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It’s actually ex-Sabre Garry Galley. He does sound a lot like Greg Millen.

Toronto FC . The first ever sporting event I attended when I was a young kid was a Buffalo Stallions game… live and - - kickin’ at the Aud! No more Buffalo soccer so next closest local team is TFC.

Quick question. Bar Bill North or Bar Bill East Aurora for wings? Any difference? Going to try one of them for the first time tomorrow. Nice win tonight.

I’ve been harping on this for a long time. It’s absolutely abysmal. The really puzzling thing about it though, is that it wasn’t two years ago. Why? It’s in their heads now. Hesitant. Not confident. Also playing a style that doesn’t suit the makeup of their players. Ruff’s dump and chase offensive style doesn’t work with this group. They do need to understand how to play defense, but I blame GMKA for not putting more vets with kids if he wanted to establish a Lindy style of play. Granato line rush style had them handling pucks and playing with more pace two years ago, and they had confidence. They needed to learn defense and last year it stunted their progress and learning a completely new style again this year that is even less conducive to the strengths of the players on this team has them totally disabled and has destroyed yet another Sabres season. Nobody is on the same page in understanding who these players are (and who they’re stuck with due to the contracts they have signed and the existence of no move clauses to Buffalo). Signing off again until … who knows when, but felt was time for some big picture opinion.

NJ outshot Toronto 27-6 after two periods. Yes, you read that right 27-6. They were skating circles around the Leafs. At the same time Matthews had 3 breakaways and only got 1 shot on goal. 6’6 Stolarz absolutely goalied the Devils. It was ridiculous. In the third, it was a little more even, but It just seemed like a matter of time before NJ would break through. Nope. NJ had the puck most of the OT, but couldn’t make it happen. Blocked shot gave Matthews