MattPie

The polystyrene base the dip-n-dots are made of makes a lot of smoke when you burn it.

If you want a job done right, do it yourself. - Terry Pegula, on Buffalo Sabres personnel decisions

Sorry, replied to your post but that wasn't directed at you. Just the general "Terry isn't a fan because he doesn't know that Satan wore 18 for one year" mindset.

And running a business and I think had young kids. Believe it or not, even if you're a fan sometimes life gets in the way. I barely paid attention to the Sabres 2002-2005. I couldn't watch the games live, I lived in Maryland where no one cared about hockey. And I was just working and hanging out. The suggestion that "oh, he's not a *REAL* fan because he was busy 20 years ago" is kinda silly.

Interesting, and makes sense. If you had one accounting dept or whatever split between the two, there's overhead to keep track or what each person is working on and even billing hours depending how detailed they want to be. Unless you have a lot of areas to cover, it probably makes sense to just split the people into whatever org and not try to consolidate.

It's not unreasonable to think that KP was the driving force for the greater Pegula media/product empire, and if she's no longer capable of running it day to day it would be jettisoned. I can't see TP being the guy for the ancillary stuff (music, products, etc.) at his age. If the whole thing was going like gangbusters they'd find someone to continue it, but I don't get the feeling it's going anywhere. Side note: If the Healthy Scratch restaurant served up fresh-made whole foods it's a fantastic name. And I can see why it failed in Buffalo, especially at a sports venue; Buffalo eats some *unhealthy* food.

Yep, exactly. He gets 9-game (or less) try-out. With where the Sabres forwards are, he goes back as to not waste a year in a crowded forward situation. I voted "doesn't last the year" since that's the closest.

This has a "I want to give Arizona some time to stabilize" vibe to it, lol.

Would it be fair to say that Patrick Kane = (Eric Johnson + baggage)? Similar points in their careers, successful in the past. I'm not sure EJ was ever as highly regarded as PK though.

I don't think Kane is the player he once was, and the Sabres aren't short on promising forwards. However, if he's a more mature person than he's shown in the past... An SC winner that loves Buffalo wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to have around the locker room.

Meh, not sure. From what I heard (and I haven't been following it), Threads has seen some fall-off already. Reminds me of Google Plus, everyone was excited for it but not enough people really went with it and we all fell back to Facebook. I logged out of my Twitter account when Musk took over and I'm never going back, lol.

Non-player character, although I don't entirely understand the reference (unless it's "the general public is getting uglier"). In which case, he needs to leave the Erie County Fair and it'll go back to normal.

My theory is that if I'm Boosh, that's the better gamble for my career. It's unlikely he'll see a good contract playing in and out of the Sabres line-up for this season. It's also unlikely that the Sabres trade him at the deadline if they're in playoff contention unless he's literally not played at all or has to move out to make room, and then it's not going to be a contender on the other end of that trade. If I'm him, I ask for a trade because that gives me a chance to play more this season, maybe get traded to a playoff team, and maybe play well enough to earn a good contract for 2024-2025 and beyond. Whether Boosh make all this happen is questionable, but he's looking out for his career by setting himself up with a chance.

I'm guessing x.com links don't, but twitter.com does. I'd guess the board software will fix that in some update.

For a season, I agree. Make a push for 2-3 months from the trade deadline to the end of the playoffs? I think he has it in him. All he has to do is hit people and stay healthy for fans (and a few GMs) to love him.

I think you overestimate what GMs will pay a guy who plays reasonably well and lays out a few hits in the playoffs. 🙂

Play aside, if I'm Boosh I probably ask out. In the last year of my contract, I don't want to be riding the bench hoping for someone above me to fail in some way. I'll play every game I'm able for the Ducks, who, if I play well, will likely trade to a contender where again, if I play well, I might get a fat contract based on playoff performance. Maybe that works on the Sabres, but it's steeper hill to climb and there's no guarantee I'll be put into situations in the season and playoffs that will showcase my abilities.

Hey, we're on page page 716! No complaint there. Complaint: might be moving back to Buffalo, I really don't want to deal with the family obligations of that though. It's nice being far enough away that people don't bother you for stuff. (Yes, I'm kinda selfish)

This would be an amazing place wear one of those Bills Superbowl Champs T-shirts that got shipped to Africa.

Channeling Jeff Skinner:

Not really evidence, just probability. Until the last decade or so, we didn't have *proof* that there were other planets outside or solar system. Now that we've found them, we can check that off the list. Right now, we're surveying the ones we've found, and some of them look like they're in a good spot to have liquid water on the surface. Another check on the list of "requirements". But, as far as I know, there's no incontrovertible proof life exists yet. Things are looking more and more probable, and with the numbers involved it'd be amazing if there really is only one planet with life (us). But that's not proof, just probability. Kinda the same with testimony. "Data" is not the plural of "anecdote". I'm not going to believe anything until there's 100% solid proof, since by Occam's razor the most likely explanation right now is that people are seeing things they don't understand and jumping to a conclusion.

YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM, it reinforces that people will move for them lol! I think the middle ground is you stop, and they'll either go around you (dominance asserted!) or walk into you and you can be mad at them. Or they can stop too and it'll be a stalemate. To counter that, I suggest you carry a red cape and step to the side while holding it out and shout, "ole!" as they go by.

It is possible that by the time a civilization gets to the technology to travel between the stars, it has gotten past "This is mine, I put a *flag* on it. Now then, who are these beings living on my planet?".

Don't forget Disco Dan Bylsma.

And received a lot of coaching in the process, rather then just "well, just know where everyone is on the ice and where they're headed and exploit the gap they don't know they're about to leave".