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Chris Rock screwing up his line after (saying they were there to present a documentary rather than Oscar) shows it was real. The only reason some think it was fake was because it was a slap rather than a punch, but that’s what Will Smith does. He also slapped a male reporter for kissing him on the cheek a few years back. Also, Will Smith initially laughed at the joke. If it was fake he would have pretended to be offended. His wife taking offense is what changed things.

Good thing we have folks like you in your shining armor to protect her then!

No, it’s rather direct. For some Kim Pegula can do no wrong, which is rather amusing frankly.

The only way her statement makes sense is referring to STH, in which case she would seem to be considering non STH as not real fans… which isn’t a good look either.

He’s probably getting a raise or something.

If Hasek’s argument is that the millions of dollars these Russian players make in the NHL should be sanctioned via the players themselves being suspended, I think that’s a legitimate argument. Make no mistake about it, these are highly paid Russian citizens. Their income gets put back into Russias economy. I doubt Hasek meant it in order to discriminate against anyone, but rather to either stop millions flooding into Russia and/or as symbolic. There are many wonderful people in Russia who are adamantly against what Putin is doing, and I’m sure Hasek knows that.

Nickelback is mediocre, ice fishing is awful. At least with normal fishing (which I’m quite the fan of) if you get skunked you still enjoyed the outdoors. Getting skunked while ice fishing, and that is usually the case, is straight up brutal. And unlike on television, it is very rare that someone has a shanty.

The NLL is amazing, excited that Albany finally has a team again. Hopefully the ESPN deal will grow the sport, being able to stream all the games so easily is really getting me into it.

Jack Eichel is one of the top 15 1C in the league. I wouldn’t compare him to McDavid that’s just not realistic.

Every year it felt like we had a chance, haven’t felt that way for 10.5 years now. The league, other fanbases, everyone at least had respect for us. We are now the laughing stock of the NHL. This isn’t better, it’s way worse. We went from being the Minnesota Twins of the NHL to being the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1. Never put your eggs in one (or two) baskets. Tanking is a huge risk, culturally. 2. Don’t give a player the C just because they’re the best player. 3. Being a perennial bubble team actually wasn’t all that bad.

My money would be on the USFL; bubble city in Alabama, looking to have the city of Birmingham pay all lodging costs, Fox Sports is a partial owner. Focusing on ratings first and attendance a distant second is smart. Keep the overhead low. I don’t think the XFL has a chance.

Well, this is.. interesting.

D is passing, I would go even further and say that he failed as captain.

Syracuse is one more win away from being bowl eligible.

I definitely agree that KA most likely didn’t retain any salary because TP said absolutely not (hard feelings). Just conjecture, but I could see that happening.

I know what it is, but it cannot be separated from politics and therefore isn’t really appropriate for this thread. Let the record show, you brought it up. This is yet another example of you making a comment with a political slant, and then getting upset when someone pushes back. Just stick to hockey.

You were talking about someone (I assume LGR4GM) not liking him because Kane is an a******. That shouldn’t weigh in as heavily as some think it should with making a decision like this. We could use a Patrick Kane, even with his warts. Hence this isn’t grade school/ popularity contest.

You do realize that you were the first to bring up cancel culture, right? And now you’re talking about dog whistles. I merely pointed out that you are lobbying to not hire him, based on things you are not entirely privy to as fact, and then in the same breath saying this isn’t a cancel culture thing. I’m not interested in debating the different degrees of denying someone due process with you. Honestly you’re kind of all over the place. You don’t have to worry about coded language or dog whistles with me, if I wanted to say something, I would say it. You want to talk about cancel culture and a sex abuse scandal, I’m trying to talk about whether the Sabres should make a move for Patrick Kane. You know, like what the thread is actually about. I did also want to slip in the jab about you being arrogant though, that part was fun.

Sure, it’s an opinion. But it’s based upon both information and belief, and I think it’s a logical one. I for one am not banking on the hope that this time it will be different, when one of the main variables (ownership) has not changed.

This isn’t grade school, nor is it a popularity contest. We are talking about employment opportunities here. Thanks for the oversimplification though.

I have some unfortunate news for many of you, I think it is only a matter of time until Terry and Kim get impatient and force KA to start trading assets away anyway.

I don’t think you know what cancel culture is; dismissing someone because there are questions you don’t want to deal with is the essence of it. We don’t know what type of assets we would have to give up for Kane, but it’s worth exploring. We have a lot of them and they won’t all pan out. This franchise could use something to cheer for. Another rebuild, with the same ownership, will only excite the diehards. Though it shouldn’t, as logically speaking, it’s only a matter of time til KA is on the hot seat. The Pegula’s have proved that they don’t have the patience for doing things the right way. And round and round we go. And yes, you are arrogant. It’s irritating, most humans don’t find that to be an endearing quality. Some will even make comments about it, like I did.

He’s a PPG player from here, we have no star power, plenty of short term cap room, and a fan base that desperately needs something to root for. This is a business after all. To outright dismiss it as a ridiculous idea (which you and others have), is brash and hubristic. Hence the savvy remark. It’s probably getting under your skin because someone is finally calling you out for being arrogant.

How dare I challenge the great LGR4GM, and talk to him the same way he so often talks to everyone else! And to make matters worse, I even had a spelling error to aggravate the situation. The audacity…