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Wow, that's some awesome scenery. I still feel like I'm getting used to this bike, but it's been great. I think I am going to opt for a Brooks saddle like on all my other bikes. Got out for 24 miles this morning.

Another day, another ride. Swung by the bike shop and they helped me adjust the seat height. Now the bike feels even better.

Well, I'm sure Dan wasn't performing the experiments. I don't always like his calls but I follow him on Twitter and he does seem to be one of the nicer guys around. Devoted to his wife through her battle with cancer, animal lover, music lover, etc. I think he's a great guy.

A team can get up to 55 names engraved on the Cup, might as well use them. https://records.nhl.com/awards/stanley-cup/did-you-know

Not making any point predictions, but I think in general he will be one of the offensive highlights of the coming season, becoming one of the Sabres' offensive stalwarts while playing a sound two-way game.

From the Sabres or from the Devils? I was a huge Lindy fan when he coached the Sabres but with the crap rosters he had to work with during the tank and going into the aftermath, I think it was time he moved on. From the Devils, I think he was a bit of a scapegoat; NJ had some key injuries and Lindy couldn't squeeze enough out of what remained. But he'd given them a good team the previous season.

Everyone has Krebs as 13F. And that might be so. I think it comes from the impression that players that have been brought will be playing most nights. But maybe one or more of the acquisitions have been brought in will serve in more of a depth or rotational role. I think most people see Krebs as our 13th best forward, but until we see how the team lines up under Ruff, we don't really know.

I think we're all assuming that the top 6 remains similar to past seasons. But we really haven't see a "Rufferized" lineup yet. I think Ruff will try to maximize existing chemistry but may create some unexpected lines that don't show in a basic depth chart approach to line building. If the top line isn't physical enough I could see Lindy moving a so-called 4th liner up to give the line some backbone. Lindy was always good at finding chemistry in the lines in his previous tenure.

Is *what* a Golf R? The white car? That's my Fiat 500.

Oh, so you mean Rasmus Ristolainen. We had one, decided he sucked and got some ol' Hagg for him.

I have a new way to break a sweat. My primary road bike has been a 1983 Raleigh Super Course. Today I picked up a brand new Trek Checkpoint SL 5. It's a gravel bike. I was looking at a Trek Domane, which is basically a road bike with slightly wider tires. The Checkpoint is more of a pure gravel bike. I think really what I need is a road bike, but I took the Domane out and I though it felt good, then I took the Checkpoint and it felt right. Like it was built for me. This bike is my first carbon fiber bike bike with brifters bike with disc brakes bike with tubeless tires bike with clipless pedals I will have to do a few short checkout rides to get used to the clipless pedals.

The Hockey Guy: "We've been waiting for Buffalo to get better since this channel started. Maybe it's my fault."

You can call me Al.

I think expecting growth from Benson isn't unreasonable either.

Eichel didn't look great immediately after the surgery either. Perhaps a player takes time before they can play at full level afterward, like maybe the player doesn't fully trust the repair, or the surgery impairs neck movement/mobility until the scar tissue works out.

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I think he tied his own hands by proposing the rebuild when he was first hired, and when Eichel got wind of it he said he wanted out.

I think Kevyn floated the rebuild plan when he was first hired, but then Krueger (and Pegula) prevailed on him to "load up" and make a run. But sure, there's lots of speculation and reports from people who don't really know, so here on Sabrespace posters have various versions of what went down.

No, it coincides with Kevyn's arrival and talk of yet another rebuild. That's when Eichel wanted out.

If Kevyn knows what he's doing (yeah, I know...) McCleod could be a key piece of that turnaround.

He sounds a little stunned by the trade but trying to make the best of it.

Going back to my original "Kevyn tied his own hands" what I mean is that before the neck injury, Kevyn had already resolved to move on from Eichel. Once he did that, the onus was on him. The injury complicated things, but I see the Sabres' position: The surgery carried risk and he didn't want the Sabres to bear the risk within their organization; the wanted to trade the risk with the player. Also, maybe if they did the surgery immediately, it could have resolved the issue, but I don't think the issue was that black and white in the beginning, and once it became clear that it was a sticking point, allowing Jack to have the surgery and recover would have further delayed the trade. Was that all on Kevyn? It was on the Sabres collectively and I'm sure some of the decisions came with a consensus from ownership, but I don't think that takes away Kevyn's responsibility for the situation as the GM.

I can vaguely remember when we had newborns in the house (they're in their 30s now) and remember how every workday, I felt like zombie.

Had to get up at 4 am to take my son to the airport. Tried to go back to sleep for an hour or so when I got back. Didn't really fall asleep. I'm going to be a zombie today. If I wasn't just back from vacation, I'd take a vacation day.