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Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Apr 23 @ 5:55 PM ET
Seems to have worked for Crosby his entire career.
- BeadyEyedDouche



There is a difference between being a grinder and being a grinder with some skill

Vaclav Varada was a grinder and had stone hands

Kunitz played with an edge and grinds but could contribute
chilliard77
Location: NY
Joined: 08.23.2011

Apr 23 @ 6:10 PM ET
eye leik pineapple on pissa and lusten to lane della ray

am i unike yet

- BeadyEyedDouche

A/S/L?
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Apr 23 @ 6:10 PM ET
There is a difference between being a grinder and being a grinder with some skill

Vaclav Varada was a grinder and had stone hands

Kunitz played with an edge and grinds but could contribute

- Stripes77


There's a reason Matthews plays with Zach Hyman almost exclusively. Sabres need to find their version for Jack.
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Apr 23 @ 6:14 PM ET
Gotta be a leafs fan tonight
- Sabresfan-365


Nope go Boston
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Apr 23 @ 6:15 PM ET
When
- gerbe75pts


When Cabin asked if because his girl went but he didn't if it counted. So really all we need is for you to go and everyone is good, because apparently that's how that works.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Apr 23 @ 6:16 PM ET
When Cabin asked if because his girl went but he didn't if it counted. So really all we need is for you to go and everyone is good, because apparently that's how that works.
- Wetbandit1



Hail Satan
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Apr 23 @ 6:16 PM ET
eye leik pineapple on pissa and lusten to lane della ray

am i unike yet

- BeadyEyedDouche


Radiohead is derivative.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Apr 23 @ 6:17 PM ET
Occam's razor:

Phil wants to win
Phil plays the lines he thinks are the best

or

Stealth tank
Phil avoids playing lines he knows are better

- Lunaion



I must be the only one who really thinks they tanked it this year. Dahlin is just too good and tempting for tpegs and jbotts.

Worse case you end up with tkachuk.
Not even sure why this is stealthy?
Seemed really obvious to me. Just an opinion
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Apr 23 @ 6:22 PM ET
A/S/L?
- chilliard77


36/T (M-F)/Cheektowaga
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Apr 23 @ 6:23 PM ET
There's a reason Matthews plays with Zach Hyman almost exclusively. Sabres need to find their version for Jack.
- Lunaion

I think Justin Bailey can be that guy.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Apr 23 @ 6:24 PM ET
I must be the only one who really thinks they tanked it this year. Dahlin is just too good and tempting for tpegs and jbotts.

Worse case you end up with tkachuk.
Not even sure why this is stealthy?
Seemed really obvious to me. Just an opinion

- Boss34


You'll never convince me that tanking was on anyone's mind this season.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Apr 23 @ 6:25 PM ET
If the Bills want to throw away alllllll the progress they'd made so far in the rebuild...then by all means trade up to #2. All those picks...all those chances to fill the holes on a team that is coming along nicely.

But please....PLEASE do the most "DA BILLZ" thing possible and trade away a mountain of picks to move up.

We'll have to settle for the "consolation prize" of Rosen...my heart weeps.

- feetontheair22


Opinions vary.
Doing DaBillsThing would be waiting for Tom Brady 2 to fall to them.
FA - used to fill holes when done smartly. No Franchise QB's are available in FA...just the the Draft. Cousins was the closest.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Apr 23 @ 6:26 PM ET
I think Justin Bailey can be that guy.
- Pegullaville


He's shown a few flashes that he could be, which is why I find him so frustrating.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Apr 23 @ 6:27 PM ET
Nope go Boston
- gerbe75pts


I think he was talking about this:

https://www.yahoo.com/new...hits-crowd-182502742.html
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Apr 23 @ 6:37 PM ET
When Cabin asked if because his girl went but he didn't if it counted. So really all we need is for you to go and everyone is good, because apparently that's how that works.
- Wetbandit1


she will bring the light and spirit to his house

gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Apr 23 @ 6:38 PM ET
I think he was talking about this:

https://www.yahoo.com/new...hits-crowd-182502742.html

- Wetbandit1


Jesus this world is (frank)ed up
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Apr 23 @ 6:39 PM ET
36/T (M-F)/Cheektowaga
- BeadyEyedDouche


We like Shemales
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Apr 23 @ 6:43 PM ET
Radiohead is derivative.
- Wetbandit1

I spoke to what I've been led to believe was Thom Yorke (or someone was putting on a very elaborate ruse for no reason what-so-ever) several times over the course of a few years back in 2010-2013. We exchanged quite a bit of back and forth online, messaging each other, nagging each other on a music forum called www.keepmusicalive.com. But it was known to have had him as an actual member at some point, confirmed by the site administrator, who swore by having ultimate proof that it was indeed Thom Yorke.

