PASabreFan Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 10 hours ago, SwampD said: Was he happy with his game? If he was happy with it, could he still not want to improve? If Eichel had scored 50 goals last year, you think he'd be switching numbers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 7 hours ago, Doohickie said: That's too simple. Where's the Illuminati? The Space Lizards? Yeah, I'm the crazy one. Terry didn't buy the Sabres to run them into the ground in order to force a proud hockey base to switch to the Beauts, knowing that women's hockey is the wave of the future, what with men about to relegated to manual labor and stud duty in a society controlled by Females. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 Probably trying to change his luck wrt injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 18 minutes ago, PASabreFan said: If Eichel had scored 50 goals last year, you think he'd be switching numbers? Maybe. Impossible to know. But if he is trying to grab on to some cosmic juju, then, I say, go for it Jack. I want to see more goals. Still trying to figure out what the big deal is. If he likes number nine, and it is now available, and he wants to wear it, he should wear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted July 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 Just imagine if he had changed to number 1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 On 7/8/2018 at 1:24 PM, PASabreFan said: I think I missed the comments. I saw a statement where he said the number nine is a big part of who he is as a person, in addition to as an athlete. Again, odd. The number Pi is a big part of who I am, in addition to as an mediocre quality member of this board. It's not odd though, it's irrational. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 36 minutes ago, PASabreFan said: Yeah, I'm the crazy one. Terry didn't buy the Sabres to run them into the ground in order to force a proud hockey base to switch to the Beauts, knowing that women's hockey is the wave of the future, what with men about to relegated to manual labor and stud duty in a society controlled by Females. wut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Amerk Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 39 minutes ago, SwampD said: Maybe. Impossible to know. But if he is trying to grab on to some cosmic juju, then, I say, go for it Jack. I want to see more goals. Still trying to figure out what the big deal is. If he likes number nine, and it is now available, and he wants to wear it, he should wear it. The problem lies with all the fans who saw him sign a long term contract and invested in jerseys thinking it would be his number for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, Andrew Amerk said: The problem lies with all the fans who saw him sign a long term contract and invested in jerseys thinking it would be his number for a long time. Their jerseys are still good. I know I won't judge them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Amerk Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, SwampD said: Their jerseys are still good. I know I won't judge them. I’ve got one. I’m okay with it. It still says Eichel on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 7 hours ago, PASabreFan said: Yeah, I'm the crazy one. Terry didn't buy the Sabres to run them into the ground in order to force a proud hockey base to switch to the Beauts, knowing that women's hockey is the wave of the future, what with men about to relegated to manual labor and stud duty in a society controlled by Females. *aroused* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpandean Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, PASabreFan said: If Eichel had scored 50 goals last year, you think he'd be switching numbers? If I had to guess, I would say yes. However, as Swamp said, we can't know. Maybe he would be superstitious and think 15 brought him good mojo*. Other than that, though, the "I've always worn 9 when I could, because it's my favorite number, and it's now available, so I want to wear it" rationale is ... well ... rational. * Note: 50 goals is a monster season, literally twice what he had last year. Would 30 be enough for the "mojo" argument? 40? Don't know, but I do know 50 is extreme. Edited July 10, 2018 by carpandean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 8 hours ago, PASabreFan said: If Eichel had scored 50 goals last year, you think he'd be switching numbers? No. Because the way Kane was stapled to his hip early in the season, he would necessarily have been having a career year of his own & would have been worth that contract he signed in SJ to the Sabres & 9 wouldn't have been available to Eichel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 10 hours ago, PASabreFan said: Yeah, I'm the crazy one. Terry didn't buy the Sabres to run them into the ground in order to force a proud hockey base to switch to the Beauts, knowing that women's hockey is the wave of the future, what with men about to relegated to manual labor and stud duty in a society controlled by Females. I think I understand where you're going with that. I think. OTOH, you *were* the lone voice here raising a distant early warning of Pegula having latent political aspirations of some kind -- likely not as a candidate (which would require him to speak), but perhaps as a kingmaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 You guys act like you've never read a post from PA before. It's amazing how this game plays out the same exact way every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 1 hour ago, That Aud Smell said: I think I understand where you're going with that. I think. OTOH, you *were* the lone voice here raising a distant early warning of Pegula having latent political aspirations of some kind -- likely not as a candidate (which would require him to speak), but perhaps as a kingmaker. Soooo, if she wins,... Housley has well past December? