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I dunno, the simplest explanation to me has always been that Botterill believes in Mittelstadt. He was Botts' first pick as GM and was given an NHL contract after one decent but unspectacular college season. He was penciled in to play 2/3C as a rookie. I don't need a shadowy promises conspiracy to explain it.

If we see Mittelstadt in the NHL again this season, it probably doesn't bode well for where the Sabres are at. Nothing in his game leads me to believe 2 months in the AHL will make him ready to contribute at the NHL level. See ya next year, Mitts.

Maybe he can one day benefit us like Nylander.

About freaking time.

Perfectly benign explanations...we've all had people we like personally but can't work with, or it could be a clearing of the air meeting, BUT.... The snark opportunity is too much to pass up. We don't know a damn thing about locker rooms and what goes on or what matters in any specific situation, so let's all never talk about it again, shall we? Sigh, a fool's hope, I know.

Nope. He has next year too. Hard pass.

Not to defend Bogo, but most of those "great team guy" things are fraudulent.

Roughly 98% of press connections are player agents, and the Sabres have run a tight ship since Botterill came in. It almost certainly came from Bogosian’s camp.

This year? Try every year as a Sabre and in the NHL. He's not good, he's never been good, and I'm thrilled his time as a Sabre is coming to an end. Crawling? Sir, I flew out of the bunker like Tony Stark in the first Iron Man.

I'm shocked to find there is gambling in this establishment. If there's one thing we've come to learn, being overtly crooked is way more acceptable to people than being covertly crooked. This is the third time the Belchick and Brady Pats have been caught cheating. Third! It's hard to give either of them GOAT status at this point. My favorite McDermott moment so far. There's not even a close second.

Mostly this. I would simply add that, personally, I care about league-wide recognition for our best player because it's probably a sign the team is winning. So it's not so much I need people to praise Jack, it's the symbolic value that Jack getting the accolades he deserves is because I'm watching entertaining hockey. Not elite until he's 1st in everything for a 3 year stretch. Gotta do everything we can to pretend we don't have an elite player.

It was a terrible game by Allen. Our receivers aren't great, but they're not any worse than what Baltimore rolls out. Jackson went 16/25 and 3 TDs.

Holy crap. I mean, I know when it happened, but putting a number on it just makes it feel like eons ago. I wish I was older for it with clearer memories.

Wait, so you're telling me that having a thug on the ice didn't protect someone via deterrence? Shocked, I say. Almost as if the entire notion of on-ice protection is a myth.

*of preseason.

I just want to take a moment to appreciate that we're even talking about this and it's not completely insane. Kinda sorta insane, but not completely.

This comment could have been copied and pasted the last three seasons. We can't trade the Nylander pick. We can't trade the Mittelstadt pick. We can't trade the Cozens pick. None of those players helped in the near term. Sure we flipped Nylander, but that's...4 years after his draft year. Mittelstadt is in year 3 post-draft and stinks. Cozens might be an NHLer in year 2, but he might not be an impact player even if he's in the league for a few more seasons. Eichel, Reinhart, and Skinner are in their prime now. Dahlin will be. The time to win is now, not in 4 years. We should be done flushing away Eichel's prime years on maybes years away.

More games like this and I'll start to believe in Josh Allen. He's been great.

Why aren't they showing the Cowboys' box? I want to see Jerry's tears!

Hot take incoming: I think Romo was better than Aikman.

I'm not afraid. Cowboys are toast, and Garrett is getting fired tomorrow.

Game is in the bag. 9-3.

He saw it and ruled it out. The ref trailing the play overruled and the crew went with it.

Couldn't ask for a better Thanksgiving.

McDermott failed to ice the kicker ???? So bad. So so bad. Them missing the FG is poetic justice.