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I grew up with Bills, Sabres, Bisons. Went to UB. Went to Wisconsin. Caught a couple Padres games. Caught a couple Brewers games. All of these places, you could tailgate if you wanted (and for Bills, Badgers, Padres, and Brewers, tailgating was huge). Tailgating is a riotously fun time. I went to a Dodger game and was asked for identification and put on a list because I cracked open a PBR in the parking lot. No tailgating allowed, strictly enforced. No tailgating sucks dick. Period.

This is a moon-crashing-into-the-earth-level of earth-shatteringly ludicrous drivel and I refuse to read another pixel of it. Ever. And then I will. But I won't like it. Sometimes.

Five minute press conference, not two minute.

Except in the case of San Jose. And sometimes Vancouver.

I would enjoy any of those things.

Nailed it! I think it's still possible that Miller resigns in St Louis, but it'd be a quite unlikely and curious move. Keep in mind that Brian Elliott hasn't ever played a truly "full" (>55 game) season. Does a wannabe contender go all in on Elliott and developing goalie Jake Allen? Or do they bring in a veteran, have him split time with the guy that's been splitting time, and let Jake Allen take time to develop in the A? That'd be a lot of goalie insurance, but a defense-first team may be looking for that- because if one of those guys goes down or, in Elliott's case, they can't handle the workload, their goaltending situation becomes an enormous question mark.

Because the hand waving doesn't get conveyed in a press release!

Effectively, that's what option three of the first question is.

I only started watching motor sports again about a year and a half ago. It's pretty clear that NBC excels at open wheels (F1, IndyCar) coverage and FOX excels at NASCAR. ESPN/ABC dabble in both IndyCar and NASCAR, but seem to suck at it, IMO. The coverage you describe sounds very Disney-esque, which isn't atypical for ABC.

A reasonable plan, but there is one rub. You might have to know who's ready now before training camp, before the UFA period starts, if you want to fill your roster gaps with players that are at least decent. Otherwise, you get to camp, maybe decide you want more of the kids in Rochester, and then the only UFA players available are the plugs that didn't get signed in July. That may work great for option B of question 1, but not much else. This is a very strange time for the Sabres roster, it'll be interesting to see what GMTM does.

http://www.19ideas.com/stadium/?id=968

In my case, at work, some of the shortened URLs are blocked due to the perceived country domains. It's not your problem. I did go to CBC to see if I could find the article, but I couldn't.

...says the guy with the best tank avatar and most tank-oriented user name.

July 1 is about six weeks away. Here's the ever-changing list of UFAs: http://www.capgeek.com/ufa-finder/ Here's our roster as-is: http://www.capgeek.com/sabres/ What's the best way for the Sabres to proceed? Go after big UFAs or build for the future or tank the ever loving ###### out of this season? Bring up the kids who can play or let them work in the AHL for a while whilst bringing in UFAs to fill the open spots? We don't have to immediately start a tire fire about whether or not the Sabres can attract quality UFAs; this is more of a discussion about whether they should try to this year. A poll's included to get the conversation started.

Carl Sagan would be proud. If you would like to form an opinion about hockey from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

At worst, I could see St Louis taking the bottom wildcard spot. And I think that'd take injuries. Besides Minnestoga, who could bump St Louis into a wildcard spot, there's not many teams in the Pacific or the rest of the Central (Nashville) that are outside looking in and ready to knock a wildcard team out. St Louis would have to put up at least 10 fewer wins, going from a 52-23-7 to something like a 42-33-7 for it to even be close. St Louis's defense is too steady to change much from their 2nd-best 191 GA and the non-playoff teams in the west are just not scoring enough goals to force their way into contention.

One of the players on my team engaged a linesman. You can't. You just. Can't. The stripe wasn't professional and did not do a good job deescalating the situation, but there's no excuse for the player engaging him. It's unsportsmanlike, there's no benefit to it, and in some situations, it's dangerous. At the team's direction, not the league's, he's sitting the season. Hopefully he'll learn from his mistake.

I fixed that for you...I think?

Get your Prozac away from me.

Play with the heat map tool: sportingcharts.com MON vs NYR goals. The graphic in the Post illustrates that good scoring opportunities come from in close (ie good scoring areas). There's a little bit of variance between different teams, but they're effectively the same to 1st order. In other words, the best way to score on anyone is in close. Accordingly, Montreal needs to stop shooting from the outside and start getting to good scoring areas. They've had some chances inside, but they obviously need more.

It's possible that if Stafford plays how he has been playing, we could sell him for a 20-30th overall pick. Teams didn't seem as willing to pay high prices for rentals this year. I'm still a fan of Ennis, and I'd like him to stick around a while. We'll extend him a qualifying offer. Ehrhoff's story hasn't completely unfolded yet. He's a great value. He could be useful going forward or selling him off could help complete the tank. It depends on whether he wants to be here, which is a question that's been asked of him by the media. There's also possible cap penalty issues to be resolved. Jamie McBain may interest some teams if we don't want him. I haven't been impressed with him. He won't return much of anything useful, maybe a 3rd rounder at best. Chris Stewart is trade bait, although I wouldn't mind watching him play some games in Buffalo. And according to some, the trade sending him to Ottawa that never happened could still happen. Tyler Myers will still attract attention, especially from teams like Edmonton and Florida. But it's been greatly debated whether we should let that happen and what kind of return would be reasonable to demand. We're likely hanging onto Cody Hodgson, of course. Looking at the roster, there's not much after that, especially anything that could launch even a 2nd round pick up into a top-20 pick. I actually feel a lot better about Tank Mark II after typing this out.

I've accidentally called a girl by the wrong name in bed. Sometimes your tongue slips and ###### happens. If that guy was worthy of chz, she'd have straightened him out and forgiven him. Apparently not the case.

Suzanne sucks ######!

I'm okay with Tank Mark II.

For the record, if both the Sabres and Islanders finish bottom five, the probability of winning the lottery (presumably Connor McDavid) is a minimum of 18.8% (4-5 finish) and a maximum of 46.8% (1-2 finish). That;s nice and ######-y, but keep in mind that on top of McDavid, you obviously get to select the other pick as well. If the Sabres and Islanders finish 1-2, that means there's almost a 50-50 chance of getting McDavid and a 100% chance of getting Eichel (if that's who we want as the 2nd overall pick). It's really a 50-50 chance of getting players whose potential matches that of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. In one draft. Plus another first round pick. McDavid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVejMHdbpbQ Eichel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4UED9H-AwY Ludicrous.