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 fwiw - i've taken my part of this discussion over to the Politics Club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 1 hour ago, shrader said: You guys act like you've never read a post from PA before. It's amazing how this game plays out the same exact way every time. And that's not my fault. I have no idea what Smell is going on about. I think Eichel's number switch, after three pretty good years, is weird. It makes me worry about him. Now someone can call me a troll and I'll get blamed or fingered as a conspiracy nut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 1 minute ago, PASabreFan said: And that's not my fault. I have no idea what Smell is going on about. I think Eichel's number switch, after three pretty good years, is weird. It makes me worry about him. Now someone can call me a troll and I'll get blamed or fingered as a conspiracy nut. Yes you do, or reasonably readily could - don't be obtuse. Also, this strikes me as objectively unreasonable. (I'm not saying there's no reason to worry about Eichel. Maybe there is. But this number stuff isn't among the reasons.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, PASabreFan said: And that's not my fault. I have no idea what Smell is going on about. I think Eichel's number switch, after three pretty good years, is weird. It makes me worry about him. Now someone can call me a troll and I'll get blamed or fingered as a conspiracy nut. No, you're just our crazy drunken uncle. Everyone should know how to treat him at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 17 minutes ago, PASabreFan said: And that's not my fault. I have no idea what Smell is going on about. I think Eichel's number switch, after three pretty good years, is weird. It makes me worry about him. Now someone can call me a troll and I'll get blamed or fingered as a conspiracy nut. I don't think you are trolling or are wearing a tin foil hat, I just think that worrying about Jack for doing this is, well, weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 It's his favorite number. There's nothing majick about it; it's not going to change how he plays. He just likes the number. But just as there's nothing majick about the calendar turning over every January 1, he might use it to "turn over a new leaf" with the team, to consciously try to be a better leader, to foster positive vibes in the locker room, to try to motivate the team to play up to (and perhaps above) their potential. I certainly don't see it as something to worry about. I think you're fretting over nothing at all, PA. And frankly the rest of us can't figure out why it would worry you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 THN wrote an article about players switching their numbers: https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/eichel-switches-to-no-9-but-hes-not-first-young-star-to-make-early-change Joe Thornton's situation actually mirrors Eichel's exactly. A vet had his number in Boston, and while still in Boston, 3 years into his career, the vet was gone and he switched. Marleau did the same. Selanne, Byfuglien, ROR. And then a bunch of guys did it when switchign teams which doesn't count for this discussion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 11 hours ago, That Aud Smell said: Yes you do, or reasonably readily could - don't be obtuse. Also, this strikes me as objectively unreasonable. (I'm not saying there's no reason to worry about Eichel. Maybe there is. But this number stuff isn't among the reasons.) I considered many notions as to why Terry bought the team. I had a poll. One of the options was the political angle, a nod to Golisano more than anything else. I also pointed out that Terry had a meeting for NY legislators and political types at the arena to edumucate them on fracking. That's about the entire extent of me and Terry and politics. I don't think he bought the team as a springboard to politics or as a way to get fracking legal in NY. In hindsight, it's pretty clear to me now it was prelude to buying the Bills, more or less. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 29 minutes ago, PASabreFan said: I considered many notions as to why Terry bought the team. I had a poll. One of the options was the political angle, a nod to Golisano more than anything else. I also pointed out that Terry had a meeting for NY legislators and political types at the arena to edumucate them on fracking. That's about the entire extent of me and Terry and politics. I don't think he bought the team as a springboard to politics or as a way to get fracking legal in NY. In hindsight, it's pretty clear to me now it was prelude to buying the Bills, more or less. Gotcha. in my mind, you were more honed in — and wound up pretty spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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