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I am testing a beard again. Those of you who know me are welcome to laugh in advance.

Ha--no, it's just something I do every Spring anyway so might as well get a head start.

That's one of the things I'm doing. A deep cleaning of every room in my house.

If you miss the company of some of the residents, is Skype an option? Depression can be just as dangerous as the virus, and, if I understand correctly, can also compromise the immune system. I am having some friends over on Saturday. I can't just sit here with no live social interaction. See above.

1. Why not? Other franchises are taking their time. They will take care of it. 2. Why is it different? Because they have employees (players) who make millions? It isn't different. Your local bar isn't paying bartenders Your local restaurant isn't paying servers. I don't hate that; that's a small business. But Wegmans is huge and has cut hours, and those cashiers and deli workers and produce stockers suffer the same way. So does every cashier at Tops. So does every guy who cleans a room at a Hilton-owned hotel. So does every person who works at a movie theatre or a bowling alley. I don't really see why the Pegulas are the enemy, other than that you and PA want to make them one. Where's your PROPERLY directed outrage? This is so much BS, and I know you, and I know you know better.

1. Be patient. They've said they're going to find a way to take care of it; let them. 2. It's not any different than any other large business not paying employees at this point. I don't hear anyone screaming for Danny Wegman's head.

I'm pretty sure that's how you looked at the last meetup game.

LOTS of interesting stuff this offseason. I'm not thrilled with what they gave up for Diggs, especially (but not entirely) considering what Hopkins fetched, but this team is trying. I can only hope for the day when the Sabres get a competent GM.

Just RB2, no? Didn't they pick up a DB a week or two ago?

Oh, I like this!

Did you do anything about it? It's brazenly political. And, frankly, dangerous. I'm not.

That doesn't need to happen. No one needs to be as rich as Jeff Bezos, on the other hand.

So, you all want to meet up anyway? Like at a restaurant or something? Oh...

It's kind of one and the same. The system has been abused to the point where it no longer is what was intended, so it needs to be regulated. Agreed on your point about the patents.

I don't remember that particular Far Side comic, but I had a fun experience in Rite Aid yesterday trying to buy a bottle of hand soap. You know, the kind with a pump that sits next to your bathroom sink. I'm not stocking up; I simply was out of soap, so time to get another bottle. The clerk informed me that they were out of soap. I gave her a strange look I guess, and said, ok, I'll just use my shower soap to wash my hands. At which point she clarified: They had soap, just not the antibacterial kind. Regular hand soap was available, but people had hoarded the antibacterial soap. This ties back to your point about common sense. Antibacterial soap is designed to kill BACTERIA NOT VIRUSES!

Is there a silver lining--a corona, if you will--to the Wuhan virus? We're all aware of arena workers who now will be compensated somehow for their loss of income, and of course there was an anticipatory and factually unsupported backlash at the Pegulas for failing to announce a plan the second the NHL suspended the season. What of other workers? Plenty of other occupations have been suspended entirely or have had hours reduced. In many cases, the market cap of the employer is in the billions of dollars. These people are not going to be able to make ends meet easily. Will this finally be the time when we realize that capitalism has gone too far and that the common good requires a more equitable distribution of resources?

I just hope that Winston doesn't get too crabby about the news.

No; that seems like a country that would get its stuff together quickly. It's geographically small, fairly wealthy, and socially aware, too, and those things help.

I love the loud, collective "NOOOOOOOOO" from the crowd.

No

Let's give it two more days for nominations. I'll close nominations on Wednesday.

There is an imposter!

Taro is a one man nominating machine!

Very interesting. I didn't see too much hysteria in the other instances. I think you may have a blind spot.

We need something to do right now. So here's what I'm thinking. Let's name the best eight Sabres teams that we can, put them into a bracket, and have a playoff that we vote on (and explain the reasons for our votes, because, again, we need something to do.) Nominations are hereby solicited; please post nominations in this thread. A "thumbs up" response means that you like the selection and think that it belongs in the bracket, so please respond to nominations. The bracket will be seeded by thumbs ups.