Doohickie
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Definitely. Bringing in a couple older experienced guys last year and then some young guns this year definitely takes the heat of Jack and Samson to be the team.
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For clarity - I agree with you totally. Better if I'd said "Little things don't usually bother me but this little thing does bother me... a little.
Best reply was "#firstworldproblems"
I am in total smile/chuckle/smh mode with my hero, RJ.
:beer:
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That is why Gionta held the meeting. Nipped it nice and early and said what happened the last two years is not happening again.
The results may take time but you can see the culture has changed. They are playing with a passion. That was my biggest concern the last few years with the young guys - how much is this loosing is expected ( and wanted) hurting their development.
I think they felt Risto was ready and could handle it. Pysyk was ready for the NHL game, but I felt they were shielding from the losing in Buffalo. Difference in personality types I guess.
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That's another parallel to the Bass family we have here in Fort Worth. They made their money in oil but the first generation sold off and diversified. Good move.
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(and Texas I guess)
wut.
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I have no doubt that Ullmark should get the start. Well, until I read dudes post. I think that's a good coach that gives that game to Johnson based on the reasons you state.
Well Weber got to play in Pittsburgh, so DD has already shown a sensitivity to that kind of stuff.
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I think it's a stretch to say that he was kicked off the team by his teammates, but one thing is clear, and that is that he never wanted to be in Winnipeg. Maybe that ticked his teammates off, I don't know. I do know that the international media picks on him when there are plenty of other players committing similar so-called "antics."
Not sure what makes his "antics" more notable. Maybe it was just that he was trolling his former team. He played hard on the ice but did everything else he could to get traded. I don't know what to make of him with respect to his chemistry with the Sabres.... yet.
Someone brought up the helicopter ride to see the ball game. I don't put that in the same bucket of "antics" as some of the other things he's said and done. I thought that was kind of cool.
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I don't think it's losing is unacceptable.
Is more like losing is discouraged.
But still, that's a big step up.
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I was wondering too; I thought it was a reference to an NHL player.
Context.
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I promise you all Deslauriers is not a top-six talent.
Neither is Justin Abdelkader. He has a very similar style of play and talent level to Deslauriers. Yet there he is on Detroit's top line.
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Can someone explain what "off-ice antics" Kane is doing? You mean like going to ball games? Using Twitter? Being young, rich and good looking? Being black?
Let's look at it another way: One of the things we admire about ROR is that he is humble. Many agree that this is part of what makes him a good leader.
Kane is more in-your-face and boastful, especially in social media. He also apparently flaunts authority (not meeting dress code in WPG for a team meeting, for instance). That can rub some people the wrong way and obviously did in WPG. I like to think that ROR is the type of team leader that won't try to haze Kane into compliance like Byfuglien tried to.
And I won't even address the race thing because that had absolutely nothing to do with my thought process.
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That is such a cool part of the deal. Imagine that ever happening before Pegula took over?
Gees, I hope the drop in gas and oil prices doesn't run us off the gravy train?? :huh:
He already divested most of his natural gas holdings. From Wiki: "Pegula eventually sold the Pennsylvania, New York, and Rocky Mountain assets of the company to Royal Dutch Shell for approximately $4.7 billion. He sold the Ohio and West Virginia assets of the company to American Energy Partners for $1.75 billion in 2014."
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Nick Deslauriers.
You think I'm joking, but I'm not.
I almost said him but thought I'd get ridiculed. So.... I'm right there with ya.
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Not Jacker.
NOT Jacker.
Let it go, Smell. Let it go.
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Wow, cd... good for you! I'm guessing Chris in UT has similar pics, but he hasn't posted here in a long time.
Nothing new here, but this is me:
So hey.... you're in Colorado now, right? Do you have a ROR Sabres jersey to wear around? :devil:
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WTF was Colorado thinking?
But they got Grigorenko!
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Unfortunately the C stays on Gionta until he's done, unless he gives it up. Bylsma had an opportunity to give it to someone else, I don't see him as the kind of guy who would take it away from Gionta. I also don't really care because ROR will lead regardless of what letter he has.
Maybe it's okay to leave the C on Gionta. He was a leader when the team needed it most: He signed with the Sabres in the depth of the tank, got Gorges to come, too. They were not the prizes so much as they were the indicators that things were changing for the better in Buffalo.
