MattPie

Eddie Murphy.

He was also playing on the third line, if I remember right. The whole reason he wanted out was he was behind two good centers and couldn't get ice time. Also: 20 goals from anyone on this team would look pretty good right now. Most of the people here (at least as I recall) are in agreement with you: 5 (maybe 4) years away from being a contender. Anything else is too optimistic for my taste. To sum up: 2014-15: We're talking Proud (but playing like ######) 2015-16: We're talking Proud (and actually winning some games) 2016-17: Magical run to #8 2017-18: Wild Card/Top-3 whatever-division-we're-in bubble 2018-19: See: 2014-15 Islanders (I have faith that Murray won't set things back a couple years like Snow did) 2019-20: ???

Especially when we're talking about a nice winter Saturday after a cold snap. :)

There's stirring the pot, and there's stirring the pot. This is a latter. :) Murray hasn't given out what I'd consider a bad contract yet. Gorges and Gionta could become questionable depending on which way they trend, but they'd have to get a lot worse before I'd worry.

He has 2 goals this year, so he can keep the G. FOR NOW. I've noticed that too, he looks at times like he's playing and even taking the body. They're not Kaleta missle-style hits or anything, but he'll hit a guy trying to get puck.

There's still time! :) I think your time scale is way too compressed. If everything goes swimmingly, the Sabres squeak into the playoffs in April 2017. Contender is too far out to really bet on. I'd like to see 2018, but really I'd bet on two years of 6-8 seed before anyone is talking contender. Don't set yourself up for a fall man, I'm hoping to see Sabres hockey in June 2020, I won't let myself get more optimistic than that.

I like Cy Hgsn, makes me feel like the Sabres have the first Welsh-speaking NHL player!

Props on this. :) That being said, the current name in the title (Cy Hoosn) has way too much O.

Hey-oooooooooh. :)

FWIW, my wife and I have had discussions about various things (moving to the PNW, Buffalo, going to Peru for vacation) for several years now and that doesn't mean we have some evil-genius plan to make it all happen. "Hey Terry, we should buy the Bills some day when Ralph sells the team." "Yeah, that'd be awesome.". That's a discussion. "Wow, Ralph died yesterday, should we put a bid in on the team?" "Yeah, I think we should."

So from the front page, Myers will be playing in front of the net on the PP tonight. Well, can't make things any worse. Who is it here that keeps on saying we should try Myers on wing? Maybe this is a stepping stone for that!

Mezaros and Benoit are definite boom-or-bust and cap moves. 1-yr, modest money. If they end up playing well they get traded as a rental (or if really good, maybe signed), if not, walk away at the end of the year. It's a great experiment if you're not counting on winning right away.

You're of course free to cheer when the other team scores, but that's really bad form. Most of the folks here had adopted root for the Sabres in the micro sense (while watching), but wanting them to lose in the macro sense (for the season). It's a great coping mechanism since win or loss, you can take positives out of it. "Wheee, they won a game!" or "well, that'll help the draft position." FWIW, I'm sometimes #2, never #1, and with a small child in the house, never drink enough to get to #3. You forgot #4: have the game on while cooking, reading, working, etc.. That's my jam.

Screw that, Tim Kennedy!

Those are the only two I'd bet on. You might find another odd one further down (see: Tyler Myers) but it'd tough to pick who. Oh, and likely whomever EDM picks if it isn't one of those two.

"Come on, guys, we're playing the Sabres today. We *have* to win this one. I mean, Vanners and Pommie suck (no offence there, guys. hah, no offence, hah) Anyway, they were their best players and they don't even have them any more."

And he's calling out Marrone for lack of loyalty!

I've been mixed up all this time, I thought we got the Ryan brother with the unfortunate hair.

Captain, we're at crush depth, if we don't stop this flooding we're going to lose her!

That's enough burninating from you.

Why does Myers have to be a #1? All of us had hopes it'd turn out that way, but it doesn't look like it'll happen. But I think you'd have a hard time disputing that Myers is good enough to play 2/3/4 D any team in the NHL. He's very likely good enough to play 2/3/4 D on a contender in the NHL. Until a couple of the kids down on the farm can prove they'll displace him there's no reason to run him out of town.

He might not have called all the GMs. I guess it'd depend on how much the various GMs talk about such things. I can't really imagine GMs tipping each other on trades they're talking to other teams about.

So I've had various Belgian beers (imported and American Micros in the same style), is there "more" there (porters and stouts and hops, oh my) that we don't see here because the breweries are too small, or is it variations on the Belgian Golden/Lambic theme?

Way less than a country mile.

That's not saying much. :) I'd venture a guess that there are *far* more beers to try in the USA than Belgium and Germany. Combined. I'm not talking about the big brewers, there are simply a ton of small brewers making great beer over here. Better will be subjective, especially as the micros in the US tend to be far more hoppy than most European brews. Don't judge US beer by what you see over there!