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Dunne has Greer in a headlock, punching him. 🤣

"You can't mess with the Panthers" 🤣 🤣 After Dunne wrecked him.

Too bad, it was a beauty. Dunne pounded that Panther punk.

Dunne had the first fight a Sabre clearly won in forever.

I thought Florida looked pretty flat. They could have destroyed the Sabres but kept screwing up plays to the net.

Except Dan Snyder didn't own 3 other very successful franchises. You'd have a very hard time convincing someone who isn't emotionally invested in the Sabres that he's another Dan Snyder or even Alex Meruelo. And again, no one is buying the Sabres to keep them in Buffalo. There are too many larger cities lusting for an NHL team to think someone with a billion dollars to burn wants to keep a team in a city that is too small and too poor to support even one pro team. Plus, this said magical new owner still wouldn't turn the fortunes of the Sabres around quickly enough to make fans happy and get them to show up. It's worth noting if things start getting weird for Canadians crossing the border, the Sabres might be toast anyway. They can't afford to lose a third of their fan base.

So I get home after the HS basketball game. (Far more entertaining contest. That link I posted will play the game on demand.) I put ESPN+ on and start watching. So we are losing, right? But I notice that the end of the replay is still quite far away. Now ESPN+ Sabres broadcasts end right when the games end. So I'm thinking "the Sabres must have gotten this to overtime." More and more time goes by, later and later into the 3rd and I'm still expecting this Sabres goal explosion that puts the game into OT. Game ends, Sabres lose, turns out ESPN+ decided to show the Sabres postgame with Duffer & Marty. 😂 Lol, they fooled me.

Mittelstadt looked awesome when he got to Colorado. Then the adrenaline wears off.

Tonight's another game I'll have to watch later. It's high school basketball playoffs.

It's not like Lindy hasn't tried to connect with younger players.

TSN was gushing about the "toughness" Cozens brings. No less than 24 hours earlier Ray Ferraro was asking why Cozens was just standing there while Dahlin was being jumped. He also falls a lot.

Cozzy almost scored on the power play against the Rangers.

I never said he was hard up. @Night Train brought up the partial sale of the Bills.

Terry spoke in years past. There's nothing else he can say. What your really asking for is a walk of shame ala Cersei Lannister in Game of Thorns.

How does it work when you are owed money by another team? Are the Devils still paying all or part of Lindy's salary? Or did that go away when he accepted the Sabres job?

Many NFL owners are selling non-voting stakes in their franchises.

It's not weird that Terry doesn't speak in public. First off, he's terrible at it. Second, there's nothing he can say that would placate the fans. Also, tell me how often sports team owners address the public outside of regime changes? Almost never. So demanding Terry address the fans sounds great but is less than meaningless.

No one is paying a billion dollars for the Sabres to keep them in Buffalo. You might as well be saying 'move the team!'

You're right. I mixed the two writers up.

Not like we do.

What exactly is it you want Terry to do?

I think we are in the middle of an end of season collapse, no? Players not responding to coaching is a problem and hard to comprehend. Especially when you have an icon like Lindy Ruff. Maybe Lindy just doesn't give a crap anymore? Maybe he's finally given up trying to understand how to coach younger players? Like I said, nothing Adams did at the deadline precludes changes being made. Ruff needs to retire and the rest of the coaching staff needs an overhaul. Adams got more time than most GMs to turn the bus around. Maybe you at least look at Karmanos and Leone.

Here's the problem. You're judging UPL by the end result, not by the factors that lead to that result. You simply don't believe that bad defensive play leads to more goals. You expect a goalie to just stop everything no matter what. It doesn't work that way. Josh Allen is one of the best QBs ever. But the Bills still try to surround him with quality players. Why is that?

These moves do not guarantee Adams survives. They had to be made and nothing he did prevents a new GM from moving forward. The core is still here.

Both teams are buying a lottery ticket. Ottawa at least got the extra 2nd.