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I just got the game. The most recent roster has: O'Reilly and Okposo at 88 Risto at 87 Eichel and Kane at 86 Bogo and Kulikov at 85 Gorges at 84 Franson, Ennis and Reinhart at 83 Girgensons and Moulson at 82 Foligno at 81 McCabe, Larsson, Deslauriers, Gionta at 80 Other notables: Nelson at 77 Fasching at 75 Carrier at 76 (in AHL) Bailey at 75 (in AHL) Baptiste at 74 (in AHL) Guhle at 60 (in WHL) Asplund at 67 (in SHL) Alex Nylander does not appear to be in the game.

I wonder if the NHL has the same rules the NFL (well, really, the jersey manufacturer) about players having to buy off the remaining backlog of inventory in order to change numbers. That was a big deal when Adrian Peterson filed to change from 28 to 24 and was told he would need to. It would've been around $1 million for him to do so. He decided not to but publicly raged about it.

Yes, you have to file a paper. And he did. It used to even be in his Wikipedia page (referencing the same Rochester radio interview I listened to) but now it strangely (and falsely) states he "broke family tradition" and elected to wear 82. He went on Rochester radio before the lockout and said he had filed for the number change. It was posted to Twitter. I've looked for it recently but I don't imagine it'd be easy to find.

She's* her* ;)

Nope. He actually filed the papers to change to 17 just prior to the lockout and it never came to, likely because the league was more worried about getting a CBA done.

This is the opposite of how a normal human being should feel.

Literally every player who has played for the Sabres and been handed a number that wasn't their choice. Clearly, looking at our history, the number doesn't make a lick of difference. I still stand by my opinion that there's so much of a mental game that you can't with a guy's number. Give them the number they want out of what's available and let them be the most comfortable. I've seen players quoted as saying they don't feel right wearing certain numbers. It's an amateur move.

Just the number 32 because it makes me want to murd ... Never mind.

An egregious and nearly unforgivable failure in the offseason considering the health history of Watkins and the fact that you gave your QB a "long-term" contract that's structured to basically say "be good now or go elsewhere." I think Whaley has a lot of good qualities, but I don't think he's a good GM anymore. Would be a great assistant somewhere.

Ian Rapoport said the season-ending thoughts from last night were because they thought he re-broke the foot. That is not the case, according to him. Says Sammy will have to play through it because nothing can be done about the pain in season. Said Bills won't shut him down.

I don't think they'll have to at that point, but it would bring up serious questions going into the offseason. This makes it next to impossible to evaluate Tyrod when you'd probably want to get out of his contract considering the likely putrid numbers he'll have. Problem with blowing it up is that there isn't much value in our high-price players. I don't think anybody is giving value for Dareus. Somebody is going to come in this thread and go all "Buffalo is too negative, it's only been one week." I don't care.

Don't worry we've still got Cordy Glenn in a walking boot to hear about. Just enough excuses to preserve mediocrity going into next season! (Yes, if Sammy and Cordy are out long term I'm giving up after one week.)

Indeed. Holy hell. http://nydn.us/2c3LNfF

And was found not guilty. Two breathalyzer tests and neither convicted him. No character issues there. And one incident shouldn't automatically mean "character issues."

Patriots win because a rookie snapper blows the snap on a game-winning field goal attempt.

I know. I read the link. That's why I asked because I wasn't sure if there were other similar ramifications for other symbols. I also wonder if you could consider it a hate crime if you could prove somebody used the confederate flag to intimidate a black person in some fashion.

Would the same apply to the confederate flag? I imagine so, because the judge who ruled the flag can still fly stated he only made the decision because there wasn't "legal injury." Would using the flag as a way to intentionally intimidate black people be that?

If you're going to talk about goalie prospects you have to include Cliff Pu ... https://twitter.com/Marner93/status/744913057810255872

After I posted this possession changed three times. Exactly why you can't just blow timeouts because you're too incompetent to call a play and get set in 40 seconds or because you're unable to audible when you don't like the defense.

Good teams do call timeouts and mismanage the clock from time to time, but the Cardinals and Patriots (two Super Bowl favorites) just hit the two-minute warning with all three timeouts intact.

You just censored yourself while bemoaning censorship.

You failed. :)

Two New England Patriots, four Miami Dolphins and one Kansas City Chief joined Kaepernick in protesting the anthem/flag today (as far as I know). The Chief was Marcus Peters who, instead of kneeling, stood with his fist in the air. Brandon Marshall of the Broncos also did it. The Seahawks strongly considered having the entire team kneel, but a few players with close connections to the military didn't want to go there and instead the team locked arms in a single line while the anthem played. The team didn't want to do anything individually and decided this was a way to ensure both sides could express their feelings on the matter.

I haven't seen many people who truly believe the court system should get rid of the confederate flag, and I don't think they should either. I hate that flag. It's the embodiment of hatred, oppression and ignorance. But I would hope humans, on an individual and governmental level, would be smart enough to not use it as a point of pride in any scenario. Unfortunately that's not the case. What you're saying is accurate, N'eo. Both flags are and should be protected by the government, and both can freely be protested for what they represent. Even though I am a supporter of Kaepernick I believe protests of the confederate flag are more easily supportable and correct without a sliver of doubt in my mind. The only thing I would disagree with, N'eo, is your thought that the confederate flag represents anything actually positive at this point. Any redeemable qualities of the cloth are long gone and what's left is bigotry and expensive toilet paper, at best. I also think there's a difference in the protests between Kaepernick and the protesters of the confederate flag. Kaepernick is protesting the symbol to bring attention to current events. Protesters of the confederate flag are protesting the flag itself and its representation of a time we believe is dead and gone.

The harshest part of that: nobody knows Tyrod like Baltimore does. They know his limits and think him being a QB is his biggest limit.