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  1. I don’t know it depends how you look at it. Without casino gambling the Buffalo Bills wouldn’t be getting that new Bills stadium. You realize the Senaca casino settlement with New York State over taxes is what New York State gave over $500 million plus dollars towards funding the new Bills stadium. No sports gambling no new Bills stadium. And don’t kid yourself it went into Terry Pegula’s stadium which goes into his pocket without it the Bills would be moved. Where do you think when the state gets around to renovating Key Bank Center that the state are getting that money? Most likely gambling tax money from Western New York. I could see the Senacas as one of many possible owners Buffalo Sabres/Buffalo Bandits owners at some point. Terry Pegula is 73 years old he isn’t going to be around forever and now with Kim Pegula not a possiblity of running the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres anymore? No way the 5 Pegula children between two wives are going to agree on anything after Terry Pegula see what happened to the Philadelphia Athletics after Connie Mack passed away. So both the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres will be sold at some point. I don’t think the Buffalo Bills are save able. Most think it’s the Buffalo Sabres leaving because the Sabres suck and the Bills are winning. But the NFL is very expensive and PSL’s are going to be the end of the Bills in Buffalo after the 15 year ironclad part of the new Bills stadium lease is up long term again hope I am wrong. Selling 62,000 PSL’s is a heavy lift for Buffalo and you can’t really make it work because of the lack of enough big corporations in Buffalo compared to a San Diego or even Oakland. I think at some point when the Bills are sold by the Pegula children they will be moved after the 15 year guarantee is up. The Buffalo Sabres have year round potential with an arena in the heart of downtown Buffalo. Plus the business model is different it requires less corporate boxes to sell for the Buffalo Sabres compared to the Buffalo Bills. Buffalo just doesn’t have the business model the NFL is moving forward with which is unfortunate. I hope I am wrong in my opinion. Go Bills! Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  2. No I don’t think so the Buffalo Sabres highlight will be the new video scoreboard and that is about it. I see everyone returning like nothing happened. I hope I am wrong in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  3. I think what is alarming is the Buffalo Sabres were at home really needed the win and UPL was awful. I don’t fully trust UPL in the nets to just hand him a huge long term contract which guarantees him the Sabres net for years in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  4. Exactly he wasn’t happy in Buffalo and sometimes a trade wakes players up that I better pick it up or no one will want me in the NHL. Also no way Sam Reinhart scores 50 goals with our limited Buffalo Sabres lineup. Devon Levi better be the real deal which to be honest he has regressed since he signed with the Buffalo Sabres and I am concerned. So much so I am open to trading Devon Levi if the Sabres sign UPL. Selling high before Devon Levi stock starts to drop. Devon Levi in Rochester is a regression of play. I wasn’t wide about his play in Vancouver when the Sabres needed him to be great he was average to below average. Ok that was his chance to show us what he learned in Rochester. Total disaster Levi failed which is alarming. I open to trading him to the Montreal Canadians if they are willing to overpay in trade compensation. Again I would shop Devon Levi, Alex Tuch, Dylan Cozens and Peyton Krebs in trade packages for experienced NHL players. I am on record I want John Tavares as the Buffalo Sabres team captain if it takes Alex Tuch as part of a package to acquire John Tavares so be it and I would go all in on Patrick Kane in NHL free agency offering him a three year contract that should land the Buffalo Sabres Patrick Kane services. If Kevyn Adams fails again at signing Patrick Kane fire Adams. I would replace Don Granato with Lindy Ruff as head coach. I would also trade any Sabres player that has a problem with the Sabres firing Don Granato there is the Sabres door. You can’t let the players run the Buffalo Sabres organization. I would also add a veteran goalie to backup UPL. No draft picks back I want proven NHL players back in trade compensation to the Buffalo Sabres in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  5. I am sorry I don’t get the big deal or the point as a 56 year old man? To me it sounds like an excuse to take off from work early and drink which Western New York loves that. I don’t think most people give a hoot about the eclipse they just want to get out of work to go drinking early if you ask me. Maybe it’s one of those young people things? The last thing I would do is stare at the sun you could damage your eyes. But what do I know carry on in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  6. If Don Granato is the head coach next season for the Buffalo Sabres the playoff drought will continue for the Sabres next season. I see no way that Terry Pegula is parting ways with Don Granato so the Sabres playoff drought will most likely continue. Again I hope I am wrong in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  7. Too bad the Buffalo Sabres didn’t show up this afternoon to play. This lost head to head against the Detroit Red Wings was a must have game. Unfortunately the Sabres aren’t ready to step up there game in big games which is unfortunate. Maybe next year in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  8. Good win for the Buffalo Sabres but the problem is the Sabres have played more games than the two teams ahead of us. We have to hope the Detroit Red