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1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:
phht! Red Kelly Red Story...........it's a hockey name with a punctuation point. Hockey don't need no snowflake wokeness thank you very much.
...hence, the goofy face icon...
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4 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
The only hockey player name I like better in this draft is Red Savage. That one's too good to believe.
I don't know....smacks a bit of racism.
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7 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:
You're coloring the debate. More strawmen.
Forget about the team? Of course not. He/they, after all, have to evaluate the people they hire to run the team. Not involved? Of course not. But the involvement has to be smart. The truth is, most people here ARE more competent to do this job than Terry is. Being a billionaire doesn't mean anything, as Terry proves on an annual basis. When you love something, as all here love the Sabres, you handle it with care. How Terry has run the team is just about all the proof you need that his selling of himself as a superfan was a fraud from Day One. So, yes, I think most here would be smart enough to hire good people and let them do their jobs.
Once again, I clutch my pearls at the idea that the on-ice product of an NHL franchise is a "corporation" that has to be "run."
Sorry, I did not mean to offend you. I understand that NHL teams and business corporations have differing reasons for being. Sports are such an emotional investment, which is what makes them so great in my mind. And I am not talking a financial investment, but investing our time, energy, and emotions. Most of us would do anything and everything we can to create and sustain a winning team. I tend to believe the Pegulas are doing what they think is needed to emulate the Bills success, even if hindsight has proven them wrong to date. Hopefully they learn from the past.
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32 minutes ago, Weave said:
When folks say they want Pegula to not be involved they are basically saying they want Pegula to recognize his incompetence and leave the team running stuff to competent people.
I can appreciate that. I can also appreciate an owner wanting to be kept informed of what his competent people are doing, even asking questions. I honestly don't know what level of involvement the Pegulas have in making hockey decisions. I am sure there are people on this forum who have more inside knowledge on this than I do. I am also sure that others are making a lot of assumptions, which is probably normal for a frustrated fan base with pitchforks and torches on the ready.
My personal opinion is that the Pegulas made a good/lucky hire with the Bills (and these hires have made good/lucky draft choices and free agent signings.) We are all waiting for them to make a good/lucky hire for the Sabres. That's all it would take to change things for the team. Is Kevyn Adams the right/lucky hire? Only time will tell, and we fans are tiring of the wait.
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21 hours ago, Radar said:
As many say "hate" is a harsh word. For me the word is not interchangeable with dislike. For others it may be. I dislike how they have operated the franchise. I don't dislike them because I don't know them personally. For me to say I hate someone because I don't agree with them is a bit extreme.
I can understand not liking the way a sports franchise is being run, especially from a passionate fan. It can be the same for the way for any corporation not being run the way you'd like it to be. What I don't understand is how many people say the Pegulas should not be involved in any way in the company that they own.
How many people here, given the chance to own the Buffalo Sabres, would just hire a GM and then forget about the team? Of course, everyone here is way more competent to run a major league hockey team than your average billionaire. 😇 I submit that an owner not involved in his company is guilty of corporate neglect.
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My concern if we trade Eichel for anyone: If so many players are disgruntled on this team, what makes us think that anyone coming in via a trade would be gruntled? I understand they would not have been through the last 10 wasted years here, but they surely are aware of the plight of the Sabres. Who would be happy coming here at this moment? Would trading one unhappy player for a few other soon-to-be unhappy players help us in the immediate?
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They need a leader. Someone who can:
- hold others accountable,
- keep them grounded when they are on a hot streak,
- keep their chins up when things are not going their way,
- keep them loose with some laughter
- stick up for them with the coaches and referees
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11 hours ago, inkman said:
I thought RN Michaela Pastorius was his better half (at least this week she is...)
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I don't see what goes on in the locker room and I don't hear what gets said on the bench during games. That said, I can't make any judgments as to who is a good leader who can motivate his teammates and who can influence coaches and referees. That is what a captain is. I've never understood the notion that the player who scores the most or plays the best should be the captain. You can be a great player at age 18 (or 19 or 20...), but until you get some experience and wisdom, I don't think you can be a great captain.
