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@SwampD -- any thoughts? Eichel was better tonight, that's for sure. He was a monster. And let it be noted that Reino was better than Marner. They are 5 under DeLuca .500 with 23 games left. If they go 7-3 and then 7-3, they will be alive with 3 games left.

I didn’t realize that he’s only 29. He needs to get TF over it, report to Rochester, work his butt off, not complain and get himself another contract. He’s still good enough of get paid to play in the NHL for another few years.

I’ve never gotten a flu shot.

But isn't this article a form of participation in peer review? Kind of like a crowd-sourced analysis of what is currently known? I know nothing about the author (or that website, for that matter) -- only that the linked article seemed to be written in a pretty dispassionate and objective manner. If you knew, say, that the author was a contagious disease specialist at a prestigious hospital, would you be inclined to consider his views in formulating your opinion about the gravity of the coronavirus situation? Or are the author and the article disqualified due to it being posted on that site?

The linked article was about coronavirus and nothing else. Do you think it was political?

Now this I agree with.

You’d think the prudent move if he wants another contract is to be a good soldier and play hard in the AHL, but he already reacted emotionally and imprudently with the trade demand. He might blow this one up too.

Do you think the number of cases and/or the number of deaths has been intentionally distorted? By a bunch of different sources?

Well, if you read my post, you’d see that I said I didn’t read the WHO document, and that I said the NEJM article says what the author says it says. But thank you for asking. As for the “disparity in hype” — do you think there is some kind of conspiracy afoot? My understanding is that corona is substantially more lethal than common flu, and that we are nowhere near understanding the overall risk.

Let’s chill out in here please.

OK, but this post was specifically about coronavirus. Let's try not to sling unrelated mud around so the thread doesn't get derailed please.

I don't think I "fell" for anything. I simply disagreed with you and @Weave reflexively disregarding someone's analysis seemingly for the sole reason that it was posted on someone's blog and not on a more well-known/"official" outlet. While it's certainly possible that the post is full of holes, biased or otherwise unreliable, this shouldn't be the default assumption simply because it wasn't on XYZ "reputable" website. There is a ton of ill-considered and scientifically unsound crap that is published on those websites, and there is a ton of well-written and sound analysis that is published on smaller blogs like this one. If you want to wait for the CDC or other government outlet to give you the official word on something before coming to any conclusions, that is of course up to you. I certainly would not choose that approach. I would read a bunch of stuff and try to figure it out. As for the end of expertise, as I've said here many times, a group of distinguished SabreSpace posters would have done a better job running the team over the last decade than the "experts" who have held the jobs (and been paid millions of dollars to do so).

Well, those articles may have been moved to different pages by the WHO and NEJM. In any case, the NEJM article s now here, and it says what the writer says it says: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001191?query=featured_home I think this is the WHO article he was referring to (but it's long and I didn't read it): https://www.who.int/csr/sars/WHOconsensus.pdf?ua=1 I don't think he threw in those links in an attempt to mislead anyone. Well, right below "guest blogger", the name of the author is stated. And there are many, many blogs that include "donate" buttons -- not unlike how most newspaper/magazine sites include "subscribe now" buttons.

What? The post is written in a pretty deliberative and scientific manner. There is a link to a WHO report in the 4th paragraph. There is also a link to a NEJM report in the paragraph immediately above the "Diamond Princess" section.

Ooooooooooohhh. You got me. Now fixed, but it still hurts.

Some things are as inevitable as the tide, including rumors that team X is going to part with coveted young player Y due to a cap crunch, thereby solving team Z's desperate need for a guy just like player Y. It never happens. What does happen is team X gives team N a pick or a prospect to take overpaid veteran player O, thereby alleviating team X's cap crunch and allowing team X to keep young player Y. That's what is going to happen with TB and Cirelli.

Wow. I wonder if they'll send him to Rochester if he clears. I'd guess not, as it seems like there might be a bad attitude issue that they'd want to keep away from the kids, but it's not impossible. I hope someone picks him up and gives him a chance, but I'm skeptical.

Did they interview him between periods? I missed him.

I watched the Russian Five on a plane a few months ago -- it was great. Thanks for the streaming offer too!

His recent Netflix special was excellent.

Well, a move can be direct and decisive but still ill-conceived and disastrous -- kinda like the tank. And while it doesn't really matter anymore, it does kinda matter because there is a disturbingly high number of people who still think it was the right move, and who therefore would support doing it again.

I recently learned that the way to cut brownies without tearing them up is by using a disposable plastic knife. (My daughter makes outstanding brownies and we will sometimes bring a plate over to someone's house.) Separately, if the Sabres get blown out at home by a crappy team again, JB might not last until the trade deadline. So that's exciting.

Good post. I agree with a lot of this. I wouldn't say it was "precipitated" by the tank so much as I would say "primarily caused" by the tank, but certainly it's true that a lot of missteps have contributed to the current CF. And this is one of the major missteps, and one that I was particularly concerned about last summer. The Sabres were dying for strong goaltending, but JB opted to bring back the same 2 guys who weren't remotely good enough last year. As a team with limited offense that is struggling to break out of losing quicksand, they absolutely had to have much better goaltending. It really concerns me that JB didn't recognize that and fix it.

OK -- Wawrow/PLF/GMTM conspiracy theory posts have been moved to the new PLF thread.

It's not BS. It's what the idiotic decision to tank has led to. Good players want to leave and don't want to come to here in the first place. To wit: Darren Dreger @DarrenDreger Buffalo was on Zucker’s no trade list.