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

Jun 22 @ 8:18 PM ET
I like warren
- homiedclown


Take lane hutson and never look back
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 22 @ 8:23 PM ET
that didn't take long

average goalie has the lead
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 22 @ 8:23 PM ET
Take lane hutson and never look back
- gerbe75pts

think he sticks as a d man, or move him to wing?
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 22 @ 8:23 PM ET
Take lane hutson and never look back
- gerbe75pts

Kid's like 5'2
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Jun 22 @ 8:35 PM ET
Kid's like 5'2
- Buff36


Owen Zellweger "You should never judge a player on its size "

Anderdog
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 03.17.2021

Jun 22 @ 8:40 PM ET
https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-nhl-draft-preview-potential-options-at-28th-overall/c-334697168
Sorry Dog!! Just posted without looking

- Buff36



😉
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 22 @ 8:42 PM ET
Owen Zellweger "You should never judge a player on its size "
- gerbe75pts

Fabulous skater, has a ton of talent. But he's even smaller than Bryson. He would need the perfect partner to play with.
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Jun 22 @ 9:02 PM ET
Fabulous skater, has a ton of talent. But he's even smaller than Bryson. He would need the perfect partner to play with.
- Buff36


I will always be a true believer in drafting a player that's undersized they will always have a chip on the shoulder and prove everyone wrong .

For example Caufield he made every gm regret passing on him

Many Gms look at a players size and wave them off the problem is they Fall for the same mistake every time .



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

Jun 22 @ 9:16 PM ET
Just finished Obi-Wan.

As a series, I give it a 3.5/10. It was a whole lot of nothing for the most part. Weak set-up, forced narrative, a lot of wasted potential for character development instead of just filming the missing plot between Episode III and A New Hope. I will say this: It was good because it was Star Wars. But it wasn't good as a whole.

Episode 5 was the best in the series, imo. It had a few unexpected twists, a couple of very nice scenes and it felt like the Prequel Trilogy for a second in a few scenes. That's what the series should have been.

The finale was good. The finale of the finale was very good. But again, the series should have been more of this instead of what we got in episodes 2-4.

What the series should have been? We should have had at least one episode focused around Obi Wan and Anakin set during the Prequel Trilogy, or better yet, we should have gotten something like what we got in Book of Boba Fett with the Sand People flashbacks over a few episodes.

We should have had more Grand Inquisitor and Inquisitors in general. We should have had more of the Emperor. We should have had a Yoda sighting. We should have had a Boba Fett sighting. We should have had a Jabba the Hutt sighting. We should have had something. We should have had more.

What we got was more Soap Opera than Space Opera and looking at the series from a finished perspective, I have to ask, did it add anything to the New Canon? Did it hold it's own within the greater story?

No. It was fan-service and by default, fan-service can never be bad. But it could have been much, much better. The Production values of the Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett were much, much better than Obi-Wan, the dialogue was better, the acting was better, the pacing, the action, everything... So much better.

So where does it stand in the greater Star Wars mythos? My Updated Rankings, including shows (not animated). Top 4 are interchangeable.

1.) The Mandalorian
2.) The Return of the Jedi
3.) Revenge of the Sith
4.) Empire Strikes Back
5.) The Book of Boba Fett
6.) A New Hope
7.) Rogue One
8.) The Phantom Menace
9.) Solo
10.) The Last Jedi
11.) The Clone Wars
12.) The Force Awakens
13.) The Rise of Skywalker

Let's put Obi-Wan somewhere between The Phantom Menace and Solo. Fun and watchable but also kind of safe; Sometimes forgettable and formulaic.

I still maintain that the best Star Wars is Knights of the Old Republic I and Knights of the Old Republic II. Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast is excellent, as well as the whole series. Jedi: Fallen Order was excellent.

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

Jun 22 @ 9:33 PM ET
ooopppsssss

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

Jun 22 @ 9:37 PM ET
Just finished Obi-Wan.

As a series, I give it a 3.5/10. It was a whole lot of nothing for the most part. Weak set-up, forced narrative, a lot of wasted potential for character development instead of just filming the missing plot between Episode III and A New Hope. I will say this: It was good because it was Star Wars. But it wasn't good as a whole.

Episode 5 was the best in the series, imo. It had a few unexpected twists, a couple of very nice scenes and it felt like the Prequel Trilogy for a second in a few scenes. That's what the series should have been.

The finale was good. The finale of the finale was very good. But again, the series should have been more of this instead of what we got in episodes 2-4.

