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Awesome, thanks.

Though there is a (strong) correlation between them, "blue collar" is typically used to refer to type of work and extent of formal education required, not necessarily the money such a job results in. Gross oversimplification incoming: physically demanding jobs not requiring a college degree = blue collar; desk/management jobs requiring a degree = white collar.

That's my reading of it as well. While you're here, have any insight for us on David Quinn as a coach vs. David Quinn as a recruiter?

They've gone as far as Brian Kelly can take them, that's for sure.

Yea, the Richards thing was more of "Hey I was too stupid to use a compliance buyout on you, so now I'm going to move to terminate your contract for using opiods we probably helped get you hooked on."

Beat his wife bloody. Sorry man, they're getting buried with me.

Because it's not a one shot game--there are long term consequences associated with any decision to stop financial support. It would be one thing if we were Florida, where 10,000 people (at best) show up every game--season ticket holds could get fed up, say F it, drop tickets...and easily get them back when the team improves. That can't happen here. If you're a season ticket holder and you dump them in an act of protest, you may quite literally not get them back for a decade, at which point the reason for your initial protest is well behind in the rearview mirror. People keep tickets to ensure they have them when the team is good and in the playoffs, not because they support a mediocre (or worse) product.

Kill me in the most painful way possible. Please.

Some murmurs and whispers (of which, personally, I believe there is at least some truth), but nothing substantial has come of any of it.

Why? The sexual assault allegations against Kane that resulted in no charges because of an evidence bag hoax? Voynov was charged with a felony, going to be deported, and Lombardi let him practice with the team while suspended by the league. The situations aren't even remotely comparable.

Don't forget Benigni's (who I generally like, as far as local media types go) glorious "I know we're not here to talk about the Bills...but for a moment, allow me to ask about the Bills" question.

No. Let's re-litigate the tank instead.

Voynov fiasco. If character has meaning, and not just a buzzword, it won't be Lombardi.

Mark Spector. Who is a putz.

Baby steps: we have mics for the questions. We can all hear them!

I'm just glad we didn't decide to play a "character" drinking game. I'd be unconscious already. Oh joy, re-litigating the tank.

So much for "Bylsma was Pegula's hire", eh? :p

Methinks he was none too pleased about the Eichel leak.

It's been about 3 minutes and I can already tell we're not getting any useful information out of this.

I'd expect he'd bring in Bill O'Reilly to be the new TV host.

I'm pretty far from being an employment attorney, but I'd guess these two are both the answer to your second question. Workers comp covers the NHL's liability, but not Wideman's and the Flames.

Well, if nothing else, it may be a way towards MFT status. Or, at least, an escape from the tank-induced punishment dungeon they seek to currently have us in.

Winning solves everything. Hire the right people (which, yea, may indeed require the proverbial blind squirrel to find a nut), Terry will transform into the lovable eccentric billionaire from his intro presser, and all will be well. Today, where falling into the pit of despair is the easiest thing to do, I choose optimism. Jack Eichel was given to us to help save Buffalo hockey. He's the shining light in the darkness. He helped facilitate the firings, and things will turn out well because of it. The right people will be hired...no, not by accident, but because everything that begins with Jack is good and pure and right for the Sabres. The world works in mysterious and surprising ways, and some how, some way, the Sabres will emerge from this moment better able to compete against the evil blue and white empire across the boarder. If Sauron can be defeated by a clueless hobbit and his bumbling gardener against impossible odds, the Pegulas can find the right people at this most critical time in the struggle of Sabres fandom. Jack Eichel is our Aragorn, and this day, god dammit, we fight!

If not getting a 5th and a 4th round picks were the straw, we're screwed.

I cannot be harder on the Paul Fenton bandwagon. I'm willing to be permanently attached to it via nail gun, where the nails then get welded to the frame.