PromoTheRobot

I bought a ticket for the Sabres in Boston. Then driving in for the season finale.

How does it feel watching a team other than the Sabres? Same pangs of frustration?

Chelmsford---> Salem not that close. Over an hour away.

There were only 18 NHL teams in 1977 when Bossy was drafted. Fun fact: The Sabres picked 14th that year and chose Ric Seiling. The Islanders picked 15th and took Bossy.

We say this like draft prospects neatly fall in relation to their potential. #16 could well define our future, as could #10 or #32.

Team #16 has to be out west or else they will have a real headache creating divisions. It'll be hard if they try to do 3 divisions of 5. Some team will be the oddball.

Actually LV makes 15 so there's room for one more. I was hoping they would revive the New England franchise. Manchester, NH has an empty 10K arena since the Monarchs left.

The team’s ownership group includes Wayne Gretzky, Dustin Johnson, Steve Nash and Joe Tsai...the same Joe Tsai we were speculating was buying all or part of the Sabres.

The Sabres needed an exorcism.

I guess I'm lucky because I've never sat in a busted seat. But I may have stepped on a crack in the floor without realizing it.

The arena condition has been overblown by Vogl and Harrington.

Missing a huge chunk of the season will do that. Same with Mittelstadt. Next year will tell the tale for both players.

The months of November, December, January and February were a black hole for the Sabres. In that span they were there worst team in the NHL. But in October, March and April they played at a 108-point pace.

If we're getting better we take points from other teams... And they fall back.

Sell the team.

I don't know what to do with myself till Thursday.

I think there are still a lot of casual or barely connected "fans" (and I use the term loosely) that still think the team sucks because a) they don't actually watch games. They look at the standings. And b) the media narrative, outside of Harrington and Hamilton, is still somewhat negative. As I said before about Josh Allen, narratives die hard. Once established, it's really hard to get people to change how they think about something.

The suggestion here is players are looking to shift blame by looking at the iPads. But if Lindy is blaming players for something without checking to see if he's right then maybe the players have a point?

No more composite sticks. Back to wood!

Now. But for how long did people discount his abilities because they were so invested in his draft narrative?

Certain people are going to have a hard time letting go of the "Sabres Suck" narrative. Same kind of people ragging on Josh Allen even while he's tearing up the NFL.

Sure. But what matters is where things are heading. The Bills playoff drought felt like it would never end. Now look at them. Do you hear anyone taking about it anymore?

My sarcasm detector is working perfectly.

Stick a fork in them.