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1) Sabres point total? 90 2) Will the Sabres makes the playoffs? No 3) Sabres leading goal scorer? Thompson 4) Sabres leader in total points? Thompson 5) Sabres MVP? Thompson 6) Sabres ROY? None 7) Best off-season acquisition? Norris 8.) Worst off-season acquisition? A goalie 9) Biggest surprise? (positive or negative) Benson positive/Quinn negative 10) Breakout player? Benson 11) Will any Sabres players or coaches finish as finalists (win?) for any major awards such as the Norris or Selke? No 12) Unsung hero? Byram 13) Who will be the first Sabre traded away this season? Quinn 14) Will KA make any in-season acquisitions before the deadline? No 15) Will the Sabres be buyers or sellers at the deadline? Sellers 16) Other bold prediction? {Such as KA gets fired mid-season ;)} Thompson requests a trade 17) Any other thoughts? Lots

Norris

Aren’t they making tickets really cheap to entice people?

IMO this club crossed the line the day “F off and die” was used followed by attempts to explain it away. Shortly after, the overt calling for the U.S. to “burn” down and advocation of people suffering to achieve a political/ideological goal. Whether in agreement or not this club has documented statements of a radicalized nature within less than a year of the current POTUS election. Shut it down.

11 games in October I think. We’ll know what this team is by November. Is Geertsen in the lineup as a response to Rempe?

I don’t know why but I’m starting to like Eichel and VGK.

I don’t see how locking doors would make people feel like they don’t want to live somewhere. People lock their cars, put their money in a bank. Then again not everyone locks their guns up which is a separate but similar issue. I don’t disagree about FUD. Even if everything was peachy I’d still lock my house at night and when I leave. We can disagree on that because to me it’s a simple thing to do that yields a measure of security but does not intrude on my quality of life. Rather it helps protect my quality of life.

I am willing to bet that is a result of doxxing. It proves my point that it is a serious concern. Why do you act the way you do on this site? I’m asking in the most general terms. You’re probably the most abrasive poster in the hockey threads. You demand people respond to your questions but don’t follow the same rules. You act like if both sides aren’t represented in a political post that there is some conspiracy. Most recently you act like what you post on here is somehow going to make you a target and got over dramatic. And you feel the need to announce when you will no longer participate in a thread, hockey and political. That’s attention seeking.

With 11 games in October we’ll know what team we have by November. Give them the first month but if they aren’t above .500 come 1 November I would be worried. Just me though.

This game won’t define the season for either team. Announcers hyping them up generates interest and money. I wouldn’t read much into it.

I mean if you think it’s funny people in general are doxxing and swatting, whatever. It puts families in danger which I’m guessing is why they wear masks. SWAT teams wear masks depending on what they’re doing. Undercover cops wear masks and they pose as not being cops. As far as vetting goes what you said is not true. Their vetting program lines up with programs I have seen for decades. https://www.ice.gov/careers/vetting DHS uses the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency as its Cognizant Security Agency. DCSA is pretty much the largest CSA in terms of the number of agencies that do their vetting through them. As far as throwing people around, the days of surrounding people and blocking vehicles are done. Regular citizens quit putting up with this. People aren’t intimidated by these tactics or being screamed at anymore. It is extremely dangerous to allow a crowd to surround your vehicles and block routes of movement. Protesting is fine but trying to intimidate doesn’t fly.

Probably because the issue doesn’t elicit that type of response from conservatives. When 2A comes up they fill this streets with gun toting people chanting all kinds of stuff. Then there’s doxxing. Apparently that and swatting have increased a bit. Add to that, leftists have shown a tendency to agitate wherever ICE is. https://www.naag.org/attorney-general-journal/the-escalating-threats-of-doxxing-and-swatting-an-analysis-of-recent-developments-and-legal-responses/ Now add in the belief that ICE’s actions are unconstitutional, the plethora of online gray propaganda using nazis as a means to elicit an emotional response from the more susceptible people. In total you have more overt violent actions from the left due to prescribed emotional responses stemming from propaganda that takes advantage of a protective measure (face masks) against an increasing threat (doxxing). Dont worry I have no belief any of this resonate. I’ll just say it for you guys. nazis everywhere, victims everywhere, the country is coming to an end, words are violence, so on so on.

