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And not saying this season will be anything like that one (this team doesn't have a Hasek), but in the very 1st season in the MMArena, with a coach in his 2nd season leading the team, they got crushed by the Wings in the home opener looking terrible in the process. They won their division that year. It's 1 game. But, yes, it is very discouraging.

No data on Pegula. Expect he was there. Bettman was in the building, so Terry most likely was too. Thurman banged the drum as the game began. (You likely knew that.)

Saddened that they've nearly broken you. When they get you to a point that you're ready to come back; the door will be open. We'll leave that (faint) light on for you.

Johnson is in the warm-ups. Unfortunately, so is Bryson. So, maybe there's hope Lindy comes to his senses. (Didn't notice Timmons, but some guys already headed to the dressing room.) Did not see Power, but again, some already left the ice.

Flip side of that is, the Rags could be gripping the sticks rather tightly should the Sabres get through the 1st 5 or 6 minutes without giving one up.

Neither is Mike Grier's actual brother. He's pretty bad at the job too. Interesting how little success Mike's 2 "brothers" have had as GMs. Mike hasn't had any success yet either, but he's set himself up to have a big off-season next year. Expect he'll be successful way before either Chris gets it figured out.

Lyon. (Technically Fox own goaling, but Lyon will get credit for it.)

Any updates?

Zuckerberg would claim infringement. MySabres is available though. (Maybe that's what we get when the 'hood shrinks some more. 😉 )

Hope springs eternal and Lyon did have that one magical run while Bobrovsky was out, but he's had opportunities to seize the starters job in the past and has never been able to take the reins. Expect a more realistic hope is that he can be "the guy" for the month of October and then either UPL finally gets out of his own head or one of the little AHLers get an opportunity and seize the day. Either way, go Sabres.

Heard that's what they wanted to call it, but apparently Adams thought it was referring to him specifically and nixed the idea. 😉

Sabre Nation seemed to have a better (though clearly not creative) ring to it. But guess with the dwindling of the fanbase we're down to just a single neighborhood left. Would the 2nd last one out please show me where the switch is to turn off the lights.

It essentially is. It was spawned from their in-game PSA announcement with Rob Ray donning a Fred Rogers-esque sweater and talking about how to behave in the rink. For the B&G games, it's just Ray by himself in Mr. Rayzor's Sabrehood but for B&R games, Marty joins him as an unruly fan. Slightly cute the 1st 20 or so times they showed but, but it's now been going on for 2 or 3 years and it's starting to get a bit long in the Sabretooth.

Yeah, just drop the left side of that panel off into the Potomac and they're good.

Can't speak for anyone else, but personally expect he's better than Georgiev. How much better? No data. And considering UPL is broken once again, and they seem adamant to have Levi be THE guy in Ra-cha-cha, they needed somebody better than Georgiev to pair with Lyon. But, hey, they're only 2 points out of 1st and have a game in hand. Hope springs eternal. Last year by the time they had the home opener they were 2 games under 0.500. Baby steps.

1) Sabres point total? 92.5 (In one game, against the dastardly Bruins, as @Sabres Fan in NS would say, after all 18 skaters and the backup goalie has gone in the SO, the score remains tied at 2 as Mittelstadt and Jokiharju score for the B's and Geertson and Bryson are the only 2 Sabres to score; figuring this'll go on all night they decide to call it a draw and split the extra SO point.) 2) Will the Sabres makes the playoffs? Yes, the Aisles end up in 9th place with 92 after having swept the Sabres 3) Sabres leading goal scorer? Thompson 4) Sabres leader in total points? Dahlin 5) Sabres MVP? Ellis 6) Sabres ROY? Johnson 7) Best off-season acquisition? The S&C coach 8.) Worst off-season acquisition? The new sound system (technically the new B&G goal song; but that wasn't actually "acquired" in the off-season so ...) 9) Biggest surprise? (positive or negative) The Sabres are legitimately in a playoff spot (both by points and %age on US Thanksgiving) 10) Breakout player? One of the guys in the press box for the Vegas game. Fortunately it doesn't spread through the entire roster. 11) Will any Sabres players or coaches finish as finalists (win?) for any major awards such as the Norris or Selke? Dahlin - runner up for Norris. Tuch gets votes for Selke but just misses top 3. Thompson ends up 4th in the Rocket Richard race 12) Unsung hero? Byram 13) Who will be the first Sabre traded away this season? UPL 14) Will KA make any in-season acquisitions before the deadline? Yes. 15) Will the Sabres be buyers or sellers at the deadline? Yes. 16) Other bold prediction? {Such as KA gets fired mid-season ;)} They bring back Gilbert singing after home W's, but courtesy of the Wonder of AI, it appears he's singing it to RJ. THAT's what rallies the team to the 92.5 point season. 17) Any other thoughts? The season needs more cowbell.

Not sure if my kids went or not; did get them tix. Back when the criminals owned the team, this was pretty much an annual staple right before the season started. Hopefully it becomes a thing again. There's plans for the equipment sale to be an annual thing.

Before watching him in the preseason was right there with Marty expecting a big year from him. Hopefully he's more the Jack Quinn that we saw in the 3rd period against the BJs than the one we saw the 1st 2 periods against them. Since it's the Hopium thread; should Marty be right, that'll go a long way towards giving them a legit shot of ending the drought.

Bulldog's kid is now on GR? Didn't see that bit of nepotism happening for some reason. Good for him?

Players annual Corn Hole tournament.

At least he won't be a Bruin anytime soon. But seeing him sign another 8 year deal stings a bit. Should've been a Sabre for life along with his bike riding buddy.

Awesome, so only a couple more throwaway seasons before they get serious. 😡

That number still has Georgiev's contract counting against the cap. It's only ~$875k so it'll go bye bye when he clears waivers. Back up to $3MM in space.

Realize that you were joking; but seriously, if they decide they want Appert they might as well just bring Granato back. They ran the same "system" when they were each in charge of a team; the only difference being Granato actually understood what it was he was trying to accomplish and the why of it. (Not saying the why was correct; but he at least had one.)

You're getting out ahead of your skis. Youve made a classic blunder (not as bad as getting into a land war in Asia, but still); you've assumed that Wilford is capable of implementing ANY system. In order to CHANGE a system; one 1st needs an implemented system. 😉