Campy
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Here's a reminder to never drink and skate:
Here's a reminder that a sober goaltender is a better goaltender:
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I paid $10 per ticket to see a performance of The Wizard of Oz tonight at a local high school. I think I'll get a better return on my investment than the people at FNC.
This team has devolved into something barely watchable. I really hope they blow up the roster this offseason and make the team somewhat competitive.
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If that was true then Risto, Pysek, and Rhuwedal would never have been sent down and would have played instead of McBain, Tallinder, and Sulzer or Weber. They want the kids to get playoff experience. That's not going to happen if they don't make the playoffs. So send the best eligible players back to Rochester and give them a chance.
Okay...
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The needs of the parent club outweigh those of the farm club.I wish they would leave the better players in Rochester so at least they could compete for a playoff spot. 8 straight losses and they're dropping in the standings. Call up the Amerks scrubs and send Risto, Rhuwedel, Delaurias, Ellis, and Lieuwan back. The Sabres don't need to win, the Amerks do. Keep Hackett and bring up Makarov.
The Sabres don't have a lot of talent, and watching them play can be maddening, but you dress the best guys in the organization.
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Ha.
Today's paper is fairly insistent: The team's been placed into a trust.
That is potentially significant - potentially very significant.
If the franchise were just a probate asset (i.e., an asset of the deceased's estate), the executor would need to maximize its value for the benefit of the estate's beneficiaries.
But the franchise is not a probate asset -- it's held in a trust. There's a separate document (or set of them) that governs that trust, and it/they likely give some very specific prescriptions for how the asset is to be handled.
I hope Ralph was very specific on how he wanted it handled. And I hope they involve something more than a lease agreement to bind the Bills to Buffalo!
I guess we'll all find out soon enough...
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My point: No one knows what the plan is.
EDIT. Ummm, welp.
"Ultimately, however, Wilson’s estate will have the fiduciary responsibility to take roughly the best offer it can get for the franchise."
Apology accepted. :P
Evidently some owners - most notably Kraft of the Pats - have said they will do all they can to ensure the Bills remain in Bufalo. Hopefully it's not just lip service...
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All due respect, but do you have a link for that? It was "widely believed" that that was the plan, but others have reported, more recently, that there appeared to be something else going on behind the scenes. For example:
http://www.buffaloru...succession-plan
then again,
"Mr. Wilson has made it very clear that he is not going to sell the franchise while he's alive, and once he passes on, the franchise will be sold," The Buffalo News reported NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell as saying in August 2012.
But note, Goodell did not say sold "to the highest bidder."
No link because it was generally accepted public knowledge as you posted.
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Pegula Sports Enterprises issued a statement on Ralph's passing; I'm thinking that'll probably be as close as we'll get for a while.I think it would be classy for Terry to issue a statement.
RIP Mr.Wilson, you've meant so much to Western New York, and hopefully you can watch the Bills host one from up there someday.
Not to be brash, but does anyone know the succession plan?
Simply put, there isn't one. Ralph's wish was to have his estate sell the team to the highest bidder.
It's been the subject of much talk for a decade.
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RIP Ralph - my condolences to his friends and family.
This marks the start of what will be a tumultous time for those of us who are Bills fans.
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Is that Apple's new garbage disposal system?
No, it's this:
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Good. Let them blow their wad early and lose in the second round.
There is one guy I see at my local watering hole that grew up here but his family is from Boston. I respect that, that's cool. Plus, he's a fellow hockey fan in Virginia Beach and I've never had to explain to him what icing is. That's cool, too.
What isn't cool is all he talks about are Boston teams. Boston this and Boston that - he talks to me like I give currap about how many minutes Chara had or why Lucic is the best forward in the league. As if I don't have enough reasons to hate the Bruins already, and then this guy keeps chirping away. On more than one occasion I've said to him, "You know the part where I'm not a Bruins fan, right?" and he smiles and keeps going, blissfully unaware of his own douchebaggery.
Sometimes I get concerned that my hatred for the Bruins is a little over the top. The I come here and find that I am in good company.
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Patrick Kane (lower-body) has been placed on long term IR and is out for the rest of the regular season.
That's too bad - he's a talented player and fun to watch. Hopefully he'll be back in the playoffs
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Here's how: http://msn.foxsports.com/midwest/story/with-a-new-goalie-mask-blues-miller-is-really-ready-to-rock-now-032014How is this inspired by CuJo's mask?
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I've never been more depressed about the future of the Sabres.
Let's see. We've got an owner who micromanages his team to the point of wanting to know if Cody McCormick's tummy feels all oogy after eating a banana — and yet some fans still aren't convinced Pegula is a meddler, and that meddling cost us Pat LaFontaine's services.
Maybe I shouldn't be so pessimistic about my fellow fans. Support for Terry does seem to be waning. At the very least, the fanbois are in hiding. Seriously, is there anyone willing to step up and defend this guy any more?
I'll readily admit I don't read too many of the front office-type posts so maybe I've missed something, but why do you say he meddles?
What has he done to sour you - and evidently just about everybody else - so much?
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No, he'll get is paycheck. Nothing lucky about that. Even if he gets bought out, he still gets the money.
And that's what I mean - he's lucky to get it because he sure hasn't earned it.
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Yep, the clock is "Miller Time."
We can see the images of him, his wife, and dog are based on those Russian stacking dolls, and above the 11 on the clock is the state of Michigan. Those are all pretty obvious.
But do any of you guys know the significance of the lizard above the 1 on the clock?
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How far has your career sunk when the 27 million dollar player is benched for a waiver wire pickup?
It truly is amazing when you consider how he went from playoff scoring machine to mild disappointment to larger disappointment to lucky to still be collecting a paycheck.
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I can't find a photo of the back of the helmet, but I'll take your word for it. Now I know why he didn't start!
That's as good a reason as any!
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"Matt Man" is not his country...
"Matt Man" did not appear on the back of his 2014 helmet.
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Night before last.
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And 2014, too.I want to say that was maybe during the last (2010) Olympics... something to do with sponsorship issues?
I believe they don't want any wording that is not the player's country.
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I read about that earlier. I know the docs must feel pretty comfortable that he's good to go - and it is nice to see - but man, if he's a member of my family, I am crapping bricks about him getting back out there...
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I'm surprised how quickly the thread went this route. I thought I would be one of few who thought this way. Anyway, I agree with you completely. I don't understand why two guys who apparently have a lot of respect for each other would ever do that to each other when it clearly wasn't a heat of the moment type situation. If it was just emotions getting the best of them, they wouldn't have embraced at the end. It's just plain stupid.
Unless you know the both of them and can assess their temperment, I'm sot so sure you're qualified to say that.
Have you never seen, on ice or off, any instances where two guys who were pretty PO'd at each other but after scrapping for a bit reached a place where their anger was exhausted and replaced with mutual respect? Really?
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Nothing against Swiss reporters, but I'm not sure one of them speculating that it could be possible is very much to go on.
APRIL IS "FAN APPRECIATION MONTH" IN BUFFALO
in The Aud Club
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Or: "Hey, we know it's been bad and we really appreciate you coming out to the games so here's a little something extra to say thanks."