Zucker: 'I would love' to sign extension with Sabres

[Porous Five Hole]

19 minutes ago, HumanSlinky39 said:

By the "thumbs down" reactions, maybe my sarcasm didn't translate to the typed word. lol

 

#me

Oops!

[mjd1001]

30 minutes ago, HumanSlinky39 said:

By the "thumbs down" reactions, maybe my sarcasm didn't translate to the typed word. lol

Not related to the thread, but there are times I have trouble on this board figuring out what is, and what isn't sarcasm.  It is sometimes easier with the 'spoken' vs the 'typed' word. Plus there are some WIDELY varied opinions on this forum.  There was more than one occasion in the past few years where someone said something that was so outrageous (to me) that I thought it was sarcasm and it turned out the poster was serious.

So yeah, I guess most of the time I can figure it out, but I miss sarcasm more often than I want to admit.

[Pimlach]

4 hours ago, 7+6=13 said:

You've proven to be shocked by anything positive directed towards the Sabres, so not surprising that you're struggling.

I try to avoid you and ignore, yet you come back and insult me every chance you get.   

To clarify - I was shocked that he doesn't prefer to get traded to a contender and try to win a cup.  He can go back to Buffalo as a UFA after the season if he likes it here.  If he prefers to stay with Buffalo and signs a deal to max out his salary before retirement that is his business and fine by me.   I now understand he has personal reasons to do so.  

 

  

 

Edited Friday at 11:38 PM by Pimlach

[TheAud]

2 hours ago, HumanSlinky39 said:

By the "thumbs down" reactions, maybe my sarcasm didn't translate to the typed word. lol

Yeah, same two posters didn't understand the ironic humor of my prior post either. 

[SwampD]

On 1/15/2025 at 5:35 PM, shrader said:

one of these thing is not like the other (for a couple reasons)

One doesn't have a Cup and plays in Canada?

[Porous Five Hole]

15 hours ago, TheAud said:

Yeah, same two posters didn't understand the ironic humor of my prior post either. 

Honestly your attempt wasn’t funny 🤷‍♂️

[JP51]

17 hours ago, Pimlach said:

I try to avoid you and ignore, yet you come back and insult me every chance you get.   

 

 

  

 

You are not alone... 

[TheAud]

2 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said:

Honestly your attempt wasn’t funny 🤷‍♂️

[7+6=13]

20 hours ago, Pimlach said:

I try to avoid you and ignore, yet you come back and insult me every chance you get.   

To clarify - I was shocked that he doesn't prefer to get traded to a contender and try to win a cup.  He can go back to Buffalo as a UFA after the season if he likes it here.  If he prefers to stay with Buffalo and signs a deal to max out his salary before retirement that is his business and fine by me.   I now understand he has personal reasons to do so.  

 

  

 

You won't admit you have a negative lean towards almost any topic?

[SwampD]

4 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said:

Honestly your attempt wasn’t funny 🤷‍♂️

I thought it was funny. It’s a play on the old Groucho Marx line.

 

[Pimlach]

22 minutes ago, 7+6=13 said:

You won't admit you have a negative lean towards almost any topic?

No.  I won't admit that because it is not even close to true.  And who the fu@k are you to judge me or anyone else?  When you not complaining about how everyone gangs up on you, you are defending the incompetence of the organization.  

You contribute nothing to this forum.  A quick review of your posting shows nothing about hockey, no insights to the team, or the games, or the past, or the future.   Nothing much from you but eyerolls when people criticize Adams and Pegula.  And of course name calling and cheap shots.  

[klos1963]

On 1/15/2025 at 11:26 AM, Pimlach said:

I am shocked as to why he would do this.  He can always come back in the off season.  

Probably because he sees the contracts that Adams hands out.

This could be his big payday. 

[7+6=13]

2 hours ago, Pimlach said:

No.  I won't admit that because it is not even close to true.  And who the fu@k are you to judge me or anyone else?  When you not complaining about how everyone gangs up on you, you are defending the incompetence of the organization.  

