PASabreFan

Where's his brilliant hire of the great Don Granato?

I like it. SDS is probably in with Bezos and Branson.

Doug Favell should be part of the bat release ceremony at Canalside.

Does Dahlin still profile out to James Norris?

For the unaware, in the last regular season game of the 71-72 season, the Flyers needed a mere point against the Sabres at the Aud. Gerry Meehan broke a tie with four seconds left in the third period, scoring on an 80-foot shot. The Flyers were done, thanks to a twerpy little newbie Hockey God. The others never forgot. The Godlet knows his place, Favell makes an easy save and we have four Cups as a franchise. Book it.

It's a stretch to say that winning a Cup as a player is a qualification for being a GM. Sabres GM Miro Satan anyone?

See also: the lure of the dynasty and the looking down the nose at "just making the playoffs." The lure ("Pegvorka") raised expectations and, failing to work, lowered the entertainment value of Sabres hockey to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

Good post. It's a simple but necessary 30,000-foot-view question while most of us are poking around in the British Open rough for our balls. Pimlach stole all my thunder. I'd add that Terry's mistake wasn't limited to thinking that his money would make the difference for a historically budget-conscious franchise, but that his leadership, involvement and hockey acumen would, too.

Tuttle is real, alive and spectacular.

Always seeing the negative.

Is that for me? If so, you're trying too hard. I think they both sound/sounded positive. Maybe we should play a little, "Who said that?"

Well that settles that.

Put on your journalist hat.

Only Owen knows where he prefers to be drafted and maybe where he prefers to eventually play. We have no evidence it's Buffalo.

He's not Italian.

I don't see much difference between the way RaKru and Don talk.

Besides the capitalization, I would quibble with the word Wants. I would be honored to accept a free trip to Hawaii. I don't want to go there though. We're so desperate for approval. Still, all in all it's a good and expected message from a potential top pick after an interview.

Usernames can mean lots of things. But even if the poster is a Believer in the Buffalo Sabres, it doesn't require fealty to Jack Eichel, Terry Pegula or any other human being who currently populates the franchise. Just like belief in country would not require loyalty to Congress or the president.

It won't surprise anyone that I think they can change coaches and GMs every two to three years, even change the organizational mission, and it won't matter until one thing changes: either the owner, or the owner's direct involvement in decision-making. This is a recording. (Of course, it's a troll-job/narrative/agenda. Everyone else's repetitiveness is fine.)

I actually meant to put a "probably" in front of predictably but typed too fast. The predicably could come out. It wasn't an intended victory lap. I was never someone who predicted that the Eichel era wouldn't work out. I was as over the moon on draft day 2015 as everyone else.

Well, it's all very interesting to ponder. But why keep pondering it? It's over. Bridges have been burned. The Eichel Era, predictably, didn't work out. The fans are cockroaches after nuclear blast after nuclear blast. We survive the players and the owners. Our hockey lives go on. It has to get better. Jack, we hardly knew ye. (Now watch, he won't get traded. That'll be interesting in the fall, to say the least. In Taro's world, anyway, it'll be like that time Costanza quit, then showed up for work again on Monday anyway.)

You don't say stuff like that to fans who go back to Schoeny and Cashman crashing through the Zamboni doors. You don't tell your Aunt her macaroni salad is dry. Nice job, Janene, stop skimping on the Mayo (actually, she uses Miracle Whip and she ***** cheated on Gene with her chiropractor, yeah, your lumbar spine wasn't messed up until after he wheelbarrowed you, you *****). Anywho... that comment above all is a good indication of who Jack is and why KA knew, upon taking the job, he had to go. If I could get up, I'd knock you on your ass, sonny.

Not sure if serious. There's no link for that. It's an opinion. #1 SS pet peeve right there. That's actually a pretty good definition of any -ism.

You have a certain worldview, admirable I think. But why is ageism still allowed to be part of it? I mean, he said those words. I won't forget. And, honestly, I won't remember a lot about Jack Eichel as a Buffalo Sabre.

I guess. Maybe. I can't get beyond the voice. I'd have to suspect he learned early to imitate his dad. Would he be where he is without the name? My bigger beef is that he's about 1.5 seconds behind on his goal calls. Even behind the crowd reaction. But he does end up calling the goal, unlike Dan, who goes all deer in the headlights. Right on. I'll look to see if ESPN takes another approach. They need to tailor the show to hardcore fans. I mean, that's whose watching, I think. Lots of casual viewers tune into NFL games. I can't imagine lots of Mr. and Mrs. Americans who don't follow hockey put an NHL game on for shits and giggles and nachos. Talking about how so and so is Craig Mactavish's godson and played the juice harp at Bemidji State doesn't sell hockey, because it tells the viewer the action isn't exciting or important enough to actually be describing.