PASabreFan

ink is first star of this thread. Unseemly to the max. Imagine — there's something we DON'T KNOW about a Buffalo Sabre, and it can't be divined by our hockey scholars. Heads are exploding, quietly.

Near-total disdain for social distancing at a certain major event yesterday was disappointing but expected. Not a political statement, because it clearly cuts both ways — but until leaders model the proper behavior, how can the folks be expected to follow? Of course they've been vaccinated, get daily testing and will have easy access to the best meds if they get sick. Social distancing: you stay six feet away from others whom you do not live with. No selfies, fist bumps, hugs, kisses, handshakes or huddles. Imagine not being able to get a kiss from your kids as you die in an ICU — but the new president is afforded that bit of humanity after taking the oath. You'd be mad. I mean, if you were still alive. (Bernie nailed it, though.)

That's tonight.

For so it had come about, as indeed I and many men might have foreseen had not terror and disaster blinded our minds. These germs of disease have taken toll of humanity since the beginning of things—taken toll of our prehuman ancestors since life began here. But by virtue of this natural selection of our kind we have developed resisting-power; to no germs do we succumb without a struggle, and to many—those that cause putrefaction in dead matter, for instance—our living frames are altogether immune. But there are no bacteria in Mars, and directly these invaders arrived, directly they drank and fed, our microscopic allies began to work their overthrow. Already when I watched them they were irrevocably doomed, dying and rotting even as they went to and fro. It was inevitable. By the toll of a billion deaths man has bought his birthright of the earth, and it is his against all comers.

There's a central casting look for Flyers players.

Mini goaltenders duel.

Now they went from 13:07 to 12:15. I'm so confused.

That's 37 seconds of Sabres hockey no one will ever remember. Bad commercial break.

The jerky video?

Bit o' a sluggish start.

FREE LAUREN!

More like, Not So Deep Thoughts.

If it comes down to the PB, I like my chances. (Randomly generated numbers, BTW.) (Not showing the other numbers, because I'm definitely going to win and don't want all of you coming after me.)

Maybe he doesn't want to live in the greatest country in the world anymore?

Don't even buy 'em dinner!

Maybe New Mike will tell us why he didn't take the job in Buffalo. If the Sabres suck again, it'll be a fair topic, and I doubt he signed any kind of NDA.

Correct.

Correct! Not sure if dudacek's original comment also was a McKayism.

How do you feel about the Sabres' execution?

See also sabering response, the reaction of Sabre fans to any two straight losses to start a season. Both arms extend down at a 45 degree and fingers move furiously and randomly.

That's the head coach's perogie. Skinner's a streaky one way player who hasn't streaked since Woodstock. Meh.

I'm getting at the memory we have of those few goals, which at the time had us as heady as at any time since 2006 and 2007. I suspect it's coloring the pro Skinner sentiment.

Would Skinner have as many defenders if he hadn't scored a few huge goals during that winning streak?

Interesting take. But I think once the Sabres are good again, a lot of the technical discussions become pointless. I see the point of them right now as some fans with outsized opinions of their own hockey acumen wanting to fix the team. Understandable, I guess, but after 10+ years of it, it's beyond tiresome. I want the Sabres to be good again so that kind of stuff recedes into the background (as many want the Sabres to be good again so they don't have to hear me bitching about Terry — but at least I've given it a rest of late). Look at Bills talk today. There's chatter about where The Interception fits into team lore. Is anybody really up for "Joe Blow should be the LOLB!" We've forgotten what it's all about.