Broken Ankles
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Gov’t Mute
Joe Cocked
Spirit of the Vest
Tone Lou
Adam Can’t (technically letter and punctuation)
What? (Also letter and punctuation)
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3 hours ago, PASabreFan said:
I was going to say it's in Hutton's interest to get his eye story out to convince the Sabres they don't need to sign a UFA, but that doesn't make sense. The Sabres already knew about it. Who are Hutton and his agent communicating with by getting this story out? (Lance Lysowski billed the story as an "exclusive," so I guess there's always a chance Lance got wind of it, worked his sources, confirmed the story and told Hutton and his agent he had the story and asked for comment.)
Maybe Hutton's agent leaked the story to Lance, knowing that Carters at risk of getting his contract bought out. Maybe getting the story out there helps with interest from other teams if he is let go. Now this would imply that JB has the nuts to actually use one of the tools in his GM belt, which he probably will not.
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4 hours ago, Brawndo said:
Michael appears to be Persona non grata with Terry and Kim. His Twitter Account is not followed by any of the Official Team Accounts, The Younger Ones all are. When He and His Wife were expecting a child, he tweeted at the Sabres with the two of them holding a Sabres Onesie as the announcement. There was no response from the Sabres. I might be reading too much into this, but it matches with other rumblings I have heard.
So I would probably exclude him from taking over
So he’s either a POS spoiled rich kid undeserving of his fathers love and time, or Kim is so psychologically unhealthy and has engaged in a systemic alienation of Terrance from his children of a previous marriage, thereby ensuring her own blood maintains their rights to the kingdom of Buffalo. Which one is it?
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2 hours ago, nfreeman said:
Y'know what fans from cities like Buffalo shouldn't do? They shouldn't blithely dismiss the chances of losing their teams with "it'll never happen."
Oakland and San Diego, both of which are bigger cities than Buffalo, have just recently lost their NFL teams, and Buffalo would've probably lost the Bills if TP hadn't bought them. And the NFL is a much stronger league than the NHL.
I agree with the sentiment of the bold but SanDiego is not an example to use. The Spanos family is regretting this move now and they haven’t even played one game in their new luxury building. It cost them $550 million to move and they seemingly have lost far more fans than they have gained in LA. San Diego never had great support for the team. The county has over 3 million people and could barely fill a stadium (leagues smallest) of 50k seats. And half of those seats were opposing fans. I’ve seen the Bills play San Diego many times and it’s a neutral field. It’s a ***** home game for the Pats and Steelers. Buffalo and the Sabres share a symbiotic relationship. They need each other for reasons shared by @thewookie1. The cities of San Diego and Oakland didn’t need their franchises. Buffalo needs the Sabres. Ratings, polls for county taxes to pay for new stadiums confirmed this. Not saying it could never happen, only that a different set of circumstances have to play out before it would.
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I'm curious why Lance left out the fact that Lazar had the lowest actual PP Goals against per 60 minutes (outside Vlad in only 16 games played), yet he chose to call him out for having the worst "expected" goals against per 60 based on Evolving stats. I saw Larson and Asplund as pleasant surprises on an overall bad PK. The quality against is always going to be less when you play the second minute. Goals count the same. And he lined up against the players the other team put out on the ice.
I still think RFK needed to make a coaching change. I also believe a Peitrangelo or D. Byf as top line Defender would add the proper ingredient to our PK.
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11 hours ago, thewookie1 said:
Here's an idea
Monahan & Bennett
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Risto, Mitts, and our 2021 2nd that can become a 1st if we make it to the playoffs.
In a NY minute. However no way Calgary goes for that. I think it has to be Sam getting moved if Monahan is in the conversation. Risto might still get you Ehlers as Winnipeg is desperate for defenders. And Nikolaj could add scoring to Line#1 or 2 RW. So question is would you trade Mitts, Risto, Reinhart and a second for Monahan, Bennett and Ehlers?
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1 hour ago, New Scotland (NS) said:
At first read I thought this post was taliking about this Peterman ...
Never mind ...
....back on the Horse, Smack, White Palace, the Chinamans nightcap. Hilarious. Thanks for posting.
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@inkman You might want to patent the phrase and where instead of adding "in bed" to the end of Chines Fortune cookie, you add.....'With your fly down'. Some examples below:
- Don’t pursue happiness – create it.....with your fly down.
- Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.....with your fly down.
- Big journeys begin with a single step......with your fly down.
- Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.......with your fly down.
- Your road to glory will be rocky, but fulfilling......with your fly down.
