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Three quotes in the article reference identity. The other two are: “Heart, compete, fast skill, but hard skill,” said Adams. “There’s a lot of skilled players out there in the playoffs, but it's a hard skill and willingness to go to the hard areas, just that type of team identity.” and “There absolutely has to be a connectivity in this community, in this town, between what our team looks like and our fan base,” Adams told The Buffalo News during a recent phone interview. “I know every community, every city in the NHL is different. I get all that, but that's needed in this town. We have to get that identity back and it's been lost for quite a while.” I read this as saying the Sabres roster has skill but a lack of “hard skill”. And that the fan base wants sandpaper and grit, which is lacking on this team. It only confirms what has been already surmised, which is Jack and Sam are both gone. And I can see additional personnel with skill, but not hard skill added as sweetener.

RIP Rene. One of my first autographs ever in 1976. He was my favorite of the French Connection.

Your team is over the cap, and by a bit if your not giving a two year bridge to Dahlin, Mitts and assuming bridges on Joki, Rasmus III, and Borgen. In addition to this, getting the band back together didn’t work for Jake and Elwood and probably won’t for the 21/22 Sabres. Break it up.

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Florida/Disney with cousins and their children. But we love their company. Hawaii with my brother and parents. Napa, Vegas, Grand Canyon with my parents, who are extremely generous and loving grandparents. Would never consider vacationing with any of my wife’s family. Simply because we have nothing in common. I have 6 weeks a year and feel this way. If I only had two weeks, the decision would be that much easier.

Jennifer was just eye candy. She was highest paid personnel at WKRP. Bailey, a bobcat in the sack.

I see your graph, and raise you a Venn.

Really impressive production value. Good team to boot. #jelly. I’ll be there next week (no ticket to the game, just vacation). Staying adjacent to the arena. Should be fun.

Another factor to consider is Cap Space. In the pre-Jack there was some high priced AAV's and by the end of 2015, TM rang up an impressive Cap hit of $69.5M against a ceiling of $73M. Leaving only 4% cap space for 2016. Conversely, if we assume Risto, Jack and Sam are not included in the Vet's moving forward, our projected Cap plummets to $33.3M. So while on paper there appears to be more strength in pre vs post, Anders Bjork, Zemgus Girgensons, Casey Mittelstadt, Victor Olofsson, and Tage Thompson along with the prospect of what Jack, Sam and Risto could return coupled with $49.7M in cap space (roughly 60%) changes the narrative. And this space include albatross contracts of Skinner and KO.

Robinson, Coffey, Lidstrom, and Josh Morrissey. #cornerstone.

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The second option. I was smoking when i provided a possible trade scenario earlier but in my defense it was a mild sativa so I stand by what I wrote. Lots of people on this board are setting themselves up for disappointment. I’m preparing for the worst, and hopefully surprised. Jack is damaged goods defined.

Could you foresee a scenario that would yield Risto & Victor alone for Kaliyev? I can’t. So you are getting two top 8 picks/players and a mid round first prospect/player for a high risk (yes high reward). In the lead up to protect Three D, what is the expected return for Risto before the Seattle draft? Maybe a mid/late second? And Victor is just another 5/5 player with great PP skill. Allows you to protect, all three of Tage/Asplund/Bjork.

LA does not want to lose QB in this trade. Agree with others you need two other prospects to equal QB. I like the structure of @thewookie1 trade. I would tweak it as I think there is sweetener required based on the uncertainty of the injury. Sabres trade: Jack Risto Olofsson Kings trade Turcotte Vilardi Kaliyev #8 overall Quick

I respectfully disagree with this sentiment. Given the option of an exposed Risto there is no chance Seattle wouldn’t take him over say Bjork. Risto would slot in to a top line D position and assuming not a fit, would yield a nice return at the deadline (or before) for them. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still on project “tabla rasa” so I prefer a plan to move Risto before a choice has to be made.

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Easy to remember. One known for this.... the other known for that...

I hope your game goes to OT Punch!

We trade him to the Rangers for Strome, Miller and a first. Not sure if you heard, but we are collecting Left hand D-men.

Is there not hope that the addition of Karmanos will add value in the draft room? I must assume that all Pittsburg's scouts had been submitting updates throughout 2020/2021, and he brings a cadre of differing views. Maybe even some that don't meet the narrative of however remaining scouts the Sabres do have on the books (is it really 5?). In addition to the reports he had access to, is it not plausible they hire other scouts/exec staff post July 1st? The entry draft on July 23rd, and most of these contracts expire in late June/early July. Might be interesting to have different voices in the room. #stayingpositiveaboutthefirstoverall

Weak slashing call. Need more for playoff OT. Hockey God say no soup for you

Must be the series or the league is a joke.

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All good points. The adversity Jack has faced definitely affects the comparison of the two. The stability of the Bills organization could be the primary reason for success or it’s quite possible that it’s the leadership of Josh and his superior skill. Probably somewhere between. And while the Sabres have had no success, is it not plausible that Jack has contributed to the problems of the organization? We know ownership and FO are definitely a factor. It’s also not fair to paint a picture that Jack has not had complimentary pieces to help while Josh has. Kane, Skinner and Hall to name a few. As my comments were directed to what each player represents to their team at this very point in time, the addition of Diggs helped Josh achieve a third place finish in the MVP voting. What did Hall do for Jack prior to the injury this year? I know, it’s RFK and Hall’s fault. Or Adam’s or Terry. But definitely not Kim’s fault as we’ve established in this same thread. Jack’s top finish in Hart voting was 8th in 2019, and this year was lackluster. I know, injury suffered before camp. I’m curious as a medical doctor how you can be so defensive of Jack considering his recent wedge issue over surgery. To me it’s abundantly clear he is obfuscating this issue and it’s all about him getting traded. What is your professional opinion about the request for surgery? Do you not except the Sabres Medical opinions based on fruit from a poisonous tree logic? We probably will not come to agreement on Jack. A Captain, a leader should have integrity, perseverance and emotional intelligence to drive an organizations future success. A player not in possession of these qualities when challenge would want to be traded.

Did the phrase “grasping trophy wife” trigger the algorithm for PA’s auto-like?