TrueBlueGED
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Tick tock. Tick tock.
I know it's not super common for significant deals to be made at this point of the year, and even less common for those trades to involve quality centers. But Botterill dug his grave and he has to figure out a way to dig out. No sympathy. The team is still close enough to the playoffs where this thing can be salvaged. Get it done.
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There's still hope!
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11 minutes ago, inkman said:
You said annals
Teed it up for ya. You're welcome.
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3 minutes ago, inkman said:
I'm uncertain what you mean here. Are you saying teams don't but should or are you saying teams don't need to if they are built correctly?
I'm saying teams should but don't. LA and Chicago are the two current prominent examples, but they're hardly alone in the annals of history.
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4 hours ago, inkman said:
Chicago is going to have to rebuild at some point soon. Not sure the Sabres have what it takes to get it done but I'd love to see them take a stab at it.
No, they don't. Teams should get to the rebuild point that gets talked about, but they never do, even after they have obviously aged out of contention.
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The Pats are about to lose to the Dolphins. Life is good.
4 minutes ago, inkman said:and Duke Williams proving he can't be counted on.
and McDermott proving he still doesn't understand how to evaluate offensive talent with Yeldon and Sweeney both looking like they should have gotten 30-40 touches this season.
Yeldon, at least, probably deserved more work this season once Gore slowed down. But I can't imagine having any takeaway of any kind from this game. And I'm not exactly a McDermott guy.
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Sooooooo Matt Barkley? Not great.
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I'm so happy that Darnold sucks and the Jets hired Gase. May that team forever be bad.
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17 minutes ago, Zamboni said:
I think the vast majority think this way. Only a few fans actually think Cozens will in fact be a viable option at center as a 19 year old green horn.
And maybe a certain general manager.
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Maybe in a month he'll get to play with Jack as a welcome back gift.
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5 hours ago, bunomatic said:
Fortunately I’m able to suspend my belief when watching the usual fair from the likes of Michael Bay. Newsflash- most of the action scenes can’t possibly happen in real life without mass casualties to normal humans either. Lol but that reality doesn’t stop most people from allowing themselves the ability of enjoying the make believe of an action film. Its not a Kubrik.
1 hour ago, nfreeman said:I think a certain set of expectations is appropriate for a movie like 6 Underground or the Fast & Furious movies. Dumb action thrillers are what they are, and if you require consistent internal logic, you're probably in the wrong theater.
You're both missing my point completely. I'm not looking for tremendous storytelling or depth of character. I'm looking for the big, dumb, entertaining action scenes to have sufficient quality to be entertaining. Demanding something be edited so that a coherent product emerges is simply asking for some baseline quality to the carnage. I'm not looking for logic or realism, I just need some level of competence.
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6 Underground is among the worst movies I've seen in years. Reynolds was very good, but the movie itself was unbelievably bad. Even the action scenes, which should have been enough to make it at less entertaining, were horrid. One moment this car has no side mirror and a giant scratch down the whole side. Same car, next scene, perfect condition! It looks like it got edited by an undergrad who couldn't pass into to film.
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Said it before, I'll say it again: we traded a GM who couldn't evaluate defensemen for a GM who can't evaluate forwards.
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2 hours ago, ubkev said:
The McCallister family are the worst people on Earth! After watching Home Alone, I was convinced they should all be shot in the back of the head. But after watching Home Alone 2, I'm positive they should all be shot directly in the face.
....are you just now seeing Home Alone?
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1 hour ago, dudacek said:
Don’t think AHL provides ice time stats.
Given the player I saw prior to turning pro, I have to say I am surprised by his lack of development.
We got bamboozled.
1 hour ago, Zamboni said:Meh ... I’m not gonna get worried about Mitts until he’s been in the AHL next season without a chance he gets called up because he’s plateaued that badly. Until then, I’ll just chalk it up to his development going much slower than I expected. He just turned 21. No need to have hard definitive negative opinions on the young man.
The issue isn't that he hasn't become a star at 21, it's that he hasn't shown anything. He looks like a dud in every phase of the game. Even young players who aren't ready typically show flashes. Mitts hasn't, which is why I think being down on him is justifiable.
1 hour ago, Thorny said:The thing about Casey that I noticed, alarmingly, right away is that he basically looks slow. Especially an issue because his game was predicated on exactly that pre NHL, he was able to create distance with speed while playing at the WJC, but amongst NHLers that attribute is non-existent.
Sam for example never relied on speed and was able to adjust his game in the pros to suit his strengths much as he had in junior.
Casey lost his speed advantage and now he’s unable to do much of anything.
Pretty much. He might still be able to develop other ways to be effective, but it's not happening anytime soon. Unless he really starts to perform in Rochester this season I'll go into the summer hoping for a Jokiharju-style trade.
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24 minutes ago, Ogre said:
As I sit here with my BIL from Boston and he is forced to acknowledge the officiating mistakes it becomes obvious to me that the refs took this one.
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I feel pretty good after this one. It was fun, first of all. We had good Josh and bad Josh, good McDermott and bad McDermott, drama, and a few big plays. Our defense didn't play very well as a whole but we were right there at the end. In New England. I'd have preferred a win, of course, but we can absolutely win a playoff game against Houston.
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This was a bad game for the defense to not have its A game.
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I've always loved Josh Allen! What a freaking throw. Stood in, took a shot, and perfect placement.
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That final 2 minutes or so was the best game management of McDermott's career. Even if we hadn't scored, he maximized our chances. And kudos for being aggressive regardless.
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11 hours ago, Eleven said:
He's living up to it. He plays hockey, and the Sabres pay him for it.
Don't know if you were around here for the Hecht years, but the comparison definitely is apt.
Hecht was a much more valuable player than Okposo is. Hecht could play anywhere in the middle of your roster and had center versatility. Okposo is strictly a 4th line winger. Not even close to the same.
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48 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
AJ Green and Amari Cooper are available
How is Rochester considered an out of town viewing area?
Have to believe Cooper gets re-signed, but if he hits the market, sign me the hell up.
As far as Green, his recent injury run says he shouldn't be the only answer we bring in, but I did come across this stat:
Signing Green and drafting a rookie in the 1st seems like a reasonable play to me.
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6 hours ago, Randall Flagg said:
There was a preseason argument in this thread about the Bills needing to pass more to be successful. Well, the Bills pass the 28th most (by percentage of their offensive plays) out of any team in the league. Here are the teams behind them:
28.Buffalo 53.32%|
29.Seattle 53.22%
30.San Francisco 50.33%
31.Minnesota 50.11%
32.Baltimore 44.65%Their records are:
28) 10-4
29) 11-3
30) 11-3
31) 10-4
32) 12-2Two things. First, it's hard to look at those percentages in a vacuum without considering how good the defenses are and game flow. Buffalo, Baltimore, San Francisco, and Minnesota are four of the top 6 defenses by DVOA; Seattle is the worst at 14th. At least part of the reason they pass so little is they have leads. Second, it's not just the number of passes, it's what you do with them.
Those 5 team ranks in passing offense DVOA:
Seattle 2nd, San Francisco 7th, Minnesota 6th, Baltimore 1st, Buffalo...20th. Sandwiched between Chicago and Cleveland.
The Bills are having a great season and I'm enjoying the ride despite my skepticism. However, they profile a lot closer to last year's Bears than to any top tier contender.
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6 hours ago, WildCard said:
For those of you out-of-towners, the game this Saturday will only be on NFL Network
I hate the NFL.
GDT: Sabres at Bruins, 7 p.m. ET, 12/29/19 (MSG, ESPN+)
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Well, when you put it that way....