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Can you please provide a link with information for people to consume? But conversely... these things happen. https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2024/11/fema-chief-calls-passing-over-trump-supporters-isolated-incident-requests-wider-probe/401146/ I suppose some of those GOP participants should be quoted and naturally more Republicans said it was BS. So clearly if FEMA withholding aid from Trump supporters is a problem then certainly the Republicans should think that withholding aid from California is a problem. So, they are all on equal ground as far as I am concerned. Let's not pretend one side is any more righteous than the other.

He's definitely in the front row now.

I suppose if this is your standard you will be disappointed by everyone, everywhere, every time. Since you said you are genuinely curious about his understanding of fundamental hockey let's think of a situation, it can be any situation. There are 5 players of which one is Dahlin. In order for whatever "right" play is to happen, it requires that all 5 players (most of the time) execute with appropriate situational awareness and an understanding of what each of them is supposed to be doing. Let's say one player makes the wrong decision. This forces the other 4 players to either adjust to attempt to overcome that mistake or they can choose to cover their own position and let that mistake stand out. Nearly all players, if possible, will attempt to cover the mistake as that should, in theory, lower the negative outcome possibilities. However, overall, the chance of something negative happening has increased because one player did not do what they should. Extrapolate that to 2 or 3 players making mistakes and it gets worse. If I were to take this to a football offense I would use the recognition of a blitz as an example. If the WRs don't recognize it and they all run a longer timed route then the QB is hosed. It takes everyone doing their thing to be successful. Then, there are times when mistakes are made. It's that simple. They are not infallible humans, especially at the ages of 23/24. They are very good at hockey, but they are not perfect. No different than anyone who might be very good at what they do, they are not perfect.

So, if I like fart noises, are you attacking me since I fall into the "in general" category? Just accept it. You think people who like fart noises should grow up. I'm not entirely certain what fart noises do to harm you directly. I suppose someone could watch that video and have it positively impact them. Perhaps it brightens their day a bit from what had been a pretty bad day to that point. I wonder, how do we weigh out the importance of the impact of that video then. Is it trash because you don't like it or does it have value because it made someone feel a bit better? Perhaps the wisdom needed is to accept that we all have differences and we should accept those differences. By accept, we should be glad that someone found value in another's creation even if we didn't. We should encourage people to express their differences and we should encourage people to accept that which makes us different. Homogenized thinking is dangerous and attempts to create it should be rejected.

I didn't read Hamilton's statement so I don't have full context but one way to read it is that this team cannot handle the way Dahlin leads. It doesn't mean Dahlin is wrong in how he does it. I do see someone who gets tired of the mistakes of players and I see a young adult who hasn't learned the wisdom to always handle that well. What I don't see is a player who does not care. Who does not demand more from himself (perhaps too much). I have made arguments in the past about Dahlin and the C and questioned it, but he's the only player on this roster I would give the C at the moment they decided to hand it out. Tuch has all the makings of the "feel good" guy. No thanks. No accountability. So an absolute HOF player makes a play and you think that does not make Dahlin captain material? I love his personality. I think he does some bad things on the ice still but I also don't see him as infallible, like any human isn't.

I think that any discussion regarding the value of a player has to include whether the person stating the opinion believes the team is ruining the player or the player is bad. Posters on here consistently lament the performance of players who have been traded away. This is something that I am sure does not go unnoticed around the league and therefore lends credence to a belief that the players themselves are not the problem. The problem either lies organizationally or it lies within the mix of players who are not being brought together to complement each other and play as a team. I don't think any individual gets to cherry pick which viewpoint they want to use for any given player. For example, if someone believes Cozens is truly not a good NHL player then one would need to also avoid making arguments that he could be traded for anything worthwhile, at least 1:1, etc. Right now I believe the prevailing wisdom of NHL GMs is that Buffalo is a fundamentally broken franchise and that any player on this team is worth more OFF this team than ON it. There might be few exceptions, but I don't think those players are getting traded or for anything valuable at least.

Not even remotely considering this. Dahlin has the C and he's one of the best players on the team, if not the best. He's driven. The problems with this franchise do not lie with Rasmus Dahlin. Revoking a C from a player is a massive event to the point that it's rarely done. I don't consider trading a C as revoking it.

This Dylan Strome? I mean, perhaps he's not the best player in the world, but using the phrase "all time bust" seems more apropos for players like: Alexander Svitov - 3rd overall, 2001 - 37 points in 179 career games. Nail Yakupov - 1st overall, 2012 - 136 points in 350 career games. Dylan Strome has 348 points in 479 games. Hardly a bust, let alone an "all time bust" We are and that's not the full fan base either but your broad sweeping generalization is the stuff great Internet arguments are made of. As is not identifying the difference between what people want in slice of time versus a longer period of time. :eyeroll:

They won.. this is good. I want them to win. Until they win the Super Bowl I'm not sure I'll overcome the stigma of 4 straight SB losses so I will remain guarded in all commentary. Next week is a huge game for them against a team that rolled them earlier in the season. A team whose offense matches up very well against the Buffalo defense. A team who has a QB that many think will win the MVP again this year despite what Bills fans (and many others) want for Josh Allen. It's a statement game regarding any MVP outcome later in the season.

