tom webster

I’ve always parked on the street but never walked to arena. Taro says it’s about 12 minutes which seems like a nice, leisurely walk. We may push time up to 4:30 in order to grab enough tables. Should we count on you for 2 at 4:30?

We will be in section 117.

When I inquired a week before Christmas I was told 16 weeks so I guess they are making progress.

I don’t think Casey is terrible. I’ve said before I think him and Krebs is redundant. I also think his pedigree and personnel people’s eternal belief they can develop anyone make him and VO the two pieces that can be moved to improve Buffalo’s mix.

That’s the biggest thing. While you can obviously point to him specifically, what having him in the lineup really points to is the fact that when he plays, they ice a competent NHL defense crew.

I’m not sure he’s right but it’s not a slam dunk.

I meant he didn’t think they were significant upgrades over a “free” Comrie and Anderson.

I believe both of those fell under the “not significantly better” column, in his opinion.

I also believe that KA is following the Carolina model when it comes to goaltending. Unless you can acquire the “elite” level goaltending, you have to weigh the costs versus the impact. He deemed Murray and Gibson worth the cost. The others that were available not so much.

As with everything, it’s a bunch of factors, some of which have been mentioned above. Another factor, since TM was GM, they put a premium on shooting skills when everything else was equal. It was the one and only reason they drafted VO.

I spent a little time googling my recollection. One site talks about 100 inches of snow in some areas, another site backs up my recollection of only 12 inches of “new” snow couple with snow from the frozen lake.

I’m 95% sure this is wrong. As I remember there was little snow. City was buried by snow that was blown off the frozen lake. Of course, my children prove 90% of my favorite stories wrong.

By the way, has anyone actually translated this and, if it has any credibility, why is no one else talking about it? On the other hand, maybe don’t translate it and then after about 20 pages, reveal it is just a “spoof” video. I, for one, would be amused.

Exactly. There is nothing I would ever guarantee but I’ll guarantee you one thing, if Buffalo ever trades Levi’s rights, it will not be to Montreal.

Well, glad for the people with Tampa tickets but now I have 6 tickets to the Philly game I can’t use

I believe 100% that Kane would like to finish his career in Buffalo and believe that Buffalo has discussed that possibility as well. I do, however, believe it’s slightly less likely now for a few reasons. I now believe that the Islanders are slight favorites, followed by the Rangers. Kane loves Barzal, the Rangers will do everything in their power to not let that happen and both teams would want extra years. In Buffalo’s favor, the cap remaining relatively flat another year. This may lead to Kane going to Minnesota at the deadline and to Buffalo in the off-season.

The Sabres have been good about this in the past. Even if game is played(unlikely) they will most undoubtedly offer exchanges to those who choose not to come in. I would definitely not sell tickets at a loss.

Over the course of an 82 game season, playoff teams are going to win games they are not supposed to. You’ll need your goalie to steal a game or two or three. It seems like some of the same people clamoring for an upgrade in net are dismissing a win because the Sabres finally had their goaltender win them a game. They won. No apologies or explanations necessary.

Just how many beers had you had before “seeing” Santa?

They acquired Reeves a week later at similar salary. My guess is they wanted to maintain their $3M cap space because they are going to be in cap hell for years starting next year and this may be their year to go for it.

Some people have no idea how close deals have come to happening that would have had a major impact on futures of entire leagues. Things like KC choosing Steve Fuller over Joe Montana, the 49ers trying desperately to trade for Eddie Brown only to have to settle for Jerry Rice, etc etc. The cliche was always, sometimes the best trades are the ones you don’t make.

They have won 4 in a row at their new home including 3 during this current string, but yes, Buffalo needs to win this.

Ok, I missed a lot of the later posts, but update. We have two tickets left. Anyone interested in joining Taro, Wyldnwoody44 (plus 1) and myself, please message me. I have others interested in these tickets but I’ll hold off till Christmas.

Family dinner at Howard Johnson’s across from the airport. Couldn’t believe it when we turned on the radio and heard the score. Boston was a machine back then and this game marked the beginning of the golden era of Sabre hockey.

I’m almost positive the GM and coach agree with this. After the New Jersey game they both went on and on about how the Devils defense controlled the game.