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He was great in Reno 911.

I really hope Bedkowski makes it. If you watch that video, you’re really going to like the kid.

glad Byram is staying .. cannot keep letting talent walk away. But I think this franchise is fatally flawed (1) a place players simply don't want to be (2) an organization still working off how it screwed up the Eichel situation. (3) Poor faciities and no path forward. Kind of where the Bills were before McBeanes showed up .

I don’t know how anyone can still drum up enough curiosity to watch these. Then again, I don’t know how anyone can drum up enough curiosity to watch any media the team puts out. #jaded

I assume the flat management structure hasn’t changed.

Is it though? I think taming a 400 lb wild animal with claws and teeth that will kill you, is way more difficult than painting a stupid house cat.

Amusing how little of that was on free agency. I admit I did laugh however when Adams got the phone call from Quinn and asked him if he was in the weight room.

That is my understanding. Someone can correct me if I am wrong.

Was hoping it was WNY this summer. He is in Buffalo in October but I’m not sure I’ll be here then.

I went to Vancouver and Victoria and then came back to Seattle. Next I will go from Buffalo to NOTL and then back the week after next. I’m living my life. I’m not afraid of crossing in either direction. I have nothing to hide and committed no crimes. I have not heard of one incident from my family and friends about crossing from WNY. I’m sure someone will have a one-off story but I’m not intimidated.

they show you what you want, but a good video. Interesting that Utah didn't want to give up Doan. I loved his father, maybe he'll be a pleasant surprise?

And obviously no way Anaheim doesn’t match. I’m just curious.

Sorry. Not suggesting going after Hughes. Just asking if he’d probably be the highest tier. But let’s say we go after McTavish. We’re not getting McKenna. And anyone we get (besides McKenna) may or may not be as good as McTavish. McTavish is also ready to be a 2C (possible 1C) for us now. Assuming someone went after him, what would the offer sheet return require? 1st and 3rd?

I wouldn't offer sheet him, but there is at least the rumor that he is available in trade. I'd spend some futures currency to get him. Agree you need to hold onto the 26 1st, because there's a very real chance that is a reasonable lottery ticket for McKenna.

Philly suburbs Lansdowne Theater, Lansdowne PA Fri, Oct 24, 2025 @ 8:00 PM and 25th

I post I usually make every year....updated from this January (last time I posted it) A simplified version: The odds of winning a stanley cup are pretty simple. 32 teams in the league, 14 times the cup is awarded. VERY Simple odds are 43.7% a team will win a cup in a 14 year period. 1 in 2.28. Odds of missing the playoffs 14 years in a row? Simple odds are .0045%. Or 1 in about 22,000. Odds of missing 15 years in a row? About 1 in 44,000. Slightly more detail: A lot of things can determine your odds for making/missing the playoffs. For example, the Bills drought...much of it was contributed to by Brady being in the division, but in Hockey its different. Statistically, you can say you have a 50% chance of making or missing the playoffs in a given year. For any time, after 2 years, the 'odds' are 25% you miss both years, 25% you make it both years, and 50% chance you miss one year and make it the next...and so on and so on. Now, with expansion, the odds change slightly. It hasn't always been EXACTLY 50%, sometime you had a BETTER chance (beginning of the drought, 8 of 15 teams in the conference made the playoffs, so your odds to make it were even better than they are now. So, what are the pure statistical odds that any hockey team would take a 12 year period and not make the playoffs even once? 0.018% chance. Or, in other words, a 1 in 5,531 chance that, over the last 12 years, any team in the Sabres division/conference would not make the playoffs one time. If you 'simulated' an average team through 12 seasons, 5,531 times, only ONE of those times, on average, would a team miss 12 years in a row. Chances of missing 14 years in a row? 1 in about 22,100. Or 0.0045% If you could find a sportsbook to give you odds that ANY team, starting today, would miss the playoffs for the next 14 years.....you would likely win about $2 million dollars on a $100 bet. Chances of missing 15 years in a row? About 1 in 44,250, Or 0.00225%. Odds on a $100 bet that would happen for any given team, probably pay out about $4 million on a $100 bet. So yes, they made the decision to tank, but again, those are the numbers for ANY team with a few years of 8 out of 15 teams making the playoffs and most other years 8 or 16 making it. If anything, you could say 'tanking' would make it hard to miss that many years in a row, as while tanking would assure you would miss the first couple of years, the 'elite talent' you get from tanking makes it even harder to miss in the 'middle' years. Hockey Heaven? The sole reason for them existing is to win the Stanley cup? You would think that even if you TRIED to be that bad it would be hard to do so. That can't be all bad luck..or it can't be a new owner 'learning curve', there has to be a whole lot of ineptitude in there.

What, ugly Bradley Cooper and Adam Sandler’s non-talent acting friend don’t do anything for her?

Ruff reports directly to Pegula?

Not interested in playing the OS game; we need our 26 1st for any semblance of safety if things go belly up again. I don’t feel McTavish will give a boost this season to assure us a playoff berth or that he might ever reach his contract level.

We live about 1/4 mile from the River here in Niagara county, take a walk down the street and we can see Canada. We really don't even think of crossing the border anymore. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad? I don't know, just I don't feel like dealing with any potential aggrevation....so until things clear up quite a bit, we probably won't be going to toronto/the falls/NOTL anytime soon.

1st numbers are the raw total, 2nd is where his numbers rank statistically in terms of the average NHL depth chart ie #7/8 forward equals a 3rd liner. Names are players with similar numbers in that particular category

OTOH, my wife never saw an Instagram photo of Roy or Vanek (duh) and said “oooh - who is he?”

I appreciate your digging into those #s, although I will admit confusion in how they’re presented. As to the “pretty solid” assertion: I’ll agree to the extent that, if Krebs is a fixture on your team’s 3rd line, then your team is most likely an ~82 point squad. Dude’s mid. I pine for the days of players like Roy and Vanek carrying the third line.

There are 500,000 Canadians that live within 45 minutes of downtown Buffalo and the Sabres count on these fans. Unlike the Bills who mostly play weekends, Sabres games are midweek and you need people close by to attend. Losing Canadians fans is another big hit.