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Just now, That Aud Smell said:
I recall reports of TP stepping in it - verbally - during the heat of the Kaepernick/BLM matters.
Why would this surprise anyone? It would strike me as utterly ordinary for a horseshoe up his butt Boomer billionaire from Podunk, PA to say some dumb sh1t about black people agitating for civil rights.
It doesn’t make him a bad person. It doesn’t mean he holds malice in his heart towards black people generally or any black person specifically (because they’re black). He’d just be a product of societal forces and norms with the potentiating force of ungodly wealth added into the mix.
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.
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2 hours ago, tom webster said:
I’ll admit I was wrong when it turns out I was wrong but the next time Andrew Peters is right about anything Sabre related will be the first time.
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.
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7 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
Well first, it works in Europe for soccer. They have more fans than the NHL has.
Second, I wouldn't have it completely separate. Top league teams could still play B tier teams, maybe just less games, like we do with east/west games now. Also, you'd only get relegated for that year. You'd be back the next if you place top 4. There would also be that B level playoff money. Think of it this way, if it had been Buffalo, we ended the season strong and could have had a long B level playoff run. Potentially 16 home playoff games and all the revenue that entails. At the end of which you celebrate moving up a league for the year after.
I realize this is a hard sell in North America, because it's something people aren't familiar with, but it does work, and if you look at European soccer, the level of excitement for moving up is off the charts.
In any event, as it is, too many more teams will kill rivalries and dilute the league. They'd have to change something.
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.
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6 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
If the league were to get much bigger imo it should switch to a relegation model like soccer does in the U.K.
Say you had 40 teams. Two "leagues" an A league and a B league of 20 teams each. Top 16 make the playoffs, bottom 4 in league A drop into league B next season. Top 4 from league B move up. You also get a playoff in league B so the lower teams have their own post season fun for more league playoff revenue and interest. Only the 4 worst would be totally out of it, and those 4 lottery for the top pick.
That's what I'd do with 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.
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2 hours ago, qwksndmonster said:
Curt do I know you?
Not that I’m aware of.
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1 hour ago, sabremike said:
There is a reason that in just about every place on Earth the top division of any sport is capped at 20 teams/clubs.
What is the reason?
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43 minutes ago, Eleven said:
How much are they going to dilute this league? Unbelievable.
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.
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11 hours ago, nfreeman said:
As one of the frothers, my suspicion is that the accusation was made recklessly, not maliciously — and IMHO if you smear someone with a serious accusation like this recklessly, you deserve to get sued.
11 hours ago, qwksndmonster said:Are you going to sue me for the times I called you racist?
11 hours ago, Curt said:People don’t always get what they deserve.
9 hours ago, qwksndmonster said:lmao what.
@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.
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4 minutes ago, qwksndmonster said:
Are you going to sue me for the times I called you racist?
People don’t always get what they deserve.
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3 hours ago, qwksndmonster said:
In what way does the knowledge that the league conducted an investigation lead the case to be closed? How would it benefit the NFL to do to anything other than sweep it under the rug? An anonymous source assured us that nothing was said. Oh okay.
People here responded defensively to the lawsuit as if it's about smearing Terry Pegula. Look at what Trotter is actually doing (who works for the Athletic now, and is not desperately trying to get his job back). As he tells it, he tried to push for change internally through all the right channels but was met with resistance. He had reason to believe his contract was going to be renewed, and instead he was fired.
Why would he open himself up to the risk of being counter sued? Why get in a legal battle with one of the most powerful, deep pocketed organizations in the world? Because he's telling the truth. The NFL will settle. Pegula and Jones's denials will stand. But Trotter is putting the truth out there for people to do with as they will.
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.
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9 minutes ago, Gatorman0519 said:
It’s a new season. After week one he’s ranked near bottom.
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.
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On 9/7/2023 at 2:52 PM, SABRES 0311 said:
A very recent example would be AI as part of the fourth industrial revolution. What seems to be a prominent concern is AI reducing the job market and yes, a Terminator scenario. I think it is way more likely AI effects jobs than birthing Skynet.
I sympathize with the concern over AI and the job market. If you are a programmer in your 20s you might want to diversify your IT skill set IMO. On the other hand, I think AI will lead to an increase in other IT jobs such as Net Admin, help desk, engineer, Sys Admin.
AI should provide incentive for people to get an advanced education. This doesn’t have to be an overly expensive process. You can watch a YouTube series and pass a Sec+ A+, Net+. While it still remains a human position, programming is a good skill to have. There are free sites that will teach you Python as well.
I think AI can/will have a positive impact on society. People need to be willing to pursue those fields though which in part means having an aptitude.
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.
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1 hour ago, Gatorman0519 said:
JA peaked under Daboll. If we don’t find an elite coach that can reach him, I’m certain this is what we get from here out. He will have his moments but he’s no longer a top 10 qb.
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.
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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.
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6 hours ago, shrader said:
And what if Power is the best player on the team after those 3 years?
Then the Sabres will be paying even more and a bridge deal was a mistake.
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6 hours ago, Buffalonill said:
Need an update from the buffalo "soucers"
Is that Krebs?
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19 minutes ago, #freejame said:
Buffnill making the same joke over and over is significantly less annoying than continuously being told the deal is done when it clearly isn’t nor has been. Maybe those posters should drop it first.
This thread’s life force has been sustained only by people coming in here to make jokes about “is it signed yet?”.
It’s not like people are coming in here everyday to continuously insist that the contract is done. It’s people coming in here every day to make jokes.
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2 hours ago, mjd1001 said:
But is it? I mean enough for a 40% increase in salary?
