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Honey badger mentality. Maybe a layer between TP and a honey badger is a good thing. As you maintain, any change is better than what they have. You bring in Jarmo/DeBoer and the respect level goes up immediately, it’s no longer howdy doody time. No way DeBoer accepts the current assistants as competent, he has enough contacts around the league to make up a good staff.

I think Ellis was claimed on October 6th so I wonder if they can stall UPL in Rochester for 2 weeks so that Ellis doesn’t have to be sent down. Play him a couple of games and maybe he turns out to be better than UPL. You don’t know until you try.

He also punched Giroux and was involved in a skirmish. 10% grittier is all I asked of him.

I feel bad because I am mostly checked out on this team after all of the attention I have given them for 50 years. I still like some players but they will surely want out too. I am not sure what a win will do but I can’t root against them as much as it would accelerate the departures. go sabres

It almost feels in some retail outlets that they are looking at me and thinking “ what are you doing here, you know you can order that online”. We bought a car recently. They had a young employee give us old people an orientation on the car, all of the high tech bells and whistles. They had a kid was very pleasant and trying hard but wasn’t very familiar with the model. She was fumbling through stuff and we honestly could have done the same. Employee turnover is crazy at these places.

I want to see Dahlin get a few points, crush a few Rangers and chirp Fox that he can’t believe a scrub like him won a Norris.

I think the way things are going and he is wired he will treat a call up as a chance to take the net, never find fill in part time.

First frost of the fall. Nice fire going, cup of tea and watching Open de Espana golf.

Power/Bryson pairing is just asking for them to get caved in. These are the 2 softest D on the team, together. It’s bad enough Bryson is still on the team, now he is second pairing. C’mon Lindy, give RyJo a chance.

Friedman’s 32 Thoughts today mentions that Roy and Pominville thought Erhoff and Leino contracts messed up the Sabres room.

I hope so, that was what I expected after his development path was over. I am skeptical because he may go to the dirty areas in practice.

You forgot the willing lightweight Krebs.

They are all winnable games, Boston, Ottawa and Canadiens are about level with Buffalo. Florida is not the same without Barkov and Tkachuk. Rangers are only better in net while Colorado lacks depth and I am not sure if their goaltending holds up. Wild cards are Sabres goaltending and the health of the D corps.

Kind of like building from the net out using castoffs and the waiver wire.

I think a lot of this is rewarding people who have been part of the Cup runs and an attempt to extend their window of opportunity by a few years. They could just gradually fade away like Pittsburgh. I prefer this more than the cutthroat approach Vegas took. Pittsburgh should have moved on from their old core before now though but I like that the “wiz” GM Kyle Dubas continues to flounder. I better watch what I say, TP could hire him down the road.

Correct. Everyone on the team has to toughen up and have a pack mentality. There aren’t many “staged” fights anymore because most teams don’t want the hassle of carrying someone who is a liability and only gives you 5 minutes. They would rather pay a semi tough guy who can play 10 minutes in another role and hold his own if things get out of hand. Ryan Reaves did not help the Leafs last year.

Then Levi might have to come up.

Johnson belongs, Bryson can’t leave soon enough.

Quite often, one of the largest holdings of my retirement fund is potash producer Nutrien, their mining assets are primarily in Saskatchewan.

West Edmonton mall can accommodate hundreds of palm trees.

Not sure but he was probably around 10% for a good chunk of that first big deal. Interesting that Crosby has never been the highest paid player in any year of his career. Leaving a bit on the table helps them win 3 Cups imo.

If UPL gets healthy and shares the net with Lyon then Rochester could have Levi, Georgiev and Ellis.

McDavid is trying to give the GM some money to get more talent while Kaprizov doesn’t care about winning, just his bank account.

McJesus doesn’t want to be the bad guy and leave next summer but he is preparing the Edmonton fans for a farewell. Crosby has been making $8.7M for the last 10 years.

TP is gonna be p****d if Georgiev and Bryson are waived after signing NHL contracts. KA foolishly throwing his money in the toilet.