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40 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:
While thats true, its the trades he is not making that are really annoying. The last thing this team needed was to get an idea they are in a playoff race and keep the gang together.
The TRocheck deal. the Kase deal last week..top 6 forwards are being dealt. I mean Trocheck is a hockey deal that makes this team stronger 2C, a piece that's been missing since the ROR trade. Lets Cozens play in the NHL next year in a reduced role without as much pressure as Mitts had, or take another year to develop in the AHL...so much to like about this deal and a protected #1, a RHD, and prolly Larry or Gus gets this deal done i Think.
Making up a hypothetical trade offer does not mean that 1) Florida would be interested, or 2) the Sabres weren't talking to them. That trade suggests to me that Florida wanted a more immediate return, guys who were close to ready. They weren't going to want an expiring Larry or Gus. Haula's only in there as a money dump for Carolina. I also don't think Buffalo would be interested in moving a first for Trocheck, protection or not. That deal essentially is summed up as two prospects and a bottom pair d-man for Trocheck. I really don't know what our equivalent would be.
26 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:What are the lines going to look like with Simmonds in the mix? Does he join 3rd line in place of ERod/Frolik? Does he bump Vesey.
I would love to see Skinner back on first line. Oloffson is basically a PP specialist and Skinner has been highly productive 5 on 5 before this year. Playing him with Lazar and Frolik seems punitive.
I think you can give up on that one. I'd say that Kreuger has made it very clear that he won't be putting Skinner on Eichel's line.
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He's a free agent at the end of the year. The Devils are retaining 50% of the salary and we gave up next to nothing, a 2021 pick. I chalk this one up to "why not".
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No matter how badly that contract has worked out for us, it was nice to see Okposo have a moment yesterday. You can see the talent in him, but his body gave out on him so early.
The other thing I really enjoyed from yesterday's game was Eichel's reaction at the buzzer. The guy is fired up, there's no denying it. I thought he was going to rip Johansson's head off with that hug. Okposo had a very animated interaction with him two. Those are two guys where I won't question their heart.
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9 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:
So i forgot what is Gus building, must be for meth but said it was for chicken.
Also that show dispatchers looks interesting.
I didn't watch last night's episode yet, but it's the meth lab under the laundromat, isn't it? If they moved on to something completely different last night, ignore this comment.
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On 2/22/2020 at 9:45 PM, PastaJoe said:
The girl from American Pie aged about 40 years.
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At this point, the frustration shouldn’t be about any individual game no matter how bad certain ones were. For me, it’s about how they came out of the all star break. With the way Toronto is sinking, that stretch may very well have cost this team the playoffs.
Still, at this point I want to see a strong push to the playoffs. It will wind up falling short, but this season needs to end on a positive note. We haven’t seen one of those in a long time.
And they can definitely do that while still dumping a few of the expiring contracts at the deadline.
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On 2/21/2020 at 3:42 PM, GaryPinC said:
Glad it works for you, I did this one time about 15 years ago and we almost got bumped off the flight as it was overbooked and we didn't have assigned seats.
Yeah, it’s definitely more of a recent thing, maybe in the last 2-3 years. It’s only been a delta thing though. I book the best price I can find so I’m bouncing around from airline to airline. -
41 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:
@BillsFan4, the general reaction I am seeing on twitter is twofold
1) Bruins fans are jubilant at the trade
2) Duck Fans , while not quite as cranky as Hawks fans last year when Joki was traded.still a good bit upset. That is offset a bit by a good number of the them that don't understand what a salary dump is with Backes.
3) https://puckprose.com/2020/02/21/boston-bruins-phenomenal-move-ondrej-kase/
I know Kyle has a NM, but can imagine getting Kase for say a 2nd( Sabres could be 4 after Bruins pick) a 3rd, Borgen(RHD) and Kyle?
Backes has one year left on his contract. Okposo has 3. Buffalo probably would have had to add two first round picks to this deal. No one's taking Kyle's contract.
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2 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:
I have not found this to be the case the two times i have used a budget airline.
On Spirit, purchased " the Big Front Seat" for less then economy on traditional carriers for a 2 1/2 flight...well worth it. Those are just about the same as any domestic first class.
Flew Alligient from Richmond to Nashville for the Bills game last fall. Not only was it the only direct, but they clearly stated up front how much you would pay for everything..seat selection , bags etc. I opted to lock in for a an exit row aisle with a carry on, and felt it was still much cheaper than a traditional carrier would have charged for a similar seat.
BTW, I am one who thinks fees are perfectly a okay...you want a better seat at a concert? you pay for it. You want someone to deliver your TV instead of taking it home? You pay for , just like them delivering luggage to you. Give me the option to pay for the things that are important to me.
I don't feel like there are enough available options to warrant the fees. The extra leg room seats are the biggest scam of all. Once no one pays for them, and it seems like they never do, they just give those things away to those without an assigned seat. That's my scam anytime I'm on delta now. Don't check into the flight ahead of time, get a boarding pass that says "seat assigned at gate", then enjoy the extra leg room without paying for it. That has worked for me every single time.