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8 hours ago, Curt said:
They have not been unlucky in the lottery. In 2018 they got extremely lucky.
It could just be my imagination, but it seems to me like our draft number was usually later than what our record compared to other teams would indicate. Am I remembering incorrectly? If we did not have the lottery, and went solely on record, would we have drafted earlier?
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How might recent drafts been different if the Sabres hadn't been historically bad at the lottery? Seems like we get jobbed every year. If we had the opportunity to draft one or two slots higher each year, would that have made any difference?
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Just now, RangerDave said:
No I'm not!
Yes I am!
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10 minutes ago, Weave said:
This fanbase is so bipolar. Its gonna take more than a few games to see what we really have.
No I'm not!
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14 hours ago, etiennep99 said:
But electro-shock therapy might help.
I don't think there is enough electricity to shock all the fans needed. Oh, wait. Who did you have in mind for this? Um, never mind....
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17 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
has been since we got these owners
What is it about the Sabres that the Pegulas are doing so wrong, but doing so right with the Bills? I can't figure that out.
My only thought is that they (eventually) hit on the right coach and GM with the Bills, but have yet to do so with the Sabres. I can only hope that if KA and RK are not the right people, they find them soon. The Sabres will not improve until we hit on those two positions.
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11 hours ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said:
Titanic is well-crafted, but with a trite plot and a story which was emotionally dishonest to the females who were so drawn to it, I can safely say that it was far from perfect. My criteria include emotional honesty, strength of characters, strength of plot, unpredictability, and quality of the payoff. After that, I look at the sets, wardrobe, incidental music, and all the production-oriented stuff.
For instance, I did say that Casablanca is my favourite film, but it has some glaring problems. (How the hell did the police miss the Letters of Transit? For that matter, Letters of Transit were complete bupkes. Someone with Louis Renault's occasional slips on his loyalties would have been replaced by someone with clearer loyalty to the Vichy government. And Sam needing to say, "Mr. Richard" and "Miss Ilsa" really grates on me.) But everything else about it is just stupendous with one of the best payoffs in the history of American film.
Conversely, everyone I know who is experienced in film making, even as an amateur, puts Citizen Kane head-and-shoulders above everything else; many deride people like me who point out its flaws as "stressing the unimportant". I get it, to some extent -- film-making can clearly be divided into pre-CK and post-CK pretty readily. But a glaring plot hole is still a glaring plot hole.
Also, movies eventually become dated. Let me put it in hockey terms.
At the time, in 1976, it was more important for many fans that the Buffalo Sabres beat the Soviets than it was to win the Stanley Cup. I don't care what other people think. For me, even when the Sabres win the Stanley Cup, this was more important. Only Paul Henderson's goal in Game 8 of the Summit Series carried more weight.
How could I say that? Let me put you into the mindset of the Cold War and the American Psyche. Italics indicate the subconscious baggage we were carrying at the time.
NYC required a bailout from the Feds just before the Soviets came. The strongest teams in the league so far had only managed 1 tie and, frankly, most had been embarrassed by the Soviet teams. The Soviet hockey people claimed that our top teams weren't of the same class as their top teams and the NHL didn't have a good rejoinder. Nixon was a crook and Ford pardoned him -- and he had THREE assassination attempts against him. We were afraid if the refs called the games fairly, the Flyers were going to spend the entire game shorthanded. Besides, Tretiak could steal the game all by himself. Stagflation was horrible for the country. The worry on the NHL on NBC broadcast with Tim Ryan, Ted Lindsay, and Brian MacFarlane was palpable in the pre-game. The Soviets were making hay internationally, particularly in the UN, that our bailing out of South Vietnam, Bobby Fischer's antics, and the NHL's failures proved that capitalists were weak mentally. Damn it, it was the Bicentennial. Freedom matters. Kill the Commies. Even non-hockey fans across the US and Canada were desperate -- the Sabres were potentially the last chance for a win by the West. All of Western Civilisation might ride on this game.