Protesting is one thing. This is asking to be a case study in Darwinism.

It’s not. -Hamas wants to use the releasing of hostages as a bargaining chip. Trump wants a cease fire. https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-gaza-hamas-trump-10-04-25 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna234632 -IMO blowing up drug boats yields little return so I wonder if it’s meant to provoke the cartels justifying a bigger U.S. response. We can’t bomb the drug fields inside sovereign countries but if the cartels respond with attacks on U.S. vessels, embassies, or DoS personnel that’s different.

I think preseason means a lot. -Figure out line combinations and defeat pairings. -Train to a system of play and get everyone on the same page. -Work on individual goals (skating, shooting, two-way game). -Instill a hard work mindset. You know, all the stuff the Sabres don’t do.

If it’s not instilled in preseason there’s no reason to believe it will be there in the regular season.

I’m listening in the Pens app.

That the biggest joke and slap in the face to so many people.

I don’t see it as race based although I guarantee there are people whose motivation to cut health care is based on race. Just because their motivation is wrong doesn’t mean mine is. It’s hard to help others if you can’t help yourself. It’s hard to help non citizens if aren’t doing the very best we can to help our own. Regardless of skin color.

There is nothing they could do. That’s like asking what could the 9-11 victims have done to make themselves a more hard target. IMO using the NC shooting to justify the issue of personal security as not being cut and dry and in the same post talking about people not wanting to lock their doors is wrong. It’s conflating personal security vs common crime with a mass shooting involving a highly irregular method compared to historic mass shootings. The idea of fear and paranoia being subjective I also don’t completely agree with but am open to discussing further. I think the world gives us a baseline of common crimes both violent and non violent to include situations where risk is higher. Something like a thief breaking into a house can be mitigated by locking doors. There is still residual risk and if someone is inclined, can be mitigated further. At some point the remaining risk (likelihood and severity) becomes acceptable because not doing so would be the definition of paranoid.

Taxes don’t cover all of our expenses. Not saying healthcare for illegals is the whole cause for the national debt but reallocating ICE’s budget is not the answer. There’s a lot of people crying about healthcare for illegals but I don’t see anyone being as vocal about the garbage VA. After 20 plus years and counting of war, a lot of vets get dog $hit VA support but yeah let’s cry about the people who crossed into the U.S. illegally. How about we reallocate every penny that previously supported healthcare for illegals to better healthcare for those who took the fight to Al Queda, Taliban, ISIS, and their proxy groups so that those unwilling to do so didn’t have to.

Sabres play today. yay.

I don’t think age should be used as an excuse to get fat. Granted senior enlisted and officers aren’t exactly the ones going into firefights or four hour patrols or conducting middle of the night raids and ambushes. They are there for their knowledge and experience. Still not an excuse to let yourself go. Nor is the POTUS’ weight an excuse. As far as using U.S. cities as training grounds, it happens. Can’t execute every training objective on bases and ranges.

Yes there are times where we have to trust people that we don’t know but that is 100% not the case in the scenario discussed. I agree the environment you are in impacts how you respond. If it’s a town hall meeting I’d engage with a stranger on whatever topic. A random car not from my neighborhood sitting in the dark across the street with a bunch of people in it, no. I will observe and if absolutely necessary I will interact. I’m not going up to their car and knocking on the window to say hi. Your scenario about the girl walking and not paying attention? Yes, she is naive. Same for a man. Purposely being aloof just doesn’t make sense to me. Not locking doors at night seems pretty stupid because it’s such a simple thing to do that offers a measure of physical security and peace of mind. Crime doesn’t happen to you until it does then it’s too late for could’ve, would’ve, should’ve. Fear and paranoia are not the same as maintaining awareness and being responsible for your own safety. IMO you guys are conflating those concepts. Being a shut in because you’re afraid something could happen is being paranoid. Observing and assessing your surroundings and situations seems to make sense given the world we live in.