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IndianaSabresFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt FRICKIN ELLIS, IN
Joined: 01.17.2007

Jan 28 @ 8:52 AM ET
Probably 8 or 9.
- TheSabresTaco

i pay no attention to prospects.. so i would just have the 1
CoHo_to_B-Lo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: East Amherst, NY
Joined: 02.29.2012

Jan 28 @ 8:57 AM ET
This is straight homerism, We win the lottery and McDavid is better than Eichel and we never think about it twice.

McDavid will be a star in this league. He was on a PPG pace entering this league. He too will gain muscle. its not like Eichel is going to grow and McDavid is gona be like "Meh im good, no need to get better"

- ImThatGuy



Where did i say that Eichel is better than McDavid? I know that reading thing can be difficult for some. I said he is stronger which he is... and it isnt even close. McDavid is a speedster with finish. Eichel is powerful. McDavid did 1 pullup. ONE. Again, O-N-E. My 2 year old son can do more than one pullup. I said nothing about playing hockey i said Eichel is stronger and will have 15-20lbs on McDavid when they are done growing which is 100% correct.
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Jan 28 @ 9:02 AM ET
Where did i say that Eichel is better than McDavid? I know that reading thing can be difficult for some. I said he is stronger which he is... and it isnt even close. McDavid is a speedster with finish. Eichel is powerful. McDavid did 1 pullup. ONE. Again, O-N-E. My 2 year old son can do more than one pullup. I said nothing about playing hockey i said Eichel is stronger and will have 15-20lbs on McDavid when they are done growing which is 100% correct.
- CoHo_to_B-Lo



Ovechkin was "stronger" than Crosby coming out of the gate. Until this year, Crosby has been seen as the better player. Part of it has to do with the fact that Crosby is a center while Ovechkin is a winger, and this year, Ovechkin seems to have the better team around him for once.

What's going to define these guys long term is their performance when it really matters, playoffs and eventually championships. We're not going to see that out of either player this year.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Jan 28 @ 9:03 AM ET
Where did i say that Eichel is better than McDavid? I know that reading thing can be difficult for some. I said he is stronger which he is... and it isnt even close. McDavid is a speedster with finish. Eichel is powerful. McDavid did 1 pullup. ONE. Again, O-N-E. My 2 year old son can do more than one pullup. I said nothing about playing hockey i said Eichel is stronger and will have 15-20lbs on McDavid when they are done growing which is 100% correct.
- CoHo_to_B-Lo


McDavid if infinitely stronger that Bennett!
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 28 @ 9:03 AM ET


reinhartstinks

homiedclown
236.50


ThisbudsGiroux

beetle
137.50



116th overall

finally
cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

Jan 28 @ 9:06 AM ET
Me 226.5
Other 149.5

15-2 still tied for first

- Wetbandit1


Dropped too third.

Cabin 229.00
Blood, Sweat and Beers 255.00
cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

Jan 28 @ 9:07 AM ET
reinhartstinks

homiedclown
236.50


ThisbudsGiroux

beetle
137.50



116th overall

finally

- homiedclown


Look 1 spot above you at 115th

I was 86th
IndianaSabresFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt FRICKIN ELLIS, IN
Joined: 01.17.2007

Jan 28 @ 9:10 AM ET
McDavid if infinitely stronger that Bennett!
- IonSabres

can he do a pull up?


Edit: Read back to see what this was all about.. and yes he is much stronger than Bennett
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 28 @ 9:13 AM ET
Look 1 spot above you at 115th

I was 86th

- cabin

looks like we have to run the table to get in, I only moved up 19 spots with the win
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Jan 28 @ 9:14 AM ET
can he do a pull up?


Edit: Read back to see what this was all about.. and yes he is much stronger than Bennett

- IndianaSabresFan



One pull-up is an infinite amount more than zero pull-ups.
cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

Jan 28 @ 9:15 AM ET
looks like we have to run the table to get in, I only moved up 19 spots with the win
- homiedclown

I play all the bottom feeders the rest of the way. Bingo! is my last game. I have a good chance. The 2 ahead will have it rough.
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Jan 28 @ 9:19 AM ET
reinhartstinks

homiedclown
236.50


ThisbudsGiroux

beetle
137.50



116th overall

finally

- homiedclown


KAISERFARCE
420.00
DISK-DISH-UNREAL
419.99


That was a close one!!!
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 28 @ 9:21 AM ET
KAISERFARCE
420.00
DISK-DISH-UNREAL
419.99


That was a close one!!!

