Mango

Tuch looks pissed!

We got’em right where we want ‘em!

Sabres are being out played everywhere. So let’s start there. But man, UPL really put us behind the sticks. If he could have just kept us at 2-0 this could be a different game with 2 periods to play.

We just had our ***** kicked against Carolina, then Calgary…then the Kings.

It’s not that the Sabres lose. It’s how they lose sometimes that makes me question my excitement. I am drinking the kool aide still. But games like this and Calgary really make me question WTF we are doing some days.

If we collect 5 of the next 10 points this month we’re right there in the 7/8 seed and it’s ours to lose going forward. I agree, 24/32 feels aggressively high just to “stay alive”. They’d be firmly in the drivers seat at that point.

I don't believe Youtube TV has MSG, or am I wrong on that? As somebody who lives in the capital region, Fubo has fit the bill pretty well for me for that reason. They don't have TNT, but I don't really need it much and I have Kodi on my firestick to watch whatever I want. I cut the cord forever ago and I hate it. Well I hate the cost of consuming TV in general. For all the crying everybody did 20 years ago to piece out their cable subscriptions for "stuff I want", the cost is astronomical. $65 for Fubo/Youtube plus Netflix, Hulu, ESPN, Paramount, Peacock, Apple TV, etc. I pay waaaaay more now for "cable" than I ever did when I just went through Spectrum, Time Warner, DirecTV etc.

Think about it Thorny.

Im convinced Razor comes in to the broadcast right from the bar sometimes. He just looks like he’s either winding up or winding down from a bender on some nights.

Today was a long day for us on the homestead so the Mrs. So the Mrs. and I treated ourselves. We burned one down, ordered a pizza, and watched Zoolander and Jurassic Park. Anyways. I woke up from a nap and was very confused to see us getting outshot on the power play.

I was just having this conversation the other day after they looked Schitt's Creek after the ASG. It is a long season, this isn't the NFL, the playoffs are a sum of 82 games, not a "what-if" once per week like the Bills. As long as the Sabres can play .600 hockey it will be OK. The way we play clunkers, especially at home, drives me nuts.

Was that Clague with the jumpy eyes? That was wild.

Razor is tired (drunk). He’s just projecting.

Ceremonial puck drop by a young Hispanic kid for a police outreach he pup and the ceremonial centers were the only two players of color. LAPD must have paid a pretty penny for that one.

Razor looks rough tonight. Like they just dragged him to the booth from the bar.

I think part of it is that most other teams white jerseys have a full color shoulder and/or sleeves not just an insignia. This one has the blue basically under the armpit then nothing until the wrist/cuff. On TV the entire jersey gets washed out on the ice in part because of it. I like the jersey otherwise, like on its own/on a hanger. Just the pants plus how it presents on TV from above aren't great.

I think black is here to stay though, right?

Blue pants yes. But also blue shoulders. Every other while jersey in the league has colored shoulders. The view on TV from above the ice just washes out. The “B’s” aren’t enough.

I was cool with the pregame. The in game feels so sterile.

God I hate this TNT broadcast.

So many elite sports are this way. Even the Olympics. If you have to fight to get out of heats, quarters, semis, etc to make a Grand Final, you won’t have enough left in the tank to get a medal. To win the Olympics you have to be able to “cruise” through a bit of the event. When 85% are are fighting for their life; you have to save a gear because there are only so many times in a year you can go deep into the well. Then you rave the 15% of the field that made the final at 110%.

I’ll keep Adpro on speed dial.

My Dahlin goat head jersey just showed up this morning perfect day! (Didn’t realize at ordering that it didn’t come with an A on the chest. Mildly annoyed)

The 8 game skid is a real killer just because it’s so long and so irregular. The couple games here and there happen over a long season. Ultimately it feels like the Sabres are in as much control as any WC team could hope for. If we just keep playing Buffalo Sabres hockey they’ll be fine. They are more or less log jammed into the 8th seed right now. All they have to do is win hockey games right now, they don’t need much else. Let’s go!

The Sabres have been the more entertaining/less frustrating franchise for 2 months or so. People have been texting me for weeks complaining about football and I have been responding with all things hockey. Feels good to be all in on hockey again.