I love their skates! Now granted I can’t skate worth a damn. But I went from a CCM jetspeed to a mako and it was like going from a dump truck to a lotus. I just felt so much more response and comfort In the makos. Again, I can’t skate for poop. But I have fun out there
- Gr8daygo

The problem was their first run of Makos were done so poorly they got hammered (rightfully so) about them so they had to improve the 2nd generation and they spent twice as much producing and developing them and couldn't charge the premium price because their reputation was gone at that point.

We all have bias as do you but I gave Skinner a chance and looked at him critically and I do not feel the need to hang on to a dud for some unequivocal reason except to support the blogger or to support past opinions that no longer are true.
- GilPerreault11

This isn't so much about Skinner with me as it is about holding him accountable and to stop the love until he earns it. They aren't going to ditch him, I am just tired of the excuses of over two years which would not be given to any Buffalo professional athlete. I think his professional life should be a little Risto like until he comes close to earning his contract.

- homiedclown

Guess so

https://www.diebytheblade...-bruins-new-jersey-devils

The problem was their first run of Makos were done so poorly they got hammered (rightfully so) about them so they had to improve the 2nd generation and they spent twice as much producing and developing them and couldn't charge the premium price because their reputation was gone at that point.
- Stripes77

Aahhhh, now I get it. I guess the nice thing about being a weekend warrior is I will probably never ware them out.

This isn't so much about Skinner with me as it is about holding him accountable and to stop the love until he earns it. They aren't going to ditch him, I am just tired of the excuses of over two years which would not be given to any Buffalo professional athlete. I think his professional life should be a little Risto like until he comes close to earning his contract.
- GilPerreault11

Have you looked at various websites that track data to compare various data points on a year over year basis to quantify that which you are clearly missing with the simple eye test...especially when you're blind in one and can't see out of the other?

Have you looked at various websites that track data to compare various data points on a year over year basis to quantify that which you are clearly missing with the simple eye test...especially when you're blind in one and can't see out of the other?
- IonSabres

wait til edmunds gets exposed again and milano gets burned by TE on a regular basis

Aahhhh, now I get it. I guess the nice thing about being a weekend warrior is I will probably never ware them out.
- Gr8daygo

It has it's advantages, I get new skates every 2 years because I can write them off on my taxes even though I probably don't need them.

I love this article :

"Unvaccinated hockey life will be perfectly miserable, as it should be.
While vaccinated players hit the bars, unvaxxed have the minibar"

https://deadspin.com/unva...ly-miserable-a-1847612874

Hey, it's hockeytalk...and virus talk...combined !

Hank b doesn’t like to answer then you as him a question!!Here is one for you sabres take a celery dump for lucci. To protect the young players? At least you my give an honest answer. Hank b doesn’t have the time?
- Rsh

How the (frank) is an old ass Soap Opera star supposed to help the Sabres?

She'd probably be more useful than Lucic, to be honest.

I love this article :

"Unvaccinated hockey life will be perfectly miserable, as it should be.
While vaccinated players hit the bars, unvaxxed have the minibar"

https://deadspin.com/unva...ly-miserable-a-1847612874

Hey, it's hockeytalk...and virus talk...combined !
- kritter65

It's an interesting discussion actually if we take politics out of it and just focus on the sports only.
The NHL is saying they have achieved 95% vax rate ... so 32 teams X 23 players X 5% = 37-ish players impacted... 1.15 per team.
Is it even worth discussing, lol?
Maybe, especially if it turns out to be Jack!!!

Now consider the NFL, and more specifically Da Billz!
Beasly will brazenly break protocol ...boldly tweet about it, be fined, maybe even suspended, draw criticism from the Coaching staff, and the ire of the fans.

I struggle to care about who is and who isn't vaxed. I don't care. I am, and hope that if I do get Covid that I am spared the worst of it. For those unvaxed, hopefully they pull through it fine...if not, oh well.
But the point is we all can get it irrespective of our vax status but the degree of suffering may be different. From that perspective, I get why organizations are pushing for it...to reduce the negative impact on any one individual in a team game.

BTW, some crazy lady from the house next door to where I made a call today, opened her front door to shout from the top of her lungs that I need to wear a mask...so loudy I thought she had a microphone, lol. Mind you, I was no closer than 100' from her!
People are friggin wacked.
I found the whole episode to be pretty funny.

With $5T coming from...well...all ya'll Millenial and Gen Z'ers ...can we get a friggin microchip factory or two built in this soon to be socialist friggin country! And grow some more rubber trees for God sake.

With $5T coming from...well...all ya'll Millenial and Gen Z'ers ...can we get a friggin microchip factory or two built in this soon to be socialist friggin country! And grow some more rubber trees for God sake.
- IonSabres

TSMC is building one in AZ, to come online in 2024. I've read Samsung is building another one too.

If you had $10,000 to bet, and it all must be bet by Saturday 9/4 at noon EDT, would you bet it on:
A) the deaths from Covid-19 and variants under Joe Biden's reign by December 21st 2021 exceeding Trump's tally of 400,000...even though Joe has had an abundance of C-19 Vacinations available
B) the jobless claims rate for Oct 2021 will be below the jobless claims rate for Feb 2020 of 3.5%
C) us migrant encounters at the southern border in December 2021 will exceed the highest number of migrant encounters under Trump at 132,856
D) the US net import of Oil in December 2021 will be below the December 2020 volume of -1,186,000 barrels per day
E) Casey Mittlestadt will score more than 24 points in his 1st 36 games (0.6667 ppg)
F) Goalie Craig Anderson will post a better SV% in his 1st 36 games than his 2 yr average of .911
G) Jack Eichel plays at least 1 game in a Sabres uniform by 03/01/2022
H) Josh Allen throws for more than 5, 150 yards in '21-'22 regular season
I) Tyler Bass converts on more than 91% of his FG attempts during '21 regular season
J) Stephon Diggs catches more than 10 TD's in 2021 regular season
K) On or before April 30, 2022 Bill's Owners Terry Pegula and/ or Kim Pegula officially communicate to NYS and/or Erie County officials they will play in another city if a firm commitment to build a new Statium isn't reached by 12/31/2022

TSMC is building one in AZ, to come online in 2024. I've read Samsung is building another one too.
- Wetbandit1

Need a couple more?

