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What Vegas thinks about some other Sabres players this upcoming season.

Here is what Vegas thinks about Tage Thompson’s upcoming season.

Here is what Vegas thinks about the Sabres 2023-24 season.

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Elite level trollin’

Probably neither. I voted Kulich because he seems more physically developed.

I’ll play if you have an open spot.

I’m not so sure Zegras is a super duper star. He is basically a Cozens level guy. Drafted the same year with similar production. Comparing the two, Zegras has higher level puck skills, and probably a higher offensive ceiling as a result, but he doesn’t have the size, he is supposed to be a C but is horrendous at face offs, and I’m not sure how his defense is. That being said, I would think it would take something like Savoie, plus one of Östlund/Rosen, plus a pick. Something like that.

Are you in the right thread?

Yeah, who knows what may be possible many years from now, if the league expands past 32, or 34, or 36 teams. Things could change. I just don’t think a relegation format it’s likely even then. The owners would have to approve it, which they wouldn’t because it has the potential to dramatically decrease the value of their asset.

Regarding Terry’s quotes here: he is expressing his opinion. You could disagree with that opinion. You could call that opinion misguided. However, it’s not an inherently morally reprehensible opinion/comment. It’s nothing like the quote being attributed to him in Trotter’s recent lawsuit.

Just to add another data point (since it seems all we have to go off of here is individual memories), I don’t personally remember TP saying anything that got him in trouble during the height of BLM protests a few years ago. Similar to you, it wouldn’t really surprise me though.

Regarding Peters: Not entirely true, but he is certainly hit and miss. I think when he hears something from someone he knows, he just puts it out there. I don’t think he really cares if he is right.

I have absolutely no doubt that a relegation system could work well. All I’m saying is that I believe there is essentially zero appetite for it from anyone associated with the NHL. Fans, owners, commissioner, no one is going to push for it.

I’m not against the idea, but it 99.9% won’t happen because I don’t think there is any appetite for it. No fan of a team wants to see their team relegated, and no owners are going to vote to approve a system that might see their team relegated.

Not that I’m aware of.

What is the reason?

Of course it’s true that adding teams would dilute the league. I don’t necessarily think that diluting the league is going to have a terribly negative effect on the product though. It may even have a positive effect in terms of scoring increasing.

@qwksndmonster, I thought it was a pretty clear line of thought. It was really a jest though. I have no idea if you deserve to be sued or not.

People don’t always get what they deserve.

What is the truth that you are referring to that Trotter is putting out there? Is it true that someone told him that Terry Pegula said something kinda inappropriate at a dinner party 2 years prior? Ok, MAYBE that’s true, but was the person who told Trotter that being 100% honest and correct about it? We don’t know. I don’t know Terry Pegula personally, but from a far he seems to be a bit of a blathering idiot whose foot fits perfectly in his mouth. He seems to have a knack for speaking in a thoughtless and tone deaf manner. It wouldn’t surprise me if he went to Africa or some ***** back in 2018 and was blathering to everyone for months after about “wow, people complain about stuff over here, they should go try living there…”. Wouldn’t surprise me a bit, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that Terry has hate in his heart for people of another race.

Haha, ok, if you like. From my point of view, a bit larger sample size should be used to evaluate a player. Sure, he sucked in week one, but that doesn’t mean he overall sucks as a player.

Yeah, AI is going to be a wild ride. Whether it is helpful or harmful is really going to depend on its implementation, just like any other technology. Not exactly what I was referring to by postmodernism though. Postmodernism is a philosophy that (in general, I’m no expert) says something to the effect that everyone has their own individual reality, and that the reality and truths accepted by society at large are just social constructs that are used to oppress/control people. At least that’s the general gist of it. It’s generally in favor of breaking down societal norms in favor of greater personal freedom for individuals. I guess the reason that I found the idea so interesting to begin with is that I was aware that some of this “norm breaking” is happening in a real way in our society, but I wasn’t really aware of the philosophical movement behind it. When I started examining it, it was interesting how it fleshed out a lot of the current trends in our society and how they connect to eachother. It was just a bit of an enlightening familiarizing myself with these ideas, and it made some of the things happening in society right now make a little bit more sense. I was wonder if anyone else here had explored, or was interested in exploring, these ideas.

Who are your top-10 QBs? You put Geno Smith, Jared Goff, Kirk Cousins above Allen? If you want to say that he is in the 5-10 range, fine, but it’s tough to put him outside the top-10.

My take away as someone who watched a bunch of football this weekend but isn’t a Bills fan: Yeah, Bills offense stunk and Allen played poorly. But if you watched other teams this weekend, a bunch of offenses looked discombobulated and much worse than expected this week. I’d say it’s mostly a week one issue. Hold the vitriol until after week 2 or 3.