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  10. Coffee - How do you drink it?

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    2 minutes ago, North Buffalo said:

    Use to have their own store in Sunderland are they brewing it near the green?  Havent found a place serving it lately

    No idea. I get up there occasionally and walk the shops. Didn't remember coming across it. I'll me my eyes open next time.

    Love that area.

     

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  15. Coffee - How do you drink it?

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    On 11/23/2018 at 10:56 AM, mjd1001 said:

    I can't drink coffee.  Tried it as a kid..didn't like it. Tried it as a teenager, didn't like it...tried it in college, didn't like it.  In my 20's everyone at work drank it...tried getting into it with 2 creams and 2 sugars...still didn't like it.  I went over a decade without even taking a sip of it. Tried it again a few years ago. Hate it. Coffee isn't for me..and apparently I will never get the taste for it.

    It seems you never really gave it a shot.

  16. Coffee - How do you drink it?

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    On 11/23/2018 at 9:15 AM, inkman said:

    I drink an unhealthy amount of coffee. I usually have 3 to 4 twelve oz servings a day but if it's I had a rough night, you may need to double that. I can't function without 24 oz in the morning and then 2 o'clock and 6 o'clock I may need a boost. Unless I can sneak a nap in somehow. 

    How could you nap with all that caffeine coursing through your veins?

  18. GDT - Dastardly Flyers @ Delightful Sabres, 7:30pm (8:30 NS time) NBCSN, 11/21/2018

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    4 hours ago, Ogre said:

    I can’t look at that pic without wanting to buy that poor girl a cheeseburger or two.

     

    6 minutes ago, grinreaper said:

    I'm assuming those (3) #1's will be mid to late round picks that will take a fair amount of developing. Also, if the Blues continue playing like they have we won't get their 1st rounder this year.

    Yes, I can see an excellent fit in that.

    Mine would't fit 

  23. GDT: Sabres at Wild, Sat 11/17/18, 6:00 pm

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    24 minutes ago, MakeSabresGrr8Again said:

    We need more than that to have success in the future. 

    Instead of "never out of it" we need the attitude "we can win every time from start to finish". How long will come from behind victories last? When will we start to win games for 60 minutes? That's when when you CHANGE the culture.

    That said, it's a good way to start that change. We just need to keep the change headed in this direction and good things will come.

    Absolutely agree. Of course this come from behind model isn't sustainable. Gotta start somewhere, somehow. This is just how it's happening thus far. 

    Where I disagree? The culture change is in motion - now. 

     

  24. GDT: Sabres at Wild, Sat 11/17/18, 6:00 pm

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    3 hours ago, Kruppstahl said:

    No offense, but "learning to win" is just a meaningless cliche spoken by sports fans.  It's not a real thing.

    What is different this year is the team is putting in more of a consistent effort, and they have better talent on the ice, particularly in terms of moving the puck out of the D end and generating offense.

    We have actually now played 2 crappy games in a row, and won both of them!  So that is something new.  The team reminds me of how we looked around 2005, 2006 and that era.  We are now good enough to mail in a garbage game while still keeping it close...and then do what it takes to steal a win in the 3rd period.

    That's another form of progress.  This team was nowhere close to being able to do that in the last few years.

    We have yet to put in anything close to a solid, 3 period game on this trip.

    But you can't complain about the results, so far!

    Culture change is real. They ARE learning to win making anything else unacceptable.

    This team has accepted failure in these previous years. This unit will not accept loss. They have learned that they are never out of it.

    No offense.

     

     

  25. GDT: Sabres at Wild, Sat 11/17/18, 6:00 pm

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    1 hour ago, nfreeman said:

    My game notes:

    - I didn't think Ullmark was at all at fault on Minny's 1st goal -- Parise, a legit NHL sniper, was allowed to stroll well into the circle and pick his spot in the top corner, which he then hit perfectly -- but I thought Ullmark should've stopped the 2nd one.  However, he recovered and had an excellent game. 

    - Like Hutton did vs Winnipeg, Ullmark literally kept his team in the game until they removed heads from rectums well into the 2nd period.  Also like the Winnipeg game, the Sabres had the better of the play in the 2nd half of the game.

    - Although the last 2 games have been great wins, and very exciting, it's not sustainable for the Sabres to get completely dominated for the 1st 27 min or so of a game and hope their goalie keeps them in it.

    - Bogo followed up his shocking turnover at the end of regulation in the Winnipeg game with an almost equally atrocious one at the beginning of the Minny game, resulting in Minny's 1st goal. 

    - Even so, Bogo had a pretty solid game and led all Sabres in ice time with 22.5 min.

    - Bogo's new D partner is pretty GD good.

    - Howie distributed the ice time pretty evenly, in part, I expect, due to it being the 2nd half of a back-to-back.  The forwards all had between 12.5 min and 19 min (only Eichel and Reino had 18 min or more); the D all had between 18.4 min and 22.5 min.

    - I was glad to see the top line and the checking line reunited, and I thought both were effective.  However, the other 2 lines really need to start contributing.  I'd like to see more in particular from KO and Reino.

    - Matt Dumba is really good.  (He's half Filipino, btw -- not sure I can remember another Filipino NHL player.)

    - McCabe didn't even smile after his goal -- maybe he was too worried/PO'd that the Sabres were getting dominated?

    - Here's a coaching adjustment that I've noticed:  in the last 2-3 games, Howie has put the checking line out almost every time for the shift immediately after the Sabres score.  This has been very effective and has eliminated their previous distressing tendency to get dominated in those shifts and give up a goal, commit a penalty, etc.  Instead, the checking line has been able to do what it usually does -- implement a strong forecheck and keep the puck in the opponents' defensive zone -- which keeps the momentum going for the Sabres.

    - 4 games over DeLuca .500 at the quarter pole.  If that's the case at the three-quarter pole, and if their key guys stay healthy, they are going to have a real shot at the playoffs.

    Go Sabres. 

     

    Terrific summary. Thanks for taking the time.

    Your 3rd point is most true. While this streak is vastly exciting, if not unlikely, it is not sustainable. We all realize this team isn't complete. JBotts has work to do but has the makings and assets to improve the roster. 

    What's most important - in my very untrained eyes - is this team is learning to win. Culture change well underway. So very promising.

     

     

     

     

     

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