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What did the scouting staff do to show that bolstering it to 22 people was worth the investment? Finish dead last a bunch of times and barely above dead last a few others? Regier did pretty well using mostly video scouting back then and there is far more capability with it 10 years later. I can't say anything bad about it, it kind of was overdue in my opinion. Clinging to the "we have always done it that way" notion just because that is they way scouting staffs have always been run doesn't make much sense when you have those results to show from it.

I hate to think like that but is it possible Eichel might actually be the problem with the team? GM's change, coaches change and players change...Eichel is still here and we have done literally nothing since he has been here... When do we start looking at him as being the issue? Does he rub people the wrong way? Create a fractured locker room in some way? Are others not buying into him as captain? I don't know if any of this is right or if Eichel is the issue but we need to at leat consider that he might be...

Pack rat much?

Maybe they did have the candid conversations, JBOT said one thing and they agreed with it then he came back and said "Well, I rethought this and here is what I want to do instead" and they were like "Nope, we don't like that." Or maybe JBOT wasn't being completely honest with them in regards to what he wanted to do or the full scope of it. Could be a lot of reasons behind the change.

So looting and rioting somehow does? Or does it just act as an easy excuse for criminals to engage in criminal behavior under the guise of "protest"?

Wow...that is exceedingly rare to kill someone that young...usually you hear about them being asymptomatic or getting COVID-Toes

I think my title is more descriptive, maybe change the title to actually reflect what is the main topic of discussion?

What is the purpose of moving it up??

Wow, that is some pretty high praise from another player and apparently student of the game who is always watching hockey when not playing it. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/jets-mark-scheifele-says-sabres-jack-eichel-deserves-hart-trophy/?view=getnewpost “Leon [Draisaitl] is probably the smartest player in the game. Connor [McDavid] … well, everyone knows him. And guys like Nathan MacKinnon and David Pastrnak deserve some praise as well, absolutely,” he wrote. “But … the most valuable player to his team? Jack Eichel.” Scheifele, a self-proclaimed hockey nerd who’s almost always watching hockey whenever he isn’t playing it, said he’s been watching a lot of Sabres games this year so he can see what Eichel does next. “Every time he steps out there he seems like he’s just got another gear over everyone else,” he wrote. “To do that night in and night out? That’s impressive.” On Jack Eichel:“Whenever we play Buffalo, he’s the first guy we look to try to nullify. He’s a monster in the offensive end and an absolute pain to play against when you’re trying to score. He can do it all. He’s one of the most complete forwards in the game. And he doesn’t take a shift off.”

LMAO, more like pull up a chair to the buffet and don't leave for a month. Quarantine yourself at a buffet hahaha I'm 5' 8" and around 200 lbs right now but I have worked out for a long time and am pretty muscular. Carrying some extra winter weight, but I have been single digit body fat with abs in the low 180s

Best ever was probably one of the French Connection teams or even possible the 05-06 Sabres

Haha, didn't read the thread just a few posts from the bottom

Scandella just signed a 4 year 13.1 million dollar extension to stay in STL

Looking back at things maybe we should have given Darcy more time to fix things. The grass isn't always greener on the other side.

Uggh...how sad...had to have emergency surgery a week ago to remove a cyst causing pressure on his brain and was put in a medically induced coma to help relieve it afterwards...passed away today... Only 25 years old... Live your life to the fullest. You never know when the bell will toll for you.

This is from the first Buffalo/Ottawa playoff game that Connolly tied with like 8 seconds left and then Drury won a few seconds into OT...not sure if this is actually my first post as I joined 2 months prior, but that is the furthest back it goes... OMG!!!!! What an unbelievable game!!!! The look on the Ottawa players faces was priceless!!! What a choke job by #24 on the Senators and what a shot by Drury!!! Sabres Win 7-6 15 secnds into OT!!!!!!!!! This might have been the best game I've ever seen.....

Maybe 3 years ago...he was shot this year

Honestly I would be terrified if I worked in the health sector with so many places lacking proper PPE and telling staff not to wear masks while walking around. I am shocked they haven't staged a mass walk out around the country to force them to get them the proper PPE, like sveral month supply based on how much is being used currently on a daily basis plus a huge surplus...it's literally their lives at risk, and I wouldn't be risking mine for ANY job where I was put into harms way in that manner....

Yeah I realized that after I typed it that he was involved in the huge Lindros trade that sent him to Philly and Forsberg to Quebec at the time...hence why I deleted the post.

I think I would have to have a very young 1st or 2nd year player who is already lighting it up in the NHL and is a "sure thing" versus a high draft pick.

Seems like a pretty permanent solution to a very temporary problem...

Or maybe it shows the lack of spread to those places because relatively few people are traveling to and from there?

Unfortunately this is one of those times when the 95% of the population needs to be taken care of to the detriment of the 5% of the population. I've read quite a few posts from parents of these kids being really upset with it all. I get their point and know its not easy for them to have to see their kid suffer, but at the same time with everything that is going on, they are out of line. I'm sorry they have special needs but in these situations the resources have to be put towards the greater good and unfortunately that doesn't include them at this point. It sucks but it is what it is. I am pretty sure that if they didn't have special needs kids they would probably see it the same way.

Ouch...our across the street neighbors were told they are presumed positive as they both have had fevers of 100-103 for over a week now and all the other symptoms, but they were told they ran out of test kits and because they don't have severe respiratory issues they won't be tested. Needless to say I have been staying away from them ?

I'm not sure it will...if warmer weather is the answer how is it spreading still in places like India, Pakistan and Africa where temps are well into the 90's right now in those places...How is still spreading in those Asian countries where the temps are always in the upper 80s like Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, etc?