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Right. I think Weber is confusing the cheers for the Coyotes OT goal as cheers against the Sabres, when in reality they are cheers FOR the Sabres and for the future of this team. I was actually playing ice hockey during the game last night, but I had to bring my phone on the bench (there are a couple of other Buffalo guys on the team as well). I remember thinking when Ennis scored, "Would he really rather have Matt Ellis passing him the puck next year than Connor McDavid or Jack Eichel? THINK ENNIS!" It's weird. Imagine if the Bills had gone 1-15 instead of 6-10 in 2011. Would we be lamenting that horrible Bills season right now, or planning for the Super Bowl around Andrew Luck with our defense and playmakers?

Amen. Really - amen.

They could be the Butte Beauts. It's sort of like the Buffalo Bisons except even more redundant.

Plus, no matter what side he's on that week, he's the one that's morally right. :huh:

I'm not sure why any girl would want to play on a team called "The Whale". It's a nice idea and all, and if I was in Buffalo and bored I might attend a game, but I can't predict super exciting hockey. Don't get me wrong - I love the idea of girls playing, and even a few play in the lower levels of the beer leagues down here, and I've played with a few - and one could hold her own pretty well. But it's not going to be more entertaining than a Canisius College Men's Game. I'm not sure where they'll get the money to pay the players.

Maybe. I wasn't really holding the casino blameless. I'm confused???

Again, it's the marshmallow experiment. It's getting pretty heated for tonight. https://twitter.com/BNHarrington/status/581098154742935552

"Generational" players only come along - well, once in a generation - and the only way to get them is to finish dead last. You can't trade for them and you can't draft them otherwise. Lose to the Coyotes tonight and the Sabres join the elite in a couple of years for at least 10 seasons and multiple Cups after that.

Well, at least you have your delicious superiority and your Tampa Bay Lightning ticket stubs to get you through...

I meant Grigs. I get my Girgs and my Grigs confused sometimes. :ph34r:

I agree. If Nolan is gone after the season I'd like to see what another more innovative coach can do to bring back Hodgson and Girgs. Kane Center X Ennis Hodgson Reinhart Moulson Foligno Girgs Zemgus Gionta Larsson Deslauriers McCormick? Kaleta?

This quote has me thinking you aren't a very good person. Plus, you sound incredibly unhappy. I almost feel sorry for you.

I'll chip in to help buy him a shift key.

Tank on! Now we need to lose big to the Coyotes. These games might be the most important in Sabres history.

I can wear whatever I want but I work from home so I would hope so. I love being actually able to cheer for the school from which I graduated unlike a lot of these Duke/UNC fans down here.

I agree 100%. Knowing what I know now, Risto, but I was so disappointed we didn't get a centerman like Monahan or MacKinnon in that draft. But in retrospect, it worked out. Zadarov, too.

I stopped going to Puck Daddy a long time ago, not just because of the obvious click-bait, but because they kept trying to shoe-horn political stances into their hockey stories. It was pretty funny when the worst offender - Harrison Mooney - was fired for being creepy to female hockey fans who'd chat with him about hockey on Twitter. The Hockey News is going down the same path as a blog these days. Adam Proteau is the WORST hockey writer in the business, and if you challenge him on any of his moral outrages, he blocks you. It's funny because going back to Puck Daddy, Greg Wyshynski - the same one in the above article - got himself blocked by Proteau just for challenging him. It's nonsense. I'd rather get informed and misinformed here these days because at least most of us don't take ourselves too seriously. This is hockey we're talking about. It's meant to be a diversion from life - not another thing to get scolded about. It's sad that just a few misinformed bloggers full of righteous indignation can tarnish the name of a good guy.

He's playing pretty well. Irbe must be doing a terrific job with these guys, and he has the size GMTM likes. I wonder, though, if a lot of these goalies just need all those consecutive starts to get into a rhythm and show what they can do. I know Lindback was given a starter's shot in Tampa, but like Enroth and Neuvirth , it wasn't until the team had to ride them that they really started playing well. Could Lindback be as successful in a backup role? Would we make him the starter next season? We already have Chad Johnson signed through next year.

That's not a bad point, but it made me think - does the development of Larsson negate the need for ROR? I'm not saying Larsson is AS good, but he looks like he can bring a lot of what ROR brings to the table, and without the cost - and we wouldn't have to worry about resigning Larsson for a while like ROR either. That could free up either keeping Grigs and that first rounder, or using them to go after someone else - a scoring veteran winger, a backup goalie who could be a # 1 but is stuck behind someone else, another #1 next season, etc. I'd be happy to get ROR but I'm not sure we need him.

We're lucky they didn't start the tank earlier. We'd probably be in 29th right now. The one thing the Sabres have is a lot more heart than the Leafs even though honestly the Leafs still have more talent. They're just soulless right now. Funny how when they fired Carlyle they were still in a playoff spot. 4-0 Oilers. Wow.

I'm worried to say anything because they did the same thing last week against the Canes but they scored three on four shots and look good. The Leafs are really laying down.

Or the Enroth book. Maybe they wrote it together.

There's no "plan" Jonesy. The plan is COMPETE.

I DO remember Power Stick Hockey Week. Never knew when it was on, back in the days before DVRs and the NHL Network, but was always happy when I found it.