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Sheary plays at his speed. And if Sam can thrive with Jack, speed isn't his issue with Sam. Casey's (and the whole 2nd line really) sole issue is he isn't ready for the role he's got and 2 more kid wingers from Rochester doesn't change that even a little.

The timing of finding that quote couldn't have been any better.

Totally agree with your premise that active intervention is needed to change the trajectory. There is no fix for what ails us that exists in Rochester. Without a good 2nd line center the kids in Rochester aren't providing a thing. The kids you want to see up here are wings. They are going to flounder, most likely worse than Sam is floundering, because they aren't used to playing against NHL talent and we don't have a #2 center to be the foundation for their line. It is a setup for failure. There is only one way this gets fixed. OK, 2 ways. One is for JBotts to swing a trade and get this team a legit #2 center. The other is for Casey to have a sudden, miracle growth spurt and start playing like a legit #2 center. I don't see Casey having a miracle growth spurt. His development is going to take time. If we get a league average performing #2C, Sam's game will come to life. Casey will be put back into the sheltered role he needs and his game will progress because he's suddenly playing against 4th liners consistently. And Casey's wings will also show life against the lesser talents.

Then just come right out and own what you are really meaning, you don't want immigration. Expanding on this further... New York City has a law that allows for residents to obtain a pistol permit. However, in actual practice there are about 4,000 pistol permit holders in the city. And nearly all of them are issued to retired cops, active security guards, and certain business owners. Is it disingenuous to say that NYC allows its residents to own pistol permits? Or is it simply the rules? If you support the rules as they stand, you are supporting nearly eliminating handgun ownership by the average person. Same thought process applies for immigration. It is disingenuous.

I don't see how they are good for anyone. I can't imagine our shareholders are happy with the results so far.....

You're not following. The vast majority can't. That's the problem. It is disingenuous to say they need to come in legally while giving them virtually no opportunity to actually come in legally.

the bolded is nothing but hyperbole. It is very similar to saying that if you voted for Trump you voted for accepting racism because he wouldn't call out the racists. I don't accept that at all. And no, I haven't been affected negatively by illegal immigration. Here is the kicker. I live in an area surrounded by Mexican and Latin American immigrants. I live in an agricultural county. I see and interact with them every weekend when I run errands in town. Your story is a sad one. But for every one criminal that gets in there are thousands that are perfectly good neighbors. Not unlike any other community. In fact, the ratio of criminal behavior to non criminal behavior is very similar between immigrants and citizens. And yes, the Federal government does exist to serve it's citizens (that it actually doesn't in practice is food for another thread). Too bad we're not talking about our gov't serving non-citizens. We're talking about a real path to citizenship. My Spidey sense is tingling....

Have you ever looked into the hoops and dollars necessary for this? It is damned near impossible to get residency (not citizenship, residency) without an approved job. Executive level workers and workers with exceptional abilities make up 28.6% of work visas. Skilled workers and professionals make up another 28.6%. Certain special immigrants who are employed or experienced in very specific jobs categories get another 7.1% of the work visas.Immigrant investors are next in priority with no set percentage of visas set aside for them. That leaves something less than 35.7% of the available work visas for every other class of worker. And temporary residency is easier to obtain than permanent residency, which is easier to obtain than citizenship. Which is a long way to get to....... I would like to say I mean LEGAL immigration, but it has become so much more difficult today to obtain LEGAL citizenship that my great grandparents would not have qualified. So, no, we need more immigration than what our heavily restricted system allows today.

'At's cool. Be less judgey, Judge Smell.

The quote is, by Nfreeman. It is "I'm a firm believer that incessant message board complaining will fix the situation." It is no more than that, really. An outlet for frustration that a team and player you are emotional about isn't performing as you'd hoped they would after so much emotional energy was expended in the process of getting to this point.

Well congrats. I guess you get to stay. I'm 4th generation. My great grandparents were welcomed here during a flood of immigration shortly after WWI and had children that became citizens. The same situation that Trump wants to stop. Our birth rates are down. The only way this country continues to grow is with immigration.

I think this explains it fully.

Ovaltine got me once with their secret decoder ring. Never again....

Yup. we laid off last month. And early retirements were offered this month. Early retirements offers are typically followed up with more layoffs if they don't get the number of volunteers they want. Our business is down 20% in the last 6 months. China is 30% of our market.

