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Same. I work nights and it starts pretty much when I get home. They somehow manage to keep it entertaining for 3 hours every day, the hosts deserve a lot of credit. Kay is the best. Isn't really another sports show like it. Brandt's Angry Runs is a highlight for sure

You should be good to go, then

Does anyone else watch Good Morning Football regularly? Good show.

If the Sabres are good, no one will care about what Eichel does. If the Sabres are bad...we'll hear about it.

We'll see.

Every whisper, of every waking hour I'm choosing my confessions Trying to keep an eye on you Like a hurt, lost and blinded fool, fool Oh no I've said too much I set it up

The Sabres are where they *should* be this season, in the standings, based on the roster they assembled. If we run it back, we aren't going to make up ground next year simply due to health - it just doesn't work like that. It's not bad luck. It's something that needs to be expected. That we couldn't withstand the injuries should tell the GM he's in need of roster supplementation. I understand that is coming next year in the form of rookies - I am of the opinion, due to how far down the standings we are, that it's not going to be enough. I really wanted to see a team this year performing better - to the extent I really had some optimism that the kids coming could represent a tipping point. I don't think we are near a tipping point yet, based on what I've seen committed to visual this year. Still some runway left, though. It's why I watch the games.

Exactly. Injuries are affecting us more because we were in a lesser spot to withstand them relative to the rest of the league. It's the key distinction. It's why it's not a point for optimism, some sort of avenue of improvement we can key on for next year - the way injuries work isn't going to change. It only represents an area for improvement if KA actively goes out and improves team depth. But saying a team can be better if said team goes out and adds better players isn't a revelation - every team is literally in that boat.

What can one say? McDavid just isn't a leader of men, I guess. Deal him. For the culture.

I really don't think so. We've seen guys like Jokijarju shuffle back into the lineup and make not so much as a dent in team performance. If we were to add Mittelstadt and Tuch in, and let all the other teams get 2 players of their choice back, I really fail to see how we make up any ground at all. Every team has injuries and is missing players - this doesn't make up an avenue for improvement next year. The central point of your argument is at once correct, and relatively meaningless - sure, we'd be better with those guys. No, I don't believe there is much relative ground to be gained. Are injuries going to disappear from existence next season? Do we think universal health is on the way next season or something? So long as the Sabres don't have depth, they'll be shaken by the factors that test depth. Craig Anderson doesn't deserve an argument here. No way I need to formulate an argument for why that short stretch of good play from him was fool's gold when I spend all offseason predicting it's exactly what would happen. Everyone did. Again, an accurate point perhaps, with little meaning. Sure, Anderson's numbers were better. How does that represent an avenue for improvement next season? Do you think if we brought Anderson back next, that would be a viable strategy? Would you do it? Of course you wouldn't, cause you know he doesn't actually represent an avenue for improvement. Which torpedoes the argument.

My point is that there's little gap between our "projected" 1st liners and our "projected" 3rd liners. I don't care if it's Casey Mittelstadt this year or Zemgus Girgensons during the tank years - those guys being projected for a role doesn't mean they are actually of that quality. We didn't lose a 1C, we lost Casey Mittelstadt. Losing Craig Anderson isn't losing a 1G. He was never going to hold up as the 1G. Health wise, numbers wise, take your pick. A bad bet turning out bad isn't a cause for optimism, it's the revelation of bad planning by Kevyn Adams - - - If every team was completely healthy, I'd imagine we'd be right about where we are in the standings. The types of injuries we've had certainly don't represent any kind of significant WAR differential - and certainly not to the point where we'd be making up ground on other teams, should they have all their health in tact, as well.

Maybe a little bit. Looking at the numbers, there isn't too too much of a discrepancy relative to the rest of the defenders in the league manning the top page of the D scoring leaders. About 63% of his points have been at evens, which is similar to other top D. He's tied for 14 in the league among D men for points, and tied for 24th in even strength points, so there isn't too much of a gap there. I think he's good enough that the minutes probably remain regardless, and with an improved team I think the raw scoring totals go way up, particularly on the PP.

So when I pointed out I was still worried with the direction of the team why did you tell me "the bad men are gone, it's been cleansed" or whatever? I never really understood that when we both agree Pegula is at the root.

I don't think it's meaningless, at all. Unless we think the Sabres have lost more talent relative to the rest of the league due to injury, I'd say we see nearly every team struggling with losing players to covid. Looking at each team, yes, most have lost key players for a significant amount of time. The Sabres aren't worse off - they are in the same boat as everyone else. We probably feel it more than other teams because of our lack of depth - but that isn't a positive. Lack of depth will *always* be a death knell for team, covid or not - the injury bug always comes around, as we've seen in every other year. Also, it wasn't a blanket dismissal, I went on to make several other points in that post

Really? That's not how the rest of the post read after the bolded Every team is missing players due to covid. Every team has young players coming. We have no idea how much of an affect rookies will have. Indeed, I've been saying all year they aren't going to make much of a dent on a roster that's sitting at the bottom of the league - that's why I want to see more actual success on ice this year. Why not add the proper context? "Missing our projected 1G" - You mean the guy *everyone knew* couldn't hold up for a whole season? "Missing our 1C" - the guy maybe not even negligibly better than the other Cs on the roster? Certainly the connotation of "1C" is ridiculously mismatched with the term "Mittelstadt" Unless the other 31 teams in the the NHL agree to not bring up any young players next season, adding a few rookies to a team that has 5 wins since October isn't going to amount to much. I don't think getting our "1G", 41 year old Craig Anderson is going to help, either. This team needs significant offseason work to be competitive next season, or we need to see them take strides on ice in the coming weeks.

Pacing for a career-high 53 points, as well. He may end up leading the team in points. Technically his points per game year 2 was slightly higher, but given the dearth of talent on the current team, the minutes he's playing, etc, I'd say he's been significantly better. That team had the talent to pace for 81 points, current roster is pacing for 63.

Yeesh, honestly.

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Ah ok not sure I had heard that. And Darth wasn't originally Luke's father, right?

It's Val Kilmer Star Wars Night

This is going over my head for some reason

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Manager's office, mr skinnerrrrrrrrrrrrrr

surprised he missed!