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  2. Amerks Game Threads

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    1 hour ago, Doohickie said:

     

    Take him to Wahlburger's to celebrate!

    57 minutes ago, K-9 said:

    Nice

    Levi is a puck eating machine lately. 33/35 tonight for another solid .942 save percentage. 

    He leads the AHL in save percentage at .929

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  3. Question about left handed vs right handed shot

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    Well I know I'm not an NHL player but I am a right handed person who has always shot left handed and it feels way more comfortable that way to me.

    When we used to play pickup hockey people always asked me if I was left handed and I was like nope, I just always have shot this way and it feels normal to me.

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  7. Happy Dyngus Day!

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    From the biggest Dyngus Day celebration in the world in WNY...

    We don't need much of a reason to party, so it's not surprising ours is even bigger than the ones in Poland.

    Everyone is Polish today here...I am sure the Polish Falcons hall down the street from me will be packed from like 11am thru well into the night...luckily I don't need to drive past it...

    Anyone else have any celebration plans or to go see the parade?

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  10. Question for our Canadian residents regarding player salaries and taxes.

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    26 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

    haha - you've eaten up that Fox News propaganda I see. Good luck with all that. 

    Meanwhile, while I hit 65 this year the government's going to give me even more free money. I don't need it, but I will enjoy spending it. Worry free retirement gives me lots of time to waste on Sabrespace 🙂

    Research a little deeper. Let's leave it there. 

    I live in the Buffalo area. Lest you forget many places are far closer to Canada than they are across town.

    I don't need to read about Fox news propaganda, I live in the areas where you see it happening and talk to people that are from the area about it.

    I also go to Canada fairly frequently.

    So you are getting the equivalent of American Social Security except far less than what Americans get?

    As of right now when I retire, if I only earn the same and never increase my income, which likely will happen, I will be getting roughly $4900 thru Social Security a month.

    I believe the "research" I did says the max benefit in Canada is like $1365 a month? Which when adjusted to American Dollars is more like $1011 or so as of today?

    Did I miss something?

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  11. Question for our Canadian residents regarding player salaries and taxes.

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    17 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

    and yet studies on happiness show that Canadians are happier than Americans and those Scandinavian countries with taxes much higher than even Canada are the happiest of all. There is something to be said for having various stesses of life removed by having strong public systems and safety nets in place. Taxes pay for that. 

    Now every country is different and every piece of geography has it's own pressures and issues but just holding onto your precious dollars and not paying taxes isn't the be all and end all of life. You pay one way or you pay another. You have to compare the whole social picture rather than just looking at a number. No need to get political and if you like where you live best of all that's great, but that happiness measurement is a real thing and can't be dismissed.

    The same thing holds for hockey players. There are quite a few Canadian players who prefer staying in Canada. Maybe Winnipeg is cold and isolated enough to have issues and maybe some don't want to speak French in Quebec but Toronto and Vancouver are certainly not going to have any issues, taxes and all.  Lots of players go back to where they came from, especially those Swedes, after they retire. Some still live there now and just stay in condos here while playing. Remember Hasek saying he wanted his son to grow up in the Czech Republic? There are a LOT of happiness related reasons for people to want to be places, and Tavares got to fill out his PJs so he should shut it. 

    Yeah, it's so great that some who don't feel like waiting a year or two for procedures since they are so backed up pay to have it done in the US.

    Tax dollars at work...back up the system so much that people have to pay crazy high taxes AND out of pocket in a different country for a medical procedure that should be free.

    Cool on the happiness studies. What exactly does that mean? I am pretty happy and since I really am not interested in how much others are happy or not, since that's largely a choice they make, these don't mean much to me.

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  14. The Jeff Skinner decision

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    3 hours ago, Crusader1969 said:

    In the most important games of the season Skinner is dropped down to the 3rd line. 
    they have Greenway on the 1st line but, I think we can agree ,he is better suited for the 3rd line 

    begs the question.  What to do with Jeff Skinner in the summer ? 
    has a NTC, gets paid $9 for 3 more years, his defensive game is adequate at best.  
    he is the teams oldest forward and isn't a great example for how the game should be played to the young  players.  At least in my opinion.

     

    It's being done to balance out the lines.

  16. Will Buffalo be a good place to see the total eclipse of the sun?

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    3 hours ago, GoPuckYourself said:

    From what I’m reading, Buffalo will be right in the middle of the eclipse which is probably why every hotel in the area is booked up that day, again from what I read/ heard.

    Yeah we will be...last time this happened I was in Saint Louis visiting some friends and on vacation with the fam. We were at the zoo on a bright, sunny, 96 degree day there...that 3-4 minutes of darkness was a welcome relief...was so weird when all the lights turned on at the same time due to the darkness 

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  22. Chris simon passed

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    10 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:

    Maybe in juniors but that number is Outrageous lol no kid is going to rough up his buddy in Pond hockey 

    Sure its Competitive but not like you're thinking lol

    So you don't think players who play 10+ years in the NHL and a bunch of years in juniors and high school get checked 20K times?

    How many times does a player get checked in a single game? Multiply that times the number of games they have played in their high school, junior, tournaments, college, AHL, NHL career.

     

  23. Chris simon passed

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    Posted · Edited by Big Guava

    6 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:

    You said 20000+ "body checks " from "your head hitting the glass or rattling"

    I don't think anyone here experienced this playing as a "kid" here lol 

     

    I'm talking from your childhood thru your NHL career. That number might be low for some of them.

  25. Chris simon passed

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    7 hours ago, Buffalonill said:

    I have no idea what kind of hockey you're thinking about but that doesn't happen lol.. it's not allowed at that age

    Are talking young adult or Teenager

    So you think these kids playing pickup hockey in their backyards with their friends aren't checking each other? 

    You never played sports much growing up did you?

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