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Or a kids' game show approach: when your team's odds are reduced to 0.0, the trapdoor under your GM's feet is unlocked and they fall into a swimming pool under the floor (and are promptly rescued), OR they just get slimed. Nickelodeon could simulcast it.

Shhh... if we wait until late in the day, there won't be any mean newsie people to report that we're not changing anything and say that winning and accountability are just buzzwords that we don't care about. Get out there and make a public announcement, you big coward.

That would be great! No chance they do anything remotely close 😂

Welcome to the world of gate revenue driven sports leagues. We only want to play on weekends and we don't want anyone sitting around TOO long, so we start some series while the other earlier series are still ongoing if we're already at a weekend that otherwise would pass with no games played. (Know that you already knew that, btw.)

So the Amerks have finished their semifinal series before Laval/Cleveland have played their 2nd game? Charlotte/Providence haven't even played their first semifinal game. They could have 10-12 days off before they play again. Strange scheduling.

Did your source tell you anything and are you playing coy, or is it like Schrodinger's cat?

I always wanted the Sabres to honor the Calder Cup Bisons but I heard that since KBC is a Coca Cola only venue they couldn't display the old Pepsi logo.

my source has

Cool. In a similar vain but back in the mid 50’s, the Buffalo Hockey Bison were bought by the Pastor Brothers, who ran the Pepsi Bottling Plant in Buffalo, hence the iconic Pepsi cap logo.

Only one change matters…STT!

I haven't been on this thread for a while now... Just checkin' in on the changes... Anything yet?

Accountability, amiright?

That would be a great way to do it.

So, I've been pretty checked out on the Sabres, but I am interested in whether anything significant happens in the organization. It sounds like TP and KA had a meeting on Sunday -- i.e. 5 days ago -- but there's been no announcement of any change. It also sounds like the consensus here is that either nothing will change or, best case, KA is kicked upstairs and Karmanos is named GM, with Lindy having a greater say in matters. Serious question: could the lack of an announcement portend greater changes? TP has never kicked anyone upstairs before. Just the opposite -- he gets fed up and fires everyone, damn the torpedoes. We're still early in the playoffs, i.e. well before the draft and the FA season. Is it possible that TP wants to see who from around the NHL becomes available from teams that get knocked out of the playoffs so he can maybe hire someone with a real resume and not just shuffle the deck chairs on the Titanic? With each passing day, does that outcome become more likely? (...he said bravely.)

Thought we would have heard something by now.

I'd also add I'm doubtful Kyle Dubas is a good gm.

I will maintain sidelines has the best medium wings in Buffalo. Specifically medium though.

Komarov and Brannstrom are very different players. Komorov looks like a Vulture on skates. He likes to hit and he will clear the space around the net. Brannstrom is smaller but is faster and better with his stick He is also more experienced being 4 years older. Speaking of injuries I wonder what happened to Conor Sheary. The Crunch leading scorer was missing and the help from Tampa, Geekie and Crozier were not enough against the Amerks.

When the team moved to Syracuse from Hamilton in 1992 as the Vancouver affiliate, the Nestle plant in Fulton, north of Syracuse, was a major sponsor of the team. A fan vote picked the name Crunch. Over time its affiliation changed to Columbus, Anaheim, and currently Tampa. But the name remained even though the Nestle plant is long gone.

Well, they likely do need those too. But the D personnel (and IMHO the D scheme) had a greater need to be improved this off-season.

So, are they going to have the 4 balls pop out of the shoot live on air or are they going to still do the stupid "flip the cards" immediately after the balls were drawn? Guess it could be kind of cool if they showed all the 1001 permutations on a video board like the Sabres now have but with team logos instead of the actual # combos and as balls get drawn, all the losing combinations go dark until there's only 1 logo left lit up.

@Brawndo with a fake out? C’mon man, hit us with the breaking news that we all REALLY want today 😜

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