Wings and New York Islanders get no points. It’s disappointing because the Sabres could potentially miss the playoffs by a point again. And the Sabres still didn’t learn a lesson from last season that you can’t take off the first half of the NHL season which is disappointing as a Sabres fan in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  9. The Buffalo Sabres can’t get elite players to come to Buffalo anymore because our owner Terry Pegula thought he was the smartest hockey person in the room. Called for Buffalo Sabres tanking and with that came huge risks to the Buffalo Sabres reputation as a solid respectable NHL franchise. Terry Pegula did that no one else he is the owner the buck stops at the top. The Buffalo Sabres market starts with Buffalo extends to Rochester/Erie/Toronto GA and the Golden Horseshoe. The Buffalo Sabres franchise for all extent and purposes is the second Toronto NHL franchise and the Toronto Maple Leafs love it that way better in Buffalo than the Toronto suburbs. The Buffalo Sabres market is huge and Terry Pegula turned the franchise into the likes of the Arizona Coyotes today which is garbage. Then after Terry Pegula runs the Sabres into the ground he basically gives the Buffalo Sabres the same love as Charlie Finley gave the old California Golden Seals. See because the Oakland Athletics were Charlie Finley’s favorite same thing with Terry Pegula once he bought the Buffalo Bills the Buffalo Sabres got Charlie Finley treatment by Terry Pegula. Oh I know thankfully Buffalo still has NHL hockey? Oh what would Buffalo ever do without Terry Pegula as owner. Like Buffalo has done for over 100 plus seasons in professional sports go on. Ok Terry Pegula isn’t the Sun, the moon and the stars. Buffalo sports went on before Terry Pegula and it will go on after Terry Pegula he is someone just passing in Buffalo sports history unfortunately he won’t get on with it and sell the Buffalo Sabres. See above the Buffalo Sabres market is from Buffalo to Southern Ontario no one is moving from here to tiny Salt Lake City or failed twice Atlanta. Buffalo needs to understand Buffalo isn’t all of the Buffalo Sabres market it never was just by the name Sabres instead of Sabers the Knox Brothers saw this franchise as a Buffalo Niagara Frontier up through Southern Ontario. Terry Pegula’s clueless ness is driving the hardcore Canadian hockey fans away from Buffalo Sabres games. Sell the Buffalo Sabres Terry Pegula to a owner that cares about the hockey team in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  10. Tonight was the best game I have seen the Buffalo Sabres play this season in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  11. I would go short term contract with no guarantees for next season because goalies can be flashes in the pan sometimes. I don’t think the Buffalo Sabres should promise him the number one goalie job. And I would definitely bring another veteran goalie in to push UPL. Because last thing you want as a Sabres fan is to overpay UPL give him long term and then his play drops off. Then the Buffalo Sabres are stuck with him hoping and wishing his game comes back on a contract year makes me nervous that it could be Tage Thompson all over again. With one great season and then back to where he was before his great season. UPL like Tage Thompson were late bloomers be careful with that. I think last year was Tage Thompson career year I am not sure Tage Thompson will ever get to that level again. I hope I am wrong but I have real doubts about Tage Thompson or Alex Tuch ever leading the Buffalo Sabres to a Stanley Cup championship. I don’t think they are talented enough or have it in them again hope I am wrong in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  12. Good win by the Buffalo Sabres today over a playoff Edmonton Oilers team something to build on for next season in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  13. Another Buffalo Sabres loss. I don’t see regardless of what the Sabres do in the offseason that this is fixable by October. The Sabres don’t have difference makers like Nashville Predators Filip Forsberg. The Sabres can’t go out and acquire free agents because the good free agents don’t want to play in Buffalo. Regardless of who the Sabres draft they aren’t going to be able to carry this team offensively by this October . Drafting and drafting doesn’t seem to matter the player waits his time in Buffalo until he is traded to a contending team. The Buffalo Sabres are a AHL feeder team that happens to play in the NHL. I just think this is a major rebuild and too much of a heavy lift for Kevyn Adams and Don Granato. The Sabres are basically at square one again with three defensemen Rasmus Dahlin, Owen Power and Bowen Byram and two goalies UPL and Devon Levi. Tage Thompson is a question mark was last year the best the Sabres are going to get and he is at his ceiling? Alex Tuch and Dylan Cozens are roll players on the third line with a playoff contender. No amount of hoping and wishing are making those two Tuch and Cozens top 6 forwards they aren’t offensively skilled enough they are at best try hard guys when they feel like playing. The Buffalo Sabres are a mess in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  14. I agree with you on Tage Thompson but another Sabres center will take Dylan Cozens place at some point because he isn’t skilled enough to be a number two center. Dylan Cozens on a good team is a 3rd or 4th line checking center if he decides to play every game instead of floating. The Bowen Byram trade would be good if the defensemen the Sabres got back didn’t have 3 concussions and he is 22 years old. I think it comes down to do you have trust in the Buffalo Sabres management or the Colorado Avalanche management? I don’t trust the Sabres management the Avalanche wouldn’t trade Byram if they felt ok with his