- The best way to get rid of an enemy is to make a friend.....with your fly down.
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6 minutes ago, Tondas said:
No, this was a professional office profession (not that I would have minded to work in a strip club in my 20's). Several employees complained. HR was, "Whatever you decide is fine with us." Saying all this, my office of 12 was all female. There may have been some shenanigans/jealousy/pettiness involved. But I was 29. I did the best I could.
Had no idea you were the inspiration for 'Scent of a Woman'. "Hoo-ah"
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2 hours ago, PASabreFan said:
Pro tip. You can skip ahead. She is brutal.
I stuck around to see the commentary about the Sabres. Last segment. The relative tightness of each teams T-shirt made the intolerable more tolerable.
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11 minutes ago, nfreeman said:
But if the 3-season period started in 17-18, didn’t that period just expire?
...also on Cap friendly. If an 18/19 year plays more than 11 games in the year he signs the ELA, then waivers exempt years moves to 3. It suggests his waiver exempt status expires three years from the 2017 season which is 20/21, or next season (considering we are still in 2019/2020).
edit - he played 41 games in 2017.
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52 minutes ago, nfreeman said:
Hold the phone.
It has been accepted SabreSpace canon for at least 6 months that TT has to clear waivers next year, and that accordingly he will almost certainly be in Buffalo and not Rochester.
I have not learned the waiver rules and may never do so.
If @Brawndo says it, I am inclined to believe it.
Does anyone want to dispute his truth?
Cap friendly says it begins 2020/21. His three year or 160 begins 2017/18 season.
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3 hours ago, Thorny said:
PP was 20th. That’s below average - and considering the unit we can send out, well below average.
100%! They regressed from 16th overall last year and added an incredible weapon in Olafsson. The second from worst PK is reason enough to change. Unacceptable decision Not making some change.
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On 5/28/2020 at 7:19 AM, LGR4GM said:
But remember the fans don't understand...
Shouldn’t this say, “Since The Pegula’s took over”? I mean Kim deserves some share in the unacceptable performance of this franchise.
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10 hours ago, dudacek said:
in terms of how I’d deploy ice time?
Dahlin
Risto
Montour
Jokiharju
McCabe/Miller
Exactly the same way I’d do it if Pilut is on the roster.
If he walks, I’d sign a minimum wage NHL vet to battle Borgen for the right to be my 7, a Casey Nelson/Zach Redmond/John Gilmour type (remember the hand-wringing about him?) to be a desperation recall/Rochester vet, and hope Bryson and Samuelsson play well enough that they’ll get called up first.
I'm probably dumb for challenging you on this, but I disagree with a few of these notions. First of all is the idea of a R/R (Montour and Joki) on your second pair. The NHL has slowly migrated away from L/L and R/R pairings over the last 10 years. A L/R pairing was less than 50% of the time in 2008, and now it's greater than 75%. I trust what other GM's and Coaches are trending towards, not our own. Couple this trend with the fact the L/R is proven to have higher Corsi and Fenwick numbers over R/R, LL, and the Sabres like to move the puck from low to high and the point shots at a higher than average rate, I need to have a L/R combo at all times. Using this logic as a presupposition, I need to decide between Joki or Montour on the second pair. I supposed we could push Montour up to the first but I'm not in favor of that. Similarly I don't like pushing Joki to the third. So I pass on Montour's RFA contract and use him as trade capital this fall. Sticking with Joki as my 2RD for now. Knowing that RD are slightly more valued, (2019-20 stats suggest that 59% of the top 250 D-men by average TOI are Left handed, and that more than half of the teams in the NHL deployed Left handed players more than 59% of games played) I think Risto and Montour hold more trade value than some think. (Insert JB joke about knowing the inherent value of a scarce resource). I use them to obtain 2C.
My other rationale for dispensing both is we need young Rasmus to have a true complimentary pair. Stay at home, eats minutes, and can play all special teams. This will be expensive so I need to remove two medium priced D to make up for the huge cap hit in Dahlin's new partner. Lastly, while I'm not adverse to seeing Risto's minutes reduced even more so, and playing a true 2RD position, I've already reconciled why Joki needs 2 pairing minutes, and again do not want R/R pairings. So for a multitude of reasons (Cap space, positional play, reduced PP role, PK was ineffective and could be upgraded with true RD) I'm ready to move on from Risto.
