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I liked KA's "Who wants to be here?" mindset. The malcontents seem to be gone.

I've taken my family a few times prior to COVID traveling from the Rochester area. The place was dead and both times were big losses. My kids didn't hate it, but it's not like with the Bills when they were bad, where at least the tailgaiting was fun. I won't take them again, but it's a chicken / egg thing. They have never know the Sabres to be playoff good although when they were little they wore slug Briere/Drury/Miller gear. they were too young to remember that. I'll also offer that my 65" HDTV cost less than a game with the family and the televised product is so much better than it used to be.

A good candidate with the runway for stability is the cornerstone of dynasties. I hope Donny is our guy. It feels like he is in the "driven to improve" mindset and I am optimistic about the season(s).

Buffalo An all America Team

Went to the game. Super fun period and overtime. Tough first two periods. The posts here have been spot on. Weissbach shouldn't have been moved. That whole incident was tough to watch. There was a tool sitting behind me with full Belleville swag on. With his wife and baby. Was totally chirping for two periods (Yelling "scoreboard" over and over) and then getting peeved for the crowed being too loud for his baby. His wife looked miserable. Dude was in the obnoxious stratosphere. So satisfying to watch him skulk out. I'm not one to taunt, but I did say "Hey" and when he looked up pointed to the scoreboard and told him he shouldn't mess with the hockey gods. I hope the Amerks can close out, but it won't be easy. I'd love to go to another game in the next series.

Amerks getting bullied.

The sadness is real. I'm 60 and remember when the Sabres were and expansion team. I didn't follow them right away, but I had older cousins that I looked up to that got me into Sabres hockey and I've been addicted since. My first game (I've posted this before) was the famous fog game, but much of my Sabres enjoyment came from the radio. Even in the 80s when I lived in Westchester I could tune in at night and listen to Rick. Such a constant in my life it's like a relative dying. Even though I know he's still out there and we've never met. Many folks wish they could hang with a favorite athlete, musician, author, etc. Me, I'd have a few beers with RJ.

I took my kids to a few games during the drought pre-covid. The product was boring and the atmosphere was dead. It's hard for me to drive in from Rochester and spend three hundred+ with parking and concessions and not have much fun. I've loved hockey but it's been a long time since I saw a game that had any meaning. Somehow this is my/our fault?

I think the style of play is so much better. They are actually entertaining.

I'm not crying, you're crying. Actually I am.

I joked at my Key bank branch if they were giving tickets away. They told me they might not have any takers, because I am sure they only watch the standings. You have to be a real fan to have any hope, which I do, but I can see how it's a bigger lift for others. For some reason this feels a bit like when Pominville, Miller, Roy and Campbell were in Roch. It just had a good feeling of optimism. Hope I'm right.

Maybe he's just bored.

If I didn't think Rasmus wasn't hard on himself or not interested in learning, I'd be concerned. His body language doesn't say that, and at times he's both absolutely amazing and absolutely frustrating in the same game. I'm enjoying watching him develop. I would be significantly disappointed of he is dealt in any way.

No need to bash Eichel, but he wasn't a leader. Saw him speak at an event 3 years ago with BB Kyle Williams. Kyle was a leader, and Jack was all about himself. No shame in that, it's what makes some athlete's great. But once he was given the C, it was never going to work. I'm glad it's over......

True that, sloppy second, but a great amount of youthful effort.

= "we will get fooled again!"

Tanky McTankFace.

RIP Rene. I know every Sabres fan as old as me has a Rene story. Here is mine I've told before. I listened and watched the Sabres from the time they were an expansion team, but my first #buffalosabres hockey game was the famous "Fog" game 4 of the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals when I was 14. Dad somehow scored tickets as he was working for NYSEG and had some connections. The seats were right where the players exit. When Rene Robert scored in overtime to win I had never had that kind of sports joy and really haven't since. Here's a few pics I took with my Dad's work Polaroid camera he let me take. There was a camera right behind me and clearly it took the footage here 45 years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlNHmgBzPwY&t=24s Rene was a lot of fun and lived life large and now the 2nd gone from the famed French Connection. Thanks for all the great memories!

Old timer watching since the start. I vote yes. Worst ever. Evidence: Realizing Eichel was never going to be the leadership guy I wanted. The L streak. The delay in pulling Krueger. RJ forced to create enthusiasm. Risto still getting big minutes. COVID games in morgue atmospheres. And then the resurgence with no games played for any meaning except another "next year". Then Eichel's press conference. F this guy. I hated the tank years and I think they have never recovered from the stench, but this is rock bottom.

This. I want to have a meaningful last game of the regular season. Win and in, or win and a better seed. Too many times lately my trips to Buffalo has been to watch non-meaningful hockey in a morgue-like atmosphere. Oh, and while I'm going full curmudgeon, I miss the ramps at the Aud.

Thanks for that. Still laugh / crying.

I got a bottle of winners choice spirits on who finishes higher in the standings, Sabres or Rangers with a friend. I figured This would at least keep the season interesting. That last game was disheartening after some optimism. Also, many of my favorite Sabres memories involved Lindy. Let's hope for one today.

Sabres 7-1. Tampa rode the euro-disco train celebrating win last night. I can visualize it and it wasn't pretty.

I am the boss. I can't allow that.

How can i watch MSNBC at work?