What the series should have been? We should have had at least one episode focused around Obi Wan and Anakin set during the Prequel Trilogy, or better yet, we should have gotten something like what we got in Book of Boba Fett with the Sand People flashbacks over a few episodes.

We should have had more Grand Inquisitor and Inquisitors in general. We should have had more of the Emperor. We should have had a Yoda sighting. We should have had a Boba Fett sighting. We should have had a Jabba the Hutt sighting. We should have had something. We should have had more.

What we got was more Soap Opera than Space Opera and looking at the series from a finished perspective, I have to ask, did it add anything to the New Canon? Did it hold it's own within the greater story?

No. It was fan-service and by default, fan-service can never be bad. But it could have been much, much better. The Production values of the Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett were much, much better than Obi-Wan, the dialogue was better, the acting was better, the pacing, the action, everything... So much better.

So where does it stand in the greater Star Wars mythos? My Updated Rankings, including shows (not animated). Top 4 are interchangeable.

1.) The Mandalorian
2.) The Return of the Jedi
3.) Revenge of the Sith
4.) Empire Strikes Back
5.) The Book of Boba Fett
6.) A New Hope
7.) Rogue One
8.) The Phantom Menace
9.) Solo
10.) The Last Jedi
11.) The Clone Wars
12.) The Force Awakens
13.) The Rise of Skywalker

Let's put Obi-Wan somewhere between The Phantom Menace and Solo. Fun and watchable but also kind of safe; Sometimes forgettable and formulaic.

I still maintain that the best Star Wars is Knights of the Old Republic I and Knights of the Old Republic II. Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast is excellent, as well as the whole series. Jedi: Fallen Order was excellent.

- BeadyEyedDouche

good post

IMO the pros was showing vader being evil, like the end of rogue one
the signs of the rebels being formed under ground
and the last 2 episodes


I would have liked to see more of the Grand Inquisitor and Inquisitors as well as a bit more of Vader in general

I did think they did a good job to keep the storyline in tact between episodes 3 and 4
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 22 @ 9:41 PM ET
RIP Tony Siragusa
- homiedclown


He’s your age isn’t he?
Uh oh….
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 22 @ 9:44 PM ET
Just finished Obi-Wan.

As a series, I give it a 3.5/10. It was a whole lot of nothing for the most part. Weak set-up, forced narrative, a lot of wasted potential for character development instead of just filming the missing plot between Episode III and A New Hope. I will say this: It was good because it was Star Wars. But it wasn't good as a whole.

Episode 5 was the best in the series, imo. It had a few unexpected twists, a couple of very nice scenes and it felt like the Prequel Trilogy for a second in a few scenes. That's what the series should have been.

The finale was good. The finale of the finale was very good. But again, the series should have been more of this instead of what we got in episodes 2-4.

What the series should have been? We should have had at least one episode focused around Obi Wan and Anakin set during the Prequel Trilogy, or better yet, we should have gotten something like what we got in Book of Boba Fett with the Sand People flashbacks over a few episodes.

We should have had more Grand Inquisitor and Inquisitors in general. We should have had more of the Emperor. We should have had a Yoda sighting. We should have had a Boba Fett sighting. We should have had a Jabba the Hutt sighting. We should have had something. We should have had more.

What we got was more Soap Opera than Space Opera and looking at the series from a finished perspective, I have to ask, did it add anything to the New Canon? Did it hold it's own within the greater story?

No. It was fan-service and by default, fan-service can never be bad. But it could have been much, much better. The Production values of the Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett were much, much better than Obi-Wan, the dialogue was better, the acting was better, the pacing, the action, everything... So much better.

So where does it stand in the greater Star Wars mythos? My Updated Rankings, including shows (not animated). Top 4 are interchangeable.

1.) The Mandalorian
2.) The Return of the Jedi
3.) Revenge of the Sith
4.) Empire Strikes Back
5.) The Book of Boba Fett
6.) A New Hope
7.) Rogue One
8.) The Phantom Menace
9.) Solo
10.) The Last Jedi
11.) The Clone Wars
12.) The Force Awakens
13.) The Rise of Skywalker

Let's put Obi-Wan somewhere between The Phantom Menace and Solo. Fun and watchable but also kind of safe; Sometimes forgettable and formulaic.

I still maintain that the best Star Wars is Knights of the Old Republic I and Knights of the Old Republic II. Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast is excellent, as well as the whole series. Jedi: Fallen Order was excellent.

