Stoner

We have past Appreciation Nights to go by. I don't recall booing. I do recall a positive reaction to the team raising its sticks. The jersey giveaway always seems upbeat. I think the anger peaks earlier in the season and anyone left at the end either doesn't care about the record (a sizable number IMHO) or is in a merciful mood. It's the last game, and it's sad.

I just caught that. I think I'll leave it. Humiliate myself and the team at once. Win win for everyone.

All this speculation about what will get asked. You realize we won't hear the questions, right? Passing a mic around and making sure the audio can be heard is beyond this organ eye zation.

Belief is an article of faith. This is my 50 year anniversary of becoming a Sabres fan. I have learned to not believe anything about an upcoming season. I have no belief they will make or miss. Feel has to wait until the offseason dust settles. All that said, I think right at the moment I would be more surprised if they missed again than if they made it. You just can't go 15 years. You can't, right? Hello?

I think the questions begin and end with: Kevyn, Dakota Krebs here from the Wellsville Penny Saver... you've basically admitted you screwed up by freezing like a deer in the headlights during the losing streak. Given that you're five years into your tenure as a GM, a position you weren't qualified for in the first place, what possible case can you make to us, the fans and ultimately Terrence PEJoola that you deserve another kick at the lifeless equine corpse that is the Buffalo Saberz?

Rick Azar was very close to the players, I think. Was it just Schoeny crying at the airport when he was traded to Detroit or did Rick weep as well? Also... Clip!

Can we assume KA has already been told he will be back? Otherwise this is the GM getting out front of his owner. They've been tamed. Certainly Lance and Bill Hoppe will be compliant. Wawrow is good for a pointed question. I'm not sure about Mike anymore. Maybe Wes Goforth can save us. I mean Beningi. All in all given the media landscape, I think the idea has been to cover the team in a friendly way and cooperate in giving hope to the fans (read: the people they want to still read, listen, subscribe etc.). Why wouldn't he? Why wouldn't they all? I want unprofessionalism. Remember what happened when Mike got mouthy with OSP at the presser after he sold to TP? We got the truth from a flustered Tom. "The only directive I gave them was to break even." (Paraphrase) Also, has one of these things ever been done on a weekend? Hoping no one pays attention?

I'm comfortably confused.

Not that I know of. You can imagine why. Anything that brings up the drought is surely a non starter. Too bad. Good post. P.S. I have an audio tape of highlights from 75. Maybe I can at least get some Sabres Hawks goals on YT.

Owen Power? Not only can't he shoot the biscuit, as much as he presses on the seam, he can't get the tube to pop.

My incredulity was about your sad, in as much as the sad for how his short absence might hurt the team's chance of winning.

You keep up. I was responding to LGR's notion that the franchise might die. It's how board conversations work. Let me guess. You didn't like my Pegula posts in 2015, 2017, 2019...

Really?

Quite a quaint notion. That what's happening in our country can be tucked away in a club under the title Those Darned Politicos. Right above the Sewing Club. Posters have every right to infuse whatever post they want with their heartfel feelings about this slow moving coup. Trump won't run for a third term. He won't have to.

Grandpa's been gone for awhile. His body just won't give up. I'm sorry... Terry murdered our team, either with the best of intentions or with maliciousness/extreme lack of care (up for debate). AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOU SCHMUCKS ATTACKED ME MERCILESSLY FOR POINTING OUT WHAT HE WAS DOING. YOU SUPPORTED HIM. YOU DEFENDED HIM. YOU SAID HE AND THE MRS. HAD THE RIGHT TO DO IT. YOU TRIED TO TELL ME HE WAS LEARNING. GRANDPA'S BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS. As for myself, I will move to Guatemala and live out my days with restful nights, my conscience clean as a rookie linesman's whistle.

The arena needs 200 million in renovations? For what, specifically?

Norri. Ras can take a woodworking class this summer.

That's just tinkering at the margins. Of course I want a good GM leading the rebuild. It's my prerogative as a fan to want fresh meat. It's fun. Sabres hockey, meanwhile, is a peculiar form of Groundhog Day torture.

Nah. What's the point of moving on from your worst players? Move on from the best, who've gotten you to Nowhere Street time and again. Trade while their value is high and have a brand new vibe and core. You might miss again, but it wouldn't be from a lack of trying. Why should I care if Tuch, Dahlin, Thompson etc. never darken the doorway of that lockerroom again? I honestly despise their faces for what they represent.

That's an all star brother play, covering his eyes and hers in one fell swoop.

Who's here in 2025?

There's a lovely thought while trying to watch a hockey game.