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I hope it works out for you and Monday really is the end of your ordeal. Looks like you picked the right announcement to have "3rd time's the charm" work out. As already stated, I hope it does. Good luck.

The Sabres signed Gaustad to a 2 year deal, per TSN. This leaves Dumont, Max, and Mair left eligible for arbitration. Link

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner. Assuming the Bills could have gotten a legitimate package for him (which shouldn't have been too much of a stretch), I would like to have seen them trade him anytime after ~'96.

AFAIK, $'s haven't been released yet, so we don't know how it affects the cap. I wouldn't be surprised to see the $'s slightly lowish due to the concussion problems. The team has a lot more options as far as trades are concerned by having guys signed long term vs on 1 year arbitration deals, so I'm having a hard time seeing where this is a bad thing.

Because we know you can never get too much Sabres info on the Bills board. Link

Um, he didn't call Mike Doh'opp a frat boy. He called Brad Riter a frat boy.

Um, what exactly would you consider "major news"? The Sabres signed 1/2 of their top D-pair and the kid that scored the shorthanded OT winner to put them in the semis yesterday. That isn't "major news"? Additionally, the Sabres Captain received an extremely high arbitration award a few days ago and the team is still deciding how to proceed on that one. The Sabres have 5 more players scheduled for arbitration next week. The Sabres are also trying to re-sign their starting goalie and another key defenseman. Oh, and BTW, the team president also had a strange newsconference yesterday regarding the public outcry against the team's new logo. While I realize that none of this may meet the standard out of towner's definition of "major news", for people living in Buffalo, which is where the station you are railing against broadcasts from, it IS news. The Sabres are generating a buzz in WNY. Simply because you aren't there to share in it, doesn't mean that it isn't happening. And as Apus pointed out, there really isn't much, or more accurately any, "news" at training camp just yet. As for the crack about OLN, yes, you are correct that nationally the NHL is under the radar of most. But in Buffalo, it isn't. In Buffalo, you were getting NFL style ratings for the games. Again, IN Buffalo people are far more excited about the Sabres right now than they are about the Bills.

The things you are going to see the other 67 regular season games.

Doing that on a lake is dumb enough, I've seen a couple of guys in a little aluminum boat with an outboard out a few miles into the Gulf of Mexico.

"It's not my fault, I didn't make that decision, I approved that decision. Don't you know the difference between making a decision and approving a decision. Get me the guy that made that decision, I want his *ss". Apologies to Rick Moranis, as I am certain I don't have the quote exactly right.

I'll believe it at 4:01.

Thanks for the update. I guess I owe you that other penny now.

Well, Ken, although the answer was informative, since it wasn't nearly a disertation, I'd say it was worth $0.01. If I ever meet you, I'll be sure to bring it with me. As for Gerry, it probably wouldn't look good for me to get involved in a patent or copyright infringement suit, so I have already deposited 3 won in an account in his name in the 1st National Bank of Pyongyang. Now where are those dividends?

I'd have a hard time believing that the DPRK calls all the shots when pretty much all the money they have comes from outside handouts. If China truly came around to wanting them to completely stop jerking everyone around, it would be a lot more likely to stop. Personally, I view Ken's beliefs that China is getting on board (even though they may not be there) as very encouraging. Even though from a much more casual observer's perspective everything still looks screwed up.

Thanks for the info. If there was a meeting of the 5, would you expect the DPRK to view that as an "oh, sh*t" occurrance or wouldn't it alter their stance substantially (or both)?

Ken, One rather rudimentary question for you. (Sorry, I'm sure I could find a lot of this on GG's site, but when an expert is available I prefer to start there.) How much or how often do the 4 other parties meet with the US on this when the DPRK isn't involved?

You don't happen to know which month we'll be invading do you? I'd be interested in buying some futures calls and that information would be helpful in choosing my positions.

Yeah, they are pretty merciless when it comes to recommending state of the art cures. My plan on the rare occassion I have to use their services is to have them do only what is necessary to keep the pet alive and comfortable through the night and then take the pet to our regular vet in the morning. We're real happy with our regular vet. They do the work much cheaper (and IMHO better) than the all-nighter. (Unfortunately, when an emergency does come up they are the only game in town and you do what you have to do.)

I think I am misssing something in your point. Neither CBA would include language stating that the owners had to give money back to the networks in the case of a strike. The CBA is between the owners and players; the TV contracts are between the networks and the owners. The TV contracts are where that would be stipulated and considering that the networks are dropping billions of $'s, I'd have been shocked to find out the networks didn't protect their investment. Scab football is worth nothing to them because no one will want to advertise during those games.

Sorry to hear about the lack of juice. Do you have any room in a yard or on a patio to set up a generator if you were to rent one or borrow one? Between ice storms and freak Labor Day storms, I have been without electricity for extended times on several occasions. Having a generator has been huge. One again, sorry you are without power.

You're kidding, right? Who'd he tick off this time? Bummer. Oh, crayonz, we hardly knew ye.

Sorry 'bout that. Didn't have the energy to go back tracking down where the link was. (I've been working off a paper copy of Article 12.)

You should probably link to the 2005 CBA rather than the old one. Section 12 has had SIGNIFICANT modifications in the new version. The section you are looking for is now 12.10. (12.6 in the new version covers the selection of arbitrators.) EDIT: I didn't notice your comment in your last post that ended up "quoted" to me. Right now, I have absolutely no clue as to why it took so long to announce Danny's award to the public. Hopefully you are right and they are working on a LT deal.

I know that is what TSN reported, but the CBA states the Sabres have until 48 hours after resolution of their last arbitration case to make a decision to walk away (provided they haven't maxed out on their "walk-away rights" (w/ 8 arbitration cases still possible, they'd be able to walk away from 4)).

Happy B-day, Gents.