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And speaking of Dahlin.... Highlight video of last night's game from youtube. Go to the 4:00 minute mark and watch Dahlin play defense on the Pens 2nd goal. I played forward generally when I played but even I see several things Dahlin does wrong on this one rush. Imo, he is chiefly responsible for the minus. At about the 6 minute mark, his offensive skills on display. Very nice goal. Offense from the D is terrific and appreciated. He can play offensive hockey but I really question his desire and heart on defense. When he first began I was impressed that he never seemed to panic when he made a mistake. I mistook it for poise. If there is ever a time to show urgency, aka panic, it is when you yourself have screwed up and caused the scoring chance. What I first thought of as poise now appears to me to be quitting on the play - a lack of caring. Simply put, when he screws up, he gives up on the play way too early and way too often, imo. https://youtu.be/Isu-VIfcpEI

Lots of Sabres games where the goaltending let us down. Last night was not one of those. If I recall, Subban stopped 45 of 48 shots.

Over the years I have been on crutches way too often but have only been to two Bills games on crutches. Some recollections..... - very tiring even when young and in shape. Of course, we parked in our usual spot out on Rt 20 and sat in regular seats in the 300's. - quite a few stumbles but no actual falls with crutches sliding out when slipping on trash (or ice) or being bumped by other fans - can't carry much of anything when crutching so you need help - hopped up the stairs on good leg....i was young lol - no place to put crutches in seating area resulting in disgusting sticky beer covered crutches fun - trips to the bathroom were typical effort times 3 - the standing fan thing is very much reality and one leg gets tired twice as fast - on a good note, I had a final breakup fight with a girlfriend. She was 'furious' that I went to the seats after I finished in bathroom. It took her a bit longer and she waited for me outside the mens room for about a quarter. She thought I should have hopped back down to find her. Since that was exhausting, I thought differently. lol Ah, thanks for the memories and best wishes for a better experience than I had. Several fine tips given above. Doubtless too that it will be a much better time if the Bills do their part. Have fun!

Bump. This Sunday at 8pm Eastern on CNN

Bump fyi, this Sunday at 8pm Eastern time on CNN

They could certainly use some more offensive creativity. That plan where our forwards cross the offensive blue line and then skate into the defenseman and give the puck away ... that plan ain't producing much. Frustrating to watch too. I agree though that there is no sense throwing future assets away to improve on that this season. This team is going nowhere anyway. Get some returns from injury and let the young guys move up and gain experience this year. Dahlin is a marvelous skater. He is a good power play quarterback and he is improving in that role. He is good offensively but still a defensive liability 5 on 5. His skating covers for many mistakes but he makes way too many to be a top tier defenseman. I would try the guy at wing late in some game to see if he can add anything to our offensive game. No worries about ruining his defensive mindset because he doesn't now have one I guess I haven't followed the guy for long but is there some reason the Sabres announcers can't call our young goalie 'Luukkonen'? You know, his last name, like every other player the announcers name? Three syllables doesn't seem too difficult - 'Lew - KO - Nen'. Does the guy insist on 'UPL' or something?

CNN has another in their Weed series coming up on 12/19. This one centers on autism and possible cannabis based treatment. https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2021/12/02/cnn-special-report-weed-6-cannabis-and-autism/

Hello Governor. Glad you have found relief from your pain using kratom. Steady significant pain takes over a person’s mental bandwidth and so can take away from every other facet of a person’s life. Pain relief is wonderful. Congrats. I think your take on cannabis is just that, your experience with whatever cannabis strains you tried for your issues. Outside of your experiences, cannabis has proven to be quite effective in treating pain and anxiety. Referring again to a mental bandwidth, cannabis seems to free up bandwidth by sort of allowing the pain to be moved to the back burner. I, and many, many others, have gotten significant pain relief using cannabis. Having said that, pain has many causes and cannabis is better treating some types of pain than others. In addition, individual responses to cannabis vary widely due at least in part to the state of the individual’s endo-cannabinoid system prior to treatment. Preferring one pain medicine over another is based on experience and whatever works for you is great. I think where your argument against cannabis fails is over generalizing your experiences and assuming since what you tried did not help you, that the medicine can’t help others. It can and does.

