plenzmd1

Hey, I did not know it was @Augie birthday!

tough to see an 18yr old score two against Eichel, our no miss, generational talent 19 year old having the yips, our 20 yr old with the greatest hands ever cant score and #55 coughing pucks up again... you are right, this team is damn near unwatchable again, and after a start where they were such fun to watch. I may even bet some MACtion on Tuesday just so i dont want to watch these guys

Oh i know, my contention that it is IG and the look at me culture that keeps amping tings up..100K weddings etc...all so you can put it on the Gram!

Think the shoulder hits him in the head... agree not meant to be a hit, just an unfortunate accident

@Augie, you live on the UES? this is why weddings have gotten out of hand, as well as birthday party’s etc.

Tage called up, here is hoping Kyle is okay. I feel really bad for him. Certainly no intent and just an unfortunate hit.

love the beannie..but i guess i am old..those are pricey no?

Couple of notes Man, i am not sure what they are doing to Dahlin's head, but they are messing with it pretty good. The one play where he fanned twice on attempted passes was hard to watch. I know a long way off, but I listened to Rick Ankiel on PMT the other day, literally one bad pitch, followed with two that he felt his regular catcher could get..and he was done as a pitcher, the yips were permanent. Brain is a funny thing, and man they are messing with that young mans psyche pretty hard now. I hope Okposo is okay, this is scary considering his past Okay boys, lets act like butter and get on a roll tonight! Both teams had to travel last night, Lehner had a good game from all accounts last night, curious if they play him in back to back situation considering his history.

well fellas, first for me today..I am betting a favorite for the first time in almost two years. I think the Bills really just steamroll the Dolphins today. and for @EmotionallyUnstable, my day is Fart around on internet coffee with some DiCamillos toast leaves homemade hot italian sub.. Get fire going out on porch..low 40's and windy today..gunna need a good fire out there Bills win Bet 20% of winnings on the Eagles Make dinner whilst watching Pats lose..roast chicken and root vegetables, roasted potatoes prep the Serious Eats way. https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2016/12/the-best-roast-potatoes-ever-recipe.html Prime Time Bed time by 9 PM!

damn, just whined in the other thread about lack of pre game thread...guess i gotta go delete!

just a heads up its Elbo Room, not Elbow. And my oh my, such memories Saw SJ13 was doing is podcast there today. Spent more than a few mornings in that joint spring break of 84 and 85 drink .25 cent beers from 7AM till 11AM!!!

as it does I. You get enamored with plans and guys who talk the talk, i am enamored with results and guys who walk the walk. Every GM and coach in the world would desire you as an owner, as results matter not to you. You are convinced Botts is a great GM, despite overwhelming evidence the team has gone backwards under his stewardship, and plenty oif teams that were deemed in much worse shape when he took over have cleary passed the Sabres..but he talks about plans, and building, and that has you sold..as you sold on GMTM no nonsense approach mind you Lots of areas we disagree here. I don't think Risto is a top 4 based on his play, i think he is a Top 4 based on reputation. No one is trading a good young top 6 player for him, if they were it would have already been done. You trade Sammy for him for instance? no way. So why would someone else trade a player of Sammy's abilities for a turnover machine? I think JBots and Buffalo fans have to just look at how Risto plays, and ask themselves are they better without him in the lineup? Would they be better with a puck moving D man who dictates possession and drives positive numbers for expected GF and has positive numbers for dangerous shots for vs agaisnt as Pilut did last year? Easy answer to me, but Bots is too worried about the return..he too is enamored with the occasional great play vs the night in night out numbers. And who really cares a whole bunch bout caproom in the NHL? I guess maybe Tavares has made an impact in the last couple of years, but we all know ya cant build off old dudes on inflated contracts..just doesn't work out very often in the NHL. Add in the fact JBotts fumbled the Sammy deal, has Dahlin and Mittlestat( dont even get me started on burning his first year under JBots) coming up.... I am rooting hard for them, always will. But they dont get at a minimum 4 pts these next 3 games and a blow up needs to happen...he cannot go another year of just sitting on his hands and doing nothing

Mom was 41 when she had me, 37 when she started.PLenty o time !!!

