Thorner

Very odd individual

Oh boy. I mean I almost certainly think he’s just carrying water for the owners, that’s sort of his MO..but yikes, it does bring home the fact there are no good answers

He’s a huge dude who’s already turning 27 with an injury history. Big players generally break down much sooner, and NHL prime already ends in your 20s. Waiting on prospects never made sense, like I said. Oh well. Hope it’s minor. 3C is way too high for him on a depth chart. But I’ll take it over 2C

Oh boy.

That’s sort of what I mean: just being average is imo a step up

I prefer a roster full of Steve Buscemis

Granato may have been a net-negative. If we are relying on a coach to create some sort of alchemical process we’ve already failed. An average coach should be enough The coach should allow the roster to function to their inherent abilities, to me that’s the job, I don’t need one to create value where the roster doesn’t provide it

He’s known to be notoriously superstitious

Imo it’ll be more a commentary on the roster than Lindy’s abilities or lack there of. Lindy is capable enough if the roster is at least reasonable

Donuts WILL do fine

Ah, should have read on one more post

A 40 point 4C would mean presidents trophy Maybe that’s your prediction, but just sayin’ Thorner

Basically, you are right: we are old

A true GOAT

Right on fracking cue: Arrival outfits

The only acceptable stance on nicknames as a grown ass man

No, it’s cringe. Its prevalence is largely a function of Stan twitter I think. I realized last year, went down a bit of a wormhole on twitter I didn’t realize existed. You know how you can find the platform flooded with like, kids who have Timothy Chalamet or Draco Malfoy or whoever as their profile pictures, and the account’s personality is centred in totality around following / promoting “staning” said celebrity..it exists with hockey players too haha. There are a world of sabres / nhl fans out there discussing how beautiful Krebs hair is and how heartwarming Jack Quinn’s smile is, etc I suppose cringe is the wrong word, shouldn’t say that. It’s just a type of fandom I don’t feel at all akin to. I’m a “separation of art from artist” guy to a T and this is more “artist, art (results) is secondary” type stuff. But to each their own: I’ve analyzed and talked about the Sabres social media presence a lot and it doesn’t seem that interesting to people i don’t think, maybe dudacek has picked up what I’ve thrown down a few times, but by and large…but ya: I’d wager the sabres official media does a *great* job tailoring content to these folks as that market seems to be thriving online

I thought you bought into the idea buying out Skinner at the very least represented accountability? Sending that message is the greater of two evils, then, in this case, we should have kept Skinner and let him be “unaccountable” if shipping him out meant not truly filing the hole? (lol one of the worst written sentences on this website ever, I can’t type today) I actually like the McLeod deal more than you, then, but I might be too biased/blinded from the fact I hate all prospects, especially gen z-ers. I thought you liked all the moves but maybe you are just too adept at “making the case” so it sticks in my mind. What letter grade would you give KA this offseason

Welcome to the wiserhood

I’ve heard this theory a lot. Could be true, hope it’s true. I guarantee you we will hear about how KA tried, at least, ill tell you that much

Lindy also has a tattoo of himself

Two scenarios: A) we CAN’T find anywhere else to spend our money in an effort to improve so might as well overpay to get the guys we want for the bottom 6 b) we are CHOOSING to not spend all of our money in an effort to improve and thus we have the wiggle room to shell out a bit more for bottom 6 guys when we don’t need the lion’s share of the excess $ anyways

People may be. I’m not. Look, I wasn’t surprised to see you thought this was yet another good move in what’s now been a clean sweep of good moves from Adams this summer in your estimation, but I’ve been pretty consistent in my stance I don’t think he’s any good. I disagree he was effective last year. 4 goals. We do the goals thing until it doesn’t fit the narrative. Another hope and a prayer contract: maybe he’s shown flashes to you that he “can be” but I wouldn’t say he “is”. As stands, he’s not a guy I’d want rostered on a playoff team in any capacity maybe I’m just past “can be a decent 4C”. in the end it just further inflates the already excess $ we are paying to the least important part of the roster, probabaly justification for a lack of moves next summer

That’s what I mean. Overpaying is one thing but it suggests a certainty of role that doesn’t seem to line up with the performance committed to record. Presumably you give 1.45 and 2 years to the “Robertson” you know you want to keep: the scary thing is, because I’m not convinced they feel that way with regards to Krebs, I think that leaves the deal less so reflective of certainty of role, as it is the certainty we have a bunch of money we won’t be using. Seems like they were at a stalemate waiting for him to sign his QO and the Sabres balked because they knew they were rejecting terms they could easily afford. Would be harder to sit on that