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Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 8 @ 7:56 PM ET
Hot take: this season of stranger things is better than the first 3 combined...and they've all been good.
- kaleta36

Kids got me into Stranger Things, pretty wild
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 8 @ 8:37 PM ET
oh my


https://www.espn.com/nfl/...s-lawsuits-deshaun-watson

Tony Buzbee, the lawyer representing all 24 women who have filed civil lawsuits against Deshaun Watson, said his law firm will "soon be joining the Houston Texans organization and others as defendants" in the lawsuits against the quarterback.
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: WE'RE PRACTICING THE POWER PLAY!, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Jun 8 @ 8:43 PM ET
Hot Take: Star Wars Obi Wan is a nothingburger
- BeadyEyedDouche

Totally. They can’t get anything right anymore. I was really looking forward to it too. The best light saber fight in the history of Star Wars was Obi Wan vs Darth Maul. Largely because it had vintage George Lucas villain falls to his death, but then he broke in two.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 8 @ 8:44 PM ET
oh my


https://www.espn.com/nfl/...s-lawsuits-deshaun-watson

Tony Buzbee, the lawyer representing all 24 women who have filed civil lawsuits against Deshaun Watson, said his law firm will "soon be joining the Houston Texans organization and others as defendants" in the lawsuits against the quarterback.

- homiedclown

This is getting spicy
joshs
Buffalo Sabres
Location: cheektowaga, NY
Joined: 07.07.2012

Jun 8 @ 8:52 PM ET
Hot take: this season of stranger things is better than the first 3 combined...and they've all been good.
- kaleta36


The Russian side story was really fun.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 8 @ 8:52 PM ET
This is getting spicy
- Buff36

jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 8 @ 9:21 PM ET
$4.75 for olo, good luck, we're not tampa.

He's looking at 5-6 million per. IMO

- Boss34


$5million is 250k more than $4.75m
WHOOOOOOOAAAAAAA
“We aren’t Tampa” after all

Totally impossible to think a player could get .25mil less that Boss’ projection
🤣🤣🤣
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 8 @ 9:27 PM ET
$5million is 250k more than $4.75m
WHOOOOOOOAAAAAAA
“We aren’t Tampa” after all

Totally impossible to think a player could get .25mil less that Boss’ projection
🤣🤣🤣

- jdfitz77

mike hoffman, a much better player got 4.5 per last offseason
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 8 @ 9:29 PM ET
Or maybe sam just wanst the guy you think he was?

Maybe he was a lockerroom loser like he bike buddy?

It wasnt just money, it was the player himself kiddo

- Boss34


How many years ago was the picture situation?
Holy sh!t
Stfu u big freaking crybaby
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 8 @ 9:31 PM ET
mike hoffman, a much better player got 4.5 per last offseason
- homiedclown


It’s just funny to me to blast someone’s projecting of a possible salary when you’re (not you) saying he’s only gonna get .25m-1.25m more
And somehow that leads to him crying about Reinhart again
Jfc
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 8 @ 9:38 PM ET
https://www.nhltraderumors.me/2022/06/nhl-rumors-sabres-targeting-2-big-free.html
- Buff36


Yuck to both
Especially PK Subban
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Jun 8 @ 10:53 PM ET
I believe when they tell the story on the Third Sister it's all going to make perfect sense
- homiedclown


The 3rd sister that episode was the least of my concerns with the issues with that episode
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 9 @ 7:29 AM ET
mike hoffman, a much better player got 4.5 per last offseason
- homiedclown


Mike Hoffman was not better than Victor Olofsson last year.
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Jun 9 @ 7:32 AM ET
https://theathletic.com/3...ource=user-shared-article


When the Kings signed Cal Petersen last year to that contract extension and paid him a starter’s salary ($5 million for the next three seasons on a deal that kicks in for the 2022-23 season), they presumably hoped they’d see more from him than what they did (a 20-14-2 record, a 2.89 GAA and a .895 save percentage). If you were to ask, which individual player will be under the greatest scrutiny next season (and upon whose performance the team’s success will ultimately depend), arguably, it’s Petersen.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 9 @ 8:01 AM ET
Mike Hoffman was not better than Victor Olofsson last year.
- TheSabresTaco

he was better when he signed the contract last summer then olofsson is now

I honestly expected more from you
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 9 @ 8:05 AM ET
https://theathletic.com/3350589/2022/06/06/kings-free-agents-trade-mailbag?source=user-shared-article


When the Kings signed Cal Petersen last year to that contract extension and paid him a starter’s salary ($5 million for the next three seasons on a deal that kicks in for the 2022-23 season), they presumably hoped they’d see more from him than what they did (a 20-14-2 record, a 2.89 GAA and a .895 save percentage). If you were to ask, which individual player will be under the greatest scrutiny next season (and upon whose performance the team’s success will ultimately depend), arguably, it’s Petersen.

- kingcong39

2021-22 stats
cal peterson 2.89 GAA
MAF 2.90 GAA
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 9 @ 8:09 AM ET
he was better when he signed the contract last summer then olofsson is now

I honestly expected more from you

- homiedclown


you're not dealing with apples to apples though. their projections are in opposite directions.

His contract projection for this offseason is about 4.9M.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 9 @ 8:09 AM ET
(frank) cal
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 9 @ 8:10 AM ET
So what would you give for Pastrnak. Article over on Spector's about him.
https://www.spectorshocke...l-rumor-mill-june-8-2022/
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 9 @ 8:16 AM ET
you're not dealing with apples to apples though. their projections are in opposite directions.

His contract projection for this offseason is about 4.9M.

- TheSabresTaco

the conversation started when boss shamed someone for thinking olofsson would be making a tad under 5 mil

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

Jun 9 @ 8:17 AM ET
the pga could learn a lot from the LIV tour


shotgun start is a great thing for the players and the fans
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 9 @ 8:26 AM ET
the conversation started when boss shamed someone for thinking olofsson would be making a tad under 5 mil
- homiedclown


all i wanted was for mike hoffman to be put in his place because he's withered into an old tissue.

i chose not to indulge into sam on this day
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 9 @ 8:29 AM ET
So what would you give for Pastrnak. Article over on Spector's about him.
https://www.spectorshocke...l-rumor-mill-june-8-2022/

- Buff36


not my first trade choice, however...

16, Quinn, Olofsson
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

Jun 9 @ 8:31 AM ET
not my first trade choice, however...

16, Quinn, Olofsson

- TheSabresTaco


Is paying a premium to trade within the division still a thing anymore?

Also, I'm not convinced this drama doesn't iron itself out. I don't see him going anywhere.
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Jun 9 @ 8:39 AM ET
2021-22 stats
cal peterson 2.89 GAA
MAF 2.90 GAA

- homiedclown


Cal - .895 save percentage
MAF - .908 save percentage
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