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It's also five years of the farcical moniker "6K".

I would have preferred three at most at that rate. He hasn't proved anything, yet. With all of these speculative contracts KA has been handing out it wouldn't surprise me if, one day, we learn KA has a gambling problem.

5 years? OMG. 🤮

That seat looks high, but you're probably getting the extension you need. My kid has a size 58 Domane and he's 6'2". It is a comfortable bike although personally I'm not a fan of the drop down bars. A good bike is totally worth the investment - congratulations on the purchase!

How tall are you? What size is the bike?

I like Chris. Used to work with him long ago. He sounds like a spaz on the radio, but the fact is he absolutely takes his job seriously. I would expect him to experiment a little with his delivery to make it more palatable, especially now that he's the guy.

Benson is special. His size doesn't matter; he plays large. I could totally see him doing this: On Quinn, I can excuse anyone who thought we were getting a skill-guy based on the draft scouting. http://www.mynhldraft.com/2020-nhl-draft/player-profiles/Jack-Quinn On the roster last year we had: Skinner, Olofsson, and Jost (not to mention Power, but we're not talking about D) and Savoie waiting in the wings. Robinson and Greenway were major here-to-assert-physical-presence disappointments. Thompson is huge but the last thing anyone would call threatening on the ice. The impression of having too many "skill" guys is easily justified, although skill is synonymous with "soft" in this particular context. Of course, the right type of player is what we're after. Benson is a standard. But you're not going to find an effective Tkachuk-type of individual player everywhere - he's special, too. What you can do, and what Florida did, was assemble a roster that elevates each other's game, including the physical game. Samson's PIM last season were nearly triple prior seasons. Also, we have a coach now who we can be reasonably assured will promote a genuine "tougher to play against" type of game. There may have been so much change since Meatballs was fired that we really have no idea what kind of cake it is we're baking here despite knowing the ingredients.

They have 935k followers on X. That's right up there with the big market teams. This team, for whatever reason (we can all build a list of good guesses), still has the sheen of the Hasek and Miller era Sabres. The momentum from those eras was so strong - and the escapees from WNY so many - that hope and goodwill for the team remain strong. Today, there could be old underdog attribution as well. Imagine if the team became competitive. The marketing department would have no idea what to do. https://www.statista.com/statistics/243070/twitter-followers-of-national-hockey-league-teams/

The acoustics in that arena are ridiculously bad. You summarized most of the problems. I would just add that whomever was responsible for designing and calibrating the old system must have a hearing range of 500hz-2.5khz - all mid-range.

If he hasn't grown a full inch and gained 15lbs of pure muscle then he's a bust.

Everything changed when Sabretooth stopped grappling down from the rafters.

Can someone provide evidence of Greenway being a "gritty" forward?

Right, the Kid Line. I should have qualified that in some way because to me it's like Benson - we saw a full season of him last season but I still don't think we have a sense of what his mature game will be. We got a taste of each's various skills and what they may want to do, but , of course, it'll take time to develop. Peterka is a good example where last season we got a better view of what his mature game is likely to be.

The pans were leftover or extra pans meant to be used on an auto manufacturing line.

My own internal spreadsheet on Quinn and Peterka has been: I expected Quinn to be a 30 and greater goal scorer consistently once he matures and gets rolling. Hopefully he grows out of having injuries like a lot players seem to do, but I have to agree with @Thorny that for this year, at least, fans need to temper expectations. I think if we get 2023-2024 Peterka-like production out of him this coming season that would be just ducky. He is a wildcard, though, since we've not had a full season to take in his NHL game. There are variations on what to expect regarding physicality, his two-way game, and, obviously, what he can do above the blue line, which I think are all valid. I hate to be so cautious over the team right now because it takes away from Quinn's storyline. For Peterka, I suspect he's already hit his scoring plateau; where he should consistently deliver ~30 goals a year. I expect his assists to increase significantly - I'm tempted to say double, but probably not this coming season, especially since we all know for assists you need finishers.

This is interesting. I'm not one of "those people" making predictions about Quinn, however my impression has been that Quinn is expected to be a goal scorer. Is that not the case? Was it ever the case?

Wait. Are you saying a player can have a no trade clause attached to their contracts? And that, because of this contract, even if both GMs (general managers) want to make a trade - the player has the final say? So, Kevyn Adams, the Sabres' GM (general manager) can't just make a trade because not only are other GMs involved, but the players subject to the trade are, too?

I'm skeptical of any idea that assigns a full time role to Lindy after this coaching stint. My guess is that he'll be ready to retire from full-time work after this.

The line between self-confidence and arrogance is thin. Have we forgotten what he didn't do last off-season? Have we forgotten how he described the coach search and the end-of-season pressers? One should be excused for seeing Adams as arrogant based on those alone.

Although people around here are going to confuse his name with this guy's:

@Taro T is being silly. How can I possibly be making anything up in what he quoted?

We tried three different pizzas from there at once to test them out given all of the hype. One was their Detroit. Based on the hype, pie sizes, and, maybe most importantly, the prices, we were not impressed. The Detroit was the best.

Is the pizza that good? Haven't tried it, yet? Detroit style pizzas around here are routinely small and overpriced but if they nail the execution I could excuse all of that. I like Resurgence but Pearl has some good beers, too. They were at the vanguard of the brewery/restaurant paradigm.

Well, the challenge here is that he hasn't played enough to determine whether he can be consistently good. Given that KA has handed out undeserved long-term contracts, it's likely KA has some good reasons to doubt signing UPL long term.

Right. Why, though? Is Adams undervaluing UPL or is UPL overvaluing himself? ☢ Speculation Warning ☢ Of course, the easy answer is that "it's likely a little of both" but I don't get that sense myself. The impression I have from UPL's interviews is that he is overvaluing himself. He's being a little impatient for a goalie who wasn't an apparent star from the start, IMHO. They'll all say this is part of the business but there's some tension there between UPL and Adams behind the scenes and I could easily see UPL wanting out sooner rather than later.