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For those who've ever drank or hung out on Allen Street, the Old Pink burned down this morning. The building was demolished this afternoon. A truly eclectic dive bar with a really solid steak Sammy and fried bologna, it was certainly a dive but it was memorable.

Workers are more productive now than at any other point in history. https://images.app.goo.gl/Dh57mEaQWDdm32JU6

Yes, being right about Terry Pegula meddling is equivalent to saying fans that's look up salary info aren't good fans. Right. Yup. Sure.

If anyone wants to look at the tax stuff: https://www3.erie.gov/ecrpts/sites/www3.erie.gov.ecrpts/files/2023-01/erie_22-23_tax_comparison.pdf

I am going to make some guesses. You are over 55, my guess is over 65 but at least 55 so all the teachers you know are probably 20 or more years in the profession so I wouldn't be surprised if they made around 100k. I've lived a couple of different places including outside of NY for a time. Specifically in the southeast and teachers and educators didn't make a lot, unless again they had years on years in the system where they could get up to those higher levels of pay. I know quite a few teachers, none of them make anywhere close to 100k, most are in the 55-65k market.

I'm looking at entry prevention% defensive play, retrieval success rate, controlled exits, etc... so idk what an NHL could be looking at other than having more complete data. I don't like Yakemchuk btw, I think his defensive zone play is poor and his ability to move pucks up ice mediocre.

We don't agree.

I do want to say my friend who moved to Texas is very happy there. Again, all depends on what you do and what your order of operations so to speak is.

Oh I certainly see some Risto in his game.

Dylan Cozens was A. younger at only 22 when he saw his jump. He was at 140-200 games during that year which does compare favorable to Joshua. B. his sh% that season is at 14.7% which is fairly normal and only 4.3% above his career average. Cozens has taken 633 shots in his career which means the numbers should be stabilizing. Joshua was 27 and in the 120-180 range for the games played of his career. Now we run into issues though. Cozens shot 200 times this year, where as Joshua hasn't even hit 200 times in his entire career, being at only 195 over 4 seasons (granted the 1st two seasons are part time ones). So we have to ask is Joshua, Tage Thompson where the lack of total shots means that his sh% is closer to 21.4% or is it lower? The last 2 years his sh% average on 155 shots is 18.7% which puts him into the Sam Reinhart level and that seems unlikely. My main concern looking at this is, any minor drop and his goal totals plummet. He simply does not generate enough shots and for a comparison, Joshua shot 84 times this season, Benson shot 98. Joshua probably can be that 12-15g guy but you gotta be really careful what and for how long you pay him.

Which of those things wouldn't apply to Yakemchuk?

You were done on Wednesday the 12th. You were not going to waste your time on Friday the 14th You told SDS he could compare his stawmen on Sunday the 16th. and... Here you are still tripling down on my fandom being a punchline after you were told by just about every poster here why your take was bad. Good thing you were done last Wednesday though, good thing.

Sounds like he went to school several years ago when this occurred, be curious if Texas is increasing services or cutting them. That doesn't mean there aren't really good public schools in texas. I also know in NY specific services are mandated.

Craig Button mock, Sabres take Yakemchuk https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/canadian-nhl-teams-in-the-spotlight-in-craig-button-s-latest-mock-draft-1.2135788

Data is now 2 years old but here is a rough overview of the teacher shortages in the US. https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/safety/teacher-shortages-by-state-fix-the-problem/

Which area?

Just used capfriendly to check Sabres draft picks since they list all the upcoming ones we own. What a ***** fan I must be for engaging in something so stupid.

People forget that taxes do in fact pay for things. The suburbs of Buffalo have some really good schools with a lot of support services that get paid for by property taxes. I know a friend with a child that has a speech issue, they lived in the burbs here and in pre-k were getting services. They moved to texas and get nothing. They are now paying extra for a private speech pathologist, but hey! Their property taxes are lower. That said, to each their own. Some ppl value the longer summers and more moderate climate, some like winters, some like the services they get here and some want lower taxes. Live where you want, all places have pros and cons.

Defense: Charlie Elick, 6'3" RHD might be an option at 43. He is physical. Dominik Badinka, 6'3" RHD might also be an option at 43 and he is less physical than Elick but still has that element. Adam Kleber, 6'5" RHD should be an option at 43. Physical with great skating, his size and skating allow him to defend very well. Lukas Fischer, 6'4" LHD will be an option at 43. Physical but like Eliasson 6 days shy of the 2025 draft, he is someone who has lots of runway and already is doing lots of little things you like to see. I actually really like the idea of Fischer at 43 but he might fall into the 3rd because he is raw. NHL teams do a terrible job of accounting for age. For example Helenius is 7 months younger than Nygard, that's a full season of development. Fischer is 11 months younger than Nygard for example. Spencer Gill, 6'4" RHD could be an option at 43 or perhaps the 3rd round. Another young guy with an Aug 17 bday and room for improvement. Forwards: Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, 6'1" W 207lbs is a very physical forward if they keep 11. Konsta Helenius, 5'11" C 190lbs has that high motor, 2-way thing that Nygard does with a bit less physicality. Would be another good option at 11. Sam O'Reilly, 6'1" C 176lbs, is another high motor guy with 2-way physicality to his game. Most likely someone to look at at #43. Javon Morre, 6'4" LW 203lbs, probably available in the 3rd and could be a draft steal. HS players are always hard to project but he looks good. AJ Spellacy, 6'3" C 190lbs, 3rd round is a real possibility for him but he's big, skates really well, has some good ideas and some physicality

Then he would lead in a fancy stat. I don't think saying I want a guy that is so good and physical defensive that he won't lead in fancy stats, because that makes no sense. If he is so physical that he continuously separates players from the puck with that skill and gets the puck out of his zone, shots against and especially dangerous shots against would be way down with him on the ice. What I am saying is "possession" is a measurable fancy stat for a defender that we would see. At the J20 level Eliasson has bad stats, like really bad. Now he is ridiculously young for his class, being a whopping 6 days away from the 2025 class. At his height and being so young, it shouldn't be a surprise that he has some issues. Would I draft him in the say the 4th when Buffalo has 2 picks (which I found out by quickly looking at Capfriendly), sure why not. He is going to college next year so you get at least 3 years to let him develop on NA ice which is great and maybe, just maybe you get yourself a 3rd pair defender.

Ullmark wasn't traded, he left in UFA.