MattPie

What a cheap and dirty hit. He should have hit the guy like a man. -ML

Wasn't it reported somewhere that the Isles have to decide by June 1st? And, aren't trades closed until some number fo days after the final playoff game?

Is Weber 6'4"? think he's played some LW?

You just got trolled! :)

Spinning down the "Sick Jersey Bro" alert. :(

I always figured ND in Buffalo was about the college football vacuum; much like the how the Cowboys are the team for anyone that doesn't have a local NFL team ND is big in Buffalo because there's nothing closer than Syracuse to root for. I never thought of the Irish angle before.

If, and it's a big if, there's any real traction to the league being upset about "tanking", this would be a red flag. And that's before we get into issues with roster size and whether some of these guys have NHL contracts.

Maybe we can get, d4ark to do it. (Didn't he do those awesome voice over videos a couple years ago?)

That's probably a bit strong, as well as fueling the case that the Sabres are tanking (although at this point it's moot). If he's healthy, he should play. The whole team has a nice long off-season to heal.

It should at least be a shorter song. Or a cover of Bad Religion.

shrader, I feel for you. I have reason to come back to Buffalo reasonably speaking for the rest of my life, but realistically it's only 13 hours of driving round trip, so it's completely worthwhile as a day trip. Maybe less if you can find a good place that does both in Rochester or Syracuse. As for wings, at one point I used to try the wings wherever I was; on travel, when I lived in Maryland, etc. After awhile I realized that I needed to one of two things: accept the wings for what they were or stop eating them. It seems like there's a analogy to this season in there somewhere. When I ended up doing (before I started eating better in general) was start ordering "Hot BBQ". By being BBQ based, my brain no longer jumped back to 25 years of learned behavior on what a wing should be, and instantly they were far more enjoyable.

There have been a few just in the Sabres org, but none that really made a name. Gragnani, Paetsch, John Scott, and Deslauriers just recently. With the style the game is played, I don't see the huge upside. D leading rushes isn't uncommon, so I'm not sure how much it buys you.

I think that sums it up.

It's the twinkie situ all over again.

I await the meddling trial! Ian Rapoport @RapSheet Ralph Wilson called #Bills CEO Russ Brandon four days ago about a safety prospect he believed was a 3rd or 4th rounder. Amazing.

Oh, I have (and Snickers as well), but they still taste plastic.

early 20s: loved Twinkies and ho-hos. late 30s: I'd only eat them if I'd never had a home-made baked good in my life. They taste like plastic (but not as bad as Little Debbie's imposters).

$100 SS bucks so I can get back in on the betting. :)

The Wilson thread is pinned on the top of the page.

It's been said here (I think), but raw goals scored is mediocre rating of a team, since it doesn't account for variations of how many goals are scored in the league on average that year. It would seem that goal diff or Goals For/League Average Goals would be a better stat for measuring this. You can't tell me that a team in 2005-6, when 16 teams averaged 3+ goals a game, and a team in 2013-4, when 6 teams average 3+ goals a game, are equal if they have the same total. Or back into the 70s when (it seems) the scores were a lot higher.

Surely it's "La fumee", non?

I think that logic does apply, but not in the first 5 or so picks. Anywhere else in the draft you pick the best player available. In the top 5 (maybe even just the top 3), you pick what you project that you'll need, since you're never going to get an equivalent player back in trade. This. +1.

For as bad as this season has been, it's worth pointing out that in my cursory glance at the last full seasons, the last place team finished with 57, 56, 71, 61, 62, 62, and 65 points (last year projects to 61.5). With 11 games remaining and at 48 points, the Sabres stand a chance at not being the worst team in the last decade, never mind "WURST TEAM EVAR!". Essentially, every year there's a team that is this bad. This is just our turn to root for that team.

Wow, RIP Ralph.

I think a player that makes other players could be a *key* asset for the Sabres. The question is if he can turn AHL players into NHL players.