The hockey Gods are smiling Buffalo v Montreal

[Apollo]

That's a great Sabres "Clip" (get it)? I too remember watching that series on a black and white TV,  and what a memorable series. Hockey was great in Buffalo then and I remember being so excited every day while the playoffs were going on. Thank for posting this. 

[Chevyvanmiller]

Cami Clune has updated this Sabres classic song.

 

 

[PASabreFan]

1 minute ago, Chevyvanmiller said:

Cami Clune has updated this Sabres classic song.

 

 

A for effort. It's truer to the original but still falls short. The original lyrics cleverly work in the names. This one is a name salad. Cami does harken us back to Donna McDaniel for sure.

[Captain Caveman]

My wife and I are traveling to Montreal this Thursday - Monday (anniversary trip, planned months ago.)

Tickets for the game on Sunday are probably out of my reach (and she probably doesn't want to spend Mother's Day in a rink after the other 100+ days she's spent in rinks this year for the kids) 

Is it weird / bad vibes to go to an opposing team's watch party should they have one Friday at the Bell Centre?

[SwampD]

31 minutes ago, Captain Caveman said:

My wife and I are traveling to Montreal this Thursday - Monday (anniversary trip, planned months ago.)

Tickets for the game on Sunday are probably out of my reach (and she probably doesn't want to spend Mother's Day in a rink after the other 100+ days she's spent in rinks this year for the kids) 

Is it weird / bad vibes to go to an opposing team's watch party should they have one Friday at the Bell Centre?

Is she a Sabres fan? That would significantly change my answer.

If yes, not sure I’d go to the watch party. Who cares about vibes, I just think it would be a little weird (I already find them a little weird to begin with.)

If not, I’d go see some music and get a nice dinner. The crowds will be a breeze. There will be plenty of other games to watch.

[#freejame]

1 hour ago, Captain Caveman said:

My wife and I are traveling to Montreal this Thursday - Monday (anniversary trip, planned months ago.)

Tickets for the game on Sunday are probably out of my reach (and she probably doesn't want to spend Mother's Day in a rink after the other 100+ days she's spent in rinks this year for the kids) 

Is it weird / bad vibes to go to an opposing team's watch party should they have one Friday at the Bell Centre?

Have you been to Joe Beef before? Highly recommend if not. 

[Captain Caveman]

4 minutes ago, #freejame said:

Have you been to Joe Beef before? Highly recommend if not. 

Thanks for the recommendation!  Gladly will take any others.  My wife has Celiac so a lot of common things (Poutine, Bagels) might not work unless the place has specific accomodations.

[Derrico]

1 hour ago, Captain Caveman said:

My wife and I are traveling to Montreal this Thursday - Monday (anniversary trip, planned months ago.)

Tickets for the game on Sunday are probably out of my reach (and she probably doesn't want to spend Mother's Day in a rink after the other 100+ days she's spent in rinks this year for the kids) 

Is it weird / bad vibes to go to an opposing team's watch party should they have one Friday at the Bell Centre?

I’ll be in Montreal as well Sunday - Wednesday.  Planning on going to game 4 but looking for an establishment to watch Sundays game with hopefully some Sabres fans.  Would there be a Sabres backers bar in Montreal?  Let me know if you hear of anything. 

[Taro T]

2 hours ago, PASabreFan said:

A for effort. It's truer to the original but still falls short. The original lyrics cleverly work in the names. This one is a name salad. Cami does harken us back to Donna McDaniel for sure.

Plus she was smart enough to completely ignore the PP altogether.  Swapped it to "Dan and Rayzor calling the play."

Agree that it's better than the AI attempt at reviving the song.  But it's still a far cry from the original.  Why include Ellis when so many of the regulars are missed?

Eh, 1st world problems.

[Captain Caveman]

18 minutes ago, #freejame said:

Have you been to Joe Beef before? Highly recommend if not. 

and so I know which night to make reservations for - It seems fancy - probably wont have TVs / the game on?

[...]

7 hours ago, bunomatic said:

The Habs have a powerplay the Sabs not so much. Buffalo will have to be ultra disciplined and continue to score 5on5.

The Habs PP was at 19.2%. Their PK is at 82.8%. This is for the first round.

Sabres PP is 🤡and PK is 83.3% for the first round.

[Mustache of God]

12 hours ago, ROC Sabres said:

The old Adams division to the cup. 

 

Bruins, Canadiens, hurricanes and avalanche.

All orchestrated by a team put together by Adams.

47 minutes ago, #freejame said:

Have you been to Joe Beef before? Highly recommend if not. 

I love that restaurant. Good lucking securing a reservation now though...that should have happened as soon as the trip was planned. 

[#freejame]

47 minutes ago, Captain Caveman said:

Thanks for the recommendation!  Gladly will take any others.  My wife has Celiac so a lot of common things (Poutine, Bagels) might not work unless the place has specific accomodations.

