Doohickie
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I think Marcus Foligno actually suffers from reverse "legacy" discrimination. I hear over and over again how he is just here because of his name, he's an average third liner, etc. etc.
In my mind he is another young player that was thrown to the wolves too early and thus people forget how young he still is. I have no way of knowing what he will turn into but I can tell you that the front office is still high on him and believe he has been among the most mis-used players on the team. Doesn't mean he is untouchable and could still be moved in a trade for a d-man but he won't be a throw in.
Maybe my reverse legacy sentiment comes from not wanting to get too attached to him.
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I think he needs to touch his hold memes to appease the purists, but I kind of hope he develops some new ones soon.
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Foligno is a solid bottom 6 player. I don't think he has any place on the top 2 lines unless he's a temporary fill in for injuries or if one of our top 6 guys is "getting picked on" and he needs to be bumped up temporarily to shelter the guy getting picked on and he needs to give somebody the business.
I see him predominantly on either the 3rd or 4th line. He won't be out of place in the bottom 6 and he can chip in some points here and there as well. He's kind of a young Steve Ott right now with more size and less leadership at this point due to his age.
That's about the most positive spin I can imagine assigning to Foligno. I like the guy, but if he weren't a legacy I don't think he'd be here right now, or would be soon for the door.
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I'm more concerned with getting the two best teams to the finals. There's no real way to guarantee that, so I don't really mind how any of it goes. The NBA will be moving to the top 16 teams starting this season according to their Commish (the rule hasn't passed yet but he says it will).
Meh. Another reason I don't like the NBA.
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Definitely fair. I'm excited for the future of the league because I know new cities and new blood is coming. But I can understand the fears of the well-educated fans on here like yourself and Eleven.
I'm all for somewhat major changes to the league. It'll be fun and good overall I believe.
As far as team names go:
I think Las Vegas should go with the Aces. The owner wants Black Knights but has said he will hold a public contest. I say Las Vegas Aces. Las Vegas Royals might fly too close to the Kings despite the Royal Flush play.
Will be black, silver and gold regardless.
QC will obviously be the Nordiques. Hopefully with a very similar look.
Seattle seems pegged for the Metropolitans or Totems. Have to go with the Seattle color scheme of lime, blue and white/silver.
Houston should just take the Aeros name if that ever develops.
A second Toronto team should be the Malcolms since they're stuck in the middle of Toronto and Buffalo trying to break free.
I don't mind the new markets entering the league. I just think the Stanley Cup Finals should be between the two conference champions. Not having a champion from the third conference in the finals just isn't something I want to see.
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These things really aren't that hard. They're just new concepts that we aren't used to.
I get it. I just don't like it. At all.
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I still like the idea of a 33-team league with three "conferences."
I can't possibly imagine how you'd make the playoffs work with three conferences.
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Goddamn, Tyler Ennis looked good on a lot of those highlights.
Other than shootouts, does Matty Mo ever score without Ennis on the ice?
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For what it's worth, that's not a completely accurate assessment. Alexander was promised the Edmonton Oilers a few years ago and it turned out to be a hoax to get an ownership group together in Edmonton to keep the team there. That really spoiled Alexander's desire to bring the NHL there after he kind of tweaked Bob McNair who owns the Texans and who owned the Aeros back in the day. Rich people get their feelings hurt too.
Having said that, I'm not sure Houston would support an expansion franchise. It would take too long to get a fan base and the easiest way to do that is have an immediate winner.
Buffalo was played for a patsy too before they got the Sabres. It's all part of playing the game. The league got the Knoxes to invest in the struggling Oakland Seals in in 1969 in an effort to keep them afloat before finally awarding them the Sabres franchise in 1970. To gain entry into the fraternity of NHL owners, especially to bring the league to a new city, one has to learn how to work with the other owners. Part of that is not unlike the role of being a pledge to a fraternity. You have to get through that "initiation" before they'll let you in.
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Yep. I knew I'd catch some disdain for that post.
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4 strips in, haven't seen him yet. Surely he'll be prominently featured. The question is: will he be Bill again or the Donald? (And if he is Bill again, what did they put Trump's brain in?)
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We are all idiots at 24
I was already married two years, had moved across the country to take a professional job, and my first son was on the way. I got that idiocy out of the way during sophomore year of college.
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At this point I'm willing to see what team the Sabres put on the ice this year and next before I judge GMTM's moves.
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The defense still seems pretty weak to me. Trading Zadorov hurts, but maybe there were enough questions about his commitment that necessitated a move.
I personally wondered what everyone was thinking of when they were anointing him as the other half of the top pair of the future. I probably even fell in with that crowd for a while. bit as the season wore on, he seemed more and more to be a flash in the pan. I really think Grigo has a better shot at sticking in the NHL than Zadorov does. Frankly though I wouldn't be surprised to see both of them wash out.
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I'm actually surprised by how much this news is affecting me.
RIP.
Nothing against the current broadcast team, but Van conveyed the heart and soul of the Buffalo Bills by voice alone. When they were at their greatest, so was he.
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Dear Sabrespace: I have suspended IKP for 3 days in light of his post above, combined with multiple previous warnings for inappropriate language. FWIW, other posters have told me via reports and/or PM that they have found his posts offensive when he uses this type of language. I am not that bothered by it, but I do think we need to have standards around here and that points can and should be made without this type of vulgarity.
IKP seems to think that he is not accountable for the content of his posts -- i.e. if the language filter doesn't block something, then it's not his problem. That is not the case. Everyone here is accountable for the content of his/her posts.
As always, please feel free to post and/or PM me if you have any thoughts on this matter.
We now resume regularly scheduled programming.
In all seriousness, this is a sports forum. Even taking into account that there are people of many ages and genders on this forum, I find it difficult to believe that SS would ban someone for using middle school language in a middle school way. That wasn't crude, it was funny.
The most offensive part of this whole incident is that now I can't see posts from IKP for three days.
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STATEMENT FROM BILLS PRESIDENT RUSS BRANDON
"On behalf of Terry and Kim Pegula and everyone at One Bills Drive, we are all deeply saddened with the news of the passing of Van Miller. As the ‘Voice of the Bills,’ Van's historic radio calls of Bills games over the years will forever resonate with our fans. His Hall of Fame and Wall of Fame talent was overshadowed only by his engaging personality, his witty sense of humor and his love for the Bills. We will all dearly miss ‘Uncle Van,’ but his legacy will remain deeply embedded in our franchise's history and in the hearts of his countless fans in Western New York and throughout the NFL community. Our deepest sympathies, along with our thoughts and prayers, go out to his wife Gloria and all of Van's family during this difficult time."
I know this was mentioned in the Bills thread, but Van's passing deserves its own thread. -
Van Miller has passed away.
This shouldn't be buried in this thread; Van should have his own thread.
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Less is more. Just the main horn, please.
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Grigo fails to make the Avs, Murray claims him on waivers.
Starts at centre opening night between Kane and Gionta because RoR is off on suspension.
Now THAT would be funny. And then just waive him when ROR is back.
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Campbell wasn't even a part of that.
But he would have been if he would have stuck around. :angel:
Hmmm.... he's a little older than I realized. I stand corrected.
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Do not want (Old Rotten Core)
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Are you worried that your dog might become gay? :)
A friend and I were discussing getting older and (at that time) soon to get "the exam." He expressed great trepidation about "the exam." I asked if he'd ever had "the exam" before and he said no. So I followed it up with, "Then how do you know you don't like it?" :angel:
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Inexcusable, but it happens.
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This was announced when the sale took place. I'm sure I heard this then.