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Don't know what Ted Black was thinking with the Turdburger. If he really wanted a lot of gold on 1 side and a lot of blue on the other, he could've had the designers work off this concept. Significantly different than the primary sweaters of the time and yet pretty sharp in its own unique way. Take the gold pocket edges off the front, put the SABRES from the back over the smallish logo on the front, put the numbers where the logo on the back is and put arm numbers under the 2 arm patches and you've got a winner. Can keep the button effect on the front without actual buttons there.

Would personally have it Power, Mittelstadt and then in the off-season work Jokiharju and then Krebs. Expect that't pretty close to where Adams is at, but we shall see.

And there was much rejoicing! When Clifton gets acclimated, sure move him up to (preferably) Power's pairing or even Dahlin's. But while that's happening, he CAN'T be on the top pairing. Glad Don Granato saw that. Expected he would and did, but it is nice to know it officially.

Join the crowd. 😉

The $11MM is $0.5MM higher than everybody would've been extremely pleased with. Considering this guy is going to be in the Norris discussion for all the 9 years this contract will take him through, it's a good contract. He left money on the table and the team will still be able to add support pieces around him. Both sides should be happy with where it ended up. Now please lock up Power and Mittelstadt.

Maybe for water, they would let people keep the cap on. For pop, (at least up in the "cheap seats") they definitely didn't let you keep the cap and it annoyed the guy that sat next to us to no end. So, he came up with the work around.

Wilfred "Shorty" Green Started out with the Hamilton Tigers and moved to the New York Americans with the rest of the team. No, did not know that without looking it up. There may be 1 or 2 others like him, but haven't come across another yet.

Not McKegney. Was the guy the NHL was celebrating a season or 2 ago and had been brought up by Bowman specifically to kick the ever living snot out of O'Reilley. (Left his name off, in case anybody else wants to try to figure it out.)

True. But this might've been his last hurrah with Taylor signing the 3 year extension this past week. They didn't sign him to sit him.

One step further than I. When getting H2O at the rink, buy one and then refill it at the drinking fountains.

That was the policy before Covid. Guy that sat next to us for years brought his own lid into the buiding with him. Silly that he had to do that, but it worked.

Moss is one of those guys that needs a lot of carries to get into a groove. Was not going to happen in Buffalo. Good for him that he's doing well. Stinks that Hines is injured all year for the Bills, but that was a good trade for both teams.

Hate short term usage turf fields. Totally get why the soccer team doesn't want a football game played on their normal pitch. But if they can keep that alive and well for a few weeks while it's hidden under the stands, they can keep a 2nd grass field alive and well too.

Would allow them to waive Bryson. 😄

As stated in one of the other threads, not as upset about the 3 headed monster and keeping Bryson as the designated pressbox D-man now that Stillman cleared. Still not happy about those, but not ticked either. Until the injury bug hits the Sabres, the Amerks might have their best D-corp since well before Donner the Hutt broke up the marriage.

Nice comprehensive list. You forgot to add the anthem singer to the mix though.

Fortunately, only one of the 3 that the Bills have issues with will likely make the playoffs this season. The 2 good teams that they play very well against are going to be 2 of the other 6 playoff squads. Losing Milano is huge, but they've fought through him being out of the lineup due to injuries before. Hopefully they can do it again. Have no idea why any of this officiating crew is reffing at this level, much less getting a premier game. They give Hochuli's crew a run for its money as the worst in pro sports.

Any word on whether Stillman cleared waivers? If so, am less disappointed in the final roster moves. (Not happy with them, but not upset either.)

There's plenty of reasonably priced parking right across the street from the rink on 2 sides and plenty of other places a short walk away too. (If you're there early enough, you might even luck into on the street parking.) There's also Dinosaur a very short walk across the street from the rink (it's on the eastern river bank and the rink is on the western one). Concessions are typical rink food with 2 fairly large (for a small barn) food courts (one at center ice on the south side of the rink and the other behind the far goal line. There's also a large atrium near the main entrance to the building. Know there are additional beverage stands there. Never paid close enough attention to whether they also have food concessions there too. And there are several other smaller concessions around the rink. Both seating levels enter the rink at the same places, so everyone has access to the same concessions and rest rooms. Some of the rest rooms are VERY small. The seats are fine. Maybe a little small, but personally have never had an issue. There aren't any bad seats. The barn is small (maybe just under 10k, it was smaller prior to a couple of renovations). The scoreboard and accoustics could be better but they're good enough. It's an old time hockey barn.

Wasn't implying that you shouldn't be saying that. Sorry if it came across that way. Just stating why the post you quoted to which your response added both those other items hadn't already addressed them. After a certain point, see no reason in rewriting the entire novella of items that have been frustrating about this off-season. (Don't need to rewrite the entire novella of items that have been good either. 😉 )

Ukka Pukka Dukka.

Short for a firewagon.

Some may have him written off. Personally, doubt it's anywhere close to a majority that have, and just want him to get adjusted to the new system (or lack thereof) without being expected to be the #2 D-man on the team eating up necessarily tough minutes when he's in. Putting him on a lower pairing until he's adjusted would seem to allow him to do that.

Have bemoaned giving Lyubushkin away enough that didn't need to rebring it up in that response. Frustrating when they say the goal is competing in the playoffs and then they make moves that weaken this season's team. And have griped about the 3 headed monster enough to not bring that up in the reply again either. (Still expect them to make the playoffs, but moves like those reduce the margin for error to make it happen.)

Because Stillman is a better player and MIGHT get claimed off waivers. With his contract there was absolutely no way Bryson was getting claimed.