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The Amerks are deep is prospects. I see a Sabres property only line-up being like this: V. Neuchev(LF)(79) - K. Helenius(RC) - M. Jobst(C) B. Murray(LW) - J. Kulich(LF) - A. Kisakov(LF)(52) A. Wahlberg(LW/LC) - N. Östlund(LC) - I. Rosén(LF)(18) <AHL VET> - T. Kozak(LC)(44) - T. Tullio(RF) - ECHL Bound? - J. Dunne(LC) - O. Nadeau(RRW)(20) Jobst can play the wing and provide some veteran leadership and speed on the first line. I don't want to move Kulich off from centre. I like the idea of an all Swedish line.

Matteo Costantini is listed. He's played three years of college. Buffalo has one more year of control. Is he in camp because they might want to sign him now?

This really confused me with everyone wanting Eiserman. Didn't we just spend $15M to buy-out Skinner because he can score but can't defend? Isn't that exactly what the knock on Eiserman was, that he can't play defense?

I've wanted Dellandrea for years. I'm upset because he would have been a good addition to our bottom six. He plays with energy and a bit of an edge, and he's played well with Cozens in the past. And it only cost a 4th round pick. Adams sleeping on the job, especially considering that Dallas has been one of his few trading partners in the past.

He's a decent player. He's got decent hockey sense and some speed. My problem is that too often he seems afraid to shoot. He is almost always looking to make one pass too many.

Starting pitchers don't throw heat 100% because you gotta mix up your pitches. And when he gets tired, you bring in relievers like a Tom Henke who would throw mostly heat. Or a Mark Eichorn threw mostly side-arm with almost no heat; and yet he was amazingly effective. But please let me know in advance which concert is going to be great and which ones are going to suck because the artist is taking a night off. Please tell me in advance which hockey games are going to have the players pulling Pierre-Luc Dubois in Columbus shifts. If you are not able to put on a good show, you're being dishonest with your fans who've payed top dollar for a ticket to the show. You're stealing from them. What's the answer? Don't play 50 concerts when you can only do well in 20 concerts.

Of course, no one can truly give 100% all of the time. The point is that you *try*. You don't go into it thinking, I'm going to slack off a good bit when nobody is paying attention, but I'm going to turn it on when "it matters". The Turtle beats out the Hare...Personally, I had no desire to be a pro athlete. I knew it was never in the cards to be a great hockey player....And now to upset people's apple carts, the Bible says that we should always give an honest effort. That's always been my personal goal. But you know, results are in they eyes of the beholder sometimes. So, I realize that some of my bosses have had other takes on my performance. That's life. I know myself better than others, and I know when I'm giving my best.

Since you know NOTHING about me personally, it seems that you're the one prone to lazy thinking at the very least.

TBH, I had wanted Byram for a long time. But his last concussion started to change *my* mind. And TBH, in another thread this morning, I was complaining that the Sabres brass felt forced to play Dahlin 30 minutes a night. I'll cross my fingers and hope that Byram stays healthy enough. This could be a good trade.

And at least for now. Erik Johnson (1st overall, RHD).

The coming draft's top 10 is seriously D heavy. I know that it takes time to develop a d-man, but I figured that we would either draft a d-man or another smaller feisty forward such as Berkly Catton who sounds like a slightly taller cross between Benson and Savoie.

Studies have shown that it's seriously more difficult to be poor than rich. Rich person: "oh sure ahead and fix the Porsche". Poor person: "Um, I know that my tires are bald and my battery needs constant jumping, but I have to buy baby food, and I'm out of tooth-paste."

The Sabres brass say that the goal is the Stanley Cup. But they admit that their defense is so bad that playing Dahlin 30 minutes a night at half-speed is better than playing any of their other d-men. They say "pick your spots". Apparently, Von Miller says that he takes it easy at the start of games because his role is "to close out play" at the end of games. What if Von Miller played hard in the 1st quarter, and when the Bills are up by 30 points in the 4th quarter, he can rest on the bench? How about Dahlin plays 100% at the start of games so that the Sabres are up entering the 3rd period? The last game was the first they had lost in regulation during last 2 years when up after 2 periods. I've never had a boss tell me to "take it easy" or "take off shifts". If there was work to be done, it was expected that I gave it my best. And, trust me, I never made millions of dollars. The guys on WGR are saying that they want to draft a receiver who openly stated that doesn't play hard if he thinks that the pass is going the other way. Such prima donnas.

1. Our PP sucks. Olofsson is great on the PP. Why has he been on the bench all year? Dumb. If you had played him on the PP and he was scoring, then you still had the option to trade him; who wants him now? 2. Dahlin is our PP quarterback, best offensive d-man. So why is DG killing him by playing in 30 minutes a night when the playoffs are totally impossible?? Dumb. 3. Lots of good guys have been on the waiver wire. Last year, we could have had Eeli Tolvanen for free. GMKA doesn't have a clue on how to build a complete roster unless his goal is still to tacitly tank for at least one more year (it looks like the top 10 players will be quality players. And who knows, maybe we win the Celebrini drawing.) 4. You want size and scoring ability? You could have drafted a guy like Quentin Musty last year. Sure Benson has some nice attributes, but he's small and getting knocked around. Benson isn't playing his heart out like he was early in the year, because, I assume, he realized how much of a toll it took out on his body. I could go on. GMTM actually had a much better idea of what a good team was. Even GMJBott had some good ideas: Conor Sheary is OK on other teams, as are Vesey and, of course, Brendon Montour. What GMKA has done well is locking up some key players to long term contracts. However, it looks like Mittelstadt will need to be traded as he is in the Reinhart zone.

Please note that I am not saying that extrovert = stupid. But I am saying that all of the flashing lights and loud music and promos are geared for extroverts, and many of these seem geared to those who get stimulated by simple things (as opposed to social interaction for example.) I would think that the hockey game itself should be sufficiently arousing. Anyhow to clarify why introverts often don't like loud places (for long times) (and the link to IQ), I quote from two sources: -- The key idea was that introverts are characterized by a state of higher cortical arousal which increases wakefulness, vigilance, muscle tone, and heart rate. Consequently, they really do not need much stimulation to push them beyond the threshold of relaxation and into the realm of anxiety and overstimulation. Extroverts, however, have a lower starting point for arousal and therefore need more stimulation to get to the same point. (retrieved from: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/modern-minds/202108/the-lemon-test-introverts-are-more-aroused-extroverts) ...The connection between intelligence and sensitivity has been noted by Linda Silverman, the director of the Gifted Development Center. In her work with more than 6,500 gifted children, she has found that there is a correlation between giftedness and sensitivity, with highly gifted individuals often exhibiting the traits of a sensitive person. “I personally consider gifted people to be sensitive,” Silverman told me via email when I reached out to her while writing my book. “The higher an individual’s IQ, the more likely the person is to fit the characteristics of a sensitive person.” ...When I think about my own work with highly sensitive people, it makes perfect sense to me that sensitivity is connected to brilliance. To be sensitive means to think deeply and carefully in any situation. The more sensitive a person is, the more connections they see—connections that others frequently miss.... (Retrieved from: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-secret-lives-of-introverts/202302/how-sensitivity-is-linked-to-brilliance )