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Levi is like a cat who has a cat for a glove.

Gah.

You mean this?

No, you're right.

No, you're right.

That was Cozens not too long ago.

I meant to take a half hour nap and set my alarm for an hour and a half... looks like I missed a

Either way we're good. The scorer of the Butt Goal versus the scorer of the Wild Scrum Goal.

It’s a comparison I’ve seen a lot. I think that's just what this D corps needs.

I lived in Detroit in the 1990s and they had a similar problem. The team was pretty good but goaltending let them down. I remember the fans chasing Tim Cheveldae with boos night in, night out. They wore him out, playing him in 72 (!) games. Look at the Wings goalie states from 1991-92: In 1993-94, not much better, but they saw promise in rookie Chris Osgood and gave him all they could: The following year they brought in 31-year-old Mike Vernon to mentor Ozzy and made it to the Cup finals in 1995 and the conference finals in 1996: They finally won it all in 1997 and 1998. Note that by 1997-98 Vernon was gone. Ozzy ended up playing in the NHL for 17 years, 14 with the Wings. I guess the point is... we might have our Osgood in Devon Levi. I think it's important to bring in a Mike Vernon. And my other point is that once the goalie situation was settled there was a very long period of success for the Wings. So you're right, @Pimlach: Goaltending.

You mean this Kevin Weekes?

I think our veteran leadership is already here, in the form of Dahlin, Tuch and Cozens. Yes I know Cozey is only 22 but his growth over the last year has been nothing short of phenomenal and whether he ever wears a letter or not, he is a leader on this team. Muel too. Quinn too. Only Tuch is of an age where you consider him a veteran but going with the youth movement have given these guys experience beyond their years. As for augmenting that, I think Boosh, Stillman and Greenway are the way to go, although I don't see any of them as long term Sabres. Rather than bringing in veteran leadership I think it's going to be more of a case of bringing in steady veterans to fill holes. In terms of roles on the ice I see steady vets backfilling Okposo and Girgs. Eventually it will be guys that kind of "age out" of their current roles on the Sabres and bump down a line or two (Mitts for example).

Just like livin' in the dorms during college.

Current state, showing all new cabinets.

While being frank and open with the press and the public, Kevyn does know when to reveal information and when to protect it.

Time to change the filter.

And just like that, the last three cabinet shells are up. Well, not quite all of them. But for this end of the room this is it. Consider this Phase One. Phase Two is much less involved, but at the other end of the room we're going to get rid of the clunky corner pantry unit and the bookshelf and replace them with new cabinets.

I still think Mitts is gonna be a baller in the playoffs.

He hustled too. I think Peca is having an effect on these prospects, or maybe this is just the personality type Kevyn is trying to promote. Quinn, Peterka, Rousek, they all play a hard-nosed game with a lot of giddy-up. ...not to mention Cozens, the general of the Rough Riders.

I kind of knew that going into this project, but the amount of time it took me to get the remedial work done was greater than I expected. Since we're putting new backsplash in I knew we had to replace some drywall but once the old cabinets were out I realized we needed to replace significantly more drywall that I planned for. A lot of it is you just have to take the old stuff out and see what's left and what needs to be fixed/updated before you move on. We had the house rewired when we moved in but I wanted to add some plugs on the countertops (the house only had two plugs and the electrician didn't add any more than that), and I also didn't like the way they wired the dishwasher/disposal circuit so I had to re-do that. In the picture below you can see the plug nestled in the wall but kind of hanging out: That's for the dishwasher. The metal clad wiring coming out from the box is for the disposal circuit which was run inside the cabinet (which is why it needed the metal cladding); the circuit goes to a switch and then to a plug that the disposal plugged into. The switch was mounted on the front of the cabinet and we bumped it all the time while using the sink, turning the damned thing on when we didn't want to. Because the drywall is so brittle there the dishwasher plug box was never really mounted properly, so I had to replace that drywall. Also, the outer insulation of the wire didn't quite reach all the way into the box so when I moved to switch up to the wall over the cabinet, I ran the circuit to the switch box and passed two wires out: switched power for the disposal and unswitched power for the dishwasher.

Putting the IKEA in is relatively straightforward. Most of the work has been in demolishing and rebuilding the room. Our home is 67 years old; a newer home might not need as much prep prior to putting the IKEA in. Ran into a snag last night. I did my own design for the sink cabinet and it turns out all the parts don't go together. I have a couple of ways I can go forward but I've decided to wait until the sink is fully installed to decide, instead of guessing where the disposal and drain pipes will be.

Well *****.