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Regarding @Taro T's question in the old thread about Sam Martin's punting stats in altitude. There was some data posted over at TSW saying the difference was about 0.5 yards per punt. Doesn't seem to be a significant difference especially when influenced by the number of times a punter is trying for the 'inside the 20' kick. Regardless, given the number of times he will be punting its likely not an appreciable difference in total yards over the course of the season. In fact, I have it on good authority that he will have his own seat on the sidelines this year.

Congratulations to yous two (hat tip to NS) party animals! 😁

What immediately strikes me about that video clip was how strong and clear RJ's voice was back then.

👆 The way its supposed to be done. And the opposite of what the majority do (#emotions). Hang in there!

@ddarylthis is such an effective and productive way to turn current assets into future income because of the compounding effect of reinvestment plus rising dividend payouts. The bolded is why its not utilized more, unfortunately. Focus on the income - as you well know and do. For anyone who might be interested, here is an example. In 2013 you purchased 100 shares of Abbvie (ABBV) at $52. It was paying a quarterly dividend totaling $1.60 per year (~3% dividend yield). In this the 10th year you would now own, through reinvestment, ~130 shares that will pay a $5.64 per share dividend. The key thing is the annual distribution rate on the original investment. $733 income on a $5200 .... or ~14%. And likely to continue rising.

No worries NS. All good. I'm sure in your profession you must see via your clients' 1099s a lot of questionable, if not unscrupulous, investment activity. Sadly.

No need. This was peripherally a hockey related thread to begin with. Didn't intend to take it further off the rails. And won't continue to. Let's get back to hockey.

@Sabres Fan in NS This is an erroneous broad based criticism. Every single one of my 190 clients would vehemently disagree with you. (I just 'outed' myself).

@Eleven , I assume you are an attorney - either a sole practitioner or part of a firm. You are the one who interacts with the clients but there are other people that clients rarely, if ever, see that perform other necessary activities in support your firm's operation. In advisory firm parlance, those other people are 'back office support'. There's a lot that goes on there particularly with respect to custody, trading, regulatory and compliant matters among many others. The numbers are interesting. If the stated goal is $40B in assets and the advisory firms charge 1% (to make numbers round) then by Bison Wealth charging the advisory firms 10% for back office support (again for simplicity) its revenue will be $40M annually. If it's cost to provide that support is $20 - 30M that's a healthy margin. I'm not sure what competitive advantage Bison Wealth can provide over existing firms in that business. They feel like they've figured it out, obviously.

For those of you very familiar with the Amerks, do we wish RK hadn't run off Chris Taylor?

@msw2112 I agree with the general premise of this post. I do wonder about the bolded however. How much influence do past championships have on the present psyche of fans? (We can only speculate, unfortunately). Do they look at their teams and say 'Yeah, we really suck. But we won a cup back when I was 6 years old so its OK'? Would love to have that conversation with Blackhawk fans, Canadiens fans, etc, etc.

Rainbow, Whirlpool and LQ bridges circa 1975. 40 cents for car and driver, 10 cents for each additional passenger. I guess that got changed when people were getting stuck in the trunks of cars trying to save a dime. 🤑

Absolutely. Read the article over breakfast this morning. That boy is wired for greatness.

Re: Tage Thompson. The comps (age, position, 'breakout season', '21-22 production) to Josh Norris in Ottawa are very similar. Norris just got 8x$7.95M.

I'm going to that one barring something unforeseen coming up. I want to see Levi play live. Only a half hour drive for me. The Hangar for some wings and beers.

Just make sure Jeremy Davies doesn't steal your printer. I hear he needs one. (crossing threads).

@LGR4GM you touch on a point I've always been curious about. How aligned (or misaligned) are the goals of the development people of the big club versus those of the minor league teams the kids play for as it relates to the prospects? Different motivations and objectives?

He looks like the kid that mows my yard. Got some growing to do. Get him something to eat FFS.

Even if KO is a Sabres for only one more year (especially if), give Cozens a stall right next to KO's in the dressing room. Soak it all in young man.

Fun morning. 3 on 3 on the laptop and the Open Championship on the TV. But what's up with the volume? I can barely hear these guys commenting. Is that Duff and Marty?

We've seen instances where KA appears to be playing by the the Brandon Beane playbook for developing a team. Is this another? You know, like when BB say 'we're tapped out, done' in FA then goes out and throws a gazillion dollars at Von Miller. I've got a funny feeling there are a couple more moves coming in the next few weeks or so .... cap space for both now and later assets.

If his goaltending holds up well at the NHL level the kid (Levi) will be a rock star.

COL adjustment. Inflation and all.

KA is saying all the right things publicly but is this upcoming conversation a '***** or get off the pot' deal? And 'get off the pot' as in you are no longer in our plans and we'll get some compensation this year (trade) or next (compensatory). I hope he can get the kid signed soon.

For those who may be interested in going back for a Bills/Sabres weekend (or even if you're local), here are the three options: Sabres/Blackhawks Sat 10/29 7PM ; Bills/Packers Sun 10/30 8:20PM Sabres/Bruins Sat 11/12 7PM ; Bills/Vikings Sun 11/13 1PM Sabres/Pens Fri 12/9 7PM / Bills/Jets Sun 12/11 1PM