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Some of the isolated audio of Roth is amazingly hilarious. That alone makes him the pick.
I know what random music I'm listening to for the second half of my work day.
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4 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:
OKay, can someone explain the difference between "waivers" and "unconditional waivers"?
Found it..guess a player has to clear this unconditional waivers in order for the club to terminate a players contract ...man, some of these things in hockey confusing as hell
You retain some level of control after the former and you have no control after the latter. You pretty much nailed it, one you use when you want to reassign the player. The other is for the end of the line and you're completely cutting ties with the player.
Baseball has the two different types of waivers too, but with completely different rules. I feel like football has something similar too, but maybe with different language. Don't they have the rule where players with a certain amount of experience are a free agent immediately while others have to first go through waivers?
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1 hour ago, BillsFan4 said:
If the Pegulas did either of these things, I feel like it would prove that they haven’t learned anything.
If they get rid of Botterill, they NEED to bring in someone experienced to run the team.
I wouldn’t mind Krueger in some type of team president role or something like that, but they still need a veteran GM to get this thing back on track. I like Kevyn Adams but he has no experience running an NHL team.
I hope Friedman is just purely speculating.
Of course he's speculating. The whole quote is "they could do this, they could do that... no one really knows what they'll do". They could go off in just about any direction.
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2 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:
Man, the Sabres could use some of this heart
I hope he got the penalty for jumping into the hit.
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8 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:
Unfortunately, when your starter gives up 4 in 5 minutes and completely melts down, no amount of offense is good enough.
Wait, which game are we talking about? I fee like we've seen this at least 5 times this year.
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I definitely see where you're going with the Burgess Meredith Penguin vibes. There's another character I'm picturing but I can't think of the name. The best I can think of is if you somehow combined Penguin and Hugo Strange.
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I was there around this time last year. I'm due for another trip.
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1 hour ago, plenzmd1 said:
All that's really needed is a "heads up, i am going to recline"..ask and someone may say "why yes, yes i do"...but i do believe common courtesy just to let the fellow behind you know in case he has a laptop open, or drinks etc that may spill when you recline.
There's another possibility. If the person behind the recliner happens to be leaning forward for some reason, they can get smacked in the face with that chair. It was a perfect storm of randomness, but I've had it happen to me.
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32 minutes ago, May Day 10 said:
Gary Bettman is reviled by all NHL fans. Most of it is un-just IMO. He took over just when the league and pro sports lost their innocence, and he takes the blame for that in hockey.
And even with all of that, at this moment he'd probably place 2nd in a commissioner popularity poll in North America.
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That's not all of the owners. Obviously the Knoxes are missing. And then there's one post-Knox owner missing as well...
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9 hours ago, I am the egg man said:
Guys plowing kids, women, the elderly, anyone, back into their seats to deplane ahead of those in rows ahead of them. WTF is that rudeness ?
I've body blocked quite a few and will continue to do so. And then, if the opportunity is there, I let out anyone in front of me out who is still waiting.
My wife hates when I do the body block thing, but I don't care.
I've started to subtly block people too. The people who jump up and rush the front the second the plane stops, that's one thing, but the last second rushers are the worst. I had one recently where I was back in the last 3rd of the plane. Seats emptied out normally one row at a time. But then when it got to be my chance, the guy directly behind me suddenly jumped up and forced his way past me. And of course he then had to get a bag from the overhead that was way too big and was stuck.
Never again, I'm blocking those tools.
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I can't wait for the day that Hutton is off this team. I'd love to see the language in Mike Bales contract because it's blatantly obvious that the broadcast has some contractual obligation to show him each game while Rob Ray showers him with praise. Last night it was talk about how he's done good work with the goalies. Meanwhile Hutton is having by far the worst season of his career, great work indeed.
This organization had such a great run in net, but we've now been stuck in goalie purgatory for 6 years. Luukkonen better deliver because the franchise and the fanbase needs it so badly. Even then, we're still up around 10 years of purgatory before he's ready.
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I think all airlines should put spikes on the top of the seats to prevent the "pull down on the back of the seat in order to stand up" maneuver.
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Just now, May Day 10 said:
The sabres arent a budget team. They have retained salary in the past. They brought on hunwick to do pittsburgh a favor. No problem bringing on frolik's salary when the same contribution could be found from sabertooth.
The ability to eat 10 games of scandella's salary isnt an advantage montreal holds over the sabres
The Sabres are at the cap and Montreal is in the bottom 3rd in the league. So yes, Montreal does have a greater ability to retain money.
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20 minutes ago, SlimShady'sGhost said:
Nope.
wrong genreI think.
he’s not in a galaxy far awayWell he was, but then he came back... then died
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Buffalo Sabres and NHL: 2019/20: Sabres season officially over. Draft lottery June 26th
in Off the Wall Archives
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Yes. Haula's only in there to provide some level of balance in terms of cap dollars. Carolina's pushing the cap with their moves, so they need to send some money out.