Sabres Fan in NS

How are you doing ? It's been too long. Maybe the Sabres will be good again one day and the old gang will come back.

@Thorny sighting. The resemblance is uncanny, I say. I am not sure about this. Ruff is a good coach, but this smacks of desperation. I hope for the best, as always, but my fear is in 2 years both Lindy and KA will be out on their *****. Leaving us in the lurch once again. On the cusp of 20 years with no playoff. Hey oh, @PASabreFan ..

He has grown up since joining as a teen over 10 years ago. Married for sure and maybe children. He has been known to take extended breaks in the recent years. Keep an eye on the Bills thread he often will pop in there around draft time.

He is on an extended break he told Taro and me. Lots of real life stuff going on that he needs to focus on. He said that we would be back. He did make one drive by post fairly recently (early spring). Taro took his annual Lent break and has not returned. I think the season got to him and he has extended his break.

He meant the players that were expressing their dismay at the fan chants for Donnie's head.

I plan to spend as much time as possible at the beach and on the water.

Maybe we should not read too much into this. It's difficult for anyone in a new situation. It takes time. Cliffton struggled at first, but was much better in the second half. That said, obviously Granato and the video guy and some other guy could not get the Sabres to play consistantly or to the next level. They were fired (is Granato's contract guaranteed ? - his extension was to kick in now), but looks like Matt Ellis and the rest are good enough since they were not fired - at least not yet.

Sorry to hear this news. Crazy times. You would be welcome anywhere in Canada. I hightly recommend Nova Scotia, especially Halifax. Seeing that you failed to call dibs, I sent out an official invitation. Sucka !!

Voted Gallant. He is available and is the best shot at getting the Sabres into the playoff next season, IMHO. Right now all they need to worry about is making it. Once they do that will make a world of difference for this team. Once they start making the playoff regularly and Gallant wears out his welcome bring in someone to get them over the top.

Good question. Seems that this may be a 1 bomb drive by and we may never know. It would be kinda neat to have another sexy frenchie Canadien around here, eh !!

It's always a sad day when anyone loses their job. Granato was hired to get the kids to a certain point. That is what he does and he did it well here in very short order. I really thought Granato would have one more season and then the Sabres would bring in the guy to get them to and then win in the playoff. Who is out there with a playoff winning record? Back in the day the Sabres brought in Bowman. It almost worked, but he wanted to be GM too. Turns out Scotty was a great coach, but not so great GM. If it were me I would hire Gallant.

Darling, you got to let me know. Should I stay or should I go? It's always tease, tease tease. You're happy when I'm on my knees. One day it's fine, the next is black ...

HC - book it. Now I will hang myself.

Is this the one and only 'Tricky Dicky' ?? Nice first post, I guess. Do you prefer Mr. Tricky or Mr. Dicky ?? Paging @inkman to the Tricky Dicky thread.

I watched him play here in Halifax and felt he would be a very good one. Very nearly the last pick in 2013. He will be Flames Captain, I think. If the Sabres could somehow get him I would make him Captain.

MUST WIN !! GO SABRES !! AVENGE ... !! SWORDS !!

Heart.

Years ago it was Greg Norman - I loved the 'shark' theme. Is he still around? He must be on the old geezer tour by now.

Skipping meals is never a good idea, IMO. Exercise is good. I am kind of going the other direction, but I started out a scrawny little weakling - less than 150 until the last year or so. Now I still am a weakling, but not as scrawny. I have not weighed myself in forever, but I am more than 150 that's for sure.

I firmly believe the core guys will develop into a regular playoff team. This year they focused on cutting down the goals against and playing team defence. If not for that, which I think had to happen to learn what it takes to win in the playoff, and was the goal scoring machine of last year they may just have made it - the cut off this season looks to be 89 points in the Prince of Wales Conference. Campbell looks to be 100 points playoff cutoff. If the scoring comes back even a bit next season and if 6K continues as he did in the second half of this season and if his backup is not some dude off the scrap pile and ... the Sabres will be in the playoff. Book it.

You scoundrel (I mean that not in a negative way, but in a how dare you way) - you know @Eleven and I are big time supporters of Norwich City FC. I'll have you know, The Canaries have scored a goal. A few of them, in fact.

1 little snake shaped letter makes all the difference in the world. That said, my wife will confirm that often I act like a 15 year old.

MUST WIN !! GO SABRES !! VENGANCE IS MINE SAYETH ... !! SWORDS !!

Year ago we (my family - I was 14) skied Snowbird and Alta. Fantastic. Not as well know back then (1979) as Vail and Aspen. Not as crowded and wonderful. Salt Lake City also hosted one of the best March Madness final 4 and National Championships ever - Bird versus Magic in the final. The city was jammed with basketball fans and the ski hills were not jammed at all. Good times ... I was going to page @inkman, but then noticed that you did not ask for the teets.