You contribute nothing to this forum.  A quick review of your posting shows nothing about hockey, no insights to the team, or the games, or the past, or the future.   Nothing much from you but eyerolls when people criticize Adams and Pegula.  And of course name calling and cheap shots.  

I like your taste in music.  

[JohnC]

2 hours ago, 7+6=13 said:

You won't admit you have a negative lean towards almost any topic?

As someone who is not part of this duel I can honestly say that his takes don't have an overtone of negativity. Are many of his takes critical of the hockey operation? Yes, just as it is mostly for everyone who follows this franchise. Let's not forget that this organization has been a resounding failure for a generation. What do you expect, a cascade of hosannas? I don't always agree with his takes and vice versa. But, I'm comfortable in saying that his takes are usually thoughtful and without any personal malice. 

[French Collection]

On 1/15/2025 at 3:22 PM, PerreaultForever said:

Lots of injuries in his career so at 32 it's risky but the lack of veterans here makes it valuable. Give him 3 years and slap an A on him. 

Give him two, Mule and Cozens haven’t earned theirs.

[7+6=13]

On 1/18/2025 at 3:50 PM, JohnC said:

As someone who is not part of this duel I can honestly say that his takes don't have an overtone of negativity. Are many of his takes critical of the hockey operation? Yes, just as it is mostly for everyone who follows this franchise. Let's not forget that this organization has been a resounding failure for a generation. What do you expect, a cascade of hosannas? I don't always agree with his takes and vice versa. But, I'm comfortable in saying that his takes are usually thoughtful and without any personal malice. 

You don't think that post had personal malice?  

Show 3 of my posts where I'm calling for organizational praise?

You acting like an impartial 3rd party but essentially agreed with his ridiculous post.

[mjd1001]

On 1/18/2025 at 1:38 PM, Pimlach said:

No.  I won't admit that because it is not even close to true.  And who the fu@k are you to judge me or anyone else?  When you not complaining about how everyone gangs up on you, you are defending the incompetence of the organization.  

You contribute nothing to this forum.  A quick review of your posting shows nothing about hockey, no insights to the team, or the games, or the past, or the future.   Nothing much from you but eyerolls when people criticize Adams and Pegula.  And of course name calling and cheap shots.  

I'll start by saying that on occasion I have used🙄 myself. 

With that said... I don't like bitter. It exists here because anything you can say with it you can do with words, but 🙄 is basically used by most people on this forum to dismiss other people's opinions. 

There is very little way that it can be taken as anything other than a shot at someone's opinion and a way to put what they are writing down. 

So again, yes... I have used it on this forum in the heat of an argument with somebody else... But as a general rule when someone uses that emoji, that's the quickest way for me to think less of them as a poster... And if I use it myself, I would understand if someone feels the same way about me for using it

[JohnC]

14 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

I'll start by saying that on occasion I have used🙄 myself. 

With that said... I don't like bitter. It exists here because anything you can say with it you can do with words, but 🙄 is basically used by most people on this forum to dismiss other people's opinions. 

There is very little way that it can be taken as anything other than a shot at someone's opinion and a way to put what they are writing down. 

So again, yes... I have used it on this forum in the heat of an argument with somebody else... But as a general rule when someone uses that emoji, that's the quickest way for me to think less of them as a poster... And if I use it myself, I would understand if someone feels the same way about me for using it

What's happened is that this is a stagnant franchise that has been crippled by its owner's incompetence, stubbornness and hubris. The criticisms that have been made about players and staff are the same criticisms that have been repeated for years. What more can be said that hasn't been said over and over? In that toxic environment the negativity inevitably gets directed toward one another. 

Compare that to the discussion about the Bills? There are multifaceted discussions about the games, players, coaching decisions, opposition, standings etc. That has faded away with this failed hockey franchise. So what happens is that there is a greater tendency to direct one's ire toward one another rather than discuss the topics that are normally involved with any particular sports franchises.  The Sabres are not a serious franchise---it's a laughed at franchise. The Sabres are not a model to follow but a model what not to do. It's so sad what has happened to this proud franchise and fanbase. The owner should be ashamed of himself.