The guy i was talking to anonymously described himself to me as "Having a facial scar", "Being in the music industry", "Living in L.A." and dropped some names of people he knew, other musicians and producers, etc... All of which apply to Thom Yorke.

Anyway, I had begun messaging him, we'll call him "MusicMan", privately before knowing any of this and at some point, I asked him to listen to my music, he declined. "I don't do that kind of thing". I asked him again. He warned me that he's "Not into doing that kind of thing" but that if I kept pressing, he would tear it apart. I naturally, kept pressing.

He finally listened to it. And ripped it to absolute shreds and expected me to take my ball and go home crying. I of course, defended it and stood by it and he came around and back-tracked on most of what he said.

Mind you, he never actually said "It sucks" or that it wasn't good. He mostly just criticized it for being unrefined, free-form and lo-fi.

So, some time later, The King of Limbs was released, Radiohead's follow-up to In Rainbows. So I, having now suspected my pen-pal was indeed Thom Yorke, decided to write a lengthy review and post it on the site. I absolutely took a giant dump on it and tore it apart. And go figure, he got a huge kick out of my review and even admitted he "Didn't get a chance to listen to it yet".

A few weeks later, I asked him to have coffee or tea some time. He got all giddy like a school girl and wondered what I would ask him and what questions I had prepared for him.

I told him "I don't really do that kind of thing" and just wanted to have some caffeine and chat and hang out for a while and go home.

He got extremely bent out of shape, he was angery and upset and said if I didn't want to ask him any questions and basically grovel at his feet then he wasn't interested.

I told him "I don't really do that kind of thing". He eventually deleted the entire website and all of our chat history.

No one knows the amount of twat that guy is on the level that I do, trust me.

Half their albums suck anyway but the ones that don't, are untouchable masterpieces.

Edit: You can believe me or not, either way, it doesn't matter to me at this point and it's not like it got me anywhere but some puzzle-pieces and coincidences happened during and after the time I talked to him, several other people in the industry came into contact with me and I made a few friends who are fringe celebrities within it, even. Nothing that could have helped me, regardless.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Apr 23 @ 6:45 PM ET
I must be the only one who really thinks they tanked it this year. Dahlin is just too good and tempting for tpegs and jbotts.

Worse case you end up with tkachuk.
Not even sure why this is stealthy?
Seemed really obvious to me. Just an opinion

- Boss34


The debate on tank is mired in different perceptions of what tanking is.

Having read your posts for months, you believe it is more of a soft tank...i.e. the management did little to nothing to improve upon a failed roster from the season before. I don't believe you believe Housley and the players purposefully played under their skill level.

Other interpreters the tank to be a hard tank...where players and coaches are in on it and fail purposefully.

So, when a poster challenges your soft tank position, they come from the hard tank mindset.

I believe you are closer to the truth ... and Botts realized the roster sucked so he took "a year to evaluate it" to cover for not making moves...Including keeping the kids down on the farm .
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Apr 23 @ 6:47 PM ET
You'll never convince me that tanking was on anyone's mind this season.
- Lunaion


Wasn't really trying to convince you.

Sometimes the most obvious things are right in front of you. Had the media told you, you would listen.

This time they needed to keep it quiet, last time the league gave Edmonton McDavid for being so blatant and obvious about losing on purpose
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Apr 23 @ 6:51 PM ET
she will bring the light and spirit to his house
- gerbe75pts


Exactly and the Earth is just one big house, so we only need one person to go.

Boom.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Apr 23 @ 6:52 PM ET
I spoke to what I've been led to believe was Thom Yorke (or someone was putting on a very elaborate ruse for no reason what-so-ever) several times over the course of a few years back in 2010-2013. We exchanged quite a bit of back and forth online, messaging each other, nagging each other on a music forum called www.keepmusicalive.com. But it was known to have had him as an actual member at some point, confirmed by the site administrator, who swore by having ultimate proof that it was indeed Thom Yorke.

...

Edit: You can believe me or not, either way, it doesn't matter to me at this point and it's not like it got me anywhere but some puzzle-pieces and coincidences happened during and after the time I talked to him, several other people in the industry came into contact with me and I made a few friends who are fringe celebrities within it, even. Nothing that could have helped me, regardless.

- BeadyEyedDouche


I want to say this is way too complicated for someone to make up. But I don't know.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Apr 23 @ 6:52 PM ET
Exactly and the Earth is just one big house, so we only need one person to go.

Boom.

- Wetbandit1
is it a flat house or round house?
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Apr 23 @ 6:53 PM ET
Exactly and the Earth is just one big house, so we only need one person to go.

Boom.

- Wetbandit1


Only if the earth was Square
chilliard77
Location: NY
Joined: 08.23.2011

Apr 23 @ 6:54 PM ET
Exactly and the Earth is just one big house, so we only need one person to go.

Boom.

- Wetbandit1

/edge



Good song though
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