Broken Ankles

Your vote was with me in the 30-50. If you think 70 pts, why did you select option 1? I expect PPG to remain close to what we saw last year but….

Labor Day…..the Matt Ellis of parades.

If he does this a handful of times this year it would be a win. Played sparingly means few injuries. Playing him over Bryson seven days a week and twice on Sunday.

Is it? Or is it made of cotton and linen?

Love to see a revised copy through 2022. The next guy picked immediately after BB is the Center for the GBP and already ranking mid level of the league after 2 years starting. The results of that analysis could be carried by 2018. Outside of hitting on guys like Dane and Bass in late rounds, not many from 2020-2022 will be resigned or make the team. Borderline players like Knox and Oliver were signed to deals that could be viewed as overvalued. I’m not doom and gloom by any stretch, but I definitely see us taking a step back as the younger players from drafts 20-22 are not over achieving on rookie contracts.

Is it harsh because she is disabled? What if the circumstances were that they were divorcing and KP never had a stroke. Would you more readily accept TG’s conclusion that a series of unprofitable pet projects were offloaded, and people whom his ex-wife employed with high paying jobs that did not contribute to the success of the organization were let go? Of course not. I happen to think he has a point, but in the wake of a tragedy perhaps better left unsaid. As the comedians say, “too soon”? Here, probably yes.

I miss Monty.

I had the privilege of talking Sabres hockey with RJ and Jim Lorenz in 1997. They were at a hotel bar after playing Anaheim. Can’t recall if I declared my overwhelming love for the guy but probably was conveyed in some way by words or hanging on every word he spoke. He was quite simply the voice of our youth. Rest in Peace. Thank you to everyone for adding your memories and thoughts in this thread. It’s cathartic for us all to post and share with each other.

Arizona Winnipeg San Jose Boston Philadelphia Mostly organizational decisions, with the exception of Boston. Just hate the city. Hate all the sports teams, the accents and the people.

Played by Larry David.

But the a la cart is still $399 for the year. If half the games are on regular/cable tv, why invest this much for 8 games ? Saying it’s more cost effective to watch at a bar/restaurant.

Better to receive a first round pick this year, than pay a first to take Karlsson two years from now? Maybe Karlsson is Chara and lives up to the length of contract but unlikely. The cap dump salaries are off the books by 2025, which probably aligns with their plans for trying to complete again.

For those living outside the 716, and former Direct Tv Sunday Ticket owners what are you doing? As Taro notes above, the discount of $100 applies only if you sign up for YouTube tv @ $72/month. I’m planning on keeping Direct Tv for a while. My contract expires in August and I’m curious what options they have for me this year since I won’t get the Sunday Ticket for free (like I have for the last 17 years). Having Prime, NFL network, local stations (NBC/Fox/CBS) and ESPN should allow me to view about half of the Bills games this year. Thus making the YouTube option of $399 seem an excessive option at $50/game. I mean I could go down to the local sports bar for breakfast on any games not televised nationally. That might cost me on $25/game. Rolling the die that other games are flexed or get televised.

Agree. I would have kicked the tires next summer but could not see committing an AAV of $6.5m over 7 years. The Caps as a team will fall off a cliff in 24/25. They will have 10 players over 30, with $60M allocated in AAV. With an average age of just under 35 for those 10 players in that season. The Sabres will have one, Skinner. And it’s not like they have a group of prospects like the Sabres to push for the other roster spots to offset that age/salary.

Great song. What was the album, again? Can’t recall. 🤣😏😜

My homage to Jimmy, the avatar…. mine would be

How about Climax, Saskatchewan?

I’d rather exclude all goals off a skate. Takes away any judgement by Toronto on intent.

Skinner likes the pop songs. He covered the 80’s and 2000’s. Now it’s time to go back to the 90’s. Britney in red leather…..Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.

Appreciate the heads up on this topic. Listened today from the vault. Worthwhile commentary by Marty. Other nuggets I found interesting: Sports Logic stat on Loose pucks recovered in the O-Zone - Vic finished #18 on Sabres last year. This meets the eye test where he seems timid and constantly losing puck battles - if ever engaged in the first place. Skinner was 4th last year, which somewhat confirms Marty's posture that Skinner is not just a goal scorer. Second on Sabres in Shooting percent - over 17%. Marty believes a good return for Vic is a second round pick, but most likely only yields a third. Only positive (+/-) player he played with all season was Dylan Cozens (validated on Natural Stat Trick). Note that Vic's time with Mitts was awful. I remember some of those games where both were stapled to the bench in third period. I wouldn't want to risk him playing 2nd line minutes with Cozens unless there was an absolute beast on the left. JJP is not there, yet. Agree with most he will settle into the third line somewhere until Quinn is back.

The craziest part of the Ricky Williams deal is that if he was just very good, not game changer great like Ditka thought, the trade wouldn’t have been all-time bad. Williams was an interesting cat, and was never motivated or aspired to be elite. In hindsight, if the Saints didn’t finish 3-13 and the next years first turned into #3 overall (LaVar Arrington) it would have just seen as swing and miss trade. And like the Williams deal, this trade will depend on what Jeannot becomes in Tampa. If he is Hagel 2.0 or Tom Wilson for the Caps then it’s a win. Agreed he was a flop down the stretch and in the playoffs, and the assets given up to attain look bad, but Tampa is Cap strapped and this deal keeps Jeannot hungry for a real contract when the cap goes up. The Sabres signed Victor, as a 40 point player with significant downside in comparison to Jeannot on two separate occasions to contracts of $3m and $4.5m. So $2.6m doesn’t seem bad at all for a player seemingly built for the playoffs.

Did you have LaNova at the arena? I was in Buffalo a few weeks ago, and brought my son to LaNova (west side location). We had a variety of slices for lunch. Three cheese, sweet peppers and Chicken. Pepperoni with sesame seed crust. It definitely did not disappoint. His favorite of the trip. That was my go to when I lived on Elmwood some 30+ years ago. That and Mister Pizza. I had a Mister in 2022 and not as good as I recall. My parents live in Kenmore so they are loyal to Bob John’s La Hacienda on Hertel. All of the above is better than what I can get in Southern California. Jealous of all these options.

You have pride?