CNN’s release of Weed 6 on Autism got postponed until 12/19/2021 Here is the updated press release https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2021/12/02/cnn-special-report-weed-6-cannabis-and-autism/

CNN’s Sanjay Gupta has another Weed special premiering Sunday, Nov 28th. Reportedly, this 6th medical cannabis special centers on autism https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2021/11/22/cnn-special-report-weed-6-cannabis-and-autism/amp/

Can you move tickets to your Apple wallet well beforehand or does that step need to be done within X minutes of entering the gate? I seem to remember something about the barcode changing ? Anyone know if there is an issue with the timing of moving tickets to the Apple wallet ? Thanks

Sorry for your loss. RIP

Was this article posted already? Apologies if so. https://www.salon.com/2021/04/11/trumps-big-lie-and-hitlers-is-this-how-americas-slide-into-totalitarianism-begins/

Agree 100%. A monster win!

Oh, certainly I take the blame. I was just a bit exasperated and poking a little fun at the spoiler. I knew if it was critical, I shouldn’t go online at all. I record games all the time and try to get news without getting the wrong news. I looked at this Sabres thread thinking there may have been some trade news, btw. So, sure, I take blame. Of course On the other hand, with scores in a hundred places, why do people post spoiler ‘news’? It is completely unnecessary here and , in a case like mine, completely unwanted. Just my two cents. Not that the OP wanted to spoil, just that it may indeed be more thoughtful to not provide scores these days

Did you ever record a game and hope to watch it later, without knowing the result? Yeah, I’ve done that too

It seems we must have some offer on the table for Ertz at this point. Since a trade for him hasn’t happened, we can assume the Eagles want more than our offer. We can also assume the Eagles aren’t waiting on Buffalo, so no one else’s offer has been deemed good enough either. Sweetening the offer might get it done but we don’t really have a strong need either. I think I would be going the other way. If, hypothetically we have offered a 5th, I would make it clear that is only through a certain date, say July 1st for example. After that date, the offer becomes a 6th. The guy may be worth more but, then again, apparently not if no one is surpassing our offer. The market pretty much demonstrates a player’s worth at a given time. I guess I would like to have him but don’t see why we need to chase. The Eagles have to do something. We don’t really

Weather can too easily hamstring a pass-only team too. We saw that a few times last season and if unlucky, could see it more often this year.

I stumbled upon this Brit comedy panel/game show on YouTube. ‘Would I Lie to You’ or WILTY has many seasons of entertainment too if you do find it funny. There are a couple of highlight shows that first got me into it. They are labeled ‘WILTY Best Bits’ if you do YouTube search show description: https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/would_i_lie_to_you/ from the article The aim of the game is to fool the opposition into mistaking fact for fiction and fiction for fact. To do so, panellists need quick-wit and a poker face. Only those who can think on their feet will survive interrogation from the other team.

This stat reminds me a bit of draw poker. If you are drawing 4 cards, they all may hit and you may possibly win. The player drawing 0 or 1 card though likely has a better chance to win the hand. Seems like this stat is looking at how many cards the teams are drawing.

Just got back from my second Moderna shot. So far so good but wondering if others got a free tee shirt too. Also, why the three sleeves?

That purchase amount (an ounce) is not antiquated as much as it is tied to state il/legality. In illegal states, ‘bulk’ purchases are still very much the norm. Larger amounts give volume discounts as well as less contact with the illegal interactions. In legal states, ‘kid in the candy store’ is much more common. I’ll have one of those and two of those and oooh, those purple ones...yeah, two of those and give me.... unless you’re a wuss and only use a gram a year. Lol

We should be thankful that we don’t have a full 82 game season

Minions? I have minions? Do they clean gutters?

I put this post in the wrong thread. When I saw this thread title I realized it belongs here. Sorry for duplication ................ Say you need a new coat before next winter. You go to your favorite coat emporium and they are having one of those sales where the coats are 10% off this week, 20% off next week, and so on up to 80% off in June. If you fall fall in love with a particular coat you may be tempted to buy it at only 10% off. If you are patient and realize that most all of the coats will keep you warm, you wait it out. So, must we have one of these coats before it gets snapped up by other shoppers or will the bargain coats work for our remaining needs? Seems to me like we are waiting for the less flashy, functional players..... on the cheap when those players start to get nervous that they may not find a chair once the music stops