PASabreFan

Sorry, I don't see it (I also missed the slash behind the play). I'll be back next Friday. Give me some things to look for. I'm very basic and a touch anti-social. I like the Sabres Store. The atrium is nice. I get through the ticket gate and go up the escalator and am in my seat in four minutes flat. Same with egress. I sit in my seat and stare at the ice. I don't eat or drink. See also: doubled Depends. I'm not sure what I'm missing.

Wonder what the real awards will be on 4/29. I heard something about The Rico.

I don't know how I did it, but I'm a MFP! Narrator: He knows how he did it. His great grandson taught him to Venmo.

What fun would that be? The Bills paid for it eh? @nfreeman is with me. That's all I care about.

I was there in tropical force winds on 12/6. It was fine. Seriously... OK I will adhere to my policy of being concerned only with the Sabres. The arena truly is fine. Really wish I was a structural engineer like so many of you.

Sounds like Shout! didn't miss a beat in 93. https://wyrk.com/the-year-the-buffalo-bills-shout-song-was-almost-banned/ I still seem to recall a professional version of Marv's fight song being played instead of Shout! But it didn't last long. Would be a good topic for TBD.

It still gives me goosebumps. Go figure. Wasn't it just the playoff video intro in 07? I recall when it was briefly supplanted by a fight song. There was a mini riot. Don't recall if the fight song was the same as the ditty Marv wrote and sang.

I let my blood, sweat and tears rain down on them. I am a 300 man. No issues. I think the seats are city of Buffalo recycling bins but that's OK. I noticed this year that the lighting is brighter. I hear no complaints about the ice. Srsly what more do we need? That said I don't usually visit concessions or waste troughs.

Fun with words. I like to exaggerate as much as the next fella, but the definition of dilapidated from the official dictionary of SabreSpace (MW): decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse. That's a bit strong for the condition of the arena. Get some frat boys from local colleges, buy some kegs and let them do community service for one Saturday afternoon. Done!

We're 3 for 3!

Both posts are spot on. Close the thread.

My God you're a pod. Just use ignore already. And stop sitting on your brain on bike rides.

Two amps of sodium kaopectate STAT!

You've been here long enough.

I was just there. I found nothing to bitch about and I love to bitch. And they still let 10s of thousands sit up there. Posturing, I'd say.

This needs to stop. There wasn't anything wrong with the stadium and there isn't anything wrong with the arena that some modest owner funded improvements wouldn't fix.

I think they took the TV out of your hospital room.

In looking up seasons for the Best Finishes thread, I saw mention of Danny Gare beating the Islanders in Game 2 at the Aud in OT to give the Sabres a 2-0 lead in the series. I'll be damned if I remember that one. And... there are no videos of it anywhere to even jog my memory. I recall the spring of 75 like it was this morning (I'd say yesterday, but my memory ain't what it used to be). I went to my first games at the Aud in the spring of 78, including a playoff game, and my recollection of that Pens series in 79 is vivid. In between are special memories, but so many gaps, especially, for some reason, the playoffs of 76 and 77. (I don't remember Luce vs. St. Louis in OT, either.) For you, are there any empty spots?

With four wins, the Sabres would go 12-5-3 in their final 20 games for 27 points. Best 20-game finishes (I'll admit to scanning the record book right quick and so have only about a 90% confidence I got this perfectly): 75-76: 13-4-3 ties (29 points) 10-11: 13-4-3 (29 points) 79-80: 10-2-8 ties (oh, sister!; 28 points) 74-75: 12-5-3 ties (27 points) 21-22: 12-5-3 (27 points) 11-12: 12-5-3 (27 points) (89-90, 00-01 and 06-07 finished with 26 points) What did strong finishes mean? The 76 team, a year out from making the final, barely escaped the Blues in a best of three preliminary round and fell to the upstart Islanders in the quarterfinals. The 11 team was, of course, the last Sabres team to make the playoffs, and somehow choked on a glorious likelihood of knocking out Philly. The 80 team went on a long run, losing again to the Islanders, this time in the semifinal round, in Bowman's first spring as head coach — recalled for Lindy going after Billy Smith in the decisive game on LI. 75, you know what happened. In 12, the Sabres' heroic run came up short of a playoff berth. Of the 26ers, oh what might have been had Lemieux gotten vertigo or Gilmour some desire. As for the following October and any carryover from the spring, I haven't gotten that far in my study. Others can opine. One thing I realized is that my skepticism of strong finishes in the last 10 years doesn't seem to be based on much — there haven't been any strong finishes since 2012, really. Of course I am defining a strong finish somewhat broadly. I'm pretty sure some of the recent finishes had people dreaming of autumn, and not just for the cool temps and colorful leaves. I'm not sure there's any precedent for the place this franchise finds itself. People can point to 03-04, but it wasn't a particularly impressive ending to the season, the last quarter anyway. These Sabres might be in uncharted waters. An odd footnote is that the 92-93 Sabres lost their last seven games before sweeping the Bs!

Has either guy played in a big game?

Mary Chesnut.

It worked out OK for Ben Franklin.

See, that's good. But don't explain it. Stick with me sonny.

Smart play by Dahlin on the can of corn.

There it is. Thanks for being honest. I just asked a question. He sure was playing like his hockey IQ was 81.