- Der Kaiser

Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Jan 28 @ 9:27 AM ET

- homiedclown


Drove roundtrip from ROC to between Philly and Baltimore yesterday. 13 hours and 15 minutes in the car.

That's not a thing an old man does very easily, anymore.
BuffaloHardHat
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity., NY
Joined: 11.27.2012

Jan 28 @ 9:29 AM ET
McDavid if infinitely stronger that Bennett!
- IonSabres

homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 28 @ 9:29 AM ET
Drove roundtrip from ROC to between Philly and Baltimore yesterday.

That's not a thing an old man does very easily, anymore.

- Der Kaiser

it's 1100 miles from where I live to my folks house in Niagara county

I drive it in 1 day (16.5 hours), only stop 5 times along the way
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 28 @ 9:30 AM ET

- BuffaloHardHat

stashu
Buffalo Sabres
Location: SC
Joined: 06.04.2008

Jan 28 @ 9:31 AM ET
it's 1100 miles from where I live to my folks house in Niagara county

I drive it in 1 day (16.5 hours), only stop 5 times along the way

- homiedclown


Last couple times I've gone home I've driven straight through now. Not nearly as long as you, but I also apparently don't drive as crazy-fast as you.

Edit: nm, google maps says 15+ hours for you, so I guess it's not fast.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Jan 28 @ 9:33 AM ET
can he do a pull up?


Edit: Read back to see what this was all about.. and yes he is much stronger than Bennett

- IndianaSabresFan


Maybe, but we did learn Bennett had a shoulder injury...hard to do a pull-up with one good shoulder.
I'm not knocking McDavid, to do so would be pure Tomfoolery.
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Jan 28 @ 9:34 AM ET
it's 1100 miles from where I live to my folks house in Niagara county

I drive it in 1 day (16.5 hours), only stop 5 times along the way

- homiedclown


My daughter came home from an optional term at college. 735 miles in 13 hours 15 minutes.

5 cups of coffee; one bag of grapes; one bag of caramel chocolate popcorn (the wife's idea); an apple, and three balogna and mustard sandwiches (eggsalad and chicken salad go bad).

One of those cups of coffee was in a donut shop while I waited for my daughter to finish getting ready (I left ROC a lot earlier than I thought I would). That added about 25 minutes to my day.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Jan 28 @ 9:35 AM ET
it's 1100 miles from where I live to my folks house in Niagara county

I drive it in 1 day (16.5 hours), only stop 5 times along the way

- homiedclown



Wait til you hit 55 ... You'll,stop,every hour, lol!
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Jan 28 @ 9:36 AM ET
Wait til you hit 55 ... You'll,stop,every hour, lol!
- IonSabres



I take an immodium AD - its like a freaking cork.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 28 @ 9:37 AM ET
Last couple times I've gone home I've driven straight through now. Not nearly as long as you, but I also apparently don't drive as crazy-fast as you.

Edit: nm, google maps says 15+ hours for you, so I guess it's not fast.

- stashu

I am an hour south of the j'ville airport, and my folks are 45 minutes north of the buffalo airport, almost on lake ontario
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 28 @ 9:38 AM ET
my next door neighbor finally met my shepherd pup yesterday

him "that's a nice looking dog, what is he 6 months old?"

me " just turned 3 months last week"

him "oh sh!t, I better treat you guys right"

kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Jan 28 @ 9:38 AM ET
Looks to me like he sees "somebody" at the last minute and pops that person without knowing - or caring - who it is.

The hit is not an accident. The hit "on a linesman" is. I'd sit him one game to reinforce the need to stay alert around the neutrals.

- Der Kaiser


I do not buy hitting the official was an accident at all or that he didn't know it was an official.

If I am the league, I sit him for a very, very long time.

Rule book says 20 games. I would enforce that.

At some point, the nonsense has to stop.
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