Tom Backyard

Those poor kids are basically going to be skating around wearing double XL Buffalo Bills jerseys. Absolutely nothing creative about this. Big swing and a miss.

I think that the fact that this is even a question for discussion (and a legit one) says all that needs to be said about the quality of the Sabres/Americans coaching over the past 5 plus years. There's talent there to be developed. Part of the problem is this club is pi** poor at developing it. Would people agree that the ability to develop young talent is an indicator of a strong organization? If Buffalo could do this, we wouldn't be sitting around watching hockey in other city's arenas every May.

Since this is technically a Sabres home game, shouldn't Sabres season ticket holders get first crack at tickets? 1. Sabres Season holders 2. Rangers Season Holders 3. Mets Season Holders 4. General Public There may be some fine print in Mets season holder contracts that says they get pre-sale access to all events at CITI, but other than that scenario, there's a good argument for Sabres season ticket holders to get in on this early.

When Miller went off on someone (Sullivan?) who stepped on it right after the new carpet was installed a few years ago, it was written about in TBN more than once.

http://buffalonews.com/2017/03/15/sabres-intrigued-reported-winter-classic-matchup-rangers/ It seems that the WJC outdoor game is actually a hindrance to Winter Classic being played in Buffalo. It's not believed that the facility can turnover to host two 70,000 plus people events in such a short window.

The only thing better than watching the game was coming in here afterwards and reading the progression from bridge jumping to fist pumping. Sports fandom is a roller coaster ride indeed.

Worst blown lead all season. "Rest assured I was on the internet in minutes registering my disgust throughout the world.”

This one is at 5 o'clock folks.

Comparable technology already in place For FIFA. http://quality.fifa.com/en/Goal-Line-Technology/Get-to-know-goal-line-technology/How-it-helps-referees/ Gary Bettman: not ready for prime time.

I was at last Saturday's game. It was my first time there. There were plenty of Sabres fans, but they didn't seem to be stationed in any particular part of the arena.

Fantastic Jake McCabe!

This is how they do basketball at Barclay's. It's like going to the theatre. I enjoy the atmosphere. It's not totally pitch black, but it's dim for sure.

Between Foligno and Girgensons, it's a make or break year for my current sabres jersey wardrobe. Yikes.

Girgensons has 30 goals and 70 points in 202 NHL games. Grigorenko has 12 goals and 41 points in 142 NHL games. Grigorenko had more assists last season, but Zemgus the Destroyer had more goals (6 to 7). On a separate note, someone mentioned in the Foligno contract thread that GMTM may have signed him to the 1 year to protect him from the expansion draft. If that scenario is indeed true and it would protect Foligno, would the same stand for Girgensons?

Gentlemen, lest we forget who assisted on Eichel's first NHL goal? Not saying Foligno's role should be a permanent seat on the Jack and Sam line, but let's not act like he can't skate with those guys and contribute.

Buffalo leaves its stars alone? Ask Patrick Kane and Evander Kane if Buffalo is the kind of place a hockey star can fly under the radar. Buffalo is actually one of the few cities where NHL stars are A-listers. I'm aware that you may be talking about on-ice performance pressure, but I don't agree there either. For example, the media used to be real critical of Ryan Miller not being able to deliver.

Do we really? I'm counting four 3rd rounders and one is conditional depending on Anaheim's fate. That one could turn into a 2017 2nd rounder. http://www.generalfanager.com/teams/buffalo-sabres

I support Nottingham Forest, an English football club. I have a a handful of Forest kits, which I bought without the sponsor. They're very nice. The only kit I have with a sponsor is the mid-90's Labatt's sponsor jersey. It's fun to get drunk wearing that shirt. It can be sort of fun if the sponsor is the right one.

Is it just me, or does the lighting in Rexall Place look dim? It looks like 1986 in there.

Any announcements on television/web broadcast for these games? The NHL Network ran full broadcast of the Traverse City Tournament for a couple years, but that fell off recently. If we're interested in letting the Sabres Organization know we would like to see this televised, now is the time (as opposed to the night before). I'd love to be there, but I'm an out of towner.

I think it's easy to forget how young he is, seeing that he Was only 20 when he made his debut for the Sabres. Coming into the draft, he was projected to be a third liner, mainly a forechecking physical player who puts in work along the walls, and I think that is where he's headed. He has to work on his consistency, but seeing that he was a fourth rounder who has been contributing at the NHL level for nearly four years at age 23, I think that can be seen as a positive. Next Steps: It's time for him to have a ten goal season and start skating some big PK minutes, effectively.

Murray says that he has offers out to UFA Defensemen. Oduya is probably (hopefully) one of them. My thinking is in line with Liger's. If Murray doesn't get exactly what he is looking for in free agency, then he's probably going to see what he can make work as a cheap and short contract stop gap (colaiacovo and Donovan). By doing this he's also giving untested youngsters a chance to show if they've got a future inthe NHL. I am sure he's made calls on trades, but at this point he's not giving up the farm for one. They're not at that point in the roster building process. Patience.

A buddy of mine played against the Sabres Alumni in a charity game. He spoke about how outstanding their skating skills were. He mentioned Rob Ray (even old timer overweight Razor) as an example. In my opinion, even the marginal NHL players have exceptional skating skills. That's why Happy Gilmore ended up as a golfer.

Enjoying a Horseheads Brewing Hot-Jala-Heim after a seven day work week. Picked this up In April, while driving across the state after visiting my folks. It's A good chile beer. I love all things spicy, but so often chile beers are a novelty. I feel like this is an ale first, and a chile beer second. The only thing that would make this better would be not having to go to work tomorrow.

Murray met with the media at the draft lottery. Answered plenty of end of the year-type questions. That's enough.