PASabreFan

Bold prediction!

It's the least I can do. Last game of the decade for the Sabres. Would you put it past them to win one against all odds and pull us back in for another 10 years? Wait for it...

If that's the price, they'll bring back Mrs. O'Leary's cow and burn it down again.

Not bragging. I'd just like to see the reaction if Reality were presented to some of you at the time of the draft. You do remember the string of dipsy-dangle videos out of the Swedish League, right? Were you posting most of them? How many of those moves have you seen in the NHL? The last three sentences are an attempted compliment. People do respect your opinion, as do I. But stop trying to make Dahlin into something he isn't yet. I'm not being negative, I'm just calling it like I see it. Dahlin has shown signs of being a top-notch contributor to the offensive side, despite almost no scoring touch, and defensively he's JAG. He's a very good prospect. I don't feel the need to scream Norris! every time he makes a play behind his own net and passes the puck to a teammate. You're the one trying wayyyy too hard to be proven right.

No choices or YouTube videos this year. Interest in this contest has never been high enough to justify the amount of work it takes. Also, I am old, weak and discouraged. But it would be nice to continue having a Goal of the Year. Let's crowd source this and come up with a consensus. I've got nothing really. I honestly don't recall a lot of incredible goals this year. Maybe one of Olofsson's early snipes? Eichel against Nashville at home this season? To review: 2016 — Eichel's last second OT goal 2017 — Eichel's overtime goal in Nashville 2018 — Risto's inside out move and parasol twirler vs. SJ 2019 — ???

On the four on four? He skated back uncontested and brought it up ice with virtually no Bruin challenging him. Big deal. Stop pumping his tires. Think of your fellow fans. We value your opinion.

I care. The team is starved for goals. He's face to face with the goalie and plops it wide. Not good enough.

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We could toss in what you think the 20s word will be. I'll go with Stupid or Dynasty.

25 goals in the calendar year 2019 will get fans thinking that way. He's a one-way, one-trick player who's producing very little down the lineup. On a brighter note, Dahlin has two goals all season. Would love to go back in time and make that prediction in the Dahlin: How Many Norrises? thread and watch heads explode.

I knew that. I had a fever of 102.5 last night. I think my brain got fried. Yep, that's my problem.

I had Pegula***** at first.

That's becoming pretty obvious. Botterill has a history of being taken in trades and a history of sitting on his hands. He even said recently that as a "young GM" he has to figure out what fellow GMs trust. This franchise can no longer afford to wait for on the job training to kick in. Jason would probably be fine in the cap guru role like he did in Pittsburgh — although look at the Sabres' situation.

Almost exactly 10 years ago, I created a thread that asked people to associate one word with each decade of Sabres hockey. https://www.sabrespace.com/community/topic/16348-four-decades-of-sabres-hockey/ In almost the blink of an eye, here we are again. (And because there was a Year Zero for Sabres hockey, we don't have to debate whether this is truly the end of a Sabres' decade. Right?) Picking up where I left off: 70s: Fever 80s: Letdown 90s: Close 00s: Change (would go with Taro's Letdown if I could go back in time) 10s: Stupid Your turn.

Unless they're Easter eggs.

@therealbarry?

OK, my bad. The point is the same. If I want Botterill fired, I am under no obligation to name his replacement. One thing has nothing to do with the other. Unless we're back to the idiotic defense of Lindy Ruff — there's no one out there who's better!

Terrible. The average hockey fan is not expected to know who the hockey president candidates are. And of course that's all you know. It's not an argument for not having a hockey president. "You don't know what you don't know."

And now with Skinner lost, hoo boy! As Lance "Scandy" Lysowski wrote in today's paper: "The absence of a 40-goal scorer could have a significant impact on an offense that has scored only five goals in its past four games." Seriously, what will the Sabres do without Skinner?

Thanks a bunch. The victory was won. There was no homework. But, noooo, you had to remind Mrs. DePasquale she forgot to assign it. At 2:29.

Everything we know about Ralphie so far is that he's not going to break up his top line to try and "get Skinner going." It's up to Jeff. However, if Eichel cools off and Skinner keeps showing some spark with added ice time, the coach might have to give in to the Tweetie Birds and Aud Clubbers.

Right. Why would we want someone deemed by the head coach as an "amazing" example of a player who bought into the system and was playing a solid role in the team's early success?

No offense, but I'm not sure you've been watching that closely. This is a playoff bubble team already in just half a season of RaKru Magic™. It's a pretty good hockey team that doesn't need to be nuked again. An elite center and a number one goalie have emerged — enormous developments along with the epiphany of Olofsson. If Skinner emerges from post-contract coma (which started after he secured said contract the first half of last season) you're essentially adding a top-line winger to the team. Things are not trending in the right direction at the moment, but the playoffs are still a very real possibility. Watch your trigger finger, Mr. Raygun.

P.S. This is funny. The line that got me choked up, I heard as "Christmas toys all around me." The line actually is "Christmas joys all around me." The mind is cool.