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Yeah, Florida just looks overmatched. I think it’s safe to say their Cinderella run is over.

Me? Or Barkley? 😂

I’ve been hearing talk about this ChatGTP for a while now and I still have no clue what it is. Guess it’s time to Google it… https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=what+is+chat+gtp 😂

this is kind of a myth, unless I’m misunderstanding what you’re saying. Without NYC, WNY would be considered one of the poorer states in the country. NYC pretty much funds the rest of NY. 70+% of income tax money NY collects comes from a few counties in the NYC area alone. If anything, NYC is getting screwed. They pay a lot more and get less than we do upstate. Upstate NY gets something like $15 billion more than what they pay every year. Without NYC, our taxes would have to go up by 50% to make up the difference, or spending on services would have to be massively cut. There was talk a while back about splitting the state and thankfully it never happened because it would be a total disaster for us. https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2019/03/5-reasons-why-splitting-new-york-would-be-a-disaster-for-upstate.html

I was confused at first because I was thinking you were talking about Matt Barkley and I was like “why would he want to retire a Giant?”. 😂 Then when you mentioned Leveon Bell I realized you meant Saquon (and sure enough you mentioned him in the next line…lol).

Looks like this might be the year for Vegas! I know the panthers came back from being down 3 games to 1 against Boston but I don’t see them doing it again. Vegas has just been too good, and so has Hill. So who do you all think wins the Conn Smythe if Vegas wins the Cup? My guess is either Marchessault or Hill, with Eichel possibly in that mix too. I think right now it has to be one of the other two though, unless Eichel just has a monster finish to the series. He’s been very good this series but I think the other 2 have been a bit better and a bit more important. I will say… I’ve been impressed with Eichel’s 2 way game this year in Vegas and even more so this year in the playoffs. Bruce Cassidy has really gotten him to grow his defensive game. You could always see the potential for Eichel to be a great 2-way C in Buffalo. He could be so good on the backcheck when he wanted to be but the effort just wasn’t consistently there. He seems to be maturing a bit in Vegas. I’m sure it helps being surrounded by a strong veteran team that probably won’t tolerate 1/2 efforts from Eichel. On a side note - how funny would it be if Bruce Cassidy won the Stanley Cup in his first season after being fired by Boston, while Boston was eliminated in the 1st round (after a historic regular season)… 😂

That does look pretty good. Think I’ll DVR it and watch when I get a chance. Thanks for sharing! I was a big Paul Kariya fan growing up. He was one of my favorite non-Sabres players. I even picked his number for my jersey a few times on different hockey teams I played for. edit - it actually already aired at 11am est this morning. Hopefully it will be on again!

Let’s help one of our own! https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-help-cindy-maurer?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_location=DASHBOARD&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer Born, raised and lived in Buffalo. Huge die hard Bills fan. He was only 36. One of the most kind hearted people I’ve ever known. He went out of his way to help others all the time. The type of guy who would give you the shirt off his own back.

I’ve known for a few days that EA is doing a VIP event in Buffalo tomorrow and a bunch of Bills players will be there (I know someone who works for EA and know people going to the event). But I was explicitly told not to say anything about the event. So I figured it had to be an event for the Madden cover announcement since it happens tomorrow and why else would EA be in town? I didn’t know if it would be Allen or Allen/Diggs or maybe even Damar Hamlin. Kind of figured probably Allen with the Twitter rumors. Pretty cool!

So far this series I think Bobrovsky has been out-played by Hill. Seems like Bob is coming back down to earth after looking unreal in the earlier rounds. He’s looked a lot more average the last 2 games. It’s obviously not just in him though. Vegas is taking over the game now. They’ve been the better team tonight for sure. This might be their year! I really don’t care enough about either team to truly care who wins. I’d rather see Reinhart get a Cup over Eichel but I don’t care that much either way. It is a bit weird seeing Reinhart vs. Eichel in a Cup final. Buffalo’s back to back #2 overall picks in 2014 and 2015 now battling each other for the Cup. lol

Pretty sure this dude is just joking around, or trolling (or both).

I like this signing. It was an area of need and to get a player of this caliber this late in free agency is a coup. excited to see what the defense looks like this season with McDermott calling plays and the changes made to the d line. Excited to see the offense too. I like what a Beane has done this offseason with no real cap space to speak of. It’s been a lot better offseason than I expected!

I was at the bandits 2nd championship win back in the early 90’s. I think it was their 2nd championship anyway. Whichever was the first one they won at home… but yeah, I still remember the experience to this day! The entire city went nuts. You could hear people cheering and beeping their horns when we left the arena. And the actual arena was crazy. Bandits games are a totally different experience. My sister was at the game last night. She said it was amazing.

I was mostly watching the bandits game, so I didn’t watch as closely as I normally do. But every time I flipped back to the hockey game (when the bandits game was on a commercial break) it seemed like Vegas was carrying the play. Glad to hear it was closer than the final score made it look. I look forward to watching game 2. I just hope it’s a good series, whoever wins. I’d like to see it go 7 games. There’s nothing better than a game 7 Stanley Cup final!

Vegas looked good in game one

Woo!! Now that was an ass whooping! Great game by the bandits!

But it’s not a big deal to me if people don’t put Frank’s on their wings. I really could not care less what someone puts on their wings. I just mentioned that I like franks. But I also like lots of other wing flavors. Honey mustard wings made with honey and Carolina tang sauce (that’s the secret ingredient in a lot of the honey mustard wings in Buffalo) are another favorite of mine. BBQ are too.

Blue cheese on wings. I like my wings crispy and without any dipping sauce. Just shaken in a good wing sauce (Frank’s red hot is the best!) I also laugh at all of the drama over Blue cheese vs. Ranch. I’ll never understand why it’s such a big deal to some people.

That’s it for the Amerks. They were eliminated tonight. Hershey is the more experienced team and it showed. That and goaltending were the difference IMO. Hershey doesn’t have a lot of young prospects with high NHL potential but they have a lot of good veteran AHL players and they sure gooned it up. So much clutching/grabbing/hacking and the refs just seem to let it all go come playoff time. That’s one thing I don’t like about the AHL. It happened to Rochester last year in the playoffs too. Oh well. It was still a good season for them.

Agreed. After all is said and done players only take home maybe a little over 50% of their contract amount. Then you add in all of their expenses and many high earning players don’t have the cash flow you’d think they do. I also think it’s easy for fans to say “I don’t get why he won’t take less money. He’s earned a bunch already”… But I’d be willing to bet that most fans, if faced with the choice of playing for $2M or playing for $10M would choose the $10M nine times out of ten. Not many people are willing to turn down significantly more money. It’s easy to say you would in theory, but a lot harder if actually given the chance. DHop doesn’t have many payday’s left now and has no loyalties to Buffalo.

If Hopkins is looking for the most money he can get, it’s not going to be Buffalo (or KC). If he wants to play with a great QB and chase a championship then I think Buffalo or KC is where he lands.

Well, I guess at least this gives them the opportunity to win the championship at home on Wednesday… Id have rather them just won today though!

well, I wasn’t expecting that. I figured since it’s been so long that he was going the free agent route. Glad to have him signed!

No, you had nothing to do with me rooting against Vegas. I’ve been rooting against them since their 2nd season (before Eichel). I already explained why I am rooting against Eichel in a previous post and also why I chose Florida (it’s literally in the post of mine you are quoting). anyway, I’m done. You aren’t looking for actual conversation on this topic.