That Aud Smell

McCabe got away with that one.

Shut up, Rob.

They certainly seem to have had enough of this winning streak.

Hoo boy.

San Jose pushing. Sabres will get a chance for a third, if they stay on their toes.

That shot was perfect.

Fantastic

I keep hearing about Marner. I watch very little hockey outside of the Sabres. He's apparently quite something, eh? He's a winger, yes? But it sounds almost like he drives play like a centre. I scrolled through a Twitter debate over who you'd rather have -- Eichel or Marner. And it was a real debate with reasoned opinions.

Based on how it was reported from the practice, it sounded like a knock/strain of some kind. Apparently, he was out there for the early warm-up portion of practice and then left the ice.

I will absolutely defer to someone who knows a thing or two about the matter (which you apparently do, since you used the term "mid-mid-range peak" (ha!)). For some shows, I found the facility's sound to be fine for an arena show. For others, I found it lacklustre.

He's been resurgent. In terms of forward pairings, though, I infer that Okposo goes with Mittlestadt?

Still OTOH, I've seen other shows at the arena where the acoustics were good and the experience was solid. I enjoyed U2, Paul McCartney there, off the top of my head.

It's a multi-use building, though. The same Aud acoustics that allowed fans in the reds to hear some loudmouth start a cheer in the oranges are the acoustics that made that place a terrible place to see a concert. Just brutal, in my experience, from an acoustics standpoint. Those cigarette butts hanging from the rafters were there just for show, maybe. OTOH, I went to see the Dave Matthews band at the arena a few years ago. Sat in the 200s. The acoustics were so good, I felt a bit like we were at a listening party in someone's living room -- i.e., it was a fairly lame live music scene.

Maybe he'll end up feeling like he's being forcibly grabbed by the neck and hair. Bottoms Up! HEY-O.

To the query: I'd have to think so. To the observation on what's being implied: Fo sho.

Kim Pegula let slip as much at one point prior to the mid-terms. It's pretty obvious that Cuomo made some promises to PSE that he said he'd fulfill after the 2018 election. It was a very good arena when it was built, but, the development urges ($$) of pro sports franchises being what they are, it quickly fell off the pace of being best in class. Also, I don't think the arena being ho-hum in design and layout has much to do with it being quiet and lifeless. The most pain I ever experienced from sound was at game 6 of the 2006 ECF -- Briere's OT winner, sitting in the upper 300s -- eee gads was that loud.

(Quoted from the Bills thread. This deserves its own thread, for sure.)

Here we go: http://www.psentertainment.com/newsX/62?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral Also: I realize that KBC is part of the study. I tend to think that's not the focus.

Ehhhh. The Bills were doing a much better job against the run by the time the tussle happened. OTOH, they would have had a better chance of scoring from the 1 with Fournette in the game.

Chasing some history. Don’t stop ‘til you get enough. Let’s go, Buffalo!

@PASabreFan: Scrolling through Instagram tonight, and I noticed that the Sabres’ #hockeyfightscancer post is designated as a “paid partnership” ad with Roswell Park. That seems new. And I wonder if it’s a level of transparency that Instagram (owned by Facebook) now requires following the 2016 election.

^ Good take. Also, I am fairly flabbergasted that the team's stated preference to keep Thompson up with the big club -- rather than giving him minutes in Roch -- has apparently worked (to a point, so far). Tip of the hat to that approach. I was sure it was dead wrong to go about things that way.

Slow your roll. That was not the best framing on my part. More accurately stated, I had meant to say they looked old and acted confused and overwhelmed. So, taken together, they appeared to be a crew for whom the toll of time had come. "Addled" might have been another word I could have used. (A word that is frequently associated with old folks who appear confused.) It's entirely possible for a crew of 70 year-olds to have been sharp as tacks and in control of that game. That was definitely not the case yesterday. Um, yes?

This is a good point. Sal from WGR pointed out this morning that 2 of Allen's best throws were erased by penalties (on consecutive plays, no less). Which reminds me: The officiating crew looked and acted old, confused, and overwhelmed.

That video is a lot of fun. Really nice choices of footage - and the slowing the clips down gives me a new appreciation for what happened in those moments. The craftsmanship is noticeable, too. That little bump that 6 and 29 do at the very end happens on a down beat. Again: Fun.