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The NHL Regular Season kicks off with an Triple Header tonight

Good to hear this but keep in mind Buffalo is a college town loaded with NYC metro and Long Island students. The price of tickets is ridiculously cheap for them. Looking forward to the game anyway. As always.

My kids still enjoy going to games, I will take that for as along as possible

I really do respect your opinion and you are one of my go to posters when I visit the board, but man you are like a reformed smoker.😉

It sure seems that Adams loves to work on, 5/6/7/8 defenders, fourth line forwards, and backup goalies. Could that be why they don't get better?

The tire pumpers are in midseason form. So the rest of the season will be sold out?

True, but I got tired of seeing those 3 having to drop them and no one else (accept maybe Clifton) and certainly no follow up (see Noeson and Thompson). Ruff wants to carry a tough guy, yet he didn't put Gilbert on the ice after Thompson got nailed, he wanted to score a goal. That was fine, but Gilbert bever even got a shift after that. Why carry Gertie if that is how he is going to use him?

Tuch was chipper at the autograph signing event, chatting up fans, etc.

We're slacking off getting out message out there. Would you rather they win or be right?

It's almost like the couldn't get him to sign a PTO, so they paid him a year's salary to essentially be on one.

I've read mixed reviews of Jack Quinn's pre-season, so I thought I'd add Marty Biron's take from Sabres Live last week: Marty said that after watching him practice for a few weeks, he's flat out predicting 30 goals.

Apartment hunting in Rochester

Power is skating in a non contact jersey and Alexandar Georgiev is not on the ice. On waivers perhaps?

Right now we have 4 players on IR - Greenway, Power, Kesselring and UPL Who goes when they come back? Our extra players are 2 goalies (Ellis and Georgiev), 2 forwards (Geeraten & Kozak) and arguably 1 D if we keep only 7 D in Buffalo (Bryson or Johnson) If I were making the decisions: Greenway in for Kozak Kesselring in for Georgiev Power in for Bryson UPL in for Ellis

Buffalo loves their Sabres. It's that simple You don't have to be a winner to get loved by your fan base

Wasn't going to spend any time worrying about a Tuch deal until the even of the regular season. (Checks calendar)

I think they can thank Josh Doan for this is. Kid was working that Tim Horton's drive-thru window hard.

As others have said, Ranger games sell well. I don’t expect them to do well with tickets till the team starts winning. A couple of things, though. 1) while Buffalo gets a lot of heat for it, opposing fans making up 25% of the crowd has become the norm around the league in roughly 80% of the building. It’s in large part a function of the ease of getting tickets on the secondary market, although there are other factors. 2) I understand all the pessimism but my point was that it’s not as universally felt as some people tend to believe. 3) Last year I sold roughly 100 tickets at, or above cost. At least half of those to Sabre fans. I also know that at least half those Sabre fans are as pessimistic as anyone on this board. However, people still like to go for a multitude of reasons.

First 6 opponents - NYR, Bos, Avs, Sens, Panthers, Canadians. On paper are we as good or better than any of these teams?

It might get to the point where the Sabres have to actually pay people to attend. And even then, demand might be low.

ok but maybe they are rewarding players for winning. I don't know but they win and we don't. Hard to compare them to us

Thanks GOD my son has a soccer game on opening night. It will be the first opener since the 70s that I will miss. Checks phone after 1st period - down 1-0 Checks phone after 2nd period - down 3-0 Final - 5-1 NY

They're not that cheap. Yet.

I think the Sabres would like to go less for longer or have a back loaded deal. They have to get over the bad Skinner year, and if they sign Tuch to a shorter 10M plus deal it leaves little room for the RFA's. They would have to dump contracts if everything else stays equal. Still a lot of possibilities but longer for less is the easier path for the Sabres right now.

Ranger games usually sell well - especially when UB is in session. I'll be there, sitting near Chet and Muffy. (Although, Muffy doesn't go to many games anymore given that the arena has become a bit of a dump. Plus, in-seat service stopped offering Sauvignon Blanc which is a beverage dealbreaker for her.)