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A twenty-something at the bar on the biggest bar night of the year leading into a holiday/day off is the least shocking thing I have heard in a while.

Saw an article that said that's always been his middle name. Expect that in Namibia it's about as big a deal as having a last name of Satan in the republics making up the former Czechoslovakia.

McKegney, Gare and Terry Martin were bachelors and were in Mulligans on Hertel a lot. Their partying was different than what the married guys did and I will leave it at that. Bowman did not like their brand of partying.

Lindy said he wasn’t pulled in the game due to his play, but rather to send a message to the team. I highly doubt the comments have anything to do with it, but I also wouldn’t be surprised in the least bit if he wasn’t in good standing. Most players don’t air their dirty laundry publicly until they’ve already aired it privately.

Bowman didn't care unless it was the night before a game and they were out past curfew. That's a big part of why McKegney became a Nordique.

I read he just changed his last name from Hitler

Yes, I see that can be confusing. I want to see Lyon. I prefer Lyon to the other goalies. I do not care if UPL goes to a bar on Thanksgiving Eve when he has Thursday off.

You realize you're answering your own made up conspiracy right here, right? What happened in that period he played that explains why he isn't playing far more than mundane comments?

OK, sorry, misunderstood why you'd posted that. And with the caption to the photos/videos being "this is the accountablility the Buffalo Sabres organization holds their players up too [sic]" thought you were echoing that tweet's view that somehow players must pay a penance for having the audacity to lose a hockey game. 100% want Lyon between the pipes tonight. Expect Ellis will be his backup, pretty sure he hasn't even dressed for the last 3.

Why panic? The are almost exactly the team most of the board thought.

In the mid and late 70's many of the Sabres went out on Sunday evening after home games, which ended at about 9:30. I was a waiter/bartender at popular Buffalo restaurant and bar and we had a kept a special section open to accommodate them and their wives (or GFs) on Sunday evening. We would see them by about 11:00 for a late snack and drinks, and we stayed open until they were done. They won a lot of games back then and they were usually in really good moods and having fun. I don't remember Punch or Scotty caring at all about it.

I've said this in a prior post, so excuse me for the repetition. As you indicate, what's outrageous to me is that we have a person who has been an owner for more than 15 years of a franchise that has overall been a failure. Although he's not a high-profile owner who is more known for not speaking than speaking, we simply don't know where he is coming from. (As you noted.) Is he committed or not? I don't know. Is he determined to turn things around by reconstituting the staffing? I don't know. Based on his invisibility, it would appear to many that he is apathetic to this particular enterprise. Is that the case? I don't know. There's an enraging absurdity to this Wizard of Oz behind the curtain scene owner act that makes no sense to me. Why get involved in the highly competitive and public business of owning a sports franchise if you act as if you are not engaged or have a passion for an endeavor that you chose to get involved in. What bothers me the most about Pegula isn't that he isn't much of a public figure as it is his seemingly inactions/involvement, especially during the KA floundering era. It makes no sense to me.

There is nothing here. Everything he said makes sense. No finger pointing. The crew on NHL Network said he was hurt.

I am not upset. Happens all the time. Hockey players are not choir boys. I want to Lyon today, not UPL, for hockey reasons.

The only panic yesterday was running low on mashed potatoes.

https://fanrecap.com/buffalo-sabres/alex-lyon-stuns-sabres-with-blunt-message-about-team-mindset--BU02a After the loss to Utah made comments about accountability and earning everything. He’s since played less than a period in net. Maybe coincidence, maybe a message.

Back in the day, the Bills and Sabres were at No Names 946 Elmwood every Sunday night, win or lose.

Are we seriously getting upset at a player going to a bar AFTER a game? Especially one where he is not likely to get the following start and very likely won't be the backup that night either? There are a lot of things to be critical of UPL's play this year and the past one; but really can't see giving him flack for relaxing after work, especially on one of the "biggest" nights for people going to bars that there is.

Day after Thanksgiving..

Free Lyon. ------------------------------------------------------- Edit: Unrelated to me wanting Lyon to play more frequently. Stuff from a Toronto news outlet:

That he prefers ranch to blue cheese dressing.

What comments?

Yet Pegula has directed a lot of changes in 15 years. Tanks and tear downs and firings have been common. Yet, since Covid, TP has stuck with Adams. It feels like 6 years of not trying.

Getting at and then above .500 with a win streak would be nice. They did this crap the past couple of years and specifically last year, they would get to .500 and lose games never getting above .500 so frusterating!