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And Utica. But if you look at distances, Bham is closer to Penn teams, Alb/Adk are closer to New England, and Roc-Syr-Utica are close to Canada. Just switch Syr and Adk and it would make sense.

Roc-Syr have been in different divisions for years, but they're still scheduled to play a bunch of games, as well as some against Utica. Now the Crunch's closest div team is Albany. It would be so sensible to just swap the Crunch and Flames. The Crunch owner is from NYC, perhaps he thinks fans want to see the players from the 3 NY-NJ teams.

Talking Dead tonight at 9 talks about next season. Tues. night is 'Inside the Walking Dead'.

I think it's time for a term limit on SC judges. Give them 10 years so that their replacement would not be picked by the same president that nominated them.

I'd like to see Hodgson moved, don't like the contract and he's a weak back checker. I'll be disappointed if they don't sign Ott, he was their most entertaining player last season, and if they're not going to win, I want to be entertained. We're going to have to be patient with the goalies. I think it will be a couple more years before one of the young ones shows they can step up. Otherwise it will require acquiring one.

To be fair, context matters. Was he grabbing it just goofing around, or was he being serious and making a move on the guy? And was the cop in uniform? Hockey hasn't had to address openly gay players yet.

590 the Fan from Toronto, and Buffalo News blog.

So do I. Sandpaper and entertaining. I hope he doesn't go to another team in east.

McCormick could always go down to Roch and be a leader there like last year.

I like the idea I heard; offer some veterans 1 year contracts, with the understanding that the Sabres will try to trade them to playoff teams at the deadline so they can compete for Cup. Then they can come back the next year if they want. Rinse and repeat.

You underestimate their talent. Ullmark is the top rated goalie in Sweden, Leuwen had a great year in Roch, Makarov had a strong finish and playoff when called up to Roch, and Peterson had a good year in USHL. It only takes one to step forward in the next couple of years. Miller was a 5th round pick.

He's a free agent.

How about fans showing some class and not embarrassing their city. Bettman does what his bosses, the owners want. Boo Ed Snider, he's one of the influential owners. It's like if people booed a principal at a high school graduation. I hope if the draft is ever in Buffalo the fans show more class.

Don't waste a 2nd round pick on a goalie. They already have a bunch; Enroth, Neuvirth, Lieuwen, Hackett, Makarov, Ullmark, Peterson, and maybe Knapp.

Hope he gets in trouble in the big city and they stink next year.

Can't believe the tweets on the bottom of tv screen showed a nickname, Leon "The Final Solution" Draisaitl. Funny but inappropriate. Probably some young guy in charge who doesn't have a clue about what it means.

FYI round 1 of the draft Friday is on NBCSN at 7pm. Then on Sat. rounds 2-7 are on NHLNet at 10am.

Don't know what it's like to have grandparents, all mine were gone by the time I was 7. My family is on vacation in Orlando for the week, but I couldn't go because of work deadlines.

@barryap1: Dan Snyder trademarked "Washington Warriors" a year after this suit was filed, so it's not like this wasn't anticipated.

I take it that it doesn't prevent its use, just that they don't have exclusive rights to it. So now anyone can use it to create offensive products. I wonder if the NFL has rights to the colors and font used.

Of course the fact that almost 400 terrorists have been tried in civilian courts and either convicted or plead guilty shows that the policy started under Bush and continued under Obama works. Its what should be done with the Gitmo detainees to close it. But once again attempts at political gain by scaring the public gets more attention than the facts.

And they proved me to be correct. After 50 tries to reverse the ACA they moved on to the next topic to investigate ad hominem. But I'm specifically talking about today's news.

He'll never play golf again, because his weight displacement goes back, all his weight is on his right foot, and he'll push everything off to the right. He'll never come through on anything. He'll quit the game.

After reading this story this morning of just how rabid some conservatives are, I have no doubt they will spin it into a negative. http://m.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-heritages-ugly-benghazi-panel/2014/06/16/b8bd423c-f5a3-11e3-a606-946fd632f9f1_story.html

Can't wait to see how the Repubs spin this as a bad thing. Wag-the-dog? Distraction from their preconcieved conclusions.