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Bryson out for the final 40 sec?

UPLs numbers since new years are better than Binington’s when he stood on his head and won a cup. If this team could score goals they are in the race. UPL is looking good.

So you like tuna, on toast, with lettuce and cheese?

I have no idea what is happening. Dan told me: Puck comes out. He Throws it at round. Keeps it moving I guess I just listen until it ends, then I’ll know the score. He is your carp. Admit it.

Nope.

Good Evening Teammates, Punch checking very late. Turns out my new cable “promotion package upgrade” does not include NHLTV, like the old one did. Gonna fire that company soon enough. Im listening on Sirius XM. Which means I’m lost with Dan and Rob. We just scored, 2-1 Muscle Weight. Musket Wankers

With all the softies on this team you pick Greenway as an example of being not tough? He is not a designated hockey fighter, never has been. I have seen him fight once, against Wilson. Greenway does not really know how to hockey fight, Wilson sure does. That fight was even enough for me, he answered a late hit on another player, which is what we need. Greenway is hockey tough (not fighting tough) and is a bear to play against. But not a true hockey fighter. He sure can intimidate a lot of people, he can and does get traffic in front, and he is willing to police things when he is out there. We need him. He is a capable defensive forward of which we desperately need. Yes, he is a very good penalty killer. He should be used more on the PP, for purpose of screening the goalie and tying up a defenseman while doing it - but Matty has not thought of that yet. He is on pace to surpass his career best 10 goals this season, and I think he is capable of a 20 goal season if playing on the right line.

Great news Marvin. Since you have consulting skills keep that digital rolodex updated. If they decide they don't need you, you may prove to be very valuable to their suppliers and their customers down the road.

Well the parts were less than $10 and she keeps me moving. I love to tinker and fix things anyway, and she does not expect me to do heavy lifting jobs anymore. So we both won.

To the bolded. I have to agree that the millennials do get a bad rap. When they were first entering the work force, I was the director of electrical engineering for the site. One responsibility was staffing, including hiring and college recruiting. We started hiring the very first wave of millennials and our HR revamped how we would attract them and hopefully retain them. I loved the talent and energy they brought. They were a bit older than my own kids who fall into the middle and end of that generation. They were also smart enough to know what they wanted. The company took steps to give them opportunities faster than past practices, and did some smart things to retain them. When I was their age I mostly went along for the ride, kept my mouth shut, and took a lot of Sh** from the older generations because that was the way of the times ever since I was kid. I later found out that I have a more trouble relating to the gen Z group that followed them. A lot of people bash millennials today but they really are talking about Z's.

I have a finished basement with a bathroom in it. My wife noticed a small puddle of water, near the toilet. I saw nothing leaking by the tank or anywhere. Then I flushed the toilet and saw a spurt of water shoot out from from that one side and started a puddle. Hmmm, repeat - it did it again, puddle bigger. First, I tightened the tank bolts, one quarter turn - you don't want to crack the tank or toilet. This did not not fix it. I thought maybe that the rubber washer/gaskets on one of the two tank bolts was leaking by the force of the water draining in the tank, but not leaking otherwise. Didn't seem likely - so maybe the tank was just not seated properly on the toilet and became skewed after so many years? I shut off the water line, drained the tank, and removed it. I decide to buy new rubber parts since they looked old and compressed. About 20 minutes to diagnose and take it apart, about 40 minutes to go to Home Depot for parts, about 20 minutes to replace the rubber parts, put it back together and refill. Maybe 10 minutes to test and clean up. My wife did not pay me $316 dollars, or anything for that matter. She did give me a list of more things to fix.

Agree with this. I don't get the stigma. Plumbers, Electricians, Building trades, Carpenters, etc. are always going to be needed. My three kids all went to college but the middle one went through the motions and never liked it and never pursued a career within his degree. They were sold a story in High School that you have to go to college to get anywhere. In the US the trades unions are still there. Pay is very good once you get past the first few years, benefits include medical and 401K matching, AND they still have pensions. Pensions are the holy grail of retirement. I know several tradesman, they worked hard, retired young (way before 65), and are set up nicely in retirement. The pay into their unions and were well represented compared to many who work for big corporations.