It’s a French restaurant you should have plenty of good options for someone with celiacs

35 minutes ago, Captain Caveman said:

and so I know which night to make reservations for - It seems fancy - probably wont have TVs / the game on?

Correct in thinking no game, but it wasn’t really fancy. Very high quality food though. Definitely not stuffy or anything like that 

[PASabreFan]

11 hours ago, Taro T said:

Or how about this tweak to it:

Who own de Adams?

OWNS; OWNS; who OWNS the Adams?

Ooooowwwwwnnnnns; ooooowwwwwnnnnns.

Who oooowwwwwnns de Adams?

Why the Sabres do of course.

 

Kevyn

Boston

Montreal

Hartford*

Quebec**

Jack

 

*Carolina

**Colorado

What are the chances they dust off this classic from the Aud (and the new arena on occasion)?

 

[#freejame]

12 minutes ago, Mustache of God said:

All orchestrated by a team put together by Adams.

I love that restaurant. Good lucking securing a reservation now though...that should have happened as soon as the trip was planned. 

There’s a 945 on Saturday for two. It’s worth the late meal. 

[PASabreFan]

Oh my goodness what a great week to start Prednisone. IYKYK. Of course eventually it can kill you.

[Carmel Corn]

It should be a fun series to watch, but I fully expect Montreal’s PP to awaken against Buffalo.  Suzuki and Caufield will wake up in the process, which will be bad news for Buffalo.  Our PP will still stink to high heaven.  I also don’t think LIndy will be up to the challenge of beating the Habs….so Montreal in 6.

[JP51]

8 hours ago, bunomatic said:

The Habs have a powerplay the Sabs not so much. Buffalo will have to be ultra disciplined and continue to score 5on5.

We cant be in a powerplay drought forever can we... it has to break loose at some point... droughts end ... these are the things I am telling myself... lol 

[Derrico]

Locked in lunch reservations at Garage Beirut.  Unbelievable Lebanese food.

[Doohickie]

12 hours ago, Pimlach said:

Canadians will be a tough opponent.  It’s like the old days but I was hoping for a match with the Lightning.   

Looking around at the pundits, they seem to think the Sabres will have an easier time with the Habs than they would have with TBL.

[PASabreFan]

Just now, Doohickie said:

Looking around at the pundits, they seem to think the Sabres will have an easier time with the Habs than they would have with TBL.

Seems logical. I am happy to not deal with Vasy Kooch and Coop. But I can't help but think we are playing a version of ourselves, whilst TB is old news.

[Taro T]

2 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

Looking around at the pundits, they seem to think the Sabres will have an easier time with the Habs than they would have with TBL.

Well, the pundits (in general) know TB pretty well (or at least they know Tampa's past self pretty well) and don't know squat about the Sabres and likely don't know much about the Habs either.  

They definitely haven't watched any Sabres Habs games from the past few years and only know Sabres TB from the myriad highlights of 8-7.

Yes, a few have been forced to call a few games of the Sabres, but the Sabres have for the past few years continuously spit the bit when the pundits actually had their interest piqued.

Would give the opinion of a serious fan of the Habs on how the series might go far more credibility than would give the talking heads.  The Hab fan has at least watched closely how these 2 teams have played each other.  The pundits, not so much.  When there's Panthers and Loafs and Eulers to follow and dissect; why would they learn about either of those 2 lowly also rans?

Btw, did you hear that Ovechkin might not be back?  That's a FAR more interesting story than EITHER of the teams fighting for Adams supremacy.  😒

[Doohickie]

2 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Well, the pundits (in general) know TB pretty well (or at least they know Tampa's past self pretty well) and don't know squat about the Sabres and likely don't know much about the Habs either.  

I agree that they are more familiar with TBL's playoff history than the Hab's scant history and the Sabres' non-existent recent history.  They will tend to weigh TBL's ability to perform in the playoffs over that of the two upstarts despite the recent streak of TBL first round exits.

[dudacek]

Playoffs are all about matchups, so I wouldn’t be putting much emphasis on what happened in the first round.

Montreal’s best players lost the 5-on-5 battles to Tampa’s best, but they won the battle further down the lineup. Not sure I see that happening against Buffalo; I prefer our middle six.

Montreal/Buffalo games in the regular season were high octane and a treat to watch. I suspect we will see far more rush chances, which benefits both teams offensively.

Down the stretch saw a lot of Habs fans worried about the Sabres because we matched their speed and beat them in size. I can buy that.

I hope out PK is strong enough to balance our PP.  It’s certainly an area I’d attack if I was Montreal.

Wild card for me is goaltending. Lyon has shown he struggles under a heavy workload. Dobes has never had the kind of run he’s on at any level. If one team gets clearly better goaltending, that team probably wins.

If it’s close in net, I think the Sabres transition/puck pressure game will be better than the Habs over 7 games and I expect to see that type of series.

This is going to be a tough out, but I’m feeling optimistic about our chances.

Edited May 4 by dudacek