nfreeman

I'd like to put the brakes on the "Wawrow is highly credible and thus there must be something to this tweet" assumption. Wawrow's occasional posts on this board have pretty often been weird and irrational -- which is of a piece, IMHO, with the theory that PLF hired TM with the goal of TM failing and PLF then taking over.

After reading about the single shot approach, it sounds like they were actually quite a few cuts, so although the scenes were longer than normal, it wasn’t like a single two hour cut (although it was put together to look like essentially two very long scenes in the entire movie). In any case, it was beautifully done and the effect is quite compelling.

I saw "1917" last night and thought it was excellent. Solid A.

Marchand is a much, much better player than Reino. But I would be fine with giving Reino $7MM per year x 7 years.

Dude. There is NFW that Reino is the sweetener to get someone to take KO. That's a draft pick, or a prospect, or taking the other team's bad contract. As others have said, Reino is only going to be traded, and should only be traded, as part of a package to bring back an indisputable star. I've noticed a discouraged petulance in Eichel's game lately. I'm sure he's PO'd about yet another season down the tubes, but still. The captain can't behave this way.

Such a great show though.

I think RK really does not like Skinner.

No. You absolutely are responsible for opening the door to freejame's response. It was completely foreseeable. This is going to be a contentious year in this country. The hysteria is going to be highly unpleasant. If it has to infect this board, it needs to be limited to the politics club. However, I agree that the "wrong" gif you posted (and similar ones) also belongs in the politics club. Nobody should push the envelope on this. If you want to make a political statement, make it where it belongs.

Both of you need to keep this BS in the politics club.

I think TP in the abstract does not want to fire JB, but if they go, say, 8-17-4 in their last 29 games, which would give them 73 pts on the season (after a 76-point season last year), and there are a number of home blowouts in those 17 losses like last night's debacle -- everyone's getting canned. And that would be the right move.

I only saw the 3rd period and OT, but Jack was pretty ineffective and out of it (kinda looked depressed, but that's just a subjective inference) IMHO until the GWG.

It's not at all unreasonable to give Trotz more credit than Lou. TBH I had forgotten that Lou was hired only a couple of months before Trotz. Of course, Lou did act decisively when Trotz became available, and convince Trotz to join the Isles. BTW, the Isles got those 2 guys in the summer of 2018, i.e. after Botteril and Housley's 1st year ended up in an unanticipated DFL finish. Just sayin...

Is it a concussion?

Over 3 months. Unbelievable. Great work on the most important position, JB!

I agree that Trotz was a huge addition for the Isles, but the most important move they made IMHO — and also the biggest difference between them and the Sabres — was bringing in Sweet Lou as GM. The new owner saw an experienced, successful GM become available, grabbed him up and everything flowed from there. Meanwhile, TP, good intentions notwithstanding, hired 2 inexperienced guys who crapped the bed.

Yes, but this ignores the key point, which is what I said earlier: the NHL doesn't care about a market of 100 people, even if 94 of them are watching hockey. They care about a market in which 500,000 people are watching, even if there are 5MM people in that market.

This is an oft-repeated canard. Buffalo gets a high percentage of hockey viewers but not a high absolute number of viewers, which is what matters.

It was a Sunday. A day that will live in infamy.

Season saved!

How?

Things really are dire. They've gotten to inkman. How did they flip you? Was it the money? The invites to Jeffrey Epstein's parties? Or do they have hostages?

Boy, that tank sure was successful, innit?

That was my first 3-thread merge ever! Not sure how to feel about finally getting to participate in a threesome, but having @PASabreFan be responsible for it.

Awesome.

Now that's hot.