JoeSchmoe

He was good. I could never understand why he didn't get more chances.

For everyone complaining about the lopsided officiating, did you not see the high stick before the 3rd Florida goal? McDavid or not, a cup for Edmonton is not in Bettman's best interest. It won't grow the game much more in Canada, and it certainly won't grow the game in the US compared to what a repeat for FLA would. It's just the same thing we see every year... Don't expect anything but the most blatent penalties to be called late in a Cup Final game... And if you're not coaching your team to play with this in mind, you're doing it wrong.

It's exciting for sure, but before you dig into your PTO, remember we don't get to see them play until training camp. I'm excited too since this would have been my son's draft year and he's played with or against a lot of the Ontario and US kids (he wasn't quite big/good enough to play major junior). But with all the lead up, I'm expecting to feel a bit of the "now what?" feeling once it's all over.

Given how much better old man Reimer was vs UPL, I could see a goalie transaction doing more for this team vs a coaching change.

I'm excited for us to trade at least one in a package for a top 6.

If the big timers like Friedman and Dreger are rarely right on this stuff, I'm guessing Chad doesn't know 💩.

Chara, while never bulky was the strongest player in the league while he played.

I wonder if he could pull off another deal like the Savoie - McLeod deal with a team in cap trouble.

I thought the same thing as you when I first saw a link from this site... But they actually list Friedman's 32 thoughts podcast as a reference. If you go to the podcast Friedman actually does muse about this stuff.

Yeah, that's true... It's not all on the insiders, but I do find they'll say what they need to say to provide a steady stream of content.

No idea. I actually don't like Friedman... or any of these BS artists... but Friedman is the worst of a bad bunch. I just saw the tweet and thought I'd share.

Friedman says he has sources telling him the Sabres are looking to deal prospects for players. Hopefully this is right. We're playoff bound if we can get a starting goalie that can give us 50-60 games at the level Reimer played at last year, and a partner for Power. Hopefully that will put some butts in seats and Pegula makes us a cap team again. From there we'll have a good window to continue to build the core.

Interesting. Anyone I know that fishes the bar goes to target Lake Trout.

I'm from Ontario, and no one in the Golden Horseshoe would on this side of the border would ever target walleye in Lake O to the point it would be a talking point in an interview. In the eastern part of the lake in some of the bays... maybe, but thats not really a popular spot for lake houses for people from around here. For sure he's on Erie somewhere in the Port Maitland area. Doesn't matter anyways. Lindy's under contract for another year... I just posted it because I like Muddy the Mudcat!

Now that I think about it, the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario is known for walleye, and I'm guessing they still get salmon in there. That said, I'd be very surprised if he'd be talking about anywhere else other than the Lake Erie / Dunnville area.

Here's a quote from DeBoer... I can't think of a lake in Ontario that has Walleye and Salmon. I know there's the odd Salmon in Erie, but I've never heard of a salmon "run" there. That said, Lake Erie / the Grand River (in Dunnville) would probably be the best choice out of any lake in Ontario that I can think of that is known for Walleye, but still has "some" salmon.

He's a Dunnville boy. He'd sign here for sure.

From the sounds of things, my daughter and her hockey team already have tickets.

I wouldn't buy anything in advance. They'll be giving the tix away closer to the event. In the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, ticket prices were pretty jacked up. Undaunted, my friend dropped close to $1000 to take his family of 5 to a Canada game as soon as they were released. He was "lucky" to get those seats, as speculators grabbed the lion's share of them all. Anyhow, as the event went on, it became clear that the speculators overplayed their hand. For the final round robin game, I scooped two seats for $25 each. Long story short, with few if any NHL stars playing, you should easily be able to grab seats at a major discount closer to the actual game.

With next year being an Olympic year, I don't foresee many players going to this.

I'm always looking for new spots to check out as well... That's why I started the thread. Hopefully others will share. PS- Don't pay for parking in the main lot. Go into the old neighborhood to the west of the beach area and park for free on the street. Also, check this website for water quality if you're planning on swimming. Like most Great Lakes beaches, they sometimes post a water quality advisory after a period of heavy rain. https://www.niagararegion.ca/living/water/beaches/default.aspx

I've been meaning to check the rafting there for many years. Is there a draw there beyond that?

This place needs a little cheer with all the doom and gloom threads! My apologies if this has already been hashed out, but where do the Sabre-Space Cadets like to go for a summer day trip? I'm thinking no more than an hour or so from the arena. My favourite from here on the Canadian side of the border is a bit of a sentimental pick. I grew up in the area and still only live 20min away. It's the village of Port Dalhousie in the city of St Catharines. Rush fans will know the area from their song Lakeside Park, which is the beach / park on Lake Ontario that the village centers around. Neil Peart wrote about what it was like to grow up in "Port". I'm quite a bit younger than Neil, but I cut my teeth down there in the 90s, which was the heyday of the Port Dalhousie bar scene. It's a lot quieter than it was back then, but it's a great place for a family picnic, a day at the beach, or to take a ride on the historic 5¢ carousel. It's busy, but never too busy. There's quite a few good restaurants in the area, and has some pretty good fishing. If you've got young kids, pack the picnic basket and have a fun day at the beach. If you've got a significant other, go for dinner and drinks and take a romantic walk on the pier. So there's my spot... Who else wants to share? Edit: Adding pictures

Without reading the article, I have a hard time separating the fact that the Bills are the #1, but the Sabres are the team he micromanages. It's like how my team at work got transferred in to a different department where the manager looks after 3 different teams. My boss honestly has very little knowledge of what me or my team does, and seemingly only pretends to care. His original team though has his daily attention. All of our department meetings are pretty much solely focused on the topics from that group. He goes to industry conferences and wins awards for that team, while my team does everything on our own.

I remember when Buddy Nix said you gotta take the best player available. We had Marshawn Lynch and Fred Jackson already, but Nix was a BPA guy. So we took CJ Spiller. Given there wasn't room for 3 feature backs we traded Marshawn for a 4th round pick and a conditional pick. But essentially we traded out 9th overall pick, for the next year's 4th round pick and lost Lynch in the process. Meanwhile we were deficient all through the lineup at every position besides RB. So, given our organizational strength at LHD and undersized F's, I think we need to draft for need, especially since there are no surefire franchise changing players in this draft at 9th.