There was that much pressure on the team. They had to win.
Watch the game again. Look how sloppy the Sabres were trying too hard on a lot of shifts. Listen to the nervousness of the fans before the Sabres broke through in the first period. Listen to the positive energy, relief, and triumphalism at the end of the game.
If you weren't alive at the time, you just won't get it. My belief is very dated. Several talk show hosts across the nation have made fun of me for saying exactly that on the air. I don't care -- it really was that important. The National newscasts in both the US and Canada said so. Hockey Night in Canada said so. President Ford said so.
Movies are the same way.
I completely understand how some people would absolutely love Citizen Kane. There are people who are much more into the production and artfulness of movies than I am. Everyone has their own reasons for liking or disliking particular movies (or anything else, for that matter!) As a non-student of film making, I pay less attention to how it is made. For me, I just want a movie that holds my attention due to the plot, acting, and writing something I can relate to. I am a simple man who likes a bit of emotional escapism. Certainly, different eras have different ways of doing this.
As an example, I enjoy watching reruns of Adam-12. The acting in 1960's television shows was dreadful, but the show somehow still compels me to watch.
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On 2/11/2021 at 11:50 AM, Let's Go B-Lo said:
Furthermore, not all opinions are sacrosanct, nor do they deserve to be treated with an equal level of respect. Some things are just wrong and need to be called out for what they are.
I agree. Intentional ignorance is not a valid opinion (But, hey, that is only my opinion! 😀) When people downplay facts because it doesn't fit their own personal narrative, that is a dangerous situation. Given that, I don't know what the facts are regarding how many people can be in an indoor arena safely: in the seats for 3 hours, in line for the restroom, at the concessions stands, etc. This seems different than passing someone briefly in an aisle at Walmart.
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26 minutes ago, Taro T said:
Last batch of additional nominees for tonight:
Tombstone
The Sting
A Clockwork Orange
Doctor Strangelove
2001- A Space Odyssey
All the President's Men
Wow! Three of my all time favorites....and the only two movies of the AFI's Top 100 that I could not stomach to watch to the end!
I just don't know what to say... 😱
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7 minutes ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said:
I remember it being on channel 7's "Movies for a Sunday Afternoon." My sister and I blurted out after the childhood scene ended, "it's the sled."
There is great direction, production, characterisation, and such in the movie -- but when the answer to the motivating plot point is immediately obvious to an 8 year old and his 7 year old sister, I figure that qualifies it as over-rated.
Addendum: the point of the sled is symbolic -- it was the last time Kane was really himself. It symbolises his loss of identity and explains why he had no empathy and that all his achievements rang hollow in the end.
I get that it was very symbolic and that it may have been very avant-gard for its time. I understand that people can really appreciate that type of movie. I guess I am just big into artsy-type movies. Give me good acting and good writing - that's all I need.
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Am I the only one who thinks Citizen Kane was a stupid movie? Just dumb. "Oh, my life is so bad because I miss my childhood sled!" Ugh...
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- Tombstone
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Sneakers
- Clue
- Apollo 13
- Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Love the Bomb
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Young Frankenstein
- and others that have already been mentioned
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11 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:
Serious question. If I have close contact with someone who tests positive for Covid, I have to quarantine for 14 days. How are the Sabres playing a game tomorrow? And how would they have played tonight, presumably, if it hadn't snowed 10 feet in NYC?
The Sabres have to do the contact tracing to see who had close contact and who did not.
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Crumb brulee?
OT: Group hug
in The Aud Club
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Should I take offense that you have not been a jerk to me? Am I not worth your effort to be a jerk to? 😢
I will allow you one jerk-worthy moment toward me, if you promise to lay off on the hug. 😘😁