichel fundamentally makes it impossible to be a Lindros situation, Eichel's established NHL time is different asset-wise from the question marks that were/are prospect Lindros and young Dahlin