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Last year's organ is in that tweet thread. It was pitiful compared to what he has now. It was essentially a synth last year. I am sure I could be biased but on the broadcast it sounds better this year too. It has a richer sound.

It's that story, right there, that makes me want to travel the world and experience life. It's what I think the world should be about. Thanks! I may have to try making this at some point. Hah!

I'm going to go find a turnover Gretzky made and then claim he sucked as a player. That's how the Internet works these days right?

In what way? As if they got paid more they would care more? I would disagree if that's the case. The vast majority of the people working those jobs simply do not care enough to do a better job. If you paid them twice as much they wouldn't care more. There are some who do have pride in their work. They shine and it's great when you find one. There may be a concept that "it's only a minimum wage job" I don't need to care. But in my experience, when those people make more money they'll find another reason not to care.

I have no faith that that team will be anywhere near what it showed last year. I think it's a bad example. The team had zero expectations to win and had a significant galvanizing event occur just before the start of the season. I think that created a unique situation in which every little thing that normally pops up in the team chemistry goes away and players just play and have a moral reason to play hard. It's not that it CAN'T happen, but the probability of any team turning over many faces in the lineup, especially in the top tiers of the lineup, and performing well out of the gate is very low. This is proven over years of teams doing this.

? It wasn't that it was too loud really, it's that the speakers were so bad that the sound delivery wasn't efficient and clean. So there were some very off putting frequencies blasting around the arena. KBC has far better audio equipment, so it's loud but it doesn't kill your ears.

I am sure the visuals are better with the new screen. They mentioned improved sound as well, that's a huge one for me at the Amerks game. The sounds the past few years has been so bad and so loud that it gave me headaches...

I didn't want to rely upon Wikipedia... but if you think it's the right information I can go with it. Thanks. So, how do you get it so finely ground? Is a normal grinder, set on it's finest setting, good enough to make that happen? Also, I found this tidbit in the article entertaining: "First appearing in the Ottoman Empire, under the strictest interpretations of the Quran the strong coffee was considered a drug and its consumption was forbidden. Due to the immense popularity of the beverage, the sultan eventually lifted this prohibition." Coffee over religion! ?

And there it is... makes sense too. Of course, if people don't show up he's not going to make much money on concessions there.

Right, clearly it was an o and an r

Couldn't it be said that the executive branch has been expanding power through the use of executive orders and that's gone unchecked for decades?

Because I love coffee and I have had variations of "nationality" coffee... please indulge me. What is the "Turkish/Bosnian" coffee? I have 24oz of coffee a day in the morning basically. I have to control myself. ?

That's cool. As I mentioned in the other thread, I am close with the GM of concessions at our AAA baseball stadium in Rochester. I've had plenty of talks with him on how he manages everything. It's a year round job that he loves (although he is going to retire soon). It's hard work. But I feel those concessions are some of the best I've had in any sporting venue. He has a long history in restaurant operations and supply chain which I think helps tremendously.

Josie - It's disheartening to hear all of this. I can't even imagine how impacting it is on you. I'm hoping you have a good support structure in your life to help with getting through all of the stuff that you have going on. If you've ever the need to talk to someone, you can PM me. Stay strong!

Could they go a different route? Does Jacobs have them locked in somehow? I wonder how many NHL rinks are Delaware North concessions actually. Owner of the Bruins getting his cut and all.

Being very close with the GM of concessions at Frontier Field I can tell you that while it takes a lot of work to make it go right, but it's not impossible by any means. The stories I am hearing (and reading) of the concessions both at KBC and BCA are indicative of an organization that clearly is struggling. If all concessions are simply outsourced to Delaware North (ie. they set the prices and simply pay rent to the arena operators) then this is not a Pegula issue so much as it is a Delaware North issue. The question I would want answered now is how much influence the Pegula's have in the concession operations and what change they can affect. Outside of the concessions, I agree 100% with PA on the pre-game. It was awful. Both the Amerks and Sabres continue to be plagued by D grade talent in designing and pulling off in game operations. I watched the Caps banner raising ceremony and while you knew it would be over the top there are a few things that were done you would expect in any pre-game introduction. The camera guy was actually on the person being introduced each time. (Not for the Sabres). The arena announcer had energy (the Sabres announcer is terrible, absolutely horrible and should be fired). During the player introductions the new players were introduced with "Welcome to Washington, <insert player name>". I thought that was a nice touch. The Sabres production looks entirely like it is thrown together 1 hour before the game starts and no one tells anyone else what is supposed to happen. These are things the Pegula's have direct control over and if they are serious about creating a top notch experience they better start rolling heads on the people who are putting this presentation together. It's terrible. Given what people are quoting as concession prices, I am not remotely interested in attending a game regardless of how the team performs. I can watch the Sabres win and lose on TV from my house. I go to the game for the experience of the arena, but that experience seems to be getting worse and that's an accomplishment because it was already pretty damn crappy. For what it's worth though, the organ is brand new. They did change that over. The organ guy is on Twitter and was talking about it. Given that PA changed the theme of this thread while I was writing this let me add... If the fans are already surly when they enter the rink because the experience sucks. The energy in the building will be drained before the players even hit the ice. In that way I do think it will impact the team. Regardless of being a professional, the players will play that much harder when you've got an arena full of people cheering (at least until you blow up on the ice). The fans energy has an additive/subtractive impact on the players... and right now the experience is all in the subtractive column.

No.. just don't say anything. Accept the reality. It's the first period for the team. As if everything would change overnight and they'd be a 100pt team. No, they struggled a bit and the Bruins put two in the net and now it's the end of the world? That's the problem. F'ing extreme society. How do you want me to answer that? The fans booing the team suck, if your daughter is booing the team, then yes, for that purpose, she sucks. I don't know what her enrollment at NU has to do with anything. I played college level sports too. I coach hockey and baseball. I expect more, but I'm not a disillusioned turd blossom that goes around booing everything after 20 minutes of play. The fans have a right to boo. They suck for it. I'm not some blind sycophant of the Buffalo Sabres, I'm just a realist who expected this team to improve over last year. But 20 minutes in they could have played better, but I'm not going to boo them for it. Jesus. People acting like the damn President tonight.

I understand what you are saying. But if your expectations for this team were so damn high that you were going to boo them after the first period then why wasn't your ass in the seat before the start of the game? That's the problem. Whatever anymore.... people are gonna be the negative pussheads they want to be. I'm going to have to refocus on tuning it out.

Booing the team. Sad.. You know who sucks? The fans. They couldn't even be in their seats to start the game. The damn arena was half-empty during the player introductions. Already seeing people on here turning on the team again... more of the same.

I’m not getting hammered in a bar either Rob!

DROP THE PUCK!!!!!! I can’t wait any longer.

Couch. Check. TV. Check. Sweater. Check. Volume 11. check. what’s left? WHISKEY! To my fellow Sabrespacers... even the ones I debate with all the time. CHEERS TO THE SEASON!

No, I don't think he will care one bit. I sure as hell wouldn't. If a teammate came up to me and said, "There's no place for that." I would stop it. The co-worker who taunted me is demonstrating his lack of class. There's literally NOTHING I need to do to prove a point. If 20,000 people want to take his side, then punching him in the face isn't going to change anything. Marchand's response in front of 20,000 rabid Caps fans only served to cement Eller as more of a hero to them.

You watch the center of the body when defending, where the core goes, the play goes. So you are navel gazing.