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  4. Introduction and Hello

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    1 minute ago, PASabreFan said:

    Actually, according to Paul Wieland, it was the Sabres' Directory of Security who got offended by some of the signs and had his "rent a cops" tear them down. Wieland would argue with the guy and one of the Sabres' brass, Dave Forman, would settle things down. Wieland says he had to remind the signmakers to watch the double entendres.

    Wieland says it was a group of season ticket holders who made the signs. He mentioned Dave Hyzy and Steve Hill. He also wrote that the pair vowed to bring the signs back if the Sabres returned to their original uniforms (book was written in 2008). Obviously the signs were never hung as promised. You don't see any banners being hung in the arena. Even the Pominville Population sign is gone. Probably too edgy for the scrubbed, buttoned-down, conservative PSE folks. You'd think they'd be anti- birth control.

    Thanks for the research.  Yes those are two of the guys.  Kenmore East grads like me. 

     

    Some of the signs were very clever, I would have thought most people were not in on the joke.   Hey, Don Cherry liked them and “Grapes” was a topic for every Bruins game. 

  5. Berglund suspended, failure to report

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    30 minutes ago, Weave said:

     

    Came here to make that point.

     

    I had an uneasy feeling about Berglund and Sobotka after Sobotka's comments that he wasn't a bottom 6 player.  I got the sense that both of these guys were much less than happy to be coming to a team that was in shambles at that time and had a group of kids that were obviously going to be given the prime spots in the lineup.

    I was a bit surprised that it turns out Berglund was going to be the problem and not Sobotka though.  Will be interesting to see how it plays out.

    Berglund was a third line player with the Blues with 2nd line skills at times. He was always frustrating the fans as he showed top 6 talent, especially in his younger days. 

    Sobotka was never a top 6 in St Louis.  Tarasenko, Steen, Oshie, Backes, Stasny, Schwartz ... Berglund and Perron were just under these guys most of the time.  Sobotka is dreaming, he was never top 6 

     

    In the interviews I saw with Berglund he seemed to be fine with his role.  He talked about a recent missed opportunity on an empty net to tie a big game and said he needs to stay focused and these things even out.  The goals will come.  Now he is unfocused which to me points to something else. 

  7. Introduction and Hello

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    8 hours ago, Formerly Allan in MD said:

    Did your parents have season tickets in the '50s.  If so, did they ever tell you about the early '50s Bison team, under the Canadians, that had EIGHT players score over 20 goals in one season?  They were something to behold.

    No.  Not that far back. My Uncle started buying them in the mid 60’s.  Then more and more of the family joined in.  We had a business to, so tickets were bought for that. 

    When the  69-70 Bison team won the AHL, the NHL had 12 teams.  Now they have 31. 

    The game is different now. More speed, skill, and much better conditioning.  American and Europeans make up over half the league.   Still, most of that Bisons team would be in the  NHL today. 

  9. GDT - Sabres @ Washington - December 15, 2018 - 7:00 PM

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    1 minute ago, Thorny said:

    Tennyson's gaffes and Reinhart going to sleep at the end were the difference. 

    Good to get a point but the lasting feeling is of a missed opportunity. 

    Losing when Eichel scores 2 goals is a joke. Especially when we got a 3 point output from Dahlin.

    Reinhart did not go to sleep.  He missed the open net but we played the majority of the last two minutes all over them.  

    Consider who we played on the road.  Eichel and Reinhart both hit posts in the third. 

    Something must be up with Skinner  as he did not play much at all and not at all in OT  

     

    Biggest takeway way for me was the size of the Caps. They hit us hard all night.  Playing them in a playoff series is going to be tough.  

    JBots needs to think of this as he fortifies the team by improving lines 2 and 3.   

  20. Berglund suspended, failure to report

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    22 minutes ago, StuckinFL said:

    This is total speculation but that immediately reads drugs to me. Either an addiction to painkillers that's spiraling out or something like that. Medical Staff wouldn't report something as a medical issue if it didn't seem.that way at first (which makes me think it was covered up by a nagging injury), and it being taken out of the hands of the coach shows that it's a serious problem. Kinda like HR stepping in to make sure the immediate supervisor isn't liable.

    In my life I've seen it time and time again that if someone's performance starts slipping, they have sudden illnesses and stop coming to work, it's drugs. 

    Well you may be right.  He was a much better player than what we have seen.   He had 17 goals last year and missed 30+ games.  He had 23 goals the year prior.  In fact, he has three 20+ goal seasons  in eight years  

     

    He is on a 5 or 6 goal pace so maybe he has other problems that need attention. 

  21. GDT - Sabres @ Washington - December 15, 2018 - 7:00 PM

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    11 minutes ago, SwampD said:

    Tennyson has not played that poorly. If not for a hof goal scorer taking advantage of of gaff, no one would remember that play.

    I hate to rail on him as a 9th defensemen call-up but what I see is him throwing around  soft passes in our zone. Not playing at NHL speed.  He is showing he is an AHL player to me   

    He got called up over Guhle because he has NHL experience but most fans want to see the better prospects  

     

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