That Aud Smell

Bro. Do you know puck? (I know you know puck. So you also know why (that) a single elite d-man can't drag a team to a playoff berth.)

Looks more like they're collapsing on/at the puck. The Sabrepede was an all-timer. Shoutout Ron Rolston, who, after leaving the Sabres, was a head coach in the AHL for one year (with a win % of .395) and has since been an assistant or associate coach at Providence College.

I feel like you’re glossing over that time in there when the club iced arguably its best teams ever.

… just need him healthy.

Amending this to add: I think the Chiclets guys' sources are strictly North Americans guys. So I tended to doubt this when I first heard it. Like, how would Biz know what Dahlin was saying? But to @dudacek's theory on the "telephone game," the source here is probably a North American player who's relating what he heard/understood about the meeting.

I listen to the Chiclets guys occasionally. And I get a regular dose of Biz on the Pardon My Take pod. I like Biz. He's a character. A goof. He's funny. He can talk the paint off a barn. And he knows hockey. And he loves the game. Another thing I will say about him and Ryan Whitney: They have legitimate league sources. They're not the same kind of sources that "legitimate insiders" have (agents, mostly -- some FO people). Rather, the Chiclets guys are plugged in on the players' side of things. That's a fact. This is my read as well. Hmm. Interesting. I've also heard this third-hand from a friend who used to work in Pegulaville. As @Stoner suggested: This may more be Dahlin's effort to get Adams fired and to get Pegula to spend more money on coaches, etc.

the initial info i get on this guy is unusual. he’s a DT! he’s edge! he’s a linebacker! he’s 310#!

You're a winner if you see it. Full disclosure: I have been playing this young man's (well, his band's) record non-stop the past few weeks. His rendition in this video is a stripped down, acoustic version of the song from the LP. He's also the owner/operator of Remedy House on Buffalo's lower west side. He gives me (some (new)) hope for this tired old town.

I now recall our swapping eclipse chasing stories when the big solar one occurred. You wound up ... in a parking lot? With a kindly gentleman?

He is an absolute pud. Jeepers. Can you imagine if that had been the deal?!

shameful, really.

in case nobody responded

i don't think Dunleavy coined it.

this does not seem possible.

If Cozens can get his swagger back, I think the Senators will end up pleased with this deal. I share the view that Cozens' problems are mostly between his ears. And who knows - maybe Captain America can embiggen him with courage. I'd like to say I wish him well. But my feelings don't extend quite that far.

i never know what these mean.

Joker, possibly? Bryson?

Mittelstadt was part of that vibe too. So moving two of those "fellas" may be enough to re-orient the culture, if not overhaul it.

with any luck: Fare thee well to The Chill Bros era.

i've liked the player. so, this is fine - i suppose.

F**k yeah - this thread has become the Old Guys Lounge.

I was gonna say - Metcalf makes me think of certain things, but being a sticky-hands, catch-everything guy isn't one of them. But he's definitely a player who would fill needs that the Bills have. (In some ways, he'd provide the Bills with a proven NFL player who already does what the team wants Coleman to do.) I think those resources would be better devoted to acquiring help on the D-line.

Thanks for the post! Adams as GM is frustrating and confusing, for sure. How was the Matlock episode?