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Love the fu he gave the Leaf fan in the front row on CBC. lol!

An entertainer? Wow. I'm sorry but that is a huge stretch. What's so entertaining about his inarticulate nature and his regurgitated opinions? He's a fan. So what. He's also not very bright either. I don't find him to be representative of the intelligence of the fans in WNY. Quite the opposite.

Tough to pick but Bulldog is absolutely useless. Must have pictures of someone high up. 2nd is Hamilton. I flipped over for 2 minutes while Maddog was in break. He stated that his comparison of the Leafs/Sabres development goes back to the respective Rielly/Risto picks and the two teams are even now. What? Of course those two idiots said nothing. Hey Paul, um......are you watching this season?

Lot of air miles in that series lol

Probably best a western swing is early. Team up and focus. If it's 30 games, so be it. Whenever he returns lets hope he gets back to the level that he is accustomed to playing at. Season starts tomorrow regardless. Time to play.

Could be the Hockey Gods punishing us for the Tank.

I never really liked Collar. I think the analytics shtick masked the fact that he isn't a very good broadcaster. That being said, he sadly is the best of a sorry staff. Wish him well.

All over now.

This will be fun. Sharks are deeper than TB and can transition with PIT. SJ in 6 tight ones.

Great tip-in by Ward. California dreamin tonight.

That was a fun game. Speed kills and sometimes it's vicious too. Should be a great series

That's on Weber. Whoops

I'm impressed with the Pens G Murray. Great positioning and doesn't rattle. Made some huge saves in the 3rd.

This is as painful as the NCAA selection show. Get to game 2.

I agree that Sylvester was horrible. It was almost fun to listen to at times, in terms of train wreck radio. Collar doesn'the do much for me either. It's a nice concept but they should scrap the current cast and start again. OTOH, it's so bad that it fits perfectly with all the other shows on GR.

Even though the show has changed, it's always great to see the Sabres on HNIC. Fun interview with O'Reilly.

No pun intended, but this is like an acid flashback lol.

Exactly. This hurts on levels I can't quantify. Low point, indeed.

Looks like what Hodgson plays in every night.

Lol! I can see it now: April 4th......"Sabres head to Long Island to take on the Islande.......um never mind". End thread.

Gensler's show is the best in the city....by far. Way better than the garbage on GR. I only wish they'd boost the signal strength.

Did I read that right @nhl.com? 12 shots? omg....wow

I hate to say it but....series over. If NY would have stolen it last night we might end up having something. LA is too strong, too deep, and too fluid in their game to be beat. Wave after wave of forechecking and a gap control that will tighten up as the series goes on by a terrific D. Oh, if Quick gets focused for a full 60, it's over in 5.

I could bore you with stories about delivering the Courier Express to Bill Hajt or finally being brave enough to knock on Gilbert's door but this tale is way more fun. Mid 90's. Rob Ray's bar "Rayzors" on Elmwood. The place used to hold Sega NHL 94 tournaments on maybe Tuesday nights. I think the winner got a $25 bar tab. Anyway, this event only lasted a few months and my friend Nate and I would try to make it every week. The last one was epic. Some backstory. Nate and I were absolute killers at this game. We tormented his brother and any of his friends that were unfortunate enough to pick up the controller. Old school a** kickings, complete with high-volume sh*t talking the whole game long. We were the kind of players you wanted to punch after the 1st period. When we couldn't find anyone else to play, four nights a week we'd buy a case of Molson Ice and just play each other until 5am. Seven game series, full seasons, whatever. Both our games were sharp as a knife. On this night at Rayzors, the tourny was one man short. Since Rob was in the bar, someone convinced him that he should sit in. The stipulation was that if you drew Rob, he would be the Sabres (and put himself in on the LaFontaine-Mogilny line) and you had to be Ottawa. If you remember the game, the Sens were the absolute worst team to play with ratings wise. This alone was too funny, but when he drew my buddy Nate....it got funnier. A quick handshake between the two and the puck drops. 15 seconds in and Nate is up 1-0. He stands up after he scores "WWHHOOO! That's right! All night long." A side note- we were pretty hammered by this point lol. 20 seconds later, 2-0. Rob is now gripping the controller and throwing his arms up in the air. Then Nate runs LaFontaine and injures him for the game. Howling laughter by Nate follows. 3-0. 4-0. Then Mogilny is crushed along the boards, ending his game. More laughter by Nate. He turns to Rob and says "I'm taking you out next." Try he does...running Ray at every chance. Now, Rob is beyond pissed. Rob leans in and says "stop it, you're humiliating me." No dice. Nate does call off the dogs but wins 12-0. Nate offers to buy Rob a beer after but Rayzor wasn't having any of it. When one of his buddies threw a shoulder into Nate later at the bar, I suggested we go. You can't leave until the tourny is done however. I face Nate in the finals and beat him 3-2 in OT with Rayzors boys cheering me on lol. They bought me a few beers and made it clear that in any other place, they would kick the living hell out of my buddy. Ah, memories. We still laugh about this to this day.

Ouch! What a heartbreaker. You can't claim the Gold with any right when you blow a 2 goal lead w/ 3 and change left. Poor girls...this will sting forever.