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3 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:
Disqualifyingly so. Also, I couldn't really get past him saying he's never had pizza from Buffalo and that his information was based on internet research.
I’ve never had pizza from Buffalo and my information is based on internet research as well.
This guy probably makes and reviews hundreds of recipes from all over the place, so it’s kind of unrealistic to expect that he has been to each dishes place of origin.
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Because it’s the offseason, there seems to be a lot of interest among you guys, and because I don’t know the answer……..What are the characteristics that define “Buffalo” pizza?
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38 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
I get that, but what makes you so sure he would have been scooped up? Maybe we made him a "name" with all the NHL time, but prior to that, when he should never have been called up at all, he wasn't exactly a big name that NHL GMs were lining up to steal away. He was a nobody outside Buffalo.
I think it’s kind of the opposite, even before he played in the AHL he was a highly regarded goalie prospect. Being a fairly high draft pick and being dominant in the OHL. I think his professional exposure actually dropped his stock.
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Uh, he is only 20 year old former 7th round pick who wasn’t productive in the AHL last season.
Dark horse? More like a midnight black pygmy goat.
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1 minute ago, Scottysabres said:
In today's world where Police Officers are assassinated at rather alarmingly rising rate, every threat must be taken literal. If he's not a US Citizen, once this situation is resolved and punishment completed, if there is factual evidence of this threat, he should be immediately removed from the country, permanently.
Alex Galchenyuk is a born and raised US citizen. Do a bunch of people think that he is from Russia?
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1 hour ago, sweetlou said:
Tanner Jeannot signs 2 year $2,665,000 AAV extension and avoids arbitration. He will be an UFA after contract expires.
So Tampa trades a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th rd pick for Jeannot, and then only signs him to a 2 year extension?? Doesn't sound like very good asset management to me.
I still can not get over this one. They traded an entire draft worth of assets for Tanner Jeannot. This should go down in history as one of the more outrageous trades in NHL history, but it won’t because NHL people have a hard time making a big deal over, or drawing attention to anything (except the Toronto Maple Leafs, whatever they do is automatically a huge deal).
In the NFL the NO Saints traded an entire draft class of picks for Ricky Williams, and that is ingrained as part of the league’s history mostly because it’s viewed as folly even though Williams was great. And this was a record breaking college player who was basically a lock to be a star performing in the NFL. He wasn’t Tanner Jeannot.
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Chris Drury - had watched him play for the Avalanche in the playoffs a lot and always really liked him
Ryan O’Reilly - hadn’t watched him much before because he was playing for crap teams, but was super excited when they made the trade to get him to pair with Eichel.
Part of it is that I’m a big fan of this player “type”. Shutdown defensive centers with the offense of a top-6 center.
Also, Skinner because that was just a huge W of a trade, and Tuch because it was a good return in a sad situation and all the hometown vibes.
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31 minutes ago, Doohickie said:
Oh I totally get it. From the time it is discovered that they have a special level of talent, people pave their way to do whatever the hell they want, then smooth things out in their wake.
A friend of my son's was beat up by one of the players on the middle school football team. My son's friend was suspended under "no tolerance" but the football player wasn't penalized and didn't miss any games. If you have talent you're told over and over that you can do no wrong and some athletes push the boundaries of that too far.
As an alternate view, my teacher wife wouldn't squeeze out enough points to the kicker on the HS football team. The coach and even the principal pressured her to inflate the grades so he could play (Texas has a no pass/no play policy statewide). She stood her ground. Two years later when he graduated, he came and told her it was the best thing that happened to him; up until then he thought his ***** didn't stink, but that really opened his eyes.
Although he seems like a real turd, I feel for Alex a lot. His family seemingly has made things really hard for him, with his Dad always in his ear his entire life twisting up his mind. Always undermining his coaches, focusing on Alex way above the team, and seemingly being verbally and psychologically abusive. I have no doubt that Alex has a lot of mental health issues stemming from his family life and it seems like he has become pretty self destructive as a result.
I don’t like the guy but I do feel sorry for him because it doesn’t seem like he ever had much of a chance. He is still young in life. A lot of time for him to find happiness and peace. I hope he gets there.
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39 minutes ago, sweetlou said:
A defenseman that I don't why is not signed or not qualified is Simon Benoit? Anyone have any info on why this guy is still available? At 24yrs old played almost 20 minutes a game, led the team in Pk minutes, led team in hits, and then they don't qualify him? I'd rather have him over Joker, Bush, Stillman, and Bryson!!
According to this, he stunk.
https://thehockeywriters.com/ducks-2022-23-player-grades-simon-benoit/
His basic shot share numbers look decent though and maybe as a 3rd pair guy on a team that’s not a train wreck he could do well. Nice story as an undrafted guy.
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13 minutes ago, Billznut said:
Ship him back to his homeland. Doesn’t deserve to spend one more minute in this country.
You joking?
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7 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:
If you're talking about alcohol I will disagree with you other stuff you are correct..
