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Here's the thing. I really don't care whether the Pegulas are "nice people" to work for. I know that Tom Golisano wasn't. I know Paul Snyder (Braves) wasn't and isn't. I don't know about the Rigases or Knoxes. As long as the Pegulas don't turn out to be Dan Snyder, all I care about is whether the team operations work well.

Yet, when I google "cup and char," the results are all about how it's becoming a trend in NYC.

I didn't set it up. @Derrico if you're well enough, can you let me know what's up? I can just start a new league, too, if that's what's needed.

All I learned from googling that is that NYC will call it their own in five years.

· 16h Marchand on "not bringing politics" into sports: "That's one thing people continually mix up. ... That's not what this is about. We're not being political. "It's about people being equal and being treated the same."

"Race relations" is a highly divisive and inflammatory topic? Do you not see the problem here? "First they came ..."

The cup and char is thick, though. If you look at heathen NYC pizza, the pepperoni is really thin and flat. I don't know how it's done, but it isn't because it's thin. And Bocce is the best pizza on Earth.

Sabrespace currently has two mods and one owner. One of the mods has a clear bias (freeman, I like you, I really do, but this is not something you are good at); the other is really busy with her life. I'd like to propose that the board adds two more. And my candidates would be: @Thorny and @MattPie These are posters who have proven themselves (1) to be knowledgeable about hockey, (2) Sabres fans, (3) politically neutral, and, most importantly, (4) temperate in their responses to others, I don't know if they'd want the job, but I would welcome them if they did.

I don't know why Flagg and True left, even if they did. But "Hoss" did not leave because of politics.

"It shouldn't be a political stance ... It's doing what's right." Kevin Shattenkirk, in The Athletic, today. It is NOT about politics, @nfreeman Your embarrassment at the results of your favorite party being elected does NOT mean that everything else is political.

"It shouldn't be a political stance. It'e doing what's right." Kevin Shattenkirk in The Athletic today.. @nfreemanThis is another instance that the views that you support have plunged America into darkness, and that you're embarrassed about it. That does NOT mean that every post about sports, where it might intersect with government, is political. When you censor, it is obviously biased.

Not everything related to race relations is political. Most of this wasn't. Whether someone likes or dislikes a part of a discussion doesn't render the discussion political, either. LTS, I think. I don't see the problem, either.

Many of which posts concerned social relations, sports, athletes speaking out, and not politics. Some of us were VERY careful not to mention politics in that discussion.

@PASabreFan I think that might be one of tonight's two goodnight episodes. I generally stream the first four seasons, two per night, to try to sleep. Anyway goodnight.

I am sorry/not sorry that I missed this. It would have been fun to have one, but, on the other hand, I have too much stuff as it is. Indeed, I have a Hasek sweater number retirement ceremony banner, and it just hangs off of a bookshelf. I don't really need this. Someone make a case for it in a PM and have it.

That was a press conference. The last thing PA wanted to do was answer a lot of questions.

I can't even comprehend it. It's a ton of words in block text. Do some of the words have a noun-verb sequence?

Can I just answer the first sentence? Yes, it is that simple. The rest of your post illuminates why it is that simple. Thank you.

A general strike is something I support here. It is no violent and forces action. Again, look at Belarus. The world is watching them. And us. And even if it doesn’t work here or in Belarus, it has worked all across the golbe before.

But it wasn’t the league that did it in the other instances. It was the players.

I have no problem with Kane or anyone else speaking up; I'm just saying that it's not a stain on the NHL that it held games yesterday.

Yep, Bass it is.

Yes, it does make a difference. What the NBA and MLB players did was player-driven, based upon their experiences and the experiences of their friends and family, in the US. It's not reasonable to assume that NHL players in the bubbles, all of whom are without those experiences, would be able to drive a similar work stoppage. Speaking of which, NBA players caved way too quickly. Each team owner (especially the owner(s) of the Bucks) has enough connections to be able to get the Governor of Wisconsin on the phone and demand action before play resumes. Same goes for MLB owners (especially the owner(s) of the Brewers. The players should have demanded that the owners do so before deciding to return. Their work stoppage is considerably less important now.

I was thinking about this last night. Are there many black American players in the NHL? Also there's no team in Wisconsin. EDIT: Looks like Seth Jones and Okposo might be it. And neither is in the playoffs right now. Etem is out of the league right now, as is Bailey.

Three people doesn't shock me. The league is so active in marketing that the teams probably don't have to do much. I'm not counting social media people, game-day atmosphere people, community relations, etc.--just pure marketing. But I am VERY interested in knowing what made three people walk in this job market.