Quint

I was watching Cal Petersen the other day...he looks good. Portillo and Levi can't get here fast enough but I'm afraid they are slow-walking their arrival. I'm thinking they might also bail. The Sabres are like Casper the Friendly Ghost for young goaltenders. They just turn and run the other way.

Gil just turned 72 on 11/13. Happy belated birthday to the most beloved player in Sabres history. ...

I really like Samuelsson but he seems to be turning into a bandaid boy. I'm afraid he is chronically injured. We need more depth on D and that doesn't mean we go to Walmart or the Dollar store. The Sabres have money. Spend it on something good.

Cozens and Lyubushkin seem like the only ones willing to fight. My money's on Cozens.

Maybe they're being distracted by the animated ads on the boards.

Here's some Deez Nutz jokes for Josh. Cheer up dude. Good times are coming.

Gilbert Perreault. You kind of wonder why the Sabres never hired him for anything except being an ambassador. He's so ultra-talented.

There's probably too much pressure on Josh, seeing how unreliable our running game is, our blocking and anyone not named Diggs not getting open. There's also the elbow, which may have helped cause the goal-line fumble (both Morse and Josh have bad elbows) and the two end zone interceptions. Not to mention Dorsey's second-half abandonment of the running game and Josh not exploiting checkdowns and guys who are wide open. (tunnel vision?) I'd sit Josh this week and maybe next week too, to rest his elbow against the woeful Browns and Lions.

I've always wondered what a JAG is. Is it a Judge Advocate General? How about a Joint Action Group? Or maybe Jobs for Arizona graduates? Jugglers Against Gravity? Seems to me that players who win multiple Stanley Cups aren't "Just another guy." These two added to the winning formula of their team. They didn't make crucial mistakes to cost their teams championships.

My theory is that Allen's elbow injury helped create those three horrible turnovers (two interceptions in the end zone and the muffed snap). Hero ball strikes again. No proof, just a theory that although he was able to put up yards, the elbow came back to haunt him at the worst times.

Josh is Blaster (body) but he needs a Master. (brain) McDermott needs to resign. He can't think on his feet when the game is on the line. He has proved this over and over again.

looks like a Voltapov to me.

Get rid of the white pajamas.

When guys like Quinn and Peterka gain a little more experience, they'll bury their chances. But until then...Game was close. Buffalo hit a couple posts. Keep shooting!

The drafting of Taro was a sign of the times. The #1 and 2 overall that year was Greg Joly and Wilf Paiement and there were 25 drafting rounds. Imlach may have been making a joke, but the joke turned out to be on the Sabres for going with the fictional Japanese player, who was drafted #183 in the '74 draft. Dave Lumley (2 Stanley Cups) was drafted # 199 and Stefan Persson (4 Stanley Cups) was drafted #214.

Buffalo just isn't very good at sports.

After Eichel scores, he opens his big mouth to a super huge size. Perfect size to accomodate a butt end...just sayin'.

I don't think Comrie is the answer.

Get him.

Peter McNab was a promising Sabre in his rookie year ('74-75) when they went to the finals vs. Philly. The following year, the Sabres played the Soviet Wings in their first tour of North America and the Sabres played perhaps their best game ever (an exhibition game unfortunately) en route to a 12-6 win. After the game, McNab and Rick Martin, as well as maybe others, said in interviews that they won this game for Canada. It was here that the anecdote was picked up in Punch Imlach's "Heaven and Hell in the NHL" book. Apparently Buffalo fans were incensed that McNab said he played this game for Canada and not for Buffalo, although guys like Martin, didn't hear anything. The boo-birds came out for McNab and he forced his way out of town...this according to Punch Imlach...and the rest is history. RIP Peter. Although it didn't end well in Buffalo, you were a credit to hockey.