MattPie

The angle from behind looked like he may have gotten a little bit of it; the ball may have changed direction a little on the way. I think I saw that he only needs like 6 rushing TDs this year to have the record (or some top-N) for TDs in the first 8 years. There are 4 guys like Marshall Faulk and whatnot on the list ahead of him. Sure, different eras but wild.

I remember that visceral feeling when I was little too. Boston, playoffs, checking: 1983, almost sure. I remember thinking there were a bunch on people on the ice, and there they are. But that's unlikely as low as now.

"The Bills only have 10 men on the field!" Post-snap: "Well, I've never seen that Bob, that ball just dropped to the ground like someone swatted it."

Well, if the Sabres trade Doan to the Leafs *of course* he's not going to win a cup there. Let's not be ridiculous. And I do get your point, probably half of every SC winner's roster played somewhere else before that. Buffalo isn't unique in that regard. That doesn't make my statement (joke) any less true, he's more likely to win a cup if the Sabres are dealing him to a team looking to make a run than with the Sabres... Because if the Sabres are dealing him they're probably out of the chase anyway.

I player that'll win the cup... on another team after the Sabres trade him and the deadline in 3 years.

https://thehockeynews.com/news/latest-news/nhl-summer-splash-rankings-no-32-buffalo-sabres

It's even more special when it happens in Toronto, and from the looks of it, in a rout. That said, a bunch of Sabres fans gleefully celebrating a team getting getting eliminated probably isn't an awesome look. Sure, it feels good, but Sabres Elimination Day is a winter holiday.

To be fair, the new Shaboozy song *is* a banger.

There's nothing the Sabres can say at this point that will make me care about next season. The Miss Buffalo has sailed.

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Hear me out: what if we trade out a bunch of guys of picks and upcoming prospects, be terrible next year and get a great pick, something, and then the cup will be paraded in front of City Hall? It just might work.

"If Canadians stay away"? They already are. We're booking vacation stuff out west and there are surprising amounts of discounts and stuff available. My parents mentioned that Florida has been quieter than normal this winter. They listen to Fox, so it's "because the Canadian dollar is down" and not "the seething hatred for the US government and border hassles".

So you're saying the team just needs more Dahlin-level players?

See, the Sabres have been playing 4d chess. The team is so awful, and players that get traded suddenly get better, that everyone is clamoring to trade for our mediocre prospects because it's just the team that's hindering them.