PASabreFan

Whenever (linesman won't drop the puck) A wild and woolly one! (rare) Kicked that one off into the corner (goalie) Look out! (puck into crowd) That one almost hit the scoreboard! All he's got left is his dignity! (fighter has no helmet, gloves, sweater, shoulder pad etc.) Bob Swados, the late legal eagle for the Sabres, called watching a playoff game "delirious agony" in his autobiography.

Rolled around behind the net A boouuuuuncer! A blast! A Howitzer! A cannon! He rifled that one home! Halfway through regulation time

I beg your pardon. Betwixt and between (rare) They've got their own game going (rare) A-gain (Canadian pronunciation) Uses the boards Rattles it in He would have been gone He hit the goalpost, he smoked it off the pipe (retired, apparently)

Jeanneretisms. Go! Waaaaaaay offside. An acre offside. That'll be icing if he touches it first, he does, and it is! The game is over!

Skinner what?

Same here. I just hope if it is there can be a way for Rick to be there for the big moments to come. Even if he just records a call or two from home watching a replay.

Jeff mailed that one in.

The Best of Rick? Listen to three or four minutes of playoff game without a whistle. That was his brilliance. All the rest was frosting on Mama's sugar cookies.

Blood emergency? Let's help Sid donate some.

That was beautifully done.

I have. Mike Wallace asking RaKru for the truth, or something. How could you forget? MW is LMCMT. It's never been associated with success.

It's not practical to do so, but it would be interesting to see who's been posting during games right from the hopeful beginning to the hopeless end. There are quite a few who fit the bill. No way to pick one... maybe we should offer up The Gametime Poster, sort of like the tomb of the unknown soldier. Reminder that this the season's best poster, not necessarily all-time best posters or your favorite poster. A slight difference, but a different nonetheless. Who's been bringing it in our hour of need?

I've thought about this for awhile now. Everyone else in hockey gets awards, why not SabreSpace posters? Who should win the first Spacey Award? (What's that? I'm being told our lawyers advise against that name.) OK, I don't know what it should be called or what the trophy should look like or how such an honor should be bestowed virtually. I just know we should honor the poster who has been the best among us this 2020-2021 season. Nominations are sought. Name the poster and offer a brief statement of support. Let's say three nominations are needed to move on to a final poll. I'm the clear winner, of course, but since I'm running the process, I'll disqualify myself. I ask the dozens of you, nay hundreds, who were prepared to vote for me to offer your second choice.

I'll miss this MW stuff. At least it better be gone next October.

Also your post implies you know what Jack's injury was. And I don't think you do for sure.

Ridiculed? No. Criticized? Yes. Did you watch any games when Jack played? Your other position is noble, but I'd like to see the policy enacted. The players put their bodies and in a sense their lives on the line for us — praise only, please. And my mind is boggled at calling the franchise a dumpster fire and not wanting to say a bad word about its best player and leader.

That's pretty amazing about the mule being to the side of the canal. Not sure how I thought it worked — did I think the mule was in the water pulling the barge like a horse pulls a wagon?!

Fans voted on five finalists. Sam edged out Cozens, Risto, Okposo and Skinner. Excellence, resiliency, community engagement. That's a measure of shade on Jack Eichel? Not in the top 5? Players stopping by can create publicity that I would imagine leads to donations, but what most organizations really need is money.

Rico. Rico Sauve.

And the nut-shaped eyes. Almond, pecan, maybe even cashew.

Sorry for the clickbait. Ever since @Eleven brilliantly conceived it, I've been somewhat obsessed with the following song being played at some point, maybe at the first commercial break after 10:00 to go in the third. A real stress-buster, or opportunity to celebrate/salvage something out of the evening. I mean, come on, you can clap to it, you can sing it, it mentions the Erie Canal and it has BUFFALOOOOOO in it. This is a slam dunk no-brainer, Sabres! I am resigned to it never happening. But I can see the crowd and hear the joy. I thank my annoying little brother from Buffalo.

What's he have to do with the Sabres? Winter Classic? Golden goal? He doesn't do it for me. I think I noticed him once last night.

I'll take an eccentric approach to this. I truly am an odd hockey bird. Exasperated, the late (on here, anyway) X. Benedict asked me if I was a hockey fan or a Sabres fan. I'm a Sabres fan. I look at Hoss' list and can't say I've really noticed or appreciated most of them. Barkov? I'm looking up other trees, namely the Sabres as they come on and off the ice. The Others are almost always a blur. Helmets don't help. I'm not sure I could pick Mark Stone out of a police lineup. But there are non-Sabres I do notice and, in a sense, enjoy — unless they're killing us. So my Top 10, drawn from a field of 11 if I'm being honest, and in no special order: Brad Marchand — villains are fun Kris Letang — in command Alex Ovechkin — nasty in so many senses of the word Matthew Barzal — crafty and dynamic Casey Cizikas — a hockey player; maybe it's the number Logan Couture — Go Bills! Miles Wood — give me three of him and the Sabres make the playoffs Zdeno Chara — ageless marvel Connor McClavicle — I mean, come on Curtis Lazar — I didn't want to include former Sabres, but I'm already out of choices... punchable, and he might have tried to celebrate with Dahlin soon after leaving Buffalo