Big Guava

I'll judge it based on results and not what I think since that is meaningless. IMO, the biggest off-season addition was Lindy Ruff.

Oh yeah.. I guess that's a little excessive.

I always thought is was normal for brakes to squeak a little after replacing due to brake dust, etc having to kinda "wear in" the brake pads

Not sure if this was mentioned somewhere but this kinda hurts if true... "Seravalli asserts that Carolina had agreed to a Necas trade with the Buffalo Sabres. However, Seravalli did admit in the podcast that it may not have been the Sabres but he was fairly certain. The trade broke down relatively quickly as Necas purportedly would not agree to sign a new contract in Buffalo." https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2024/07/hurricanes-attempted-to-trade-necas-prior-to-extension.html

I grew up on the East Side of Buffalo in a neighborhood where you always had to keep your head on a swivel walking down the street. Still am hyper aware of my surroundings to this day from growing up there and these are the times and situations where it comes in pretty handy.

From what I have heard from others who have traveled to Europe(I am getting ready to go myself in 2 weeks but to France, Belgium, Germany, etc), is that you have to be VERY careful with people trying to pickpocket you. It's a huge thing there apparently. Don't let anyone touch you, come up and start talking to try and distract you while their partner goes to work, hug you, etc... In the US it's not that common but over there it is exceptionally common. Also was told to make a copy of your important documents like passport, etc in case something happens so you can go to the US Embassy there and get help with getting replacement documents.

Has a lot to learn about writing code too. This nonsense about how AI is going to put all software engineers out of a job within 5 years is complete rubbish. It's definitely a productivity boost when used in conjunction with a competent software engineer, but if someone is incompetent it's not going to be much use to them or it's going to build you something that either doesn't work or doesn't even do anything close to what it is supposed to do and they won't know better or how to instruct it properly. I use it everyday at work with GitHub Co-Pilot and it's very good at writing repetitive boilerplate code, documentation and unit tests. Not so great at much else. It will send you down a rabbit hole very quickly if you let it.

Maybe to blend in with all the 6'4" and larger forwards we already have?

Having potentially the fastest line in hockey as a checking line is pretty fantastic... But they are a heck of a lot faster than who they lost and that matters when you are pressuring the puck and disrupting the opposition.

Steep you say? Did you ever walk up the steps in the old Aud? It was literally like stairway to heaven.

Their roof is likely made of much different material than yours.

What praise? I literally watch the other teams broadcast every night so I don't have to listen to him.

Me too, but I work 1/3 of the hours

As a senior software engineer I likely barely work 84 hours in 3 weeks if I factor in actual time working and not doing other stuff like browsing the internet, waiting for pipeline builds to deploy or other random stuff. Probably between 85-90. Luckily I make up for it by being super efficient and focused when I do actually work so the net result is that I usually finish things well ahead of the expected time. I used to work crazy hours and OT at different jobs(especially the restaurants) but at some point I realized that it wasn't appreciated really and that all it did was cause me to get burnt out. Never again. I'm the CEO of Me, INC and I realized that companies don't give a crap about you in the end so if they are always looking out for their best interest then I will do the same for mine. I definitely take pride in my work and getting things done but the days of pushing harder and harder to get things done is over. All that leads to is the expectation it will always be like that and the dumping of more work onto you from people who aren't moving as fast...your reward? Extra work without extra pay...or a minimal promotion and pay increase with double the work...no thanks. If I want a raise I either wait for the IT recruiters to contact me about positions or get in touch with them and let them know what I am looking for and when they have something they get back to me. Last 3 job changes have all been from recruiters reaching out to me when I wasn't even looking. The offers were too good to pass up tho, basically got 20K raises each time with bonuses on top of it. Switching jobs every year to two years is pretty much standard practice until you reach a certain pay level that's near the ceiling, then you become more selective. I realize in the factories it can be different as they can require it as part of the job, but that wouldn't be for me.

Damn that sucks, but as a doctor I presume you should at least have no issues finding a job and one that likely pays more to boot.

Lindy Ruff gets thru to them mentally and they consistently play the type of hockey he wants them to.

I'm going to say somewhere between 40-45 points. Maybe 16 goals, 28 assists for 44 points.

We don't need it to save us...we have plenty of talent already here, now we just need to have someone out it together properly. You could give people the exact same ingredients and one could make something that is barely edible and the other could make a gourmet meal. No different with coaching. Ruff is going to get a lot more out of this group than Granato could.

2 freak injuries don't really warrant an injury concern for me. Especially when it wasn't something that happened throughout his career growing up. Anymore than having someone nail you from behind while stopped at a red light twice within a year makes you accident prone.

Because most fans have the IQ of a rock or their picket fence. Quinn will be if he stays healthy and Peterka could be a 40 goal scorer. I would definitely expect a bounce back year from Cozens.

We still have 10 players like Savoie, we need more players like McLeod. It's about balance. The team needs to be properly balanced with varying skill sets.

Also has a very long reach with that stick and can be sneaky effective offensively although it seems to come in spurts where he will score a few goals in a game and then nothing for 15 games.

We can use a lot more of that...when the Sabres actually played that way the other team could barely get shots on net against them. There were a few games against good teams where they used their speed to back check and teams had single digit shot totals well into the 3rd period. The game in Winnipeg was one I distinctly remember and there was another I think maybe against Dallas?

OK, they traded a skilled player for a more well rounded player who has wheels to burn. Gotta like it...they got something they needed for something they have 10 more of.

Malenstyn trying to take the Tim Kennedy route...