Doctor of Philhousley

ROR + Risto for Klefbom, the nuge, and strome?

Some of us still enjoy the rare instances when our team scores goals. This Skinner fellow does that more frequently than all of the current Sabres wingers. That being said, he has just 1 year left on his contract and thus I would gather he would not be the only major piece coming back for ROR.

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Kimberley Martin is fantastic. So is Tyler Dunne. I thought Kimberley was on a fast track to the big leagues from the very beginning, but it is telling that they couldn't manage to keep either one of them while more senior writers seem to have tenure.

Spent 1.5 hours yesterday working up a buffalo's best taco poll for sabrespace. I was extremely excited as this was going to be my first new thread. Couldn't figure out how to get the poll function in create new topic to work. I'm now pondering my future username.

New thread please?! I'll go with La DivINa before the merge.

Yup! I will add Lydia Loveless to the list.

'Hey guys, thanks for taking my call...love the topic... really seems to be hitting the demographic... Just wanted to say WEST END GIRLS by THE PET SHOP BOYS is a glaring omission from your list. I'll hang up and listen'

Eichel is literally one of the fastest skaters in the league. Does that not qualify as a speed demon?

So extend him for a year or two? The fact that this guy couldn't get any playing time given the roster makes me more than a little nervous regarding leadership down at 1 Seymour H Knox III Plaza.

First is a lotto ticket even if it is next year and so is the prospect. I'd, of course, prefer the haul obtained for Nash but it certainly isn't nothing for a few months of Kane. Either one of those has a reasonable chance of becoming a long term player in exchange for Kane (who obviously would not have been).

I bet that thought has crept into their minds, maybe their aspirations are different since they are exposed to the European leagues unlike us. Wondering how closely organizations work with the most skilled prospects...Do they get extra help away from the rink to further development?

Agreed, but the kid is still 19. I cannot imagine being that young with so much at stake. The tools are there, he may just need a gut check or he may not be cut out for it. From the organization's point of view, the best course of action may be to work closely with him in the off season to bolster the weakest parts of his game.

Wore a sabres hat most of the trip leading to a completely serendipitous meeting at the Canyon with a family who's kids are in the same elementary school as ours in WNY. Apologies to the mods if this belongs in a separate thread, is there a game on?

Man, we were just at the south rim (eastern part of the park) way too much ice/snow for a climb in with the family. Still unbelievable views with the snow!

F5!

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Nope. His death makes room for Kylo and let's him be something more than just another henchman ***cough, cough, "Vader", cough, cough***.

Infinite Jest - Extremely challenging read but interlaced with sections that have produced tears of sadness and laughter.

"They" work more hours per week than previous generations, but don't let that ruin the narrative. ;)

Yup to all of this.

Came here to post an almost identical lineup. Might upgrade Jack's linemates with Bailey, but otherwise A+.

I turn to you Randall, what do the fancy stats say about Scandella?

I don't think I can sit this one out. I've heard this same argument/discussion at the thanksgiving dinner table and I simply don't understand where the public is getting information from. Given it is hard to quantify, but we are making tremendous progress. Patients with extremely aggressive malignant disease have had incredible responses to an innovative therapy. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1407222#t=article Treatments with a similar mechanism of action (Immunotherapy) have shown striking results in lung, skin, kidney, and other cancers. I am unsure why the message doesn't reach the public. In 2013 Immunotherapy was the breakthrough of the year in Science magazine. It has been touted on dateline, Time magazine, 60 minutes, etc. The information is out there on these innovative trials and many of these treatments are now available for broad tumor types. Heck, you can hear us talking about it at Canalside in open public forums. There is also no sum of money you could pay most of us to be silent if we had something better for a patient. Finally, most of us are ego driven and our careers in science are motivated by what becomes of our legacy. If there is another enormous advancement that we have, I cannot imagine how that would be buttoned up. You would have to purchase everyone on my floor along with our families/friends? How would that even work?