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Absolutely

In fact, the attitude of the coaches and players about the incident proves the incident is BS. So yes from armchair It looks completely staged and therefore BS.

What a bunch of crap. It isn't the kid's job to communicate with the coaches when they are receiving medical or other treatments from the Team Canada staff. The coaches and training staff need to have open communication lines about who is in treatment when and why. If the kids have a personal issue or family emergency then they absolutely need to tell the coaches what is going on. However, blaming the kids for the failure of Team Canada personnel to communicate properly with each other is BS.

I think your over thinking this.

Or frightening Actually the average of a 7th rd pick playing 100 games plus is about 12%

So we were 1 for 12. Below average as usual

No. May played a 1000 games but much as a 4th line player. From age 31-38, comprising 330 gms, May had 15g and 28a. Terrible. Essentially May had a 670 game career as a productive or semi-productive player. May played 88 playoff games in his career averaging less them 8 minutes a night outside his time in Buffalo and added 4 g 9a all but 2 pts coming in his 36 playoff games in Buffalo. Stafford had a similar over 30 fall off that May had, but not nearly as bad and like May he transformed his game (became a good PKer) to keep his career alive. In the playoffs Stafford averaged almost 15 minutes a night and scored 11 pts in only 32 playoff games (20 in buffalo 3g 4a). Yes May was the more physical player and that kept him in a 4th line role for years, but he wasn't the better player or the better pick. May was never more then a 3rd line player while Stafford was a legit scoring threat who often played 2nd line minutes. May's great playoff goal for us not withstanding. Where he belonged.

The problem with ranking these picks is that it has no context. What are the realistic expectations for a guy drafted 21st or 14th vs top 5? For Example: May vs Stafford vs Ennis May - 14th overall in 1990 - Buffalo - 425gm 67g 89a 156 pts, everywhere else 616gm 60g 132a 192 pts Stafford - 13th overall in 2004 - Buffalo 563 gm 145g 177a 322 pts; elsewhere 278gm 51g 106a 157pts Ennis - 26th overall in 2008 - Buffalo 419gm 97g 139a 236 pts; elsewhere (to date) 194g 36g 41a 87 pts Stafford vs May is no contest. Stafford was by far the better player for us and in general. May, for a guy who scored 91 pts in the OHL his draft year including 30 goals, had two good NHL seasons (40 + pts) and never scored 20 goals in a season and had like 15g for the last decade of his career. Stafford has 20 goal + seasons for us and never scored less then double digits in a full season for us. Ennis also had 3 20 goal seasons for us and if it weren't for injuries here he'd have been the best player of the three. It's nice to see him find his game again. Based on his draft slot, I'd argue that he is the best player of the three. Right now I'd rank them Stafford, Ennis and then May. I'm going to add a couple of more from that draft area. Girgensons - 14th in 2012 - Buffalo - 489 gms, 61g 77a 138 pts Kassian - 13th overall in 2009 - Buffalo 27 gm 3g 4a 7 pts, elsewhere 498 gms, 79g 91a 170 pts Armia - 16th overall in 2011 - Buffalo 1 gm - elsewhere 294 gm 55g 56a 111 pts Primeau - 17th overall in 1994 - Buffalo 225 gm 19g 25a 44pts; elsewhere 559 gm 50g 100a 150 pts Grigorenko - 12th overall in 2012 - Buffalo 68 gm 6g 8a 14 pts; elsewhere 149 gm 16g 34a 50 pts The bottomline is that it seems that guys drafted in the middle of the 1st rd, even if they make the NHL are more often then not depth players. They can have long careers, like May (1000 gms) but is you get a top 6 forward out of the mix, you've hit a home run. Of our guys Stafford and Ennis are the only guys that ever play top 6 roles, but mostly they like May and Primeau are depth players from a career standpoint.

Or Seiling over Bossy. Lol

Who are our best 25 picks over the last 30 years based on on ice contribution to the Sabres? These are the names I thought of and not in any order) Dahlin, Eichel, Reinhart, Ristolainen, Girgensons, McCabe, Ennis, Myers, Stafford, Sekera, Vanek, Roy, Pommers, Miller, Gaustad, Kalinin, Kotalik, Campbell, Tallinder, Afinogenov, McKee, Biron, Curtis Brown, May and Smehlik. Others, Barnaby, Peters, Kaleta, Holzinger, and Foligno. I didn't put Ullmark or Olofsson because of lack of games played yet. Coming up with an order from no. 1 to no. 25 seems like a much harder task, except Vanek, Eichel, Miller, Campbell, Pommers are my top 5. Dahlin hasn't played enough yet to bump Campbell. Top 5 - Miller, Eichel, Vanek, Pommers, Campbell Top 10 - Dahlin, Reinhart, Roy, Ristolainen, Afinogenov Top 15 - Stafford, McKee, Smehlik, Gaustad, Tallinder, Top 20 - Myers, Brown, Kalinin, Kotalik, Ennis Top 25 - McCabe, May, Sekera, Grigensons, Biron