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-Jamie Benn. Hard to say the guy who led the league in points last year is a surprise...but I thought last year was his career year. Hes starting out even better than last year.
The Stars in general. They're playing a lot better so far than I would have guessed.
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Oh it isnt so bad imo, esp around halloween. I dont get the aversion... pretty positively harmless. I myself prefer Jack the Ripper strikes again, but that just me...
He could break into 16th century Yiddish for all I care. Keep scoring, kid. :)
This is the way I see it.
Little things don't bother me. "Yeichel" drives me nuts.
But it *is* a little thing. You know, if this forum hadn't pointed it out to me I'd think RJ is just yelling, "Eichel! Jack Eichel!" There's so much crowd noise when RJ starts the call it's hard to hear what he's saying and I would just assume he's yelling the name of the scorer.
Is it a portmanteau of yikes and Eichel? I thought it was a mistake the first time too, but now it's obvious that it's on purpose.
Yes, this is it I'm pretty sure.
#firstworldproblems
Precisely.
It needs to the way of the dodo and the dinos
Soon this is what will happen to RJ. So instead of getting all upset about it, just realize it's for a year or two more at most.
Perhaps it's an elaborate conspiracy theory set up by RJ himself to ease the eventual passing of the torch to DD. RJ has a great call lined up and he's secretly whispered it to DD already and is intentionally "tanking" his own call of Eichel, the generational player that RJ knows is not of his generation. He knows his time is running out and how it won't be easy for DD to fill his shoes. This mis-call by RJ is a selflessly clever way to ease the burden for DD.
This is the best theory. Probably not true, but it's my favorite.
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Agreed. The one concern is Kane but I kind of get the impression that as long as Kane does the right stuff on the ice, O'Reilly (and the rest of the team) will tolerate his off-ice antics. Kane's a big personality; maybe it's good to let the team gel in his absence and they can fit him in when he returns.
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I had the same feeling watching last night. I'm prepared to be schooled if the following observation isn't shared by others. That is, I see ROR playing a game and bringing a dimension similar to that which Toews plays and brings in Chicago.
They're different players, of course. Would anyone spit a beer out if I said that in a bar?
We haven't had leadership like this since Drury/Briere. Right now it's clear that ROR is head and shoulders above anyone else regarding the leadership on this team. I see others with the potential to become great leaders which is also encouraging, but for the moment this team belongs to O'Reilly.
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Which Buffalo Sabre will score the team's first hat trick this season? If they continue to equal the shot totals they've put up so far (the highest shots per game in the league at the moment), someone will break through. Who will it be?
This may seem odd, but I'm going to go with Kane. My reasoning is this: Prior to his injury, he seemed to be one of the most determined players in the offensive zone. The chemistry hadn't settled in yet, especially between him and Eichel. But if the Eichel-Reidnhart pairing continues to do well, they'll pair him with ROR, and Ennis will probably be on that line too. They'll both be good setup men for Kane and he start to light it up.
Tell me why I'm wrong.
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Quick snapshot of goals scored:
Ryan O'Reilly - 4
Jack Eichel - 4
Matt Moulson - 3
Tyler Ennis - 3
Nicolas Deslauriers - 3
Jamie McGinn - 2
Jake McCabe - 2
Rasmus Ristolainen - 1
Sam Reinhart - 1
Evander Kane - 1
Zemgus Girgensons - 1The surprises I see there: Nic Delauriers with 3. I think someone said it's time to end the experiment of putting him on a top line, but I think he's showing some scoring touch. McCabe with 2 surprises me only because I had zero expectations for him. And it's nice to see McCabe with 2. He plays a good all around D game for a kid, plus he's found the twine a couple times now.
Just for the heck of it, and I know it's too small of a sample to extrapolate, I spread those scoring rates over an 80 game season (yes I know everyone hasn't played every game, and yes I know a lot of the people not on the list will start scoring too)
Ryan O'Reilly - 30
Jack Eichel - 30
Matt Moulson - 22
Tyler Ennis - 22
Nicolas Deslauriers - 22
Jamie McGinn - 15
Jake McCabe - 15
Rasmus Ristolainen - 7
Sam Reinhart - 7
Evander Kane - 7
Zemgus Girgensons - 7 -
I missed portions of the game when the rain blocked the satellite signal but....
GDT: Philadelphia @ Buffalo, 7:00 pm edt, 10/30/2015
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Wow, you're so right. Good post.