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There’s a big difference between requiring people and putting them in jail. Like I wrote, we are “required” to wear masks in Maryland. At the same time, they make it clear that they will not pursue charges against anyone who chooses not to. Everyone does.

No. What was directly implied was that the Governor didn’t want people wearing masks and was suing a Mayor who wanted people wearing masks. And I’m not sure what you are saying about “banning” masks. No one is taking that position. Again, all these politicians are pleading with their constituents to wear masks. What brought on the lawsuit was the punishment of $1000 and up to 6 months of jail. I live in Maryland. Governor Hogan has asked everyone to wear masks. He even said it was an “emergency directive”. He also said, while it is law, it will not be enforced and there will be no punishment for wearing a mask. What has happened? Civility did. We all wear masks. Everyone.

This is actually fake news. If people read beyond the headline (or the tweet), which 99% of readers don’t do, you’ll see it’s a political tug-o-war between the Atlanta Mayor and the Gov of Georgia. First, both are on record clearly saying everyone should be wearing a mask in public. This lawsuit is about who has the right to make restrictive directives. The Gov‘s emergency directive specifically says no city can make make laws more restrictive than the state-wide ones. Mayor Bottoms went and placed a fine and jail time up to 6 months for not wearing a mask in public. Then the lawsuit came.

Who is Alex Nylander? Tell us who Jokiharju compares to, Dom.

Yep. Energy is a very cyclical industry. If he hasn’t recognized that by now, he wouldn’t be an owner of professional sport teams. My guess is that the majority of his assets are tied into non-energy at this point. Nevertheless, it appears the Sabres are losing a good amount of money yearly. No business person would like that.

Of course they are. Players are likely salivation. Big contracts are done for the time being. Players will cash in however they can. Desperate times calls for desperate measures I guess.

I think the days of taking on salary dumps is over for now. It’s not just the Sabres that are hurting, but likely every team that actually has salary cap room. They have this room for a reason. I don’t think they are going to fill it up with other teams mistakes. If it does happen, I can see it being a Brock Osweiller trade, where the team gets assets to take on the dump.

Agreed. You can’t lengthen the season for players who aren’t playing in the CBA-approved playoffs. But you can assign their order based on how well they play in their remaining 10-15 games. Lol at the comment of giving the top pick to playoff team. It’s almost surreal.

I’m not so sure if teams will like the distinction of winning the Piss Cup and the CBA wouldn’t allow it. That said, they could draw a line with 10-20 games left. Of those that are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, the team that wins the most games for the rest of the season wins the 1st, the 2nd most games, the 2nd, etc. It would make it extremely hard to tank, but if a team did, it would make it competitive. Teams in play for a playoff spot wouldn’t qualify and would fall into draft order based on their end of the season record. No lottery. The issue with the trade deadline is, it’s almost like a date on the calendar teams officially give up. This would eliminate that as well. More butts would remain in the seat until the end of the season = more league revenue.

What is the logic behind hiding injuries (or even Covid)?

I’m not quite sure why the Canucks are trying to dump BB. They certainly have other people they could dump, but maybe he’s the only one that would net them decent assets in return. But, yes, they have cap problems. So basically they are looking for draft picks and/or prospects? The only thing we have in this department is #8.

No, I was definitively joking about the Eichel talk. But was serious about Skinner and forgot about his NTC. Other than that, he’s a good asset, but apparently doesn’t seem to be in our plans.

What about Skinner for BB?

Is this where all the Eichel chatter goes?

Wolves basically look like dogs. Long muzzle and pointy ears. This looks more like a cougar or panther.

It’s possible Duds considered them and even wanted to be hire by the organization, but after listening to what his role would be and how much power he would have, he said thanks but no thanks. This would be a reasonable scenario. But, this is the Sabres, where GM interviews don’t even occur. So, it’s entirely possible they never even picked up the phone.

Did you read, they actually interviewed people for their HC position too.

Does this mean we can get Rocco if we throw in 2 salary cap dumps in addition to Mitts and a 1st?

It’s not “finding takers for their NTC players”, it’s the other way around. Does a vet want to uproot their family during a pandemic for the exact same amount of money (even less considering taxes). TB doesn’t hold the decision making in this case - it 100% lies with the player.

Adams already has a right hand man. His name is Kim.

I certainly would’ve felt better. A playoff team (or whatever you want to call it) should not, under any infectious circumstance, be in the lottery.

That would be fair. The team traded away their right to draft in the first round. It would be the team’s fault for trading away a top draft slot, not the NHL’s.

Are there going to be fans sitting in the arena, if not, why not Montreal or Winnipeg? For that matter, why not any NHL sized arena in the middle of nowhere?

The current system is unfair and unlikely to discourage tanking. If they want to discourage tanking, have the bottom 8-10 have equal odds for every draft pick in the 8-10 range, not just the #1-3. Above all, no matter what though, don’t have any “playoff” or “postseason” team (however they want to define this) win rights to a top 8-10 pick. This is disgusting and only hurts the league.