As @LGR4GM said. You want a face to focus on for poor defense? Here it is. But then again.. just go deeper.. and let's see what's really changed over the past few seasons: Marty Wilford: Coaches defense and penalty kill Seth Appert: Assistant coach and forwards and power play coach Matt Ellis: Coaches centermen and faceoff circle improvement Seth Appert who ran the same PP in Rochester as Granato did in Buffalo. No real change. Lately they are slightly different once they get in zone, but their zone entries are still horrible. They are still horrible at face-offs. Nothing really changed. Ruff was brought in as a consultant head coach to pave the way for Appert and I am sure Ruff's opinion now is that these guys should not be coaches.

There some risk for Vegas acquiring Eichel, but not huge. They gave up Tuch and Krebs basically. Krebs who people want traded and Tuch who sometimes plays to his potential and sometimes does not. Neither of which have been the answer here, nor would they have been the answer there. Acquiring a player is more than the 100 pts. It's the $11.5M salary that comes with it. For that much money you want something a little more solid than what Pettersson brings to the table. This isn't like Eichel where you bring on $10M salary and if he cannot play he's off the books. This is $11.5M for a player who if they cannot perform is still $11.5M and cannot be moved. Think Jeff Skinner, but more expensive. You bring in Pettersson for Power and you lose cap space, not gain it. Perhaps you meant just move Power out for nothing or for a lower cap space player, not sure. Either way, $8M less the salaries of the player coming in likely do not get you very good defensive D. The decision time for this organization is now on Cozens, that's a given. As soon as he moved from 24 to 25 the thought process on what a player will be begins to change. The contract given to Power is unfortunate, but 22 is way to early to decide what he will become. He makes some bad plays and he's not physical, but he makes a lot of good plays too. Yes the plan is not working and has not worked. I don't see Pettersson being the help the Sabres need. Regardless of his one time output what he has shown is an inability to take a team on his shoulders and lead. If all the discussions about him are concerning his mental approach to the game does he really make sense to add to a team whose entire identity is concern over their mental approach to the game? No.

It's kids day. Our team full of kids should do just fine. These odd time starts can throw teams off... somehow I feel it might throw the Sabres off more than the Kraken.

It's like... watching an accident that's about to happen. You know it's not going to be good, horrific in fact, yet you cannot look away. I'm usually not this confused when it comes to music... and I am fairly certain that if this were played for me without the video first I might have had a different opinion, but... with the video. I'm lost. So lost.

That's sad. Dylan Cozens looks broken though. I still believe he's a better player than he's showing but I don't know if he's listening to the rumors of him being traded, if he's just not overcoming his challenges, or what. Either way it does not change his performance and what's happening. If he can't shake it he needs to go. I just hope another team thinks that a change of scenery, etc. will improve things for him.

What did I just watch? This will haunt me for awhile. And *****.. it's catchy. I hate life.

That engine has been running longer than the Energizer Bunny.

You had to inject actual seriousness into what I said? Sigh. 🙂

Hope it doesn't get too crazy. The new stadium won't be ready for quite some time. Breaking the current stadium would be bad. 🙂 And yes.. Kyle Williams... great choice.

The only thing wrong in that ESPN article is that the Sabres do not have the longest streak of missing the playoffs of the 4 major sports. Technically that belongs to the Jets. They are officially eliminated before the Sabres are each year and so they technically hold the LONGEST drought length. No, this does not make me feel any better about it.

this morning I was on here just conversing away in various threads and it did not once occur to me that there was no GDT. Yep. That sums it up. Sigh.

Our friends sent a picture this morning. They are not part of the Palisades Fire but the Eaton Fire.. (Palisades burned 15,000 acres yesterday, the Eaton only 10,000 🤢). Their house is singed.. literally 10 feet away the ground is burned and the edge of their roof and one wall of their house looks like charred firewood. The house is largely untouched but naturally smells of smoke, etc. They are fortunate (for now). It's an incredible picture to look at. The people who are out there fighting those fires deserve the deepest praise. I can't even imagine.

Yeah.. Pegula needs to recognize that he should not make any decisions on the operations of the hockey club and put someone in charge who has demonstrated success in running a hockey organization. Specifically phrased that way to put the position as a POHO and NOT a GM. The GM just runs the team. All of their hockey operations needs an overhaul.

I came across that article this morning. Definitely a good read. Thanks for sharing.

Fair enough. Let me try to clarify. In Scenario 1 - Terry Pegula is an owner who challenges his front office, they give him their actual answers, he believes them, and the team continues to suck. This is Terry's fault because he doesn't know how to hire the right people. In Scenario 2 - Terry Pegula is an owner who likes to have major influence over the personnel decisions his front office makes. The front office acquiesces to his "suggestions" because they want to remain employed. This is Terry's fault because he is a control freak. For me, if we have scenario 1 then there is hope that Terry might get it right one day.. or try to let someone else hire the hockey front office. In scenario 2 there is less hope because Terry is unlikely to back down on his control and let someone else make decisions. He'll only be able to hire people who are willing to add a title to their resume and hope that when it's over they get a shot somewhere else. The fans are truly screwed. In both cases Terry Pegula is the ultimate source of the problem. Just one allows for some hope.. albeit slim after failing so many times.