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Unless it doesn't. So who would you sign for less money?

He and Bucky Gleason, another ray of local sunshine, did a radio show that was actually not bad. I think Bucky was a governor on Jerry's negative impulses. When Buck got a respectable job (insurance maybe?) Sully was free to unleash the beast.

Sure, okay. They are the worst. Boom. So what are they supposed to do to not suck? Hire a new coach? Sign and likely overpay their top goal scorer? They did those. It could all fail. And Jerry Sullivan wants to be the first to say "I told you so." Jerry's forte is not to offer thoughtful analysis. It's to remind you of the last time something didn't work and say it could happen again. It's all he does. There's no skill to it. If he's wrong, people will forget. He'll move on to hammering the Bills or UB or anyone he thinks he can land a punch on.

I want the Blues to win. I'd even like ROR to win. The page has turned. HELL YEAH!

I'll pin the rebound on Binny. Not on getting over. That was great effort. Meantime Tuuka gets beat 5-hole and is saved by the post. Friggin luck. Edit: replay confirms Binny got over as fast as physics allows. No fault there. But why no backcheck?

Is he Maynard G. Krebs grandkid? (Warning: extremely old cultural reference.)

Coaching. Coaching, coaching, coaching. And furthermore...coaching.

It would be poetic if the Blues swept the Bruins for the cup.

It just seems like fellow Athletic scribes are emulating his social media persona. I believe it's Schwanztucker.

Isn't Krueger a British soccer guy?

Do you consider this series a battle of Expansion 6 franchises? I do.

The Tim Graham effect?

But it's also human nature to wonder when candidates we were allegedly considering sign elsewhere. A month from now will we be hearing Botterill name Chris Taylor after an "exhaustive search?"

Crackerjack coaching search, JBotts!

We'll have to trade him first.

Strictly non-Buffalo pro venues: Football: Falcons (Fulton County) Dolphins (whatever it's called these days) Jets (Met Life) Patriots (Sullivan and Gillette) Ravens (M&T) Baseball: Red Sox (Fenway) Orioles (Memorial Stadium) Blue Jays (Rogers Skydome) Dodgers (Dodgers Stadium) Hockey: Lightning (Amalie) Bruins (TD Garden) Hurricanes (RBC) Flyers (Spectrum) Kings (The Forum) Basketball: Celtics (TD Garden)

I'm blaming the old gypsy. I only brought that up to point out that losing playoff series has been an ongoing problem. You can assign blame as you see fit.

Taylor? Martin? meh. Amerks fans always blamed the Sabres for not giving the team enough talent in the playoffs. What's the excuse this year?

My plan is to wind up in Wilmington NC eventually.

I wonder if anyone in Raleigh stayed up to watch? Ditto for the Isles and Tavares.

Go Whalercanes!

Very Sabres-esque in the 3rd. Outshooting Toronto 15-3 but not a single dangerous scoring chance or sustained offensive pressure.

Well, the silver lining in all this? Botts won't have to wait long to announce Taylor.

A good friend's dad from Toronto just lost his wife of 60+ years. He said he just wants to see the Leafs win before he goes. So I have to kind of to root for Toronto in this case. It's okay because I hate the Bruins just as much.

So am I apparently. 1) I could have sworn the playoffs started Wednesday. 2) I googled "Marlies Amerks Game 1." 3) A video popped up that I thought was yesterday's game 1. I guess I'm happy they aren't down 0-1