Those tariffs still aren’t working..... U.S. trade deficit rises 1.3% in September to $54 billion. Imports up 1.5% to record $266.6 billion. Exports also increase 1.5%, to $212.6 billion. Deficit with China hits new record despite tariffs. Trade gap on track to reach 10-year high in 2018.

Given that we blew up 3 seasons and a franchise’s reputation to get him, it interests me a ton.

Not sure who the apologists are. I don’t think anyone here thought he was not guilty of poor off ice decision making at the least.

Olofsson isn’t going to do a damned thing to improve secondary scoring until we get the 2C position in mproved. He’s not that kind of player.

What have you seen out of Sam this season that makes you think it would work any better? Jbott screwed the pooch with the plan for 2C. It’s not Bills quarterback planning bad, but it was a poor plan. They really need a vet 2C to fill in a season or two gap until Casey is ready.

I seem to recall reading somewhere (on this forum maybe) that Hoppe has a small gig writing for the Sabres and is still primarily writing for the Olean Times-Herald.

@WildCard Not gonna lie. I have a bit of a kitchen knife fetish. I've spent entirely too much money on kitchen cutlery, but I do love to use it. Nonetheless, there are good values to be had. Don't buy cheap knives. Buy good value knives. If you can find Wustoff or Heinkle at TJ Maxx or Homegoods, it's probably a good value. Buying them at Bed Bath and Beyond isn't. I've heard that Victorinox chef's knives are really good value. I have a Chicago Cutlery meat slicer that I bought for $4.99 at a TJ Maxx in Lakewood, NY while on vacation that is scary sharp and very surprisingly nice. Based on a sample size of 1, I'd seriously consider Chicago Cutlery. Chef's knives.... are you a slicer or chopper? If you prep your veggies by slicing them get a traditional chef's knife. 8" is a good, all around size. The curved blade really helps you rock the blade and slice through whatever you're cutting. If you are more of a chopper, get a Santoku style blade. Straight edge and rounded front. You can get by quite readily with just a few knives. A chef or Santoku, a good paring knife, a good bread knife, and a boning knife. Those 4 can handle just about everything you'll routinely do. More important than expensive knives is a good, quality honing set. I don't own a steel. I do own a ceramic stick "sharpeing set". I put sharpening in quotes because you aren't really sharpening with it, you are honing. I hone my chef's knife about every 5 or 6 uses. It stays sharp enough to shave the hair on my arm. Mine is very similar to this one, Lansky Crock Sticks. I've had it for about 30 years and it works like a champ. My advise, wait for a Wustoff 8" chef knife to show up at TJ Maxx and nab it. Add a paring knife and serrated knife for slicing bread and meat. Get a "sharpening" kit like the ceramic rod one I linked. And use them for awhile and develop an opinion about what you like/don't like and then buy your upgrades after you have an opinion about the knives you didn't spend a ton of money for.

When we first moved into our current neighborhood Halloween was a zoo. We’re “in town” but on the edge of a rural area. We used to get car loads of kids coming in from the surrounding areas. And it used to annoy me quite a bit. I didn’t mind giving candy out to the neighbors, I did mind half the county coming door to door though. About 6-7 years ago houses began keeping their porch light off on Halloween night. Yesterday maybe 1/4 of the houses on the street participated. And now its just neighborhood kids coming around. We got maybe 30 kids last night.

Until the subject is health care, taxation, corporate regulations, or labor rights. Just citizenship. Innit? I had to suppress a literal LOL at this.

Over the last 3 fiscal quarters business investment grew at a rate of 5.1%. In the 3 fiscal quarters prior to the tax bill passing, the business investment rate was.............. 5.0%. That tax bill was quite the stimulus for business investment. And while corporate tax revenue dropped 31%, our deficit has grown 17% since 2017. So what are we getting for this deficit if we aren't getting business investment? Stock buybacks. Class A shareholders are profiting from the corporate tax savings. Not exactly what we were promised. And those tariffs? The Tax Foundation estimates that they will increase the amount consumers pay for goods by 42 billion dollars and result in 94,000 full time equivalent jobs getting eliminated. Even his economic promises were empty. He's the least fiscally conservative Conservative we've ever elected.

The Joy of Cooking. It’s a classic for good reason.