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  1. Apologies, an extra layer of detail: can the push notifications for scores, etc be kept turned off while the notifications for new content kept turned on? I know that might sound ass backwards, but it's useful to me for reasons.
  2. What is DZSA60 and why do I have an erection?
  3. Hell naw.
  4. Word is that TBN contracted Jack Goods. https://twitter.com/GoodsOnSports/status/1008758937389293568 Young contract workers instead of the expensive older full time employees?
  5. Weird question: can you get push notifications for content that don't include game scores/recaps?
  6. That group of defensemen in the top ten look great. Noah Dobson, 6'3" 179lb, 69 points in 67GP for Bathurst in the Q. Evan Bouchard 6'2" 192lb, 87 points in 67GP for London in the O. Quinn Hughes 5'10" 174lb, 29 points in 37GP for Michigan as a freshman. Adam Boqvist 5'11" 175lb, 24 points in 25GP for Byrnas J20 in SuperElit, got promoted to cut his jib in 15 games in the SHL. It'd be nutty to trade up into Dobson or Bouchard and end up with a Scandella-Dahlin Dobson-Ristolainen top four in two years.
  7. Even a banner in the rafters with the names of worthy off-ice non-management, non-coaching professionals would be a nice thing to do upon retirement. Obvious guys: Darling, Rip, RJ, etc. Maybe non-obvious folks: Bill Wippert, Stan Makowski. A nice thing, and a very Buffalo thing: salute the unsung working man.
  8. Vogl's introductory article (free): https://theathletic.com/394992/2018/06/18/john-vogl-the-athletic-seeking-the-best-stories-in-the-most-unexpected-places/
  9. Sort of, in an extremely round about way. Proof that if a butterfly farts in 1968 Oakland, we get cheated by Dallas 31 years later.
  10. The guy's had a good long career in a career where people don't last long.
  11. If anyone knows besides the girl, Hoffman knows. And if the girl did it, and Hoffman knows, he has got to get away from that for the sake of his career. So there's really only one of three things going on: 1) The girl's crazy, did all those things, and has Hoffman convinced she didn't. 2) The girl's crazy, did all those things, and Hoffman's crazy for sticking with that. 3) The girl didn't do it and some crazy fan or something weirder is going on. But by this point, it's just about too late for 1). If I were Hoffman's agent, I would have requested permission to hire a PI on this months ago. Maybe done it without permission just to protect my firm's interests.
  12. Hey, let's piss away the future of the franchise in a trade that brings back Zack Kassian. Who writes this ?
  13. How much Ukko could a Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen if a Ukko-Pekka could Luukkonen Ukko-Pekka?
  14. Eichel: What are you trying to tell me, that I can play defensively? Botterill: No, Jack. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.
  15. An old, but very good blog post detailing the early history of the franchise from the (defunct?) sabresfans.com: http://sabresfans.com/2011/06/20/the-birth-of-the-franchise/ Interesting storyline: When the NHL announced expansion plans in 1965, the Knoxes wanted a NHL franchise really badly in Buffalo, but James D Norris, Chairman of the NHL Board of Governors was bitter about a $2M business deal about grain operations that went bad and proclaimed "Buffalo is a bush town. You might as well forget it right now, boys. Buffalo will never get into the NHL as long as I’m involved." The Knoxes crushed it in the 1966 expansion presentation meetings, but weren't awarded a 1967 expansion franchise because Buffalo. When Bill Jennings, impressed with the Knoxes'' effort asked, "Your presentation was great, but why do you have to represent Buffalo? Why don’t you select another city?” The Knoxes responded, "Buffalo is our home and that’s where our hockey team will play." The impressed Jennings enabled the Knoxes to buy minority share and take control of the California Seals (who were expanded into the league in 1967 and were a mess of an organization, top to bottom), with the idea that the Knoxes could circumvent expansion by buying and moving the flailing Seals to Buffalo. The league allowed this sale without promising to allow the move, but this was a up, because Labatt's had recently invested in the Seals with the idea of moving them to Vancouver, which in itself was already a up, because the NHL's TV partner, CBS, wanted the NHL to remain in the Oakland TV market despite their failings. The Knoxes were in a tough position, but leveraged it to advantage Buffalo. The Knoxes hustled and cleaned up the Seals enough for them to earn their first NHL playoff berth, with the understanding that they would do the work and float the Seals and the league would grant them a team in the next expansion. Once the NHL expansion fee was settled, the Knoxes sold their share of the Seals and went to work on building the Sabres. The Seals, after the 1969-70 season and without the Knoxes, would never earn a playoff spot again. They would relocate to Cleveland in 1976, and later merge into the troubled North Stars in 1978. --- And there's a fun tidbit at the end that I didn't know: Joe Daly was technically the first Sabres player.
  16. Maybe rightfully so. Some, including I, believe the return has to be bonkers to be worth moving ROR out. What can Botterill seriously get in return that makes this team better and not worse, and doesn't continue to leverage the now for the future. Any deal for a package makes this team worse. Any deal for a good prospect makes this team worse. Is Botterill going to piss away ROR just to fill Kane's spot? Just to break even, it'd have to be one of the 30 best defensemen in the league or a top pair D and a starting goalie, and even if he does that, there's no guarantee we can score enough to win next year, because between ROR and Kane we've just removed 44 goals from an NHL-low 198 goals for. It's an easy recipe for dissatisfaction.
  17. Meanwhile, eight months ago:
  18. One of the many reasons that trading ROR is nutty. Sabres have been literally screaming for a ROR-like center for decades. He comes in, plays hard, leads team statistical categories, is a finalist for Lady Byng, and a straight-talk post season soundbite gets overblown and spins up the league-wide media to run him out of town.
  19. From the other thread: http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/articles/article2.htm
  20. I thought this was America.
  21. Hence the facetiousness.
  22. Dahlin had three points and was +3 in six playoff games for Frolunda. Almquist had one point and +2, Donovan zero points and -3. Defenseman Jesus.
  23. Pi fails to mention Dahlin played fewer games than those other two defensemen. He also fails to mention that Dahlin led among Frolunda D in goals and points in the playoffs. Therefore, Rasmus Dahlin will be remembered for centuries as the best ever anything best ever:
  24. For the same reason the 2018 1st round pick isn't on this list?
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