calti

continuous losing in both major league sports may be what Buffalonians needed to put perspective back in their lives.

37 goals 37 assists. take it to a bank somewhere.

hehe..........

Sabres are definitely improved. I like the direction they are going in. Good for Phil. He hung in there through an awful first half and much heavy criticism.

i hope you are kidding...i mean nothing wrong with it but that is very strange...

He may be the best---but you could make a case for Bobby Orr pre knee surgery.Or even Lemieux. Gretzky wasnt exponentially better than those 2 by any stretch. I remember reading about him taking hockey lessons from his dad. Gretzky would move toward a loose puck and his dad would tell him to skate away from it..training him to 'know' where the puck was going before it got there.hence the legendary ability to be slightly ahead of everyone else. Cripe seeing him come into Buffalo ..on ice with his skinny frame barely holding his jersey and pads on....and just completely dominating good sabres teams. It was awe inspiring. And I think his dad deserves a lot of credit. His dad coulda been a great great coach but maybe he didnt want to give his secrets to anyone but his son.

you pretty much nailed it....but i would make these slight adjustments...Dale Hawerchuk replaces Thomas Vanek...And Jerry King Kong Korab has to be in the lineup somewhere. He struck fear into opponents anytime they were anywhere near the boards.

Some of the comments Im hearing on here making me shake my head. Gretzky DID have a peer at his level and of course that was Mario. Gretzky was better than anyone today..Altho I think Crosby could have been close to Mario and Wayne IF he didnt have the concussion issues. Crosby is still great but he is damaged goods. I have to remember that even 30 yr olds on here didnt see Gretzy in his prime. He was s smarter player than anyone else. By far. The guy weighed about 165 soaking wet and his speed wasnt great. So what. He had an eery ability to know exactly where the puck was going to be. Gretzky,Orr,Howe,Lemieux,Hull,Crosby on Mt Rushmore as far as non goalies go. Im not old enough to have seen Geoffrion or some of the older guys. Perrault should have been up there but he wasnt as driven as these guys. He had the talent. People in Buffalo over 30 are fortunate enough to have seen one of the top 3 goalies of all time on an every day basis. He was supernaturally good. Kinda like Gretzky was. And he was a stick as well at about 165 LBs. playfair was a very scary guy. so was Korab. note --Mike Peca---a smallish guy at 180 LBs --was one of the toughest players I have ever seen.

stick with the muffuletta on decatur st

minus the talent

the oilers falling flat is hard to explain. they looked on the brink last yr of being cup contenders

what happened to the oilers?...too much offseason partying in alberta?

i thought it was a misprint on espn

I guess Pegula is Howard Hues

joe montana, tom brady...the list goes on... I liked savard he was a gritty player.He was hurt for a couple yrs. When he was healthy he scored very well. McNabb was a gifted scorer/skill player who had good size-esp for that time.

cant believe he scored so many in a row

if the locker room tension causes these guys to play like wimps then they arent real men.

give him another year. too early to blame this whole mess on him.

excellent.great post.

and we got sam reinhardt in the deal....

dale McCourt

he is way too soft. there was another guy the sabres had many many yrs ago who was just like reinhardt.....cant think of the name but it goes way back..

re;peat after me.."paychex...,paychex,....paychex....."

winning breeds winning. the sabres used to have a winning franchise until Pegula showed up.

who is the bigger disappointment this yr Sabres or Oilers?