Sabres Fan in NS

I am not anti-Trudeau, or pro-the other guys. This stuff happens in Canada, but not to this extent and not this much in public.

This 'scandal' is huge. The company is notoriously horrible and has been in hot water for corruption throughout it's past. The company is a huge lobbyist and pressured the Trudeau regime to put through (hidden in the fine print of a huge bill and no one caught it) a way for Federal prosecutors to make plea deals to avoid big penalties for corruption and fraud convictions at trial and enter pleas to lesser charges and pay fines instead. The company is in court now facing corruption and fraud charges for bribing officials to gain contracts in Libya. They went to the PMO to get them to have the AG of Canada instruct the Federal prosecutors on the case enter a plea deal. The PMO (allegedly) went to the AG and tried to convince her to instruct the prosecutors to do the deal (they report to her). The AG refused and was banished to the outer reaches of cabinet and then resigned. The highest ranking official and adviser to the PM just resigned. The story was broken by The Globe and Mail, which is the national newspaper in Canada and would not put it out if they did not feel that it was legit 100%. There are more questions than answers now, but this is huge. Ultimately, I do think it will be the end of Trudeau.

300+ wins ... 2.8(something) lifetime GAA. I think he is worthy at least of serious consideration.

He is in the US Hall, but not the big one. There seems to be some debate about his induction, but I think his numbers are worthy.

I agree, it was just hockey. That said, all the Sabre players know KO's history and someone should have stepped in to take that punch somehow. Yeah, I know that is not really possible in the heat of battle. I also must say that the Ranger player probably should have not gone with KO once he realised who he was. I have to think that the players on other teams keep track of concussion history and put on the breaks when they know there is a very likely, or possible, bad result. I have seen this happen in other similar situations.

So, First time caller, right here. This is the GDT, right? I have a question ... Can I take the 7:08 PM (EST) start time as etched in stone? I need to be able to plan accordingly. Thanks. I'm a hang up and listen. If this weren't so damn funny, I'd be crying.

I'll ask my lovely wife. She is getting up there a bit.

Welcome!! Sent you a welcoming beer. Barkov is becoming a star in this league. For the Sabres to have much of a chance tonight Eich will need to play better than Barkov. Since it is a road game it seems most unlikely that Larry and Gus will be matched against Barkov's line, if for no other reason Housley has stated that he does match lines.

I just signed up to the club again to put this in here and see if anyone has any thoughts on it. +++++ Canadians are very easy going and tend to be rather lazy when digging for information. Our politicians and politics reflect this and there are not very many real scandals. Until now. Here are some links to the story ... https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gerald-butts-opposition-parliamentary-probe-1.5023941 https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/gerald-butts-1.5023925 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-wilson-raybould-snc-lavalin-1.5021220 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-wilson-raybould-attorney-general-snc-lavalin-1.5014271 This is huge and it is not going away. In fact, every day it just is worse and worse for our Prime Minister. This could very well be his undoing.

What happened to Risto? I have been a bit out of the loop for the long-weekend that just ended.

Who is Wildcard racing? I bet it's that racer in the woods, eh? That would be too close to call.

I always thought that Steve McGarrett (the original) was an exceptional hottie. Anyway, I digress, but, at least, I wasn't first. +++++ Is it really game day? I think so. MUST WIN!! GO SABRES!!

Me too. I have it on a good source (sorry, can't reveal it) that Randall is on a self-imposed and extended break. He took a bit of a beating for some of his posts from some. I am really worried about dark leaving too.

I think I started about 20. And bring your jukebox money ... ? The Sabres won 1, or 2, of them.

No. I would tend to think that they miss Bergy less then we realise.

Wonderful story.

Let the 'blockbuster' rumours fly ...

Awesome!! How did you become a Sabre fan? We have a number of European fans on this board and they all have interesting stories. Second best GDT ever ... at least so far, eh.

Are you sure? I was going from a famous speech made by some famous character. It was featured in some documentary, or other, about animals and the houses in which they live, IIRC. I will pull a LGR and try to find and post a link to a YouTube clip.

Yeah? So? It's not the picture. It's the words that are uncool.

With a user name of Berg I am wondering from where you are posting? Pittsburgh? Sweden?

That's not very nice. Now, send the new kid a beer before he runs away.

What? Was it not the Germans. And I missed the first bolded part on first read of your post. LOL ... I edited my original post, but only to add a 'reason to edit'.

Me either, but buying / sending someone a beer is usually viewed as a nice / welcoming thing to do. Initially when the conversion / upgrade to the software happened the 'thank you' thingie was a trophy, IIRC.

Welcome!! I am just venting about the lack of effort by the players who have clearly given up on the season and themselves. That said, the first half was not a true reflection, but it did show what can happen if the players give better effort and lady luck smiles on them. Sent you a beer.