- BeadyEyedDouche



This post will get read about as much as your blogs about Lockport would
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Next year is gonna be 05/06 all over again, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Jun 22 @ 9:58 PM ET
Just finished Obi-Wan.

As a series, I give it a 3.5/10. It was a whole lot of nothing for the most part. Weak set-up, forced narrative, a lot of wasted potential for character development instead of just filming the missing plot between Episode III and A New Hope. I will say this: It was good because it was Star Wars. But it wasn't good as a whole.

Episode 5 was the best in the series, imo. It had a few unexpected twists, a couple of very nice scenes and it felt like the Prequel Trilogy for a second in a few scenes. That's what the series should have been.

The finale was good. The finale of the finale was very good. But again, the series should have been more of this instead of what we got in episodes 2-4.

What the series should have been? We should have had at least one episode focused around Obi Wan and Anakin set during the Prequel Trilogy, or better yet, we should have gotten something like what we got in Book of Boba Fett with the Sand People flashbacks over a few episodes.

We should have had more Grand Inquisitor and Inquisitors in general. We should have had more of the Emperor. We should have had a Yoda sighting. We should have had a Boba Fett sighting. We should have had a Jabba the Hutt sighting. We should have had something. We should have had more.

What we got was more Soap Opera than Space Opera and looking at the series from a finished perspective, I have to ask, did it add anything to the New Canon? Did it hold it's own within the greater story?

No. It was fan-service and by default, fan-service can never be bad. But it could have been much, much better. The Production values of the Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett were much, much better than Obi-Wan, the dialogue was better, the acting was better, the pacing, the action, everything... So much better.

So where does it stand in the greater Star Wars mythos? My Updated Rankings, including shows (not animated). Top 4 are interchangeable.

1.) The Mandalorian
2.) The Return of the Jedi
3.) Revenge of the Sith
4.) Empire Strikes Back
5.) The Book of Boba Fett
6.) A New Hope
7.) Rogue One
8.) The Phantom Menace
9.) Solo
10.) The Last Jedi
11.) The Clone Wars
12.) The Force Awakens
13.) The Rise of Skywalker

Let's put Obi-Wan somewhere between The Phantom Menace and Solo. Fun and watchable but also kind of safe; Sometimes forgettable and formulaic.

I still maintain that the best Star Wars is Knights of the Old Republic I and Knights of the Old Republic II. Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast is excellent, as well as the whole series. Jedi: Fallen Order was excellent.

- BeadyEyedDouche


Start to finish Return of the Jedi is my favorite. Love the battle of Hoth maybe the best part of any of the movies to me, but could never finish empire strikes back as a kid because it was way too boring and long in the middle. can’t stand the whole Cloud City sequence. Book of Boba Fett was terrible. There’s no way I could ever take Boba Fett seriously after he got tossed in the sand creature like a doofus. He was dead. The Sarlac burped. Plus a noble Mandalorian would ever associate with the other bounty hunter rift raft in Jabba the Hutts place. And bringing him into Mandalorian tarnished that too.

I used to have Star Wars read along record books as a kid. Would always listen to one called Droid World.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 22 @ 10:03 PM ET
He’s your age isn’t he?
Uh oh….

- jdfitz77

good post

as always
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Jun 22 @ 10:06 PM ET
that didn't take long

average goalie has the lead

- homiedclown


Tampa plays better …. Vaselesky looks better

Very weird correlation.
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Jun 22 @ 10:08 PM ET
Just finished Obi-Wan.

As a series, I give it a 3.5/10. It was a whole lot of nothing for the most part. Weak set-up, forced narrative, a lot of wasted potential for character development instead of just filming the missing plot between Episode III and A New Hope. I will say this: It was good because it was Star Wars. But it wasn't good as a whole.

Episode 5 was the best in the series, imo. It had a few unexpected twists, a couple of very nice scenes and it felt like the Prequel Trilogy for a second in a few scenes. That's what the series should have been.

The finale was good. The finale of the finale was very good. But again, the series should have been more of this instead of what we got in episodes 2-4.

What the series should have been? We should have had at least one episode focused around Obi Wan and Anakin set during the Prequel Trilogy, or better yet, we should have gotten something like what we got in Book of Boba Fett with the Sand People flashbacks over a few episodes.

We should have had more Grand Inquisitor and Inquisitors in general. We should have had more of the Emperor. We should have had a Yoda sighting. We should have had a Boba Fett sighting. We should have had a Jabba the Hutt sighting. We should have had something. We should have had more.

