Tony P

Ok. I feel better now. Freezy but clear. Time for another cocktail then!

Dang, too much alcohol already.

Any of you DirecTV subscribers getting choppy video?

Any of you going to the game? We'll be in section 116 row 28. Hope to say hi in person. Go Sabres!

A cool 68 this morning in sunny Ft Myers ????. Think I need a little sweater.

If I tried extremely hard, I could not have stated my feelings about this season any better than you did. Winning is brought about as much by attitude and a work ethic as it is by talent. I hope that the young players on this team learn that this season and carry that lesson into the future. Then the players coming up behind them will no what is expected to make the team successful.

Agreed! Some dreams die hard but right now, this team is not the worst in the league. They're in position, checking, playing some solid D and actually putting the puck in the net. Most of all, they know they're improving and are onboard with the concept Nolan is trying to teach. Actually fun to watch!

Was sitting here thinking the same. No jump. Looks like Ducks are the 8th graders playing keep-away with the 4th graders.

Awesome that the game is on NHLN. Bills/Sabres double header!!!

Thanks Aud. I was in the Harbor Club the last time I was at a game and it is very nice but you are correct that it's not easy to get a table. Looks like 200 level will be the way to go for us. Only a few seats available right now but hopefully, more will come up as we get closer. Thanks again! Tony.

LOL - sounds like you know my wife! So, should I be looking at 200 level? Cool. Thanks a lot Sizzle. I guess that's where I'll start and go from there. Tony.

Is the 200 level where the club seats are? Cheap isn't really a priority 'cause I go to about 1 game every 5 years :(. So when I do go, I like it to be nice expereince for both of us. And my wife does like it cozy/comfy. Are there certain seats that gain access to the Harbor club or is that any entirely different deal? This is the first time I've tried to use the Sabres' site for researching tickets and isit me or is it not terribly helpful. I visited stub hub and will probably go that route in the end but want to be sure as to what I'm buying. Thanks!!! Tony.

I'm bringing the missus to Buffalo for a sports weekend in October and want to take in the Sabres game on Friday 10/17. She's not a big hockey fan but knows I really want to go to a game this time back home. I know next to nothing about the FNC and want to get seats that will offer her either a very exciting time (like along the glass) or a very comfortable experience (like in the club behind the goal). When I called tickets.com, got an automated system that told me there is no event that night. I called FNC and was told individual tix don't go on sale until right around 9/1. So it looks like I have some time but like to plan ahead. Any advice anyone can offer on getting tix in these areas or... better ideas? Thanks! Tony.

Outstanding!

Vogel just wrote that Sabres are the 13th last place finishing team to get booted out of the top spot in 19 lotteries. I really don't care if they pick first or second but it seems to me that this system is messed-up.

Grazie!!! Crap. They fell all the way to 53! :P

Darn. My hotel does not have NBCSN on their channel line-up. Would some please post the draft lottery results? Many thanks! T.

Try the Myron Bolitar series by Harlan Cobin. I liked the earlier novels better than his more recent efforts. Try to read them in order if you can. Also, as mentioned by Gohansrage, I just started A Song of Ice and Fire series By George RR Martin. I'm 70% thru the first book (A Game of Thrones) and can't believe I've waited all of these years to pick it up. I read one of Martin's very early short stories in the 70's called the Sand Kings and it was teriffic. I just never thought I'd get into Ice and Fire as it's more fantasy but is really well written.

My apologies if this has been brought forth earlier in the discussion. One of the major miscalculations that the PA has made, IMHO, is buying into the Fehr legend in the first place. He is absolutely a tough negotiator and very experienced in sports labor disputes. And as I stated in this forum in January, I felt this was going to get very ugly. But Fehr beat the MLB owners like a red-headed step child for one reason and one reason only: MLB would do almost anything to protect its precious anti-trust exemption. MLB did not want their labor dispute(s) to go to Federal Court where the exemption could face a serious challenge. So they folded, every time. Fehr looked like a genius. Instead, he was in the perfect storm of labor negotiations. MLB had tons of revenue and something big they wanted to preserve. The NHL owners are under no such concern and could very effectively continue the lock-out indefinitely with the ultimate result of breaking the NHLPA. Fehr Strikes Out. (I've always wanted to use this!)

IIRC, it was WBEN (which held the Bills radio broadcasts through much of the team's early history). It was great watching the goalposts be passed around the stadium. Nobody left that day - half hour after the game, there were still very few cars heading out of the lots. In an ironic twist, I remember hearing the next day that the replacement goalposts had to be rush-ordered from the manufacturer who was based in...Miami! :thumbsup:

Miller = very soft tonight when his team could least afford it. Defense not excused but to win in the playoffs, GT must be strong to superb. Miller isn't making the grade. My vote goes to Marty fo game 5. Like chicken soup when you have a cold...

I take it back... Miller is soft tonight. Too many easy goals for a play-off effort, IMO.

Absoutely, the D. But Miller seemed distracted on that shot. Let's see what happens in the 3rd. A strong period and Sabres can go back to HSBC with a fine chance to win it in 5. Lindy sez: "need to finish" and he's right... Speed, speed and more speed and we're home.

Sabres need to wake-up! :angry: Can't win in the post-season with this kind of effort, IMHO.