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Sabres in existence for 53 years. Ruff has coached 15 of those years so far. I remember this board calling into question things like dump and chase and needing a change. He looked tired to me in the presser to coach another x number. There was a question where he was asked how much longer he wants to coach and he sort of laughed it off. I really want this to work but I don’t think it will. Comparisons to 2006 seem a little stretched and just more nostalgia/talk of years gone by. Hope I’m wrong. Lindy raising a cup for Buffalo would be awesome.

lol! The bar has shifted!

I disagree. I hope I’m wrong.

Lindy was my favorite Sabre growing up in WNY and was a great coach who I think did (and still does) want to deliver a Cup to Buffalo. Best memory of him was sending out Peters and others to deal with the Sens and chewing out Murray. If memory serves, I think several of us may have chipped in to help fund the fine that the NHL imposed on him. And I also remember his daughter’s brain tumor surgery and how a lot of us rallied around him and his family. lots of memories and love for Lindy. But this hire strikes me as a desperation move similar to when Wilson brought Marv Levy back (albeit to the front office). I really really really hope I’m wrong and that I eat crow when they win it all with Lindy at the helm.

Succession planning maybe. if I had won the damned powerball lottery a few weeks ago I would have put my hat in the ring. But it might not have been enough…

No. I love sabrespace and i don't profess to know anything about hockey. Everything I know I know from this board. This franchise cannot survive another rebuild, not with the Bills Stadium negotiations, etc. on the horizon.

Ah thx. Sorry my mistake.

Does that mean you are ok giving part of the Sabres cap (almost $900k per year for the next 3 years) to him when his last season with us was in 2015? I don’t like Ehrhoff’s buyout either. https://www.capfriendly.com/players/christian-ehrhoff So between the two of them we have almost $2m in dead cap space. Good for you if you don’t find that kind of hard to take/regretful.

Crazy. Just under $800k for the next three years : https://www.capfriendly.com/players/cody-hodgson depressing indeed.

As depressing as things have been, this really struck a cord with me for some reason.

They should play Melody Martin after every Avs goal from here on. Kinda like a reverse of let me clear my throat.

Sadly I am missing the game tonight because I am washing my hair. Did Jbot slam the door yet?

Apparently Buffalo and Rochester will be directly in the middle of the 100% total eclipse path on April 8, 2024. https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/april-8-2024/ [there is a Buffalo sports joke in here somewhere...]

TM was right to stay away. What a ridiculous process. Half the GMs (or their designates) were trying to figure out how to act. I should have drank more to make it more fun.

Karma is so subjective. Toronto was literally interviewing Boucher and that abruptly kicked his @$$ out the door to nab Babs and cleaned house top to bottom (I do not know if there were golden parachutes there either like TN got). So they are now more deserving of Babs with "good Karma?" Toronto also stopped playing after Jan to get in on the McDavid sweeps. Eye of the beholder. As for Edmonton, show me how Edmonton and its years of ineptitude and pushing to the bottom to nab more and more first rounders is deserving of good Karma. I'm just as jaded as the next guy, but let's keep it real, here please.

Can Pegula buy the Erie Otters if he owns the Bills?

Is anyone here going to the game tonight? I've decided to take my son on the spur of the moment (I live in DC and figured what the hell... Maybe they sell splits somewhere nearby).

Revisiting the Miller/Ott trade to St. Louis, I guess the overall return of that trade is: Miller and Ott for: 2015 1st Round from St. Louis (could be owned by Winnipeg if higher than Islander's 2015 1st Round that Sabres also own) 2016 3rd Round from Islanders (via Halak trade to Caps for Neuvirth via Neuvirth trade to Islanders) 2016 3rd Round from St. Louis (I think this is still owned by the Sabres) 2017 2nd Round from Wild (via Stewart trade to Wild) William Carrier (2nd Round prospect) Chad Johnson (meh-- via Halak trade to Caps for Neuvirth via Neuvirth trade to Islanders) Jack Nevins (meh-- via Stewart trade to Wild) [plus giving up Stewart, who is a UFA, helps the race to the bottom for the Shart]

I never post, only read, but THIS is some funny stuff. Mediocrity? LOL. Personally, I'm not too concerned about losing any UFAs on a team that is DFL in exchange for a 2nd three drafts from now. I am not a TM apologist, but I guess I have a different perspective of Stewart's worth on the worst team in Sabres franchise history. Other GMs apparently agree. And BTW, I don't think Darcy would have traded Stewart at all if he was still here.

You could call one of the awards the "Lululemon" award and then have the yoga store announce the award recipient on its "Wide Right No Goal" mosaic at the Galleria.

I love this thread. I just have to keep reminding myself: a win is loss and a loss is a win. Are we going to have a Hart award equivalent for the Carrion League?

I would love to know what Patty got for his 3 months of service, and his X years of silence. That's gotta be one hell of a payday for him.

Agreed. We need to twitter the hell out of him to get him to come back. I guess I'll root for the Blues in the playoffs this year. Tank is on! We are going to be horrible down the stretch. Someone needs to periodically check on Nolan over the next few months because he is going to be one un-happy camper.

Great game- Kessel was amazing. Miller was great too. Don't need a shutout to have a great game and there is not much else you can ask of him. He bailed the boys out when they were sleep walking through large parts of this game. Best play was when Wheeler basically put on a clinic, fired to McDonagh, who then finished for the 4th USA goal. Fun to watch. Looking forward to our bye.

Oshie looked like a young college professor out there specializing in shootouts. He might have been tired, but he sure looked like he was enjoying himself. Kovalchuk looked awesome in those shootouts too. I'd give player of the game to Datsyuk. Kane's pass setting up our second goal was a beauty (too bad he botched the break away). Gutsy performance by US-- blocking shots, etc. I hope they aren't too banged up. Overall, I really enjoyed this one. Good game for both sides.