What we got was more Soap Opera than Space Opera and looking at the series from a finished perspective, I have to ask, did it add anything to the New Canon? Did it hold it's own within the greater story?

No. It was fan-service and by default, fan-service can never be bad. But it could have been much, much better. The Production values of the Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett were much, much better than Obi-Wan, the dialogue was better, the acting was better, the pacing, the action, everything... So much better.

So where does it stand in the greater Star Wars mythos? My Updated Rankings, including shows (not animated). Top 4 are interchangeable.

1.) The Mandalorian
2.) The Return of the Jedi
3.) Revenge of the Sith
4.) Empire Strikes Back
5.) The Book of Boba Fett
6.) A New Hope
7.) Rogue One
8.) The Phantom Menace
9.) Solo
10.) The Last Jedi
11.) The Clone Wars
12.) The Force Awakens
13.) The Rise of Skywalker

Let's put Obi-Wan somewhere between The Phantom Menace and Solo. Fun and watchable but also kind of safe; Sometimes forgettable and formulaic.

I still maintain that the best Star Wars is Knights of the Old Republic I and Knights of the Old Republic II. Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast is excellent, as well as the whole series. Jedi: Fallen Order was excellent.

- BeadyEyedDouche


Besides 1 episode of obi wan ….. they did a great job. I am not sure what you watched. If you actually watch closely and notice the little things they did with Vader and obi wan. It was awesome
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 22 @ 10:37 PM ET
Besides 1 episode of obi wan ….. they did a great job. I am not sure what you watched. If you actually watch closely and notice the little things they did with Vader and obi wan. It was awesome
- Sabretooth9



“I am not your failure. You didn’t kill Anakin Skywalker — I did,”


“Goodbye, Darth,” and walks away.
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Jun 22 @ 10:41 PM ET
“I am not your failure. You didn’t kill Anakin Skywalker — I did,”


“Goodbye, Darth,” and walks away.

- homiedclown


Which makes what he told Luke in a new hope …… “Vader betrayed and murdered his father.”

From obi wans certain point of view. Makes that point valid and makes sense
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 22 @ 10:46 PM ET
Which makes what he told Luke in a new hope …… “Vader betrayed and murdered his father.”

From obi wans certain point of view. Makes that point valid and makes sense

- Sabretooth9

they did a great job keeping a new hope in tact

like with rogue one
Fattony1187
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.12.2015

Jun 22 @ 11:27 PM ET
Start to finish Return of the Jedi is my favorite. Love the battle of Hoth maybe the best part of any of the movies to me, but could never finish empire strikes back as a kid because it was way too boring and long in the middle. can’t stand the whole Cloud City sequence. Book of Boba Fett was terrible. There’s no way I could ever take Boba Fett seriously after he got tossed in the sand creature like a doofus. He was dead. The Sarlac burped. Plus a noble Mandalorian would ever associate with the other bounty hunter rift raft in Jabba the Hutts place. And bringing him into Mandalorian tarnished that too.

I used to have Star Wars read along record books as a kid. Would always listen to one called Droid World.

- Hatboro_Swords



Ha I’m the same. Empire is def the better movie but when I was a kid I got so bored in the middle. Loved return of a Jedi as a kid and still have a soft spot for it
Fattony1187
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.12.2015

Jun 22 @ 11:29 PM ET
Besides 1 episode of obi wan ….. they did a great job. I am not sure what you watched. If you actually watch closely and notice the little things they did with Vader and obi wan. It was awesome
- Sabretooth9



Was extremely average.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 22 @ 11:33 PM ET
that didn't take long

average goalie has the lead

- homiedclown


Hmmmmm….
Looks to me like the goalie u said we didn’t need is up 3-1 in the Cup Finals
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Jun 23 @ 2:01 AM ET
https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-nhl-draft-preview-potential-options-at-28th-overall/c-334697168
Sorry Dog!! Just posted without looking

- Buff36


Firkus would be a quality pick at 28, as would David Goyette.

RHD may be an ORG need, but there are too many quality forwards that will still be available at 28 to pass up taking one for an RHD.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 23 @ 6:12 AM ET
Firkus would be a quality pick at 28, as would David Goyette.

RHD may be an ORG need, but there are too many quality forwards that will still be available at 28 to pass up taking one for an RHD.

- kingcong39

That's gonna be the funnest part of this draft, everything is so out of whack with rankings you don't know what teams are thinking. There's some good players that will fall cause of it.
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