Best and Worst movie for each Bond. (Except Lazenby) 1) Connery - Best: From Russia With Love (Goldfinger a close second); Worst: Never Say Never Again (If Eon on then You Only Live Twice. 2) Moore - Best : Live and Let Die; Worst: A View to a Kill (but Octopussy and Moonraker are nearly as bad) 3) Dalton - Best: The Living Daylights; Worst: License to Kill 4) Brosnan - Best: Goldeneye; Worst; Tomorrow Never Dies 5) Craig- Best: Casino Royale or Spectre, Worst: Quantum of Solace Favorite Bond Villain - Goldfinger Favorite Bond Girls - Lea Seydoux (Spectre), Daniela Bianchi (From Russia With Love), Eva Green (Casino Royale), Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) & Rosamund Pike (Die Another Day). Favorite Bond Title Song - Live and Let Die, A View to a Kill, and You Know My Name. That said Shirley Bassey is awesome.

I always liked the sword through the B. I’d like to see that back on the jersey.

Of course. They were at PSU for the PSU/OSU game just a few weeks ago. Nice win by the Cats. Now we both need to beat Wis.

Best matchup in the schedule (on paper). Proud of my Hoosiers but OSU is on another level I think. However, I was in the Horseshoe in 87 when IU best them.

So far so good

https://www.si.com/hockey/news/no-bodychecking-in-ohl-this-year .... and it makes me realize why people keep voting for bigger governments. They are so wise and their decisions so well reasoned.

It would have been nice if they acquired some help at the deadline.

Do other teams have as good of nicknames for their jerseys as we do. What other team has the “Goat Head” “Slug” and “Butter Knives”?

https://buffalonews.com/sports/sabres/sabres-assessing-development-plans-for-jack-quinn-dylan-cozens-upl/article_65992478-2363-11eb-8876-031b7c00e74c.html Interesting article in TBN. It really brings to light how difficult continued develop of our prospects is going to be in this new Covid world. It also clarified for me KA’s vision for our goaltending this coming season. It appears to me his plan is to let UPL develop in top league in Finland this season and then have Johansson and Togarski man the AHL net. As to Quinn and Cozens, what a mess. Where does Quinn play if the OHL is a no checking league? Where does Cozens go if he doesn’t make the Sabres? I’m glad that both Quinn and Cozens will be playing for team Canada, but after that who knows. I kind of feels like the lockout season in reverse.

Do the Bills miss Shag Lawson and Jordan Phillips? I wasn't worried about the defense and although they made big plays last week, they aren't consistent in any phase of the game anymore. Some weeks the pass rush looks good other weeks it doesn't. Some weeks they avoid the big pass play. Other weeks they don't and honestly the run D is mediocre at best. Injuries to Milano and Edmunds really hurt early. However, Wallace, Klein and others are wildly inconsistent. Also where is our LB depth after Klein. Honestly, the Bills needed to find some help on defense at the trade deadline if they want to win a playoff game. Maybe someone will cut a decent player that we can utilize.

All true, but Mitts wasn't entitled. Jbot thrust him into the lineup before he was ready and when he faltered in year 2, he didn't act swiftly enough to get him back on track. I believe that Mitts is still considered a valuable member of this organization. With Hall, Staal, and Reinhart on 1 year deals and Eakin and Lazar on 2 year deals, there are plenty of slots that will be available for Quinn, Cozens, Mitts, and Routsalainen to claim over the next couple of years.

It will fun watching the Hoosiers beat Sparty. They can't do it in basketball for some reason.

We GA fans are kind of happy. The team, while no Covid, is absolutely decimated by injuries. Look how much Fla improved after a few weeks off. GA needs the rest.

Mitts wasn't entitled to the job, management gave it to him. That is a huge difference.

https://buffalonews.com/sports/sabres/faster-more-dynamic-arttu-ruotsalainen-showing-he-could-earn-spot-with-sabres/article_9ccab7a0-2038-11eb-9e9b-1b826ab77921.html So another LW/Center battling for a job with the Sabres. A nice problem to have, but as the article says, our forward group is now getting very crowded. Hall Eichel Reinhart Skinner Staal Battle1 Battle 2 Eakin Battle 3 Girgensons Lazar KO Battle 1: Cozens vs Olofsson vs Thompson Battle 2: Routsalainen vs Mittelstadt vs Olofsson Battle 3: Cozens vs Olofsson vs Thompson Not sure where Aslund and Reider fit into this equation Also I don't think it's guaranteed that Eakin and Lazar start the year as the 3rd and 4th centers. Eakin is obviously making the team, but if Cozens or Routsalainen, despite his size, wins that 3rd C job, there by creating a very formidable 4th line of Z, Eakin and KO.