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Looked like they were thinking too much honestly, which is the enemy of trying to play fast. Going to probably take a little while before they understand how Ruff wants them to play and where they should be in various situations without having to think.

I'm sure Ruff is not going to be very pleased with that performance.

Stole your bong? 🤣

Apparently back in 1881, we had a September that averaged 71 degrees which is mind blowing

Oh you think I'm funny? No, I don't know how I'm funny...you said it. How am I funny? Funny How? Am I clown? Do you think I'm here to entertain you?

Buffalo looks like it will have it's 3rd warmest September on record, giving us 6 of the first 9 months of 2024 that are in the top 10 all time warmest since records started being kept in 1873. Also had another month come in 15th so that was fairly close also. All months of 2024 have been at least 1 degree above normal except August which came in at "only" 0.7 degrees above normal. The "coolest" month relative to normal this year came in at 37th out of 151, which is still well above average. Unless we have a very cold last 3 months, easily should shatter the record for warmest year ever recorded in Buffalo.

It's honestly shocking how the areas that weren't directly impacted by the brunt of the hurricane seem to be the worst off out of all of this... How is that even possible?? That must have been like Biblical rain where it just looks like someone pouring buckets down your windows for hours on end to the point you couldn't even see outside.

Yes. I think Ruff instills a new attitude and mental toughness this team has been sorely lacking. No more coddling. No more excuses. Just an expectation you play well and I think they will. Time this young team grows up.

Have family down in Columbia, SC and my BIL works as a line repair person for the utility company and he has been basically nonstop since it happened....said he has been doing it 20 years and traveling all over when places get hit to help out and he said it is the worst he has seen since he's been doing it.

meanwhile Buffalo is about to post a record warm September and the likely the only one ever to average 68+ degrees on record. Previous record warm month was 67.3 degrees in 2015. Currently at 67.9 and if forecast holds should come in around 68 or 68.1 for the month.

I was in Essen, Dusseldorf and Koln a few weeks ago...never made it to Munich.

Nope...was in Europe this summer for 3 weeks and made it to 5 countries but never got that far East... Explore everything is my advice!

Damn...what is up with key Buffalo sports figures living forever? Levy 99 and still kicking... Ralph Wilson, Bills owner lived til 95 Bowman 91... Lou Saban. multiple AFL Championship winning coach in the 60s with the Bills lived til 87... I guess McDermott is in a great place...want to live til you are 90? Come to Buffalo and do something great for one of the teams. 😂

I think culture isn't the word you want there...it was terrible when Eichel/Reinhart/Kane, etc were here when players had factions in the locker room and nobody seemed to really care. That's not the case now...these players care a lot and want to be good...they all like being around each other...they just haven't had someone that showed them how to channel that into consistency and wins. That's what Ruff's job is.

we were told to make physical copies of the passport and keep them separate just in case you somehow lost the passports themselves or they got stolen

browsers are probably synced across devices

Understand people's trepidation about it but it's like trying to take a small garden trowel and dig out from an avalanche. There are stores now where there are no humans, but the AI sees what you take and then charges you for it based on the information on file with your credit card, etc. A guy who is a leader in AI was talking about how he was in one of these stores in NYC and he looked at some chocolate bars, decided against it and put them back, then got a drink instead. Walked out and was charged for the drink. But guess what he started having ads pop up for while he was browsing within the next 15 minutes? Yup...you guessed it...chocolate.

Why wouldn't you want a 4.75 million a year contract for a goalie in the middle of his prime versus having to potentially pay a much higher number?

Not a bad contract...I mean he had to file for arbitration to get that? Seems like the two sides could have gotten to that without the arbitration.

Spending big money on UFA's is among the worst allocation of resources you can have. Most of them are overpaid on day 1 that they sign the contract.

Just like with women, it plays a certain role that is beneficial. Also just like with women, if you don't know what to do with your size and are not a technician that puts in the work, it won't be very useful to you.

Well last week was due to Hurricane Beryl which is highly unusual for that early in the season, let alone to be a Cat 4 in June then a Cat 5 the first day of July. That was packing a TON of gulf moisture with it. Actually unheard of and honestly kinda terrifying. However yesterday we actually had the most rain for the month at 1.27 inches...last week with Beryl officially only got .69 inches, but obviously some places got a lot more...just dependent on where the heaviest T-Storms were. For the month we are a tad under 4 degrees above normal temp wise and only half an inch of rain so that isn't too much of an outlier. Average wind speed for the month has been 8.0 mph, so that is definitely well within normal range if not a tad low. We had some gusty winds due to downdrafts with the T-Storms and maybe one or two other days had some wind but all in all it has't been too bad, IMO. Warmer temps usually mean more gulf moisture and higher humidity levels which lead to more potential T-Storms...also Lake Erie temp is warmer than usual which offers less protection against T-Storms being able to form.

if healthy, 25-30 goals, 65-75 points...Quinn is a real one. Was our best player more than a few nights when he came back.