And maybe there is a LD veteran that can play 3rd line minutes for minimum salary. Lets use Nathan 'Ball-yu' as minimum lever replacement player for say $1.25M. For me, I think Pilut has way more upside than a JAG like Nate. For about the same price. Maybe we move on from Pilut in 2022, but for the next two years, I prefer Lawrence. Especially if paired with Miller or Bogan (whom I have slotted as a starter in 2021). We agree on Borgan as #7 for certain in the fall/winter of this year.
My pairings on the left, yours on the right.
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32 minutes ago, nfreeman said:
I don’t see any possible way Pilut is top 4 on the Sabres next year.
I don’t think he is worthy of a top 4 either, but I also don’t think McCabe is that much better. If Pilut leaves, we go from having a surplus on D to an extremely weak left side. An the UFA market for LD is not strong this year. Perhaps Buffalo could use cap space to extricate a Defenseman by trade and push Jake to the third pairing, but I’d much rather take my chances with those two at a reasonable AAV as 4/6. Just not a fan of having two right handed D.
If this is not a ploy and he’s unhappy, how do see 1-6 on D next season?
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The phase II concept behind this is completely bogus. It just confirms the NHL bias for teams like Chicago, NYR, and Montreal. Where they get a chance to play and a chance to get a top three draft pick. Unacceptable. Weak ownership by Buffalo et al to approve the NHLs proposal to end their season and not get a single quid pro quo. Basically the same odds as if Covid and the pause never happened. The only silver lining is the previous proposal where only #1 was available is off the table. Could change the boards tone and narrative in July/August when we do finish in the top 3.
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5 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
Actually we don’t. Skinner and VO are 1 and 2, who is 3 after MoJo’s contract expires?
Kahun. Possibly Pekar. Your on his bandwagon no? And don’t forget the increasing possibility of Lafreniere.
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5 hours ago, PASabreFan said:
Kinda had it with all the Sabres History Porn.
So...
I will never forget the new arena's roof opening on Eichel Retirement Night and Jack's Super Yacht being lowered onto the ice. (OK, mini Super Yacht.) Jessie Pegula did it up right! She has been an incredible owner.
She has! After the unforeseen death of Terry, and Kim’s unusually fast courtship and marriage to Timothee Chalamet shocked “One Buffalo” fans. Things seemed darkest after the TMZ exposé “Kougar Kim” revealed the predatory nature of the the recently widowed Billionairess. Fortunately the Former Tennis Pro showed her moxy by firing Jason Botterill (long over due) in 2029 as her first order of business. The Sabres and their NHL roster record 17 top 10 picks went on to win the Stanley Cup the first year with Jessie at the helm of the organization.
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11 hours ago, Tondas said:
BudF^cked
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Agree that Cozens makes the team, and that gets more than 9 minutes a night. Mitts averaged 12.5 minutes and he was on the true 4th line. I don’t see a return of the GLO 3rd line, so he absolutely has a chance to play 13+ a night with a combination of Kahun, Tage, or MoJo. Where Lazar will fall back to heavy PK and reduced 4th line even strength minutes. I also see it more probable than not that Mitts is the odd man out between him, Tage and Cozens.
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1 hour ago, E4 ... Ke2 said:
Showing my age and bias.
IMHO, Ristolainen would benefit from having a partner like Tim Horton, Bill Hajt, or Mike Ramsey: a boring, heady player who learns his tendencies and how to compensate for them. He needed to not be on a tank team his early years and he needed to not be paired with defencemen as out of gas as Meszaros, Benoit, and Strachan or players his age like Zadorov during said years.
Georges, McBain and Colaiacovo probably didn’t help much either.
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3 hours ago, inkman said:
Where da poll at?
Dis poll?
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4 hours ago, ubkev said:
He was the 6th best player at best on those teams. He's on the cover shot for recent relevance because now he's Steph Curry's passenger.
Actually 7th. Luc Longly had more MPG and PPG than Kerr for those Championship teams. Weren’t they all passengers to some extent? Isn’t that the point of the documentary? They assembled complimentary players to play with MJ.
The production and editing on this project is quite impressive. Never a fan of those Bulls teams but always respected them. Great job of weaving interviews from 97 and today.
Reinhart, sign him or trade him?
in The Aud Club
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While I can appreciate Dudacek’s cogent arguments and reseaons for bringing this wonderful thread back from the dead, I must admit I would love to see more from Perrault, Ligr and PI. Their debates on TPRMs and Reinharts soft play around the boards, first man off the ice, etc. It’s like catnip during this Covid crisis. I implore you PI, come back. Stand up and deliver a bevy of reasons why an advantageous cap scenario is still not cause to resign Sam. Let’s get this party started.