JoeSchmoe

Though Allen is still better overall, I think Cam Newton exists in this "data base". He's big, and he was a pretty good QB when he was Allen's age. Allen's arm is good enough that I think he'll still be serviceable once his running game is done... But without improvement, he won't be the same elite QB fans want to think he is.

Josh being Josh means he's a constant run threat. As per the usual timeline with running QBs, his window is smaller.

Time will tell. But we all saw Burrow get the job done when under less than ideal conditions. Maybe in Allen's case it is the OL, the WR's, and Dorsey. I think it's more plausible that he's not the same QB if he's not running the ball on a consistent basis.

I didn't say it was his fault. I just said he's not an elite pocket QB. When he's a consistent run threat and teams adjust their defenses for it, he can play at an MVP calibre. When he's not running, as he did in the back half of the season, he's not great.

As much as most people don't want to believe it, Allen isn't an elite QB unless he's consistently running the ball. Maybe he'll one day develop into a true pocket passer, but as of today, he's much closer to being a Cam Newton than a Tom Brady.

It's Blackcat Lake in the Haliburton Water Trails Camping area. It's like an Algonquin Jr. PS- Anyone have tips on posting pics from my phone direct on here without it showing a link?

Camping country too! That was a from a portage trip we did last summer. https://photos.app.goo.gl/zfc6zMasFQLBMnad7

If it weren't for sentimental reasons, everyone would want Girgensons out. After that, assuming they can be exchanged with NHL average players, I'm taking 2 goalies... I'm still not sure who.

Are we playing too many games? It looks like no one is trying, especially our top producers.

My parents would take me to a couple games a year. Our hockey league had a game we'd all go to with the whole league, plus they'd grab another game or two with just the family (or sometimes just my dad and I). We'd sit in the Oranges or sometimes the Upper Blues. Never lower. As an adult I've been to far more. I used to get the mini-packs plus buy one or two extra games. Then I'd do the StubHub route once that became more economical. Once the kids started rep hockey though, it got harder to get the time (and money) to get to that many games a season. The Wild game was my first since before COVID.

My dad hated the Leafs and we lived in st Catharines. For whatever reason, he followed Perreault in junior, so when the Sabres drafted him, they were his team. I hated the Leafs too... By proxy from my dad, and because they were terrible when I was young and impressionable. Sabres tickets are affordable for most fans. Leafs tickets are only for the elite who are mostly non-fans.

I feel like we could be losing playing like this against a halfway decent team.

Do people from the Niagara Region count in this thread? Leafs still rule here, but there are still a good deal of Sabres fans (especially as you get closer to the border). Over my almost half century I've probably been to 70 or 80 Sabres games... Almost all paid for by me (or my parents). How many Leaf fans can say the same?

I'd almost guarantee they aren't plugging southern Ontario into the market size or TV watching calculation.

I kind of thought of Barnaby too. But after Peters hit a 15 year old kid, I figured there'd be nothing he wouldn't do. https://youtu.be/hypJ5xd54g4

Did anyone else see this thread title and think Andrew Peters might have somehow been involved?

I've been saying this for a couple weeks now, and they said the same thing on the Locked on Sabres podcast. Seeing those two in their respective one-time spots could have the makings of an all-time best PP.

That's surprising, because it's not hard to pick up a song just by listening to it. I can do it, and as I said before, I suck.

I took 3 years of guitar as an arts elective in high school. We learned to read music and most of our grading was theory based (it's a good thing, because I sucked at playing... still do now). Traditional sheet music is so much more non-intuitive than tab for playing guitar. Especially since the same notes can be fretted differently, but they sound noticeably different in tone depending on position (unless there's a more advanced way to represent this that we didn't cover). You still need the note symbols over top though for the timing though.

Good to see everyone had a good time.l! I was at the game Saturday with my brother who's a casual hockey fan. I mentioned to him about the meetup, and he was cool with it, but then I forgot to chime in here to see where everyone was going to meet between periods. It must have been the 3 or 4 pregame pints at Pearl St. The game was awesome... Now he can't wait to get back! Told him he has to leave the bandwagon though if the Sabres don't win tonight.

"Ringo wasn't even the best drummer in the Beatles." Quote falsely attributed to John Lennon. Still funny though!

Agree with all of this. And good on you for taking a risk and posting on a month old thread. ☠️

I haven't followed this whole thread but has anyone thought about the old Spachoman song after watching the Czechs play? Once it gets in your head, it stays there.

I agree. His draft position is biasing us into thinking he can be something more. As a 3rd line W, I think he can still help us win.