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50 for 50 - Best Sabre Players of All-Time
Georgia Blizzard replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
Hasek is best player to ever wear uniform. Perreault is 2nd best, but, the most important and meant most to the franchise I see the Bills the same way. I think Bruce Smith was the best player to ever wear uniform. Jim Kelly is 2nd, but, was the most important and meant the most to the franchise. -
My two cents. New Bills stadium will be built in Orchard Park adjacent to the west of current New Era Field on ECC land. The economics do not support a downtown stadium and Pegula has spoken at length about the economics. In the end, "the fan" ultimately must pay for all infrastructure investments under the NFL business model. In Buffalo, there are not enough fans (or corporations) with enough money to build a $1B stadium. With infrastructure and land plus actual stadium, that's what a downtown Bills stadium will cost.
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Has Connor McDavid lost his love for the game?
Georgia Blizzard replied to Cascade Youth's topic in The Aud Club
got it, agree on that point. NBA is clearly seeing a shift of power from owner/gm to player. NHLer's have always lagged the other leagues on that dimension -
Has Connor McDavid lost his love for the game?
Georgia Blizzard replied to Cascade Youth's topic in The Aud Club
Lebron - yes, he had to bail on Cleveland, but Kawhi and Durant ?? --- they both left solid teams, hell, at one point Durant was playing side by side with 2 other MVP's and Kawhi left one of the best run organizations in team sports As for McD, he is stuck, but, he chose to be stuck by signing for 8 years -- -
Interesting. I do everything right handed except hockey. I started playing and naturally shot lefty from the moment I hit the ice. Never gave it any thought and the coach never asked which arm we threw with or batted with, go figure. Edit: I do slide on my left side in baseball.
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To St Louis fans everywhere, YOU'RE WELCOME.
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Is Reinhart the answer at Second Line Center?
Georgia Blizzard replied to Brawndo's topic in The Aud Club
Too many variables at this point to know whether it makes sense, but: If Mittelstadt doesn't show marked improvement and you don't trade for a 2C, you might not have an option. In addition, Skinner resigns, Tage, Nylander and Olofsson are ready, you have an abundance of wingers -
Ralph Krueger to meet the Media Wednesday June 5th 10am
Georgia Blizzard replied to Brawndo's topic in The Aud Club
Bottom line, you can do these things in parallel. I agree analytics are not the biggest area of need and not the first thing to correct, but, you MUST invest in the capability and you MUST be prepared to use it after you solve some of the more pressing needs. And, in today's NHL, you can't win without it. -
Ralph Krueger to meet the Media Wednesday June 5th 10am
Georgia Blizzard replied to Brawndo's topic in The Aud Club
Great coaches can do both, get players to focus on common goal AND use analytics to help them get there. The two are not mutually exclusive. I think that's the point most of us are making. It's like a race car driver having a faster car than his competitors. The faster car doesn't make a bad racer a good racer and doesn't win the race on it's own, but, it gives the driver of that car an edge or a leg up on his competition. -
Ralph Krueger to meet the Media Wednesday June 5th 10am
Georgia Blizzard replied to Brawndo's topic in The Aud Club
The fear of analytics some of you have is puzzling. Coaches and teams have been using analytics for decades, just in a different form. That's what manually studying film, using stop watches etc. was back in the day it was the analytics. The difference today, is the ability to factor in many many more variables and to do this EASILY because of technology. Properly used, modern day analytics mitigates paralysis, it actually creates clarity and allows for action and more importantly, correction. You can't think of it as mountains of data, it might start out that way, but AI, computing h -
Need to assign Mittelstadt, too
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This is the problem !!!
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Botterill backs coaches, cites "progress"
Georgia Blizzard replied to PASabreFan's topic in The Aud Club
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My audio on Center Ice for games has been bad for a couple years. The ice level mike is turned up too high and the announcer mike too low. Frustrating. I never did the WGR app because of the delay, although I guess I could sync it up by delaying the tv ?
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I think you are assuming other teams will over value a late 1st round pick and would give up a decent player for them, in general, they won't. Every team knows their value. The only time that gets distorted is when (a) a team is rebuilding and willing to shed current assets for future ones or (b) a team is on the cusp of winning and is willing to shed future assets for current ones. Exception to rule: Peter Chiarelli and GMTM :-)