concussions. The Avalanche know Byram is one good hit away from his career being over in the NHL. The sad thing is Byram is coming to a very physical Eastern Conference style of hockey where he going to be hit by teams like the Boston Bruins. The Bruins are going to test him right away that is what concerns me with the Bowen Byram trade. It’s unfortunate but some players there heads aren’t able to take contact while other players can take contact and be fine it’s the great mystery of a persons brain in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  15. Another Buffalo Sabres loss what on earth is Dylan Cozens doing peeling away from the play when Toronto Maple Leafs Auston Matthews scored in overtime? There are too many Sabres players doing that hence why the Sabres are in the position they are in with the NHL standings. The Sabres in the offseason need major changes to their top six forwards. Starting with Alex Tuch who is the king of doing this stick checking and turning away from the play instead of using his body every night. Too many Sabres players don’t want to pay the price body wise every night to win in the NHL. Alex Tuch and Dylan Cozens can’t get away with floating they aren’t talented enough skill wise to do that if they aren’t using their body they aren’t any use for the Sabres in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  16. Exactly that is why I don’t like this trade for the Buffalo Sabres. Concussions never go fully away they get worse over time as you get contact. In professional hockey there is contact there is no way to avoid contact and do your job as a NHL defenseman. I don’t get the Buffalo Sabres organization they weren’t ok with Jack Eichel getting surgery but they are ok with a player with multiple concussion injuries. Just a messed up organization Kevyn Adams, Don Granato and the entire Sabres analytics department need to be fired. In today’s game in sports with concussions and CTE I never trade for players like that in the modern era of sports. The concussion could pop up at anytime and the player is out months or worse retires at 26 years old and the team they are stuck with nothing in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  17. Why for the Buffalo Sabres fans that don’t want Lindy Ruff back? Do you feel comfortable with all the Sabres head coaches that followed Lindy Ruff. You know some Sabres fans don’t get it. The Buffalo Sabres aren’t a destination have to take the head coaching job in Buffalo. You’re not getting A list coaches like the past Buffalo Sabres teams when the NHL was a lot smaller in size Scotty Bowman and Punch Imlach aren’t coming to the Buffalo Sabres today. The NHL has more franchises today in warmer climates. Terry Pegula can reach out and offer the moon but it doesn’t mean they are coming to coach the Buffalo Sabres see Mike Babcock. The Sabres organization would be lucky if Lindy Ruff would comeback to coach the Buffalo Sabres. Lindy Ruff is a hockey coach not a President of hockey that is Bucky Gleason crap from the Buffalo News a decade ago idea. And a president of hockey wouldn’t make a difference anyway the owner always has the final say because it’s there team. The Buffalo Sabres need a coach like Lindy Ruff to at least get the Sabres in the hunt for playoffs again. The Sabres are so bad presently they aren’t even in the hunt for the playoffs. At least as bad as the Buffalo Bills use to be in the playoff drought they were in the hunt for the playoffs. Hire Lindy Ruff as Sabres head coach just to create some excitement in the offseason. If the Sabres stay the course with Don Granato no chance year 14 of the Sabres playoff drought will continue in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  18. The Buffalo Sabres should reach out to Lindy Ruff right now as the next Sabres head coach and fire Don Granato immediately in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  19. I have changed my mind on UPL he has won me over to the point I would make an attempt to resign him. So I moved off letting UPL walk away. But with that said I would like the Buffalo Sabres to sign UPL to a short term contract nothing long term. If UPL wants long term like Linus Ullmark I would walk away. No more long term Buffalo Sabres contracts for 7 years that is a huge part of the present Buffalo Sabres problems no incentives once the Sabres player signs the long term contract. I really believe the Sabres management ruined these players with long term contracts going back to Tyler Myers which I realize wasn’t the present Sabres management but just saying long term contracts for cost certainty for the Sabres owner is great but for the Sabres fans wanting to win I am not sure about that. I prefer the NFL contracts where you can walk away if a player gets lazy and his play doesn’t match his salary compensation. The NHL and MLB baseball the huge long term contracts are great for the players, owners but terrible for the fans in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  20. This was a terrible loss by the Buffalo Sabres who had a chance to gain ground in the NHL standings. I think for Sabres fans being overly optimistic about the Sabres future. The question I would ask that Sabres fan in that camp is how come the Detroit Red Wings are going to most likely break there seven year playoff drought and the Sabres aren’t? Even though the Red Wings started their rebuild after the Sabres? I think that is a far comparison two historical hockey cities that the modern day NHL players aren’t wild about signing and playing in according to the NHL PA players surveys. I mention that point to show that Detroit isn’t a destination signing for free agents anymore like Buffalo. But the Red Wings are getting done and the Sabres are circling the bottom of the NHL standings again? Major changes need to be made to the Sabres coaching