Stoner

On his last show at TBS, Conan reflected last night on his decision years ago to take his show to that network. Why did a seemingly unlikely relationship work? "A guy named Steve Koonin came to me... he came to me and he said I will protect you, I will let you and your people do whatever you want, I'll never interfere and will support you 100%. They did that, they did that in every single way. They never went back on their word."

You can't make this stuff up. Well, some of them can, I guess.

I don't wonder. I was there. nfreeman wasn't upset with how Bowman rebuilt the Sabres, just that he decided they needed to be rebuilt. Trading for Buddy Cloutier on draft day 1983 was a disaster.

Make it stop. I mean, make it start.

Robert had a good first year in Colorado, but his career was pretty much over. The original core wasn't winning when it counted, so I think Bowman had the right idea. Of course his first year was the team's best shot at a Cup since '75, so there's that. Important to note that the others you mention weren't traded until 1981. We ended up with Housley, Barrasso and Andreychuk. The results should have been better. Sound familiar? I think your beef is an emotional, not a logical one.

People eat egg salad sandwiches. They eat fried egg sandwiches. Breakfast sandwiches with eggs as the centerpiece. People eat toast with scrambled eggs and even put a little bit of them ON the corner of their toast. But the scrambled egg sandwich has never taken off. I want to know why. Eleven is not invited to comment.

Lee Coppola of The Buffalo News. The story is a little murky, but former PR man Paul Wieland explained that Lee worked with him in the press box to write messages for the board that was positioned on the face of the balcony in the Aud.

I don't know why I read this board. In the absence of a team, all that's left is this stuff to flow into the void. And it's not hockey talk, really. Fantasy owner and fans playing fantasy GM, coach and doctor. Maybe time for a break.

St. Mary's HS here in PA just named its girls swimming coach. So that's off the board.

Right.

Teddy's The Man in the Arena comes to mind. Godspeed, jsb.

Have you not noticed where he sits? I have no idea where I saw it, but there was an extensive article that broke down the genesis of video scouting in Buffalo, with quotes from Darcy if I'm remembering it right (IIRIR). That quote about the community is near-managerial incompetence. Someone should tell him Bethlehem Steel closed down 40-ish years ago.

He didn't say what "the week."

I disagree.

Read between the lines of the boyfriend post.

In his book, Bob Swados called Rene a "clubhouse lawyer." So his advocacy for the fans during the Quinn years was not surprising. And I'm sure some of the quotes leaked to The Athletic came straight from Robert. His trade to Colorado Bowman's first offseason (Oct. 1979) marked the beginning of the end of the 70s Sabres.

Why? I will when I'm convinced he/she have stopped.

Thanks. OA=Overall is lame.

That's what I was going to say! That's beautiful. People should remember that Terry said, around the time of bringing in LaLa, maybe even at the LaLa presser, that we'll have no "hockey emperors." Another time he said, "There's no monopoly on hockey IQ." It all fits into the case. Terry thinks he should be a player in the process, and thus he is. The issue of meddling is settled. As Judge Aud Horatio Smell has written so eloquently, "It's now only a matter of degree. Now give me the envelope and the dress shields."

He WILL clear this message board.

That IS meddling. Along with everything else @Brawndo occasionally outlines — without your scorn and harassment, by the way. But why? What's it to him? What possible good could come of it? And the bad is obvious — THE owner is affecting the process.

What can I say? The coffee and sugar haven't kicked in yet.

He could be talking about the owners.

I don'f know what it stands for.