[Stanley Cup Playoffs 2020 Thread]

18 hours ago, Eleven said:

He's always been a couple of seconds behind what we are seeing at home.  Usually because he's talking about how some player grew up with a part-time job at Kohl's or whatever.

 

"Here comes Jones, over the blue line.  Here's a kid who worked through midget hockey by delivering newspapers and had great grades in high scho....

AND THE FLYERS SCORE!"

And yet, is far and away the best in the biz.

[Stanley Cup Playoffs 2020 Thread]

19 hours ago, Sabel79 said:

Guaranteed #1 pick for Edmonton incoming....

 

And it won't make a difference. Never does.

[Jeremy Roenick Sues NBC Sports for Anti-Straight Discrimination in Firing]

12 hours ago, Eleven said:

And this explains the generational difference, doesn't it?  We went from "who shot JR" to "who hired JR."

Not sure what you're saying here.

Many seem to think that JR was not worthy of his gig to begin with. That's on NBC. Is that not a reflection? They're both dunces. 

 

7 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

 

A pig and a hog.

The hog is on the right.

[Jeremy Roenick Sues NBC Sports for Anti-Straight Discrimination in Firing]

1 hour ago, Doohickie said:

...and he stretched the boundaries beyond the breaking point.  It's a public forum, and he said very unseemly things about a coworker.  The company where I work does regular ethics and diversity training.  What Roenick said is so far beyond the standard of what's acceptable that it's not even worth discussion.  Like any major corporation I'm sure NBC has similar training.  The interesting thing about the training we get is that it is often based on situations that actually occurred in our company... I wonder if NBC will feature this scenario in future training sessions.

Nope.  There's no way the network would want the sexual tension (real or perceived) on their broadcast.  This is a sports show, not a rom com.  These are real people, not characters.

Perhaps they could get Matt Lauer to spearhead this training? 

Afterall, he was the face of the franchise.

 

1 hour ago, Eleven said:

Let's assume, for a minute, that your last sentence is right.  Problem is, he doesn't bring much value to the company so he's not worth preserving.

Now, let's get into reality.  Does NBC want to be sued by Tappen, who has a case, or Roenick, who probably does not?  This is an easy decision for NBC.  

Seems to me the problem is who hired JR. 

[Jays to play in Buffalo?]

9 hours ago, MattPie said:

Restarting sports now is probably the dumbest thing I've heard of in awhile. Case are trending up in lots of places and we're going to start flying dozens of people around, presumably not respecting quarantine requirements. It's a damn game.

It's also a business. 

It comes with risk. You manage it.

 

[The Beer Thread: Because Beer]

39 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

 

Just said the same thing to my lady friend. 

I asked her to put a frothy head on it.

 

[What should the Sabres do with the 8th pick?]

24 minutes ago, freester said:

I think you’re selling that unprotected 2021 1st short. That could easily be a top 3 pick ?

Other than Henrique what other 2C are available besides Cirelli?  Strome?

You make a good point.

[What should the Sabres do with the 8th pick?]

1 hour ago, freester said:

2021 1st 

Montour

Risto

Mitts

Ryan Johnson 

Tage Thompson 

 

 

Hardly a haul, as I see it.

[Paul Hamilton Released by WGR550]

53 minutes ago, nucci said:

I've known Paul a long time. You're correct...he should have had the job as RJs backup

 

instead - little Dougie got the back up gig.

[The end of Suffering?]

20 minutes ago, Gatorman0519 said:

More competent than anyone we've had behind the bench since Lindy left.

By leaps and bounds

[Could Eichel actually be the problem with the Sabres?]

15 hours ago, Gatorman0519 said:

At this point we are probably the most dysfunctional franchise in all of sports.  Its an absolute joke at this point.

Almost 

Thank god for the New York Knickerbockers

[Could Eichel actually be the problem with the Sabres?]

Good players are not the issue. 

The lack of good players is the issue.

 

[OT - I just fired someone with my fly down the whole time]

On 5/27/2020 at 9:52 AM, darksabre said:

I find it ridiculous that not a single production worker is friendly enough with you to give you ***** for having your garage door open

Equally ridiculous is that Avis would open that early to fire a car washer.

[Caption This]

Playoffs?!?!

[Kobe Bryant dead, confirmed.]

1 hour ago, Eleven said:

Well, they just announced it during the Pro Bowl and then immediately cut to an image of a pizza.  How ceremonious.

Well, hang on. Deep dish?

[What are you eating (or drinking)?]

5 hours ago, Tondas said:

Budweiser Copper Lager.  Jim Beam infused 6% abv.  I'm not a beer connoisseur, but it tastes pretty good to me.

Thanks for the reminder. Had it once and thought it was an interesting brew.

Gotta get me another 6. 

 

[GDT: Dallas visits Buffalo Sabres Oct. 14th, 3pm ET, MSG and WGR550]

1 hour ago, woods-racer said:

Nah, just  another Talking Head.

Dang!

I pulled from the wrong video file .?

 

[GDT: Dallas visits Buffalo Sabres Oct. 14th, 3pm ET, MSG and WGR550]

47 minutes ago, Tondas said:

Seems like the Sabres attitude this year is:

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
This ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey,
I ain't got time for that now

Truly - Men at Work

[GDT: NJ Devils @ Buffalo Sabres, 10-5-2019, 7pm ET (MSG, WGR)]

4 hours ago, Brawndo said:

Holy Crap! 

I had the same jacket! 

Yessir. Me too. Xmas gift. Me and my 2 brothers. 

 

 

[What's your favourite hockey number?]

19 hours ago, Zamboni said:

00 or 88 

Although single digits are pretty sick.

like 01? ?

[What's your favourite hockey number?]

Love this question. 

Growing up, I had two older brothers. We're all mid 50's now. Anyway, we played street hockey all the time. My oldest brother was GP (11), my other bro RM (7) and me, well of course, RR (14).

It was because of this that RR was my favorite Sabre and fave number.

 

OP, thanks for bringing back very fond memories. Time flies.

 

[Complaint Thursdays]

9 hours ago, Weave said:

We’ve decided tonight that it is time to put our dog down.  Making the appointment for Saturday morning.  It was almost exactly 1 year ago that we found out he had cancer.  Almost to the day.  We got to have another full year with him before it got out of hand.

Long faces in the Weave house tonight.  And probably all weekend.

Very sorry.

i put my pup down after 11 years of joy back in December. It hurt my than I could imagine. They’re family.

hang in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Non Sabres Deadline Trades/Rumors]

11 minutes ago, pi2000 said:

I've watched Kase closely over the past few years here in OC.   He's very gifted, flashes eye popping skill, but has had injury issues.   

I'd welcome him with open arms in exchange for Risto.    

You make a good kase. 

 

Forgive me

[Your Top 10 NHLers]

On 8/5/2019 at 3:25 PM, North Buffalo said:

and He's a Bruin, did you mention that???

Worse yet - they're from Bahstan

 

[Fenton fired as Wild GM.]

On 7/30/2019 at 3:23 PM, darksabre said:

The Wild are such a weird team. They've had pretty good talent for years and are just totally uninteresting. When was the last time anyone gave a ***** about the Wild? 2013?

2011 I became interested.

The Wild drafted my nephew in the 6th round (161 overall) that year. He’s A goalie. The Sabres took a netminder with their 167th selection.

My family - Buffalo through and through - have often wondered had he not gone to Minny......