JoeSchmoe

I just tuned into the 2nd. I'm not sensing a lack of effort so much as I'm sensing getting beat by a better team. Van looks really good.

Sorry if I wasn't clear. The high death rate amongst NHL enforcers is commonly connected by the media to their CTE issues. The reality is the vast majority of these guys have long histories of drug and alcohol abuse going back to their playing days. I'm certain CTE doesn't help, but the drugs and alcohol would be the prime drivers of the suicides and other physical health related issues. If it were otherwise, football players and boxers would also be dying at similar rates.

Given the high number of football players and boxers to also experience CTE, I strongly believe the comparably high death rate among NHL enforcers is more attributable to lifestyle than the brain trauma.

With the Wash win last night, it looks like we might actually be chasing the Flyers and not the Caps. Chasing down Torts and the Flyers makes this more interesting to me.

We're for sure #1, but I'd put the Oilers at #2. Having the stars they have, with their lack of success would be pretty stressful. Knowing McDavid's likely bolting when he's a UFA would hang over your head pretty badly. Edit: I just read the criteria closer and I guess they're only looking at variances in goal differential across periods. Looks like that's just another stressor to throw on the pile. In the grand scheme of things, this rates pretty low in terms of what stresses a Sabres fan.

I'm more focused on Eric Johnson. He was the guy they brought in to show how to win since he was a bit player when the Avalanche won. It was a terrible idea. He was a net negative player on the Avalanche, when he had a Stanley Cup Champion forward group in front of him, and he was a net negative player here.

Explanation: No team will ever go 82-0. Yesterday they 💩 the bed like even the best teams do once in a while. Unfortunately, we're so far back thanks to our 💩 vets that we can't afford to 💩 the bed this late in the season.

Moving Krebs for a better 3C would be key. If we're dreaming, we can get a guy who'll battle for 1 or 2C, to keep TT and Cozens honest in the offseason.

He's trying to get the rookie more game reps, while at the same time trying to make the playoffs.

Were they out drinking last night? This is not a team that knows they have to win in regulation.

Learning how to play defense are what coaches are for. Not washed up veterans that can't play in the NHL anymore. Did you expect the players to say he sucked and we're better with him gone? We win more games with RJ vs EJ.

I'm not disagreeing with you on most of your points, but this team is in a playoff spot if we don't sign EJ.

Commie does not put the Sabres jersey on again if I'm running the show. Levi went down to ROC when the season looked over. Throw the fans (and prospective STH's) a bone and show them they're serious about winning and bring Levi out west for a game.

Did you watch any of them? The team has been much better since EJ got put in the doghouse... Even when they didn't win they played much more competitively.

Does Levi come in to play backup? I'd bring him, if only to play game 2 of the back to back. Thoughts?

Good point on the bolded. I didn't consider that. Concerning your grandmother... Did she figure out how to set the VHS and the presets in her phone, or did she need someone to show her. Again, my experience with many boomers is they can do exactly what they've been shown, but can't figure out what to do if something goes wrong. My MIL has not watched TV in her downstairs rec room for a long time because she somehow switched it to a different Input that the Fire Stick we set up for her and cannot figure it out for herself. For as long as I've known her, she's been "helpless" in this regard.

In the case of your grandmother, was she ever really with the pace? I find most boomers like my parents, inlaws, friends parents, etc. found their niche in the world and don't venture very far out of it. It seems like a generational thing. Some of my Gen X friends are the same way but less commonly so. When it comes to TikTok, Instagram, etc, I have very little interest compared to my teenagers. However, when it comes to doing real things using technology, they seem lost. They just discovered AI when I've been using it for about a year. They aren't able to do simple things like make decisions as to what reputable websites and search results are. Programming? Forget about it. Long story short, I don't feel like keeping up with the latest social media trends is necessarily going to lead to falling behind with technology. The main thing is to keep up with the real world stuff... Which as far as I can tell will be developments with AI (did I just use AI and real world in the same sentence?!??😶)

The team hasn't looked back since ditching EJ and KO. Hopefully Adams has learned a lesson for next year's free agency period. Every team has veterans and cup winners, but only one can win. The team with the best combination of talent and heart wins. No veteran can teach that.

Loving being so incredibly wrong on UPL! Having a good goalie is so inspirational for the team in front of him. You can really see it in this team.

Best wishes on the surgery and the lakers!

Ok, that explains a lot. Hopefully he'll be ok.

I don't watch the games, but I do check box scores. WTH happened to Kulich? This is not an NHL scoring pace!

Sorry to hear that. Hopefully you can use your wealth of experience and find even greener pastures.

Anyone know the Sabres record with EJ out of the lineup (either scratched or post-trade)?

This one is still legit. My perception is that the egotistical "we're the center of the universe" Torontonians say "Tor-On-Toe". where they overemphasize every syllable. The rest of Canada says Tronno or Toronno. In fact, I find all the hipster Torontonians like to over-pronounce all their syllables in every word, whether it being talking about their city, or anything else they want to tell you they're now superior for. Its to prove how educated they are. All the people I knew growing up in St Catharines that moved on to Toronto seemed to start talking like that. I call it the Toronto accent (or in my Niagara vernacular "Toronno accent").