Claude_Verret

Darcy wasn't fired until it was too late for any GM to do anything else but continue with the tank. It is the plan like it or not. GMTM will manipulate the roster as to give us the best possible draft pick in 2015. Still, I don't believe the team will be as unwatchable as last season. We've got rid of way too much dead weight / AHL talent to see that again.

I just turned 43 and I'm for the tank all the way. I would think older fans who have watched the Sabres largely be an insignificant post season team through 40 plus seasons would want to take a legit shot at being an elite team year in and year out. A 2% shot at McEichel and 75% chance at top five overall in a deep draft >>>>>>>>> a doomed playoff run and 0% chance at the Cup all day long.

Playoffs with no real shot at the Cup next year would be a huge failure. I've seen that movie too many times and I've got zero use for it. Give me a legit shot at the Cup or tank it to high heaven. and if the complaint thread were open, I'd complain that it's 3 AM and I'm at work because some jackass attached my name to a -80 freezer that went down that I've got absolutely nothing stored in. I've spent the last two hours moving ###### to other freezers around the building. Fargin bastages.

My favorite "gay" quote courtesy of Artie Lange when he was on Stern, in reference to show producer Gary "BabaBooey" Dell'Abate's embarrassing first pitch at a Mets game: "That's the gayest thing that I've ever seen..... and I once saw a guy suck a cokc"

Original six teams continue to fall... Number 13: Montreal Canadiens

He lost me with this... It would be shocking if Boston or Chicago didn't make the playoffs. But the Islanders? c'mon. At the very best they are a coin flip for making the post-season.

I expect the Sabres to suffer in the rankings simply because they once had the slug. That stench is hard to shake. Teams that have ###### logos have typically gone from one shade of ###### to the next over the years. Yet the Sabres, with their iconic original logo in the vaults and available to go back to actually chose to instead wear one the worst logos in the history of sports. Inexcusable.

Number 14: New York Rangers

Unanimous pick for #30. No question about it. Goat head would have been in the low 20's IMO.

Thanks for recapping Eleven. I was too busy fishing, swimming, beaching and drinking at the Outer Banks last week. Number 15: Nashville Predators

Wakefield is a little outside my frame of reference so I'll get back to you. How long are you staying? 8/8 weekend I think I'm heading to Charlotte for the Bills game.

What part of town will you be in?

Starting tomorrow this is my ocean front home for the next week. F'N fantastic!

Number 22: Ottawa Senators And our first bombshell... Number 21: Toronto Maple Leafs

That's great news, congrats. A teaching(?) job in the Confinement Area for Relocated Yankees is the best in the Triangle.

I fully understand and appreciate the need for interesting terms to describe the color, flavor and aroma of craft beer. Some people just try way too hard and go overboard IMO.

I was at Resurgence last month. Both their IPA and double IPA were pretty darn good. The sponge candy stout wasn't the trainwreck I anticipated and was actually pretty decent. The loganberry wit was awful. I had a saison too that was good.

Number 23: Winnipeg Jets

Remember when Max did this a few years ago in Alabama? Link

Number 24: LA Kings

I've heard stories that DH can be a real prick? I had one celebrity urinal encounter. Steve Tasker at Jim Kelly's nightclub the night the Bills lost to Pittbsburgh in the playoffs. 1995 maybe? Another LCTF. After I moved up from fry cook to bartender, Don Postles sat at the bar on a few occasions.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

OK I've been enjoying Weird Al's lame claim to fame video, and it naturally led me to think about a few of my lame claims to fame... I hung out with Artie Lange and Stuttering John at their hotel after they did a show in Buffalo circa 2002. Just a few weeks ago while at the amusement park on Toronto island, I was on a ride with my daughter right next to that carrot top looking dude from Barenaked Ladies. Back in my fry cook days I prepared an order of wings for Joe Mesi. In Sturgis, ND I got my picture taken with Michael Ballard and had shots with Fajita Mike from the Full Throttle Saloon TV show. I've also had numerous encounters with Buffalo sports celebrities, but I wanted to keep my list truly lame. Whatcha got SS?

tuchus

Number 25: New York Islanders