That Aud Smell

It’s of some comfort that Mrs. Pegula wielded the hatchet.

Please stop. Quid pro quo, Clarice. Quid. Pro. Quo.

It’s strange ot hear that. The number of credible stories I heard about the guy (I heard several of them more than once from different people), combined with my personal interactions with him (arrogant prick who has not a quarter as smart as he thought he was), left no doubt on the subject for me. None.

Not sure what this means. But it seems to be over-thinking matters.

Not single.

Also: It’ll be fun to keep a *keen* eye on Wawrow’s sourced reports.

I wonder if Beane and JBOT get some additional titles/duties out of this — football ops, hockey ops. Wormtongue is too politically savvy for that sort of stuff.

Well. It is. They're just not terribly good at it, imo.

Yeah - it's basically being president of PSE. I wonder if she will bring in some additional people. I've come to discover that her taste in matters creative is not really in line with mine -- but I respect her approach of being a no-nonsense sort of businesswoman.

Brandon be like #WormtongueGTFO

I've never been terribly specific here. Because reasons. But be assured: Bad guy.

Sh1t like that does not stay out of the light of day. It doesn't. It always comes to light. See ya. Oh. And quite rich that Graham would report on that particular point. I meant what I said about him. All of it.

WHAT

Was there a report that the Sabres - through JBOT - made any effort to retain him? I'm asking.

Agreed, but I'd say it's at least somewhat close. If they were drafting that talent again based on how the players have developed, Matthews goes before Laine.

Good inventory, LTS. In several instances, I see the same person carrying the titles of GM and VP/President of Hockey Ops. My sense is that JBOT is acting as the team's Hockey Ops officer, whether he carries the title or not. He's our greatest, maybe only, hope right now.

To borrow a phrase: "What's he done?"

Does Cam Neely count? I think his title is just "president," but it's pretty clearly coming from the hockey side of things. And those teams have been pretty damn good for a while.

I used to be skeptical of McDermott’s focus on getting faith-based warriors. Not so much anymore. If combined with cohesive and accurate talent evaluations, it can be a value-added element to a successful team. Also, this clip of Brady is really something else. https://mobile.twitter.com/yardsperpass/status/991109123080118272

Is true. It wasn't necessarily a non-apt parallel for the point he was trying to make. But it was ... a curious one.

Yeah. I reckon he's just a galoot. A walking malaprop.

Gotcha. Is there artificiality or some sort of faulty reasoning in saying that the odds were such-and-such at the pulling of the 4th number? Or is that, in truth, what the odds had become at that point? Do the original odds remain applicable in some way, up until the final number is drawn? GTFO. You're joking.

What are the mechanics of the draw, as you understand it.

Interesting.