PASabreFan

Define accordingly.

I think we need to see if it really stopped. Will we find out today? I would like to know how it all went down. I will add it to my list of Unknowable Sabres Mysteries, up there with why Patty left, did LindyDarcy get golden parachutes, and was it Ted and Mrs. Hasek or Mrs. Nolan and Dom?

Children can be very perceptive.

What's triangle *****?

If no questions are asked, what can we assume about the media covering the team? This is all Sabres fans are talking about; the story crosses over into general interest and I wouldn't be surprised if it goes national. If anything you cover it to sell papers and increase viewership. To not cover it suggests the media has some interest in protecting the team. Can you think of another reason you don't ask about it?

I know right? It's dumb!

Cheer. Point to the Sabres bench and say These are Sabres today. Point to SHK NRK RJ and the retired players and say These are Sabres forever.

Media availability today... Over under on salute questions? I'm going with 2 and taking the under. Mike will stand alone. Paul might have it in him but he's already tweeted he didn't know anything about it because... Elevator. Dahlin is the one I want to hear from. The presumptive captain. Did you agree with it? If not did you express your opinion? How will you handle something like this as captain?

I'm guilty of popping into threads and popping off from time to time so I can't be too mad. But a number of people don't seem to grasp the issue here.

Mike's description of the Kings' postgame scene leaves the door open a crack as to whether someone laid down the law. "The crowd was fully giving it up to the team after a 7-0 rout and, lo and behold, the players started to head directly off the ice after checking in with goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. But then something was said – couldn’t tell by whom – and the Goatheads reversed course, stopped and raised their sticks before leaving. It wasn’t a full gathering around the circle but at least it was something." https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nhl/sabres/buffalo-sabres-nhl-don-granato-columbus-blue-jackets-toronto-maple-leafs/article_97abb70c-cc5a-11ee-8ab4-1f71e58cc14c.html

I think most of us have forgotten what it's like to be a kid. Or that certain kind of fan who is almost childlike in adoring the players. I'd customize the stick routine and have the players playfully fence with them like sabres. Don't get me started on all the ways the Sabres have not taken full advantage of their namesake lo these many years.

This thread is going to have more posts and views than some games. I'm calling it. I also wouldn't be surprised if someone's going to try and shut er down! Like Gibby saying how much they love Leaf fans, this one will also cut very close to the bone.

Yes. I can guarantee that the first time the team skated off without doing it, some fans were pissed. And went online to say they were! You're transferring your cool indifference to others.

That's my burning question. It can't be the majority. It could be a relative few. Opposing fans in Buffalo would be smart to boo the Sabres.

That's great. My point was this move is so dumb because it targets all of the fans.

We don't agree much, but I don't think this is really who you are. You mentioned the word humanize. Does it bother you that kids were waiting for the stick lift after a win and didn't get it?

Can confirm no one takes it rectally better than Woody.

Yes. And I had an immediate stick lift. I'm still digesting this news... It was mentioned recently on this board and I refused to believe it, then I was relieved when someone said it wasn't true... But how bad is this? It feels downright awful. Like, the last thing that's done before divorce is inevitable. That's next level captainship.

Yeah. I had to listen. I won't rip Derek. The regular host wasn't there so maybe he got thrown to the wolves. He wasn't bad but you could hear the nerves. Dead air, even a few seconds, is brutal. I kept fiddling with the radio. Beyond that the production value of the broadcast is less than stellar. It all goes back to trying to put TV on the radio.

I think this is the definition of moving the goalposts. They weren't protesting the salute.

I like it. Because I think that's what it boils down to. He's helping to develop them, assisting their careers. In a no pressure, highly supportive environment that doesn't focus on winning and losing. It's perfect.

Why do they like Donny so much anyway?

Well? Now?

Terry is all about it. I can guarantee that. On Day One he was over at the News telling them their negative coverage was affecting the team. "Part of the reason for the quit is in this room." Of course the fans are another excuse. TP is softer than... You know.

Dumb. Most people don't boo. I've speculated that it could be a very small number of people. A hundred? Who is our acoustics expert? You're just hurting a lot of people you shouldn't be mad at.