A forward with Thompsons quality....Thompson's value to this team is in terms of goal scoring. I went to NHL.com and looked at scoring per 60. Last year Thompson was 10th in the league. Over the past 2 seasons he is 5th in the league. Goals per game played? He's 11th. And that is with him playing injured for a good part of the last quarter of the season. If he is healthy and progresses even a tiny little bit, he can/should be in the top 10, if not top 5 in scoring in the league next year.
D-men. Scoring isn't as important to a D-men as a forward, so I wasn't sure what metric to use so I just looked at Norris voting. Dahlin finished 8th last year. The previous year he was out of the top 15.
Now personally, I think Dahlin is more important overall to the team than Thompson, but I think it is close. But as a forward/center/goal scorer Thompson right now probably ranks in the top 10 in the league (or very close to it) and an argument can be made Dahlin is in the same area when you rank D-men. AND the Top forwards in the league make more than the top D-men do.
This just doesn’t matter.
Thompson signed his contract after one good season. Last season is irrelevant to his contract. It was already signed. It’s cool that it looks like his contract will be a bargain, but it does mot make a difference in relation to other players’ contracts.
Is it reasonable to say that because Thompson is out performing his deal, Dahlin’s contract should be lower than market value? I don’t think it is.
Thompson’s contract is great value for the team. That doesn’t change what is fair market value for Dahlin.
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5 hours ago, xzy89c1 said:
it was a fitness issue. He came back in October 2022. he could not hit but certainly could work hard on fitness for at least a month before that. By the end of the season he certainly should have been in good shape. I think Granato mentioned lack of fitness as issue. That is a big deal for him to criticize a player like that.
I missed Granato critizing his physical fitness. Do you happen to know where I could see/read this?
Greenway’s shoulder was an issue for the whole season. He had surgery last offseason and returned in October, but immediately re-agrivated it. It was never right last season.
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1 hour ago, JoeSchmoe said:
Was his fitness not one of the knocks on him last year? Now you've got me 2nd guessing.
In any case, a player of his ilk needs to play a more physical game with three potential top-6's in Savoie, Kulich, and Benson knocking on the door of being NHL ready.
Fitness (as in an inability to be be in proper shape) wasn’t an issue. His issue was that he was recovering from a shoulder injury.
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54 minutes ago, JohnC said:
You are not listening to my responses! What I'm not saying is revisionist at all. I agree that his stance has been iron-clad consistent. That's my criticism of it. It doesn't acknowledge the positive changes that have occurred under KA. What he has done is place the failures of this GM's predecessors onto him. Of course, we are all disappointed that the Sabres barely missed out on the playoffs last season. But that doesn't mean the season was an abject failure. The team earned 16 more points from the prior season, and accomplished that with a youthful roster. You don't have to wear rosy colored classes to consider that a major step forward.
There is no question that more has to be done to get to a more meaningful echelon in the league. But you don't automatically move up the ranks. You do it in steps and stages. And that's exactly what is happening with this franchise. I know where the dour poster is coming from. His position is I will accept good results when they have already happened. It's like going to the track and going to the betting window to place a bet on a horse that just won. And then make the claim that I astutely predicted the winner. That's not how sports and life work.
You are very tough to have a conversation with when you get on about something.
You just kind of spout the same response regardless of what someone actually says to you.
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10 hours ago, JohnC said:
The discord is that the organization made a calculated decision to play young players rather than bring in veterans who would take playing time away from them. That was an organizational decision. Playing younger players at the expense of playing more experienced players was part of their developmental strategy. That was the right approach at that particular time. Now, the Sabres are in a different situation. The focus is now about winning over player development.
The argument that the GM should have brought in some experienced players at the end of the season doesn't resonate with me. For one, being in a playoff race did benefit the young players. And it should be noted that in the last third of the season when the Sabres were making a serious playoff push the team was playing extremely well against quality teams who were also in a playoff race. Why alter the mix when it is working well?
You are not really listening to what I’m saying. I’m not debating with you about what is the correct approach for the Sabres.
I’m only saying that by characterizing Perrault’s stance as revisionist, you are very wrong.
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This isn’t a purely political thought, but it does touch on many political areas. I am wondering if anyone here has opinions on the post modern ideas/influences that have taken hold in a lot of areas of life in recent years?
I’ve recently become interested in exploring these ideas from a philosophical and practical standpoint. It’s been incredibly interesting for me personally, and it’s really connected some dots in my mind.
Just curious if anyone else is interested in discussing such things.
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41 minutes ago, Doohickie said:
...and that's what Kevyn has done over the summer in Erik Johnson and Connor Clifton.
Well, honestly not sure if Johnson is good at this point, but yes, and Perrault was happy about the Clifton addition.
Still, kind of pales in comparison to what NJ has done. They have brought in Dougie Hamilton, John Marino, Palat, Toffoli, and Meier over the past couple years. I think Perreault would like to see moves like that.
54 minutes ago, JohnC said:I'm not being unfair. He acts as if the GM has sat on his hands over the past few years. That's not close to what has actually happened. This team has to a large extent been reconstructed over the past three years. He wants instant magic. It doesn't work that way.
Me complaint was with you saying that his criticisms were post mortem. Only complaining that Sabres should have done more after the season was finished and they missed the playoffs. It’s not true. He has been calling for the Sabres too bring in more good veterans for quite a while.
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Some troubling comments attributed to Terry Pegula (and denied by Pegula) and Jerry Jones from SI Writer Jim Trotter’s Lawsuit against the NFL
in The Aud Club
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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.