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Agree. I’ve always felt it’s rather sophomoric to compare the two leagues. It’s full of strawman arguments and attempted comparisons.

A system to grow into with the 5 year old and have a huge selection of used games from a local GameStop so you aren’t blowing $50-$60 a game ... I’ve owned nothing but PlayStations. There are free game downloads as well on the PS network. I would recommend PS4. Look online as to the pluses and minuses of the Xbox vs. PS4. You’ll see what works for you and your family. Between the two systems, you can’t go wrong.

Yea. The thought that he’s literally “doing nothing” in regards to him trying to better that Sabres, are either just exaggeration for effect, or just pure ignorance. I like to believe it’s just exaggeration. It takes two to tango. And while others may doubt, I don’t doubt that he’s talking to a handful of GMs about acquiring and/or getting rid of a few players. Hopefully some of the talks become more than just that.

In the loosest sense ... everyone has a trade price. Even Dahlin. In the strictest sense, I think JB views his core as Dahlin, Eichel, Reinhart and Skinner. And everyone else besides those, he’s open to a discussion of trade value etc... If JB puts the right pieces around those four players and has solid goaltending, this team I believe will be winning more. I don’t think the weak link TODAY is coaching staff or the GM or even the owner. I want a stronger goaltending duo, and another dangerous top 6 forward with grit. Just starting there ... will do this team wonders I believe. Timely saves. A goaltender that can “steal” a handful of games a year. A gritty top 6 who’s grittiness will be contagious with a few already on the team. That, I think will do this team some good. Every team who doesn’t win the cup is a work in progress. Sorry but they just are. Sabres too. Who the heck ever expected this team to ever be a finished product? I know I didn’t. Hopefully JB can pull off a fair trade to address one or both of those issues. And no, I think another bottom 10 finish doesn’t get JB fired. Especially IF he’s made a couple good moves, but injuries prevent them from climbing out of the basement. BUT if he doesn’t make good moves AND the team finishes poorly, then I can see him getting let go. Injuries or not. JB is 100% safe for another few months ... at the very least. The JB haters know this. They hate the idea, but they know this.

Meh. I’m pretty confident they know the fans aren’t happy. Most home games aren’t sellouts. I imagine the season ticket waiting list is very small. (It used to be over 2,000 on the list 5-6 years ago). I imagine the merch sales overall are lower compared to years ago. Eichel, Dahlin, and 50th anniversary jerseys are only part of the picture. I’m sure the market researchers and even the coach and GM and probably owners tune in to radio shows from time to time to hear the discontent from fans. Although a lot of callers are rather disconnected from reality and logic and just call to vent frustration. The overall sentiment is obvious. The request of some fan manifesto to be written is old news. Every fan base for every major sport in every city has wanted to do the same thing. It’s not unique. When the actual act of writing it and submitting it to news outlets is put on the shoulders of one fan, it always sputters out and goes nowhere. Just like this idea will. Part of the reason is because so many have a different way to write. Some want to be professional, respectful, yet get points across. Some want to be fire and brimstone and be quite rude, blunt and borderline mean spirited to get points across. And some just want to vent and cross the line and throw insults and expletives thinking that’s the only way to communicate their points. Again ... it won’t happen. So messages boards like this one are so popular for fans of every sport to discuss and vent. Just another part of the “sports entertainment” realm. Just my take ...

And if I couldn’t care less about Twitter? I’ll just read what others post here ? and the oven mitt is nice but completely non functional ?

No way I’m actually using them. They are thiiiin.

Got to the game. Got two oven mitts. Wooo hooo ? hopefully that’s not the best part of the night ??

I think he has more time than some realize. I think at a minimum JB has the entire season. Most likely longer.

You’ve GOT to do better than Moulson, Ennis and Drew freakin Stanford. C’mon ...

Rather than make a separate thread for two silly videos, I’ll just pop these here ...

I’ll be at this barn burner with the wife. She really wants to get those oven mitts so I’ll be arriving a little earlier than my usual 6:50 ? 3-1 Sabres Montour, Bogo, or Larsson with a goal.

I think you are imagining a hard full on swing and a big kick that would hurt. It’s not. More like a tap with a little umph to it. It’s harmless thru all the padding. Attention getter. Nothing more.

And like I said I think it would be probably be contagious thru the locker room with a few who are already on the roster. So the one or two “gritty” new players, may in fact turn into 4, 5, 6 or more players playing that way as a team. So we agree it’s needed. Just not the size of the overhaul. Fair enough.

Haha. Imagine if some fans actually believed it was possible to Ice a team in 2019/20 how you described. ? too funny. What’s the most Organized barbaric Ice hockey league in the world now a days? If there even is one, It would be interesting to watch a few of those games to see how barbaric and “old school” it truly is. Since we’ll never see a return to 70’s/80’s hockey in the NHL. i miss Charlie Murphy RIP.

Worse. Much worse.

Correct. A mix. So the fans crying about a “complete” overhaul. Or crying about wanting another “tank” season to draft high end talent. Or crying about wanting another rebuild.... is that a good logical, well thought out and reasonable philosophy/goal to aim for? No. No it’s not. Like .. at all. This team doesn’t need fighters like the names I mentioned. That’s a dead position as you already know. Two maybe three character guys who score and play with grit are needed. Not a ZOMG overhaul the entire roster ahhhh! Some fans want to go load up a team full of “guys who will pound the lights” out of anyone who daaaaares cross us!!! Meanwhile, a well balanced team, A well mixed team will run circles around them. That’s why two maybe three guys in the vein of a Wilson or Tkachuk would propel this team with an injection of grit, character and just enough ”toughness” to be more formidable. That mindset, that personality will be contagious to some of the current roster. You don’t need half your roster full of em. Not in today’s NHL. I hope JB acquires one or two. But not at the expense of our core. That would be a sophomoric move.

I saw Deadpool. Sorry I guess I missed the reference/joke. I feel shame.

Welp. Not good enough. But better than a weak ash fine like i was kinda expecting

Well, if the 2019/20 or even the 20/21 Sabres are going to rely on one rookie NHLer, then that’s bad news. But, I agree that he can be a part of the solution. A part.

Of course he would. I think todays game has passed him by. He can’t relate to today’s NHLer. It is a different breed of player than 7+ years ago. I’m firmly in the “keep Ruff away from the Sabres” boat. Hell, I’ll be the captain. low hanging fruit snipes about “today’s NHLer” incoming ....? it still doesn’t make my point/opinion less valid.

Yes. But it’s also the world we live in. Well, it depends who you are and how forgiving certain people are. Some have “gotten away” with saying or doing much worse. And some have gotten fired or worse with doing much less. It’s a crap shoot ? IF it’s true, that really sucks and he’s an idiot. No room for that nonsense.

Oh there is no doubt, Risto sucks at fighting.... team doesn’t need fighters. It needs character and the threat of a fight if a team takes liberties against.

I think that’s a chronic problem with some fans. Bigger than Sabrespace message board. Fans want a solution, but have no clue how to go about it logically and realistically. So it just boils down to fans making white noise and venting from frustration.

So that’s the only way he’s a leader. So only one way to be a leader. Hmm interesting ... I’m so glad we don’t have direct knowledge of what goes on in a Sabres locker room. Speculation and assumptions are much more entertaining ?