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That felt inevitable. The Lesser Satan defeats the Great Satan.

Wow, amazing.

We've had a lot of rain this spring. The plants are loving it.

Try this.

RIP Richard Tandy, piano player from ELO 😞

Left handed ...because of course he is.

You started it. You can close it.

No one can figure out your insurance plan.

Fair put. Guilty as charged.

Can't do nothing about it unless I want to leave them and start following another team. Winning matters. That's all I care about.

A little local flavor from Dallas. Bally Sports is still televising the games in this market, with local commercials. This one is by a health care chain and depicts Jake Oettinger as a superhero:

Back in the 17th century, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth occupied Latvia (and much of Estonia).

My point really is: Maybe Kevyn didn't talk to a single person besides Lindy. If that's what happened, I would call his "double digits" statement a white lie and move on.

That's kind of my point. I don't care. Just win.

I think Bill Belichick is a royal butthead, but if he coached hockey, at this point I'd be in favor of hiring him if he could bring some Ws to the Sabres. At this point that's about all I care about.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

At this point, WHO F***ING CARES? Could care less about his pressers.

Not sure I trust them any less than Byram, tbh.

Don't mess with the "narrative." I want effective defense. Nothing more, nothing less. You want big hits? Here.

I think you're underselling him. In limited minutes at the NHL level, he's looked competent and composed. He makes the smart play. For all the hotdogging by Dahlin and the other top guys, we need good, no-nonsense Dmen to keep them out of trouble, and Johnson is one.

Ah, there's the morose PA we've come to know and.... well, know. Not surprised. He's a good player and after the Sabres didn't even want to talk about extension he's highly motivated to prove KA wrong.

Adams' strategy seems to be to grow from within, knowing that when players fully develop there isn't cap space to pay everybody, so he's depending on players on ELCs and low AAV bridge contracts to grow into the roles. I think that only works if your prospects are ready when you have to move your more developed players. In the case of Mitts that was not the case. Being an RFA the Sabres still had control and could have held him for another year at least to give time to grow a replacement out of the prospect ranks (and/or give Krebs one more year of seasoning).

No, the leap is in the current situation affecting past decisions when there was no way to know the current situation. If something gives, I kind of hope it's not moving Ryan Johnson. I think he will be a steady defender for quite a while. Because he's played a full college career, he's really a mature prospect ready for big NHL minutes.