PASabreFan

Instead of stating the obvious, Rick's successor, I'll offer some dream job characteristics: 1. You don't care how much you earn 2. You love the work and at the very least like and respect your co-workers 3. The work is about helping people who need the help and need you, so you leave work feeling fulfilled and sometimes feeling like you failed those people, but it doesn't deter you (and they don't hold it against you) 4. You don't have to get up super early Too specific, maybe. Right now I have all of it. I'm very surprised this turned out be my dream job.

I appreciate all the reminders. We've had these threads before. I'm looking for the definitive list, not just the "OTTOMH" variety. If we had 10 posters join the effort, we could each do c. 50 Sabres. I think right now we might have three people willing to do the leg work.

Why would you potentially fail as GM of the Buffalo Sabres?

You know, with a measure of focus before falling asleep, you can dream about whatever you want, right? I don't know how many times I've shared a banana split with Bella Abzug, then whipped off her hat and made furious love to her on a beach.

Fine. I'll do it. It's a dark and morbid task, and I definitely won't enjoy it.

This doesn't sound like much fun for a summer project, but we need a list of all departed Sabre players. The pace of loss is going to pick up. It wouldn't be hard just time-consuming. If the roster list I have is accurate, and I think it is, because it's a very reputable hockey resource site, then it would just be a matter of googling the name and finding his Wikipedia page. I'm guessing virtually every NHL player has one, even the old-timers. Some of them might be a challenge. Anyone interested in helping? We could break up the list in some way. There are 531 current and former Buffalo Sabres. https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_players.php?tmi=5054

I tell you what's infinite: our collective *****. Use your imagination.

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_players.php?tmi=5054

There are sites with each team's all time roster. You can order for goals, assists even DOB. I'll post a link later.

That would be correct, sir.

I know the oldest (but had to look it up). Any guesses?

I'm still in diapers.

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."