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would love to know how these were calculated. Panthers at less than 5% to win the cup. okay. while Canes are at 12%. ???

you change your statement from 4 to 10 years? cool. and yes, they have made progress over the past 4 years. from ACTUAL basement to meaningful march games. something a lot of people are happy about, with an average age that is also in the "basement of the league." 😄

knocking on the playoff door for the past two seasons is "basement of the league?" get hold of yourself.

rules out the devils. 🤣

cool story. also, the true GOAT.

i grew up with mike hurlbut who had a cup of coffee with the sabres. everybody in town also knew the bogosians (family sold furniture). the nhl legends tour came to town, and i filled my mom's autograph book by meeting perreault, the richard brothers, guy lafleur and others. mom got muhammed ali's autograph in there when she was younger, i think a few of the players actually noticed it and commented on it. when i was in college, i found myself in a car being driven by a 14 year old girl (only one who was sober) through downtown lake placid with 7 passengers as well as craig conroy and ed heinrich in the trunk with a case of beer (clarkson was in the ECAC tournament). of course, the town cops stopped us within 100 feet of our destination, and after about 10 minutes of pleading by the girl's mother in freezing temperatures, they let us go. i ran into steve yzerman and brendan shannahan behind home plate at the '99 mlb all-star post-game at fenway. i asked my buddy to get my picture with steve, and after he obliged, he asked if i wanted one with shannahan, too. i told him "nah, i can't stand that guy." i wish i could have gotten a photo of the look on steve's face. finally, i met a few of the rangers after a practice at matthews arena (northeastern university, boston) when my roommate had a job working the ticket window there. no autographs, but shook hands with wayne, messier, and a few others. brief, but memorable.

Bergeron retirement announcement tomorrow.

both players asked out of their respective clubs before murray came knocking. from what i remember.

class of '94 myself. Canton is a cozy, fun town. But my childhood was spent in Walker Arena cheering on the original Golden Knights (dad is a Clarkson grad from the Dave Taylor days).

am I crazy, or is TB the dirtiest team in the league over the past half-decade? I consistently see cheap-shots and dangerous hits whenever they go up against buffalo. yeah, I have no video proof at my disposal, but I haven't come to this observation without cause. hedman slew-foot reino a few years ago, the cernak elbows, kucherov's cross-checks...it just seems to be their aura lately. but I guess to win titles, you do whatever it takes. :|

only if the price was right, and i'm (pretend GM) not shipping out my 1C (prospect or otherwise) or a 2021 1st for him. i can appreciate what GyMKAta (what i speak out loud in my head whenever i see "GMKA") is doing, but the longer this goes on, the less best it's doing the sabres. and he wants what's best for the sabres, so...

and now landeskog is being exposed to the expansion draft. avs so crazy.

sakic's opening offer to gabe was somewhere in the 5.5mil AAV, per the voices on my siriusxm radio. wtf? can anyone justify that lowball offer to me?

flyer on a phlyer. you son of a b!tch, you did it.

the best jokes are made better when you have to explain them. /s

the perpetual optimist in me feels the need to share this: http://statshockey.homestead.com/draft/thirdround.html granted, this list also illustrates how rare the success rate is. but if/when they hit...

Definitely expose him to the expansion draft. I don't know why he's not a buyout candidate.

The Witcher, anyone? Two episodes in and waiting for some semblance of storyline convergence other than his name being thrown around. Otherwise, the sword-play is enrapturing, not to mention production value. I like it. Never read the books or played the games.

..the heck was that? Awful.

woo hoo! another (original) golden knights fan. righteous. to stay on topic...i, too, am impressed with the approach this team is presenting through the first two games of the season. both had the distinct probability of being losses, and yet the sabres have essentially imposed their will on their opponents for what amounts to all but a a few minutes that i can count on one hand. love it.

sorry if it's been mentioned already, but ryan kennedy on siriusXM ch. 91 said this morning that MTL took the aho offer to b-point first, and he wasn't interested. didn't know if it was term or the $$, but he added that point was interested in working something out with TB, so...boo. don't know much about cirelli's ability outside of straight scoring stats, but i love point's game, and think he's the perfect 2C for buffalo at this...point. bummer.

The athletic has a story about how much cashish the sabres will have next summer (spoiler alert: the term "free agent frenzy" was used). Can't read it all b/c I don't subscribe. Can't link it b/c I don't know where I saw it. Lazy Saturday here at lake winnepesaukee.

if you're into period stuff, Gentleman Jack (HBO) is fantastic. it's got it all in spades, writing/acting/costumes. love it, and it's based on the main character's actual history via personal journals. it's basically forced be to track down anything suranne jones (lead actress) has done. just something about women with odd noses that really holds my attention. did anyone like Succession on HBO? i thought it was good. some of those family members are thoroughly effed up.

that was a losing battle by kucherov, i don't know why he bothered. it actually made me giggle. that doesn't scream toughness to me. and point taking out frustration on skinner of all people? again, i don't see touhgness there...maybe if he went after bo-lew or something. granted, i don't see any toughness in buffalo's top 9 either, so there's that.

bots will skip third gear by stocking up on high picks via trade and offer sheet marner or point this summer.