Curious ... Who would you give up for him?

We still have a land line because our Provider sold it to us and included a bigger discount on other services. It was cheaper to get the land line than not to get it. We don't use but it is connected and works as a back up in emergency. I also have two portable digital TV antennas ($20 cheapo's from Amazon) so we can pick up the local over the air TV channels without internet or cable service.

Some Canadian Old Wave. Ahead by a Century

Agree, I was commenting on the average age and EJ is driving it up. If EJ, Z an KO all leave, and Adams replaces them with his own prospects then our team average age won't change to much, and still be among the lowest in he league. Not that I advocate for that, I don't.

That is probably because EJ plays defense, has a Cup, and has a great reputation around the league. Between KO and Z, I think Z is better at his role than Kyle right now. He makes a bit less and has more tread on the tires too. All 3 of these guys have contracts that may require the Sabres retaining $$.

Girgs is on a 1 year deal. He can be traded to a playoff team, fulfill that dream, and then sign with who ever he wants (including Buffalo). His only problem is that he makes $2.5M per year and playoffs teams that want him may not be able to fit him in. In that case the Sabres could retain some of his salary and ask for more in return. This kind of trade happens multiples times every season at the trade deadline.

All the really huge problems on this team: Terrible Ownership, experimental GMs, really bad coaches, players not wanting to be here, players complaining about the fans, no ownership for the drought, bad leadership in the locker room, Skinners contract, Powers Contract, Cozens Contract, will Mitts get a contract, the dark and dank Arena, terrible concessions, expensive beer, Matty Ellis, Dan Dunleavy, etc. And you are obsessing about Anders Bjork?

There might be more cheering too.

Follow up BB with Muddy This goes out to the Sabres, Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters.

It could happen, or close to the same ave age. Get rid of EJ, Z, KO and it all depends on who replaces them.

I hate all this toxic propaganda but I’ll be wearing this to my next home game.

I don't mind Zemgus being moved for the right return but he should eventually be replaced by a player that will do the heavy lifting typically asked of a player in a 4th line role. I don't want to see Rosen, or some other fancy prospect, thrust into a 4th line role just to give Adams prospects a tryout. It is time to start winning hockey games. They did this with Krebs. Put him in a 4th line role and now they are looking at him at 3C, which actually makes some sense. Krebs at least tried very hard in that role, even dropped the gloves a few times (which was silly), but how many games did we blow by not having a inexpensive but solid 4th line center that can shut down an opponent, win draws, and kill penalties?

I used to think it was a coincidence and probably the bi-product of a young team playing for a rebuilding organization that has had no success in over a decade. Last year I went along with the coaches explanation "young and nervous, want to do good for the fans, playing tight" which were all just excuses. This year the expectations were to win more and while the pressure is the same - they probably feel it even more. I don't buy into the "feel the hate" and "toxic environment" social media messaging. Those are todays fancy words, pushed by irresponsible media. I can sense when I am there that the fans have a feeling of impending doom, such as "what will go wrong tonight?". It used to be goaltending, but now the slow and lazy starts are the problem. Just look at the first, second and third period scoring stats. They wake up in the 3rd and its usually too little too late. Now because of this booing situation you have to throw in another factor, the players are not feeling good at home and pressing even more. There is a massive lack of the right leadership behind the reasons that the team feels hurt. We just saw evidence of it with the latest story - a secret senior player talking to the media about hurt feelings. The young players should be told to just forget it, shake it off, it happens everywhere, and their focus should be on fixing their game. That is it, over. Everyone can roll their eyes, shake their heads, call me a boomer or whatever but the ONLY ones that can fix it are the Sabres themselves. Better preparation and focus. Better leadership to hold everyone accountable. More hard work and less "woe is me". Maybe someone on the staff should actually look at each players routines on the road and at home and try to find something that might help them? Instead Donnie give us his psychology 101 lessons. One more thing, they should be fining any player Sabre that purposely throws or break their stick, or shows any other such display of Bantam level hockey while in public. They can give that money to charity. This happens more with this team than I have seen in a lifetime.