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I try to get names pronounced correctly, although I readily admit that I'm probably wrong as often as I am right. If a player says his name is pronounced "this way", I try to pronounce it that way. To me it seems.......disrespectful? I guess.... to willfully ignore how a player pronounces their name. Someone correct me if I am wrong here, but wasn't one of Don Cherry's shticks to mispronounce player names that he didn't respect? Especially European names? My father was/is weird about this. He'd put French accents on non French Canadians, and 'Muricanize actual French Canadians. To this day I have no idea if he is doing it intentionally. For example, Patrick Roy was always pronounced in the US/English phonetic way but he always strained out a French pronunciation of Darcy Regier. Think Rej-ee-ay.

Headstones at Artpark last night. Went with my son. We tailgated in the parking lot beforehand. That was a new and enjoyable experience, tailgating with my legal drinking age son for the first time. We hung out and had a few beers before the show. It was an all Canadian band lineup. And very diverse in style. 2 of the members of Barenaked Ladies opened. Fun, funny set. Some social commentary. The played a mix of BNL stuff and some other stuff that I think was from outside the band. Steven Page has a hell of a sense of humor. Lowest of the Low brought a laid back reegae style. The Trews came out and put on a solid, high tempo set of their radio hits. And then The Headstones came on and burned the place down. It was a thrash punk heavy set, not their usual greatest hits playlist. They put out an audio onslaught of their grittiest, thrashiest stuff. 75 minutes of mayhem. Today I can't hear, I'm sleep deprived, and my back is killing me. Can't wait to do it again. Just not today. Or this week.

I adopted it while we've been wandering through the desert, but I can't take credit for it. That was a Deluca-ism. He used it as a counter to the folks who said we didn't need Kovalchuck.

Interesting, if not unexpected pattern here. "Fun" players overwhelmingly are fan favs. Even in supposed blue collar Buffalo.

Bucket trap. Youtube.

Red flags.

What was the take away?

Sabres: Mike Ramsey, Pat Lafontaine, Alex Mogilny Serious soft spots for Stu Barnes, John Scott and Brad May Non-Sabres: Jari Kurri, Lanny McDonald, Bernie Nichols Least Favorite: Chris Neil, Darcy Tucker, Cam Neely

*waited too long to set the hook* See PA, it doesn't have to be evil.

They make my point perfectly. No need to throw away multiple seasons to acquire any of them, not even initially.

*Looks at the St. Louis roster*

And yet we threw away multiple seasons to acquire one.

Ha! I saw NT and assumed it was at the Riv.

How do you not know about the Riviera Theater? Been there forever.

All the prospects. Honestly, I think Girgs turned out about what his skill set projected to. Same with Z. Girgs was drafted at a position in the draft that usually ends up bottom 6. Same relative deal with Z. I think Nylanders problems were his own, not the organizations. Grigo and Risto...... there were red flags re: Grigo. That might be who he was. Risto? I could see a case being made that he was simply the wrong pick at that draft position. Back when Landeskog was drafted, one of the big draft prognosticators (don't remember which one) cautioned in an article to be very careful about drafting 18yr olds with a man's body. The thought was, their early physical development allowed them to dominate in juniors, but their development was about done and they often don't have much development room to grow in the NHL. Obviously, the alarm about Landeskog was in error, but looking back at Girgs, Zad, Kassian, Risto, they all fit the pattern. Overwhelmed their 18 yr old competition but didn't have much more to offer as they aged into the NHL.

So very much this. You can't assume Mitts is gonna develop into a 2C. Well, WE can, but it would be negligent on the GM's part to make that assumption. Get a 2C. IF Mitts develops, we'll have the top 3C in the league.

This Saturday my son and I will be at ArtPark to see The Headstones. Canadian Punk/Grunge for you heathens unaware of 97.7 FM. They might be my favorite live band, We see them every time they swing around to Buffalo/Niagara Falls. They put on a straight up rock your ass off show without all of the expensive toys. We've got VIP tix for Slipknot later this Summer. Josie, they aren't the spectacle they used to be. Their shows have tamed. I'm sure it's got to do with them getting older. Their shows up to about 5-6 years ago were an experience for sure.

My love affair with John Scott only grows.

Yeah, I've seen the updates. What can I say? No idea who he was before this, and shocked to here Nylander got swapped straightu p for a promising player. Nothing would shock me at this point.

Agreed. That's his personality. Darcy Regier once said in an interview that he expects to turn over a roster every 3 seasons. Not literally every player, but about 30 players in and 30 players out over 3 seasons. That matches JBott's activity level so far.

I'm going left field. NYI. No reason.

Preach it. But I like the offseason so far.

The truth lies somewhere in the middle. He's from Milwaukee.

Thanks, but which part was I correct about? NM- saw upthread. To be fair, most of it was based on other peoples observations. It's not like we saw alot of him.

Safe to assume an exchange of disappointing 1rd picks?