staff and the roster construction of the top 6 Sabres forwards for ready now NHL players not more draft picks. The Sabres aren’t 60 minute hockey players and that is a huge problem. It doesn’t matter if all the Sabres players and the Sabres coaches like each other and are great friends. This isn’t little league hockey this is major league NHL hockey and the Sabres presently have players that can’t play consistently for 60 minutes for more than two games at a time and coaches that can’t get out of the Sabres players that needs to change. Keeping Don Granato and staying the course is only going to bring us to the present situation right now next season at this time in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  21. Another good win by the Buffalo Sabres tonight over the Vegas Golden Knights onto the Winnipeg Jets game tomorrow in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  22. First it’s completely understandable. I have followed the Buffalo Sabres since 1975. What bothers me the most about this present Buffalo Sabres group is there doesn’t seem to be any professional pride. The rest of the NHL have to be teasing these losers and they don’t seem to get frustrated or really fight. When the Sabres are frustrated it’s misplaced towards the Buffalo Sabres fans instead losers. I watched a Rasmus Dahlin interview done by Swedish television journalist online. He showed the Swedish journalist around the Sabres facilities at Key Bank Center. What stuck me is with all these tools available for the Sabres today from free breakfast and lunch. Up to date workout equipment yet they are still losers. The Buffalo Sabres I grew up with was primitive the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium locker room, no free breakfast or lunch daily it was basic locker room and players had a cigarette and a cup of coffee between periods and they put out. I am tired of the Buffalo Sabres fans excusing the present lazy Sabres players. The Sabres were better off with primitive locker room a cigarette and a cup of coffee. This present Sabres team has no guts at all. At least Danny Gare, Craig Ramsay and Don Luce to name a few had some professional pride. No they didn’t win the Stanley Cup but they had guts to compete and not embarrass themselves as professional NHL players. This present Sabres team has no guts and don’t mind losing all that much in my opinion. I think the Sabres like not making the playoffs because that is two more months on the golf course or whatever the Sabres players do in the offseason to screw around. The Sabres players all get there contract money regardless. Why win a Stanley Cup that is hard to play an extra two months hockey like the Vegas Golden Knights. The Sabres have been exposed as a fraud most of the Sabres fans deep down know they are and that is why the Sabres fans frustration and the booing. Don Granato has no guts either he needed to nip that in the bud right away the Sabres players taking their frustration out on the Sabres fans. He should have told the team coaches get hired to be fired don’t worry about me do your job and block out the noise. The NHL fans are why we make this fabulous living in NHL hockey. But Don Granato didn’t because he has no guts is as lazy and accepting of losing as his losers players. Don Granato should never have been hired he was Ralph Krueger assistant coach. Don Granato has been fired by minor league hockey teams. How any Buffalonian thinks Don Granato is going to get better next season are living in a fantasy hockey land. The Sabres need major roster changes in the area of leadership in the top 6 forward lines and a new coach with guts to tell like it is that doesn’t tolerate lazy players making excuses in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  23. Good win for the Buffalo Sabres tonight. The Sabres are going to have to basically win out with some kind of points for the rest of their schedule to have any chance at the final playoff spot in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  24. The Buffalo Sabres are too comfortable and too many young players that are running the locker room with little accountability. The Sabres have to get older more experienced players that have grown up. When you have a hockey team that is upset because of Sabres fans booing and chants of fire Don Granato there priorities aren’t in the right place. Newsflash you are losing that is what happens in professional and college sports when you don’t win fans boo and want changes. The Buffalo fans don’t owe you a NHL job with no accountability for your play. This Buffalo Sabres team as it is meaning do nothing in the off season you’re going to get the same results as the last 13 years. Watch some of those Buffalo Sabres shows on the Sabres players you can see the Sabres are more a college frat house playing video games, golfing and screwing around. That needs to change for the Buffalo Sabres too many young players together is a bad idea. With older players that frat house crap won’t be mostly the entire Sabres team as it is now. This Sabres team was doomed from the very beginning too many young players screwing around and living in a fantasy world with no accountability for their bad play night after night. To sum it up the Buffalo Sabres management coddles these players many of them need to go to break up that frat house and fire Don Granato that created that and tolerate that. Don Granato should never have been hired to begin with he was the assistant coach to Ralph Krueger. Too expect a different outcome was very naive. Too many Buffalo Sabres fans put too much hope in Don Granato in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
  25. Another Buffalo Sabres loss terrible refereeing tonight. Onto the next game in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
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