Alcohol abuse can also be very damaging. Within certain parameters meters it’s more socially acceptable than most other drugs, but that doesn’t really change the results.
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Substance abuse is tough.
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1 hour ago, Thorny said:
Mogilny, Briere*, Eichel
*Ya I know Briere was to UFA but still, this was the worst one so
Briere and Drury was just gutting.
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jfc. You know it’s the offseason when we have multiple multi-paragraph posts debating one single hockey play from 44 years ago.
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1 hour ago, Pimlach said:
He was the youngest team captain in the NHL at 22. Months
Wow. That’s got to be a record.
I can relate. My daughter is 22 months and she basically runs the ship here too.
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On 7/11/2023 at 4:50 PM, sweetlou said:
K'Andre Miller signs 2 years at AAV of $3.872.
Makes the Samuelsson signing look better.
It does? I think Miller is way better than Samuelsson. Seems about right, verging on a bargain for Miller. His next deal is going to be huge.
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Anyone watch The Bear on Hulu?
I’m going to get around to that soon. Everyone says that it’s great.
Also saw first preview for Dune: Part 2. Comes out November 3rd.
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Brian Campbell and Ryan Miller.
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31 minutes ago, French Collection said:
This is what I’m getting at. You are saying their prospect pool is better because they have Bedard. If their entire pool gets 2000 points in their careers while the Sabres pool gets 3000 theirs is still better because they have Bedard?
It’s a pool of players and the Sabres depth is as good or better than anyone else’s.
Having a Bedard is great to bring people out of their seats but I’m at a point where 3 scoring lines give you a better chance of winning. McDavid can score 150 points in a season but the team can’t go far in the playoffs due to lack of depth and goaltending.
All I’m saying is that it is relatively easy to acquire players that can fill out a middle six compared to how hard it is to get a player like Bedard.
For example, the Blackhawks could definitely build out a wonderful group of middle six forwards over the next few years, but Buffalo ain’t getting a Bedard over the next few years.
The Oilers issues aren’t because of McDavid, I’m pretty certain of that.
I get it, the Sabres have a lot of good prospects. It’s tough. Maybe the Blackhawks shouldn’t be #1 ahead of Buffalo, but it’s close and they should definitely be higher than 6th.
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54 minutes ago, French Collection said:
I know your point is star power but since we don’t have Bedard I am looking at the big picture.
Let’s say Bedard has a great HOF career and ends up with 1300 points.
Benson has a decent career as a top 6 winger and ends up at 650 points. Kulich and Savoie may be a notch below and end up between 400-500 points. None of these guys were elite but contributed more than Bedard. Those three may end up as a solid second line for a few years.
Bedard is a crown jewel but it takes a team to win. We’ll see how Chicago builds around him. We know how Edmonton has done with 2 of the top players in the world.
You can’t compare one guys production to the production of 3 guys and just call it even. Come on. What about the other two guys who will be playing along with Bedard?
Let’s say you have Bedard, you can then sign, draft, or trade for guys to play on your middle 6 lines. Yes. That’s kind of baseline competence.
Let’s say you have several good middle 6 guys, can you then sign, draft, or trade for a Bedard? Not impossible but pretty unlikely.
Bedard is more valuable.
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9 minutes ago, JohnC said:
Vegas got Eichel in a trade. I consider him to be an elite player. In my view, the return on Eichel was more than fair. What it did for the Sabres is add two players, one of which (Tuch) turned out to be a high-end player. The dealing of Eichel also internally reconfigured the roster in that it elevated Tage's role, and with the addition of Tuch contributed to building a quality first line. I'm not fully disputing your premise about the difficulty in acquiring an elite player. But in the Buffalo/Vegas trade there was a multiplier effect for Buffalo that balanced out the trade of our star player.
Bedard has the potential to be better than Eichel.
Eichel is very good, one of the better centers in the NHL, but what I really meant by elite is a no doubt top 10 player in the league.
I really really have no interest in having an Eichel debate.
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19 hours ago, French Collection said:
Kind of like the game, one guy does not make a team, or a pool. I don’t know much about Chicago’s pool but Buffalo’s has some high end guys across multiple positions.
One Connor Bedard is worth more than 4-5 Kulich/Savoie/R Johnson/Rosen’s.
Would you trade 4-5 middle 6 forwards or bottom 4 defensemen for Connor McDavid?
Yes, roster depth is important, but there are several ways to find/acquire/build roster depth. There is really no way to acquire an elite player. They are worth more because they are nearly impossible to get.
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The Blackhawks being 6th on this list is kind of a joke. They have some decent prospects, but just having Bedard as part of their group should probably make them #1 or at least very close to it.
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14 minutes ago, NAF said:
He seems like a good dude but IMO he doesn't really provide any information that, as die hard fans, we don't already know.
About the Sabres, no, definitely no new information for us, but if you want daily info about all teams around the league presented in an easily digestible way, he’s pretty good.
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OT: Is it time for a new pizza thread?
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???…… correct, I wouldn’t. I did comment to ask about some of the characteristics that define Buffalo style pizza.