Archives for December 2002

'The Bruins have lost last three games.' … [Read more...] about Sabres vs. Bruins

“Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for The Stand Pat Boys!” What, you haven't heard of them? They're the group of middle-aged National Hockey League executives whose harmonious excuses make The Backstreet Boys sound like drunken chain-smokers with asthma at a Karaoke bar. Buffalo's Darcy Regier and Phoenix's Wayne Gretzky are among … [Read more...] about The Stand Pat Boys top the charts in NHL front offices

Once the team files for bankruptcy protection, Bettmans involvement is decreased substantially. Now, a bankruptcy judge makes the decisions and his determinations are almost totally based on the financial well-being of the creditors. Therefore, if an outside bidder comes through with a better offer than the Hamister group, the judge would accept it. At issue is whether an arena … [Read more...] about The Last Word

'Darcy Regier may have us believe that hockey fans in Buffalo need to be educated. But here's some simple math, when your team is third from the bottom in scoring it's not the goaltenders fault. Please stop using Biron as a scapegoat for the rest of the organization's incredible futility.' … [Read more...] about No Escaping Blame For Sabres Struggles

'Buffalo, the surrounding Western New York and Southern Ontario area, deserve more than what has been presented to them this year.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Holiday Report

The team has opened a ticket sales kiosk at the Boulevard Mall in Amherst and will be staffed through Dec. 24 from 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. daily through Dec. 23 before closing at 3 p.m. on Dec. 24. … [Read more...] about Sabres add ticket kiosk at Boulevard Mall

'The real problem is that we have a Governor, County Executives, Mayors, legislators, councilmembers, and various other politicos walking around with the power to dispense massive amounts of public dollars to whomever they favor. They make politically driven deals and taxpayers are the last to discover what favored interests their dollars are supporting. What is worse is … [Read more...] about The Emperor Has No Clothes

'While technically not the worst team in the League anymore, they’re only at the top of the stairs to the basement, and they’re still wearing that musty basement smell.' … [Read more...] about Puckvoice

'They are a business that gives the Buffalo Niagara region an international presence and prestige, regardless of the team's win-loss record. Without the Sabres, the six-year-old, $127 million HSBC Arena becomes a very expensive white elephant in downtown Buffalo. For those reasons, many feel it is not unreasonable for Hamister and Berman to expect some form of public … [Read more...] about Economics cited in Sabres' request

'Biron was brilliant for much of the night, but the Sabres generated little offense and were outshot, 33-15. It was the Sabres' lowest shot output of the season.' … [Read more...] about Brashear beats Sabres

'"There's too many nights you just go through the game and it's non-eventful. It's just kind of blah. What is somebody walking away with? If you win, that's something they're walking away with. If you don't, they're walking away with a void that's needed to be filled."' … [Read more...] about New rules help transform rugged Sabres into choirboys

'What's more is Hamister and Berman could grab the Sabres cheap and receive extra money from a dwindling local tax base with another boost coming from the state. What they actually would pay out of pocket isn't quite clear, but they ask you to open your wallets come tax time and maybe - maybe - you'll find out later.' … [Read more...] about Cheap skates

'Take away the Bills and the Sabres, and there isn't much that separates Buffalo from Toledo.' … [Read more...] about So how much would you pay to keep Sabres?

'Hamister insists the public money isn't a subsidy, but is rather the same money that the municipalities would pay to maintain HSBC Arena no matter who owned the hockey team.' … [Read more...] about The subsidy game

'Earlier in the week, an angry Ken Hitchcock told his players he wanted no more excuses about their inability to score goals. This came just a day or so after Brashear told the media scoring wasn't one of his primary roles. Since that coach-player meeting, the Flyers have gone on a three-game winning streak, outscoring the opposition 9-3.' … [Read more...] about Hitchcock's tirade gets results on scoreboard