Need a couple more?
- IonSabres

Probably, those are just the two that sprang immediately to mind. I know they want to start up the processing facility at the Mountain Pass rare earth mine again too instead of shipping the raw materials out to be processed, which would be nice.

If you had $10,000 to bet, and it all must be bet by Saturday 9/4 at noon EDT, would you bet it on:
A) the deaths from Covid-19 and variants under Joe Biden's reign by December 21st 2021 exceeding Trump's tally of 400,000...even though Joe has had an abundance of C-19 Vacinations available
B) the jobless claims rate for Oct 2021 will be below the jobless claims rate for Feb 2020 of 3.5%
C) us migrant encounters at the southern border in December 2021 will exceed the highest number of migrant encounters under Trump at 132,856
D) the US net import of Oil in December 2021 will be below the December 2020 volume of -1,186,000 barrels per day
E) Casey Mittlestadt will score more than 24 points in his 1st 36 games (0.6667 ppg)
F) Goalie Craig Anderson will post a better SV% in his 1st 36 games than his 2 yr average of .911
G) Jack Eichel plays at least 1 game in a Sabres uniform by 03/01/2022
H) Josh Allen throws for more than 5, 150 yards in '21-'22 regular season
I) Tyler Bass converts on more than 91% of his FG attempts during '21 regular season
J) Stephon Diggs catches more than 10 TD's in 2021 regular season
K) On or before April 30, 2022 Bill's Owners Terry Pegula and/ or Kim Pegula officially communicate to NYS and/or Erie County officials they will play in another city if a firm commitment to build a new Statium isn't reached by 12/31/2022
- IonSabres

I'd put $10K on each of a, b, and c at 1:5 on all 3. Take the 6k to the bank.

B and c are virtual locks. Hell, give me 1:20 on those 2 and I'd still bet it. I'd go lower if I couldn't just invest it at that return anyways.

J is pretty damn solid too.

If you had $10,000 to bet, and it all must be bet by Saturday 9/4 at noon EDT, would you bet it on:
A) the deaths from Covid-19 and variants under Joe Biden's reign by December 21st 2021 exceeding Trump's tally of 400,000...even though Joe has had an abundance of C-19 Vacinations available
B) the jobless claims rate for Oct 2021 will be below the jobless claims rate for Feb 2020 of 3.5%
C) us migrant encounters at the southern border in December 2021 will exceed the highest number of migrant encounters under Trump at 132,856
D) the US net import of Oil in December 2021 will be below the December 2020 volume of -1,186,000 barrels per day
E) Casey Mittlestadt will score more than 24 points in his 1st 36 games (0.6667 ppg)
F) Goalie Craig Anderson will post a better SV% in his 1st 36 games than his 2 yr average of .911
G) Jack Eichel plays at least 1 game in a Sabres uniform by 03/01/2022
H) Josh Allen throws for more than 5, 150 yards in '21-'22 regular season
I) Tyler Bass converts on more than 91% of his FG attempts during '21 regular season
J) Stephon Diggs catches more than 10 TD's in 2021 regular season
K) On or before April 30, 2022 Bill's Owners Terry Pegula and/ or Kim Pegula officially communicate to NYS and/or Erie County officials they will play in another city if a firm commitment to build a new Statium isn't reached by 12/31/2022
- IonSabres

A - D….. yawn dude, seriously

A - D….. yawn dude, seriously
- jdfitz77

Easiest bets on there outside of j.

It's an interesting discussion actually if we take politics out of it and just focus on the sports only.
The NHL is saying they have achieved 95% vax rate ... so 32 teams X 23 players X 5% = 37-ish players impacted... 1.15 per team.
Is it even worth discussing, lol?
Maybe, especially if it turns out to be Jack!!!

Now consider the NFL, and more specifically Da Billz!
Beasly will brazenly break protocol ...boldly tweet about it, be fined, maybe even suspended, draw criticism from the Coaching staff, and the ire of the fans.

I struggle to care about who is and who isn't vaxed. I don't care. I am, and hope that if I do get Covid that I am spared the worst of it. For those unvaxed, hopefully they pull through it fine...if not, oh well.
But the point is we all can get it irrespective of our vax status but the degree of suffering may be different. From that perspective, I get why organizations are pushing for it...to reduce the negative impact on any one individual in a team game.

BTW, some crazy lady from the house next door to where I made a call today, opened her front door to shout from the top of her lungs that I need to wear a mask...so loudy I thought she had a microphone, lol. Mind you, I was no closer than 100' from her!
People are friggin wacked.
I found the whole episode to be pretty funny.
- IonSabres

Then only 2 posts later u bring up political crap
Come on dude….

Easiest bets on there outside of j.
- TheHank

Maybe….
But why does this garbage need to be brought up CONSTANTLY ?

Then only 2 posts later u bring up political crap
Come on dude….
- jdfitz77

To be fair he was baited.

Maybe….
But why does this garbage need to be brought up CONSTANTLY ?
- jdfitz77

You loved it before Jan 6th.

To be fair he was baited.
- joshs

There you go arguing facts again. That poop doesn't fly with some..... most.

You loved it before Jan 6th.
- TheHank

I never loved it
Just got sucked in sometimes
I’m trying to do better, and i clearly have been