PASabreFan

Is the shine off Casey too?

Steve's in the commercial?

As in?

Thorny was honest. You can't have one eye on the game and one eye on your posting gizmo. Unless you're @millsieheartskale.

Nor did no one stand up.

Are you suggesting you know the truth?

I might try actually watching the game tonight. You can poke me if you want for that, but please explain how you post here throughout the game and watch it at the same time.

Re: the seats. I've never seen seats that are as scummy and filthy as Paul talked about. I always sit up top. Where are these deplorable seats?

What Paul actually said is that his sources have told him that the Sabres have been in discussions with people who are interested. That's a fair bit stronger than how you characterized it.

With attendance so woeful, I see any kind of fan "reachout" to be as normal a state of business affairs as working on next year's landscaping budget. No one's going to tell the people in charge of those things to hold off, and the people in charge of those things would not know to hold off bc the team is being sold. That said, reading the tea leaves is fun. I hope you're wrong, obv.

It is my gift to you for giving me the gift of hope today. All I really have today is the pulling back of drab, fraying curtains to see that the barren hills have yet to be nuked — and the thought of the a new owner during the greens of summer.

Are you assuming that everyone in the organization would be aware the team is being sold? Business as usual would be a good SOP if the team was being sold. If there's an effort to reach out to fans, whatever that means (chz posted something about being contacted by the team, I think), that could be seen as part and parcel of preparing the company to be sold.

Settle down. Kim is not involved in it.

I opened this thread hoping for some sign the Pegulas will go back to plowing the earth from above and not this franchise from behind. I'll take it! The tweet might be inelegant, but it gets to the truth. I don't believe for a moment that Terry has some ingenious plan to rebuild the Sabres. He knows there's not a plan. He no longer cares, if he ever did. I look forward to reminding him of that fact, in one loud,lusty boo, if he has the audacity to appear on the ice to sully Rick's night. There's really no other logical explanation for the recent and current state of the team other than the above.

See also: denial, non-denial Also: the seats have spoken. They don't like Paul.

There are no atheists in foxholes and no shoulds in hockey.

Unfortunately, the Chaotic Good there was issued by the Senators. The Chaos was the sneak attack on one of our captains, knocking him the hell out and provoking a feckless and almost comical response.

Chicken meet egg.

At the Cap Centre in Landover, MD, circa 1986, you sat in the dark. The effect was pretty cool, as was watching drunk Caps fans go ass over teakettles down the steps. (Kidding, the steps were illuminated, IIRC.)

Same in Pittsburgh on the upper level.

I've noticed that in most arenas, the goal announcement comes just before or at the ensuing faceoff. If you've just given up a goal, I think it makes good sense to get the announcement over right away, not three minutes later when you don't need to be reminded. If you've just scored, the goal announcement comes as people are settling down and gets the party re-started. (Of course, to be consistent in my thinking, maybe it makes sense to delay your own goal announcement to mess with the opponents' heads. Would like to hear a coach or player say it matters or doesn't.) In Buffalo, sadly, it appears they wait until there's some official decree from the NHL. The droning on of the PA guy during play unnerves me. Boston's, Montreal's and Pittsburgh's horns infuriate me. I wish ours had more character, for lack of a better word. Great topic.

A certain poster has changed his avatar to whoever the hot pick is (I assume; maybe it's the poster's son). If it's the new saviour, it makes me want to upchuck.

It must be nice to be young.

Too lazy one night, too tired the next? The coach is grasping. Hopefully he has some real insights and answers he's hiding from everyone.

Real battle of wits here.