PASabreFan

If the governor of Florida was a Dem, we wouldn't be having this conversation on SabreSpace. It would be in a side club moderated by non-moderators.

Point it is.

No preseason games? Eight games against your division rivals? No trips out West? No games with Columbus or Florida? Sign me up permanently. The divisions would need tweaking, but I could live until the sweet release of death with eight games against seven division rivals (56 games), home and home with the other division in your conference (16 games) and one game every other year with the other conference (eight games). 80 games. What's the problem? Where's it written that LA has to come to town every year? About as often as the Olympics seems right. Oh yeah, lose the geographic division names while you're at it. And bring back Henry Pendleton.

Respectfully you need to consider removing posts that are objectively false and worry less about political jabs.

"It's not great at all. We're still going to be weeks and that long-term Covid is something which you wouldn't think possible in young, fit, athletes. Unfortunately, it is so." https://sports.yahoo.com/brutal-virus-leaves-newcastle-players-175249025.html

Remove your post then. I kind of agree though. It's sad to see ignorance in this thread too.

What Smell wrote. I didn't want to make my comment too specific about what I disagreed with, in the spirit of "leaving it at that."

I'm sorry you went/are going through this, but it's good to hear you seem to be on the road to recovery. The oximeter advice is good, but normal is said to be 95+. I wouldn't want anyone panicking at 96. I don't agree with some of what you wrote, but in the spirit of being happy you're OK, I'll leave it at that.

You forgot the part where the veteran slips on the carpet. Call 888 88 88. What if the players mimed scoring a goal using an imaginary net at the dot? They could even let the goalie score some night. It's not wilder than what the Hurricanes do. I can't see the league saying you can't do it.

This won't sit well, but my understanding is that it won't really change much. The vaccinated won't be maskless and carefree. There's an open question as to whether even if vaccinated you can carry the virus and infect others. Also, 95% effective isn't 100%.

Yes and thank you. But what? Maybe the horn blows, the red light flashes behind the opposing goalie, the goal song is played, the starting five skate past the bench and bump gloves, then report to center, up 1-0 before the puck drop. It's like — goddamit we're going to score tonight; get used to it, Leafs. Maybe they assemble around the goalie and all skate to their spots, letting the starting center go last to some kind of great fanfare. I'm seeing a graphic superimposed on the ice over the dot — that rotating "spotlighted" player circle you see on some broadcasts. There are a million billion things you could do. It's weird that, as far as I know, no NHL team does anything special in the time between the anthems and puck drop.

Thank you. That's good food for thought. Would it shock you to find out I didn't give a lot of thought to an idea that I know will never come to pass? I think my assumption was that since it's being done before rugby, soccer and basketball games at the very least, those issues you mention had been resolved. Probably not a good assumption. Are you OK with the "appropriation" of this tradition in any setting? What about the school boys honoring a retiring teacher?

Seriously folks! That period between the end of the anthems and the drop of the puck is just brutal. Guys milling around. Loud music being blared. The ref looking for his whistle/a puck/loose change on the ice. Let's spice it up. And maybe solve the notorious slow starts that somehow plague successive generations of Sabres. Make a group of mercenary out of towners into true Buffalo soldiers. Honor the brave Maorians. It would be a tough sell for a conservative sport. I'm hoping what Carolina has done started the process of removing hockey sticks from butts. Also — if NS is on board, I see no stopping it.

Interesting. So there's precedent for what the Sabres are planning? Also... NZ 101, NBAAS 79.

How hard do you try to make sure no one knows what you're trying to say? Uncanny. Almost every post. It must come naturally. Who made fun of it?

Correct. And the posts expressing the opposite opinion, also about the government's response, will live forever with the plastic bottles and the cockroaches. And our moderator would never even think to delete the post you can't rebut. There are none so blind...

Certainly multimillionaires would not be motivated by the opportunity to get 10 grand more.

People can shove their #2020s in a sack. This is the best thing that's happened this year. An awesome Monday and an awesome Wednesday. Winning streak!

How much for calf pics?

This is a great day in the United States of America.

The purpose of the vaccines right now isn't to return our lives to pre-Covid normal. It's to almost immediately protect those who are most at risk. Sorry — some hockey games might get postponed. Thoughts and prayers.