Hey @Gray Beard and @Buffalo_Gal your boys sound like smart intelligent young men! Gray, just throw a party , why the need for a wedding? Lots cheaper with none of the stupid stuff people like to spend money on at a wedding. And Gal, like I said I was 34 when I got married, still seems about a good 5 years too early. I think 40 sounds about right for a man to settle down. Course with a 24 year old woman who will take care of him when he has fallen and can’t get up.

I would think not, but seems like i am an outlier here as i never consider the cost the reception in what I am giving as a gift. True story, had a cousin get married on the Eastern Shore..they had a keg which was free, had to pat $.50 for a soda!!!! Glad all i drank was beer!

Lose a trade...need to move people and shake this thing up. Yes, sending a message that another season like last year is not accpetable needs to be sent. SEnd Risto to Winnipeg for WHATEVER they will give you..Risto is Risto..he is not worth what Bots thinks he is...so take less..take a bottom 6 guy Trade Miller if you are going to sit him...again lose the trade Move Olufson the hell of the top line. He is playing with Jack freaking Eichel and has 1..count it 1, freaking goal in 18 games 5v5..unacceptable to go 1-6-1 and have a guy playing with one of the best playmakers in league and have 1 goal. Get Pilut up here in any way, shape or form you need to get it done. I dont want to hear they have too many guys NHL ready...waive them and get nothing, addition by subtraction..Yes i am talking BOGO and Sobotka.... And i look at teams like Carolina, Vancouver , the Islanders and Arizona who were all thought to be well behind the Sabres in terms of talent and system when JBOTS took over, hell we all thought the Canadians were dead in the water with the Price contract and really goofed up in the Weber trade.. and yet all those teams seem to be well ahead of the Sabres now. Hell, you even parised the Sabres for playing a "good game" against the mighty Islanders, even though they lost ....and lo and behold we thought it a victory the other night we got a point form the mighty Hurricanes. Speaking of Carolina...how did they make out in the Skinner trade? You know who cares about that in Carolina right now? No one. They needed a change and made it, they had a GM who had some nads and some sense of urgency..not a five year plan to hopefully compete for a playoff spot.

we bought a house and lived together for two years before getting married.Then no babies for 4 years after that!And my Mom was 75 when we got married!!! Course, my brother had a couple at that point, so heat was off!!!!

well , the old adage is whats a ton to us may not be a lot to them. But damn, the "look at me " world of facebook and the Gram have driven this crap....

yea..i dunno bout that in a larger company...biggest gift gets promoted? biggest gift gets most favorable assignments? No gift..no raise?Lots of room for shenanigans. N

so what does it take to cover the cost of the plate on that one? Man, i be bust just going to a wedding LOL! BTW, already told my daughter, she is having her wedding paid for right now, its called tuition! weird situation..wonder if HR would have an opinion on this...my gut is a betcha buried in the corporate handbook somewhere if a bigger company some rule about a limit on gifts being $50 or something

no, you are missing the point...points( winning) are the ONLY thing the NHL is about....they are not in existence to develop good christian young men that see their game grow and have a nice close team, they are in existence to WIN...and they have not done that for almost a decade now. And when i mentioned Pilut..its so good to see JBOTS sit on his arse while this is going on down in the A cause we got to many useless bodies up in the NHL

plenzmd1 raises hand!!!! No gifts at our wedding..we absolutely requested no gifts, but if you like please make a donation to SOME DC( so others may eat). My one aunt who was a fantastic artist gifted us a lovely original painting...only gift we received nah, just like so much in our world, things have been taken to extremes. Gender reveals, crazy birthday parties for kids, the horror of not being at every one of your kids college athletic contests etc. I mean how could these little darlings in their late 20's possibly make it in the world without $300 for every guest!

and the year before BOTS got here, the year that got GMTM fired, Sabres earned 78 points...and he is improving the team how?

or...maybe they just don't want gifts....or maybe they know you will not attend and that's why they do that!!!!

argh..i betcha you right...but he did play in OT correct? Maybe swelling day after ???? BTW, i keep reading the Sabres have 9 D..i think they have 10 in Pilut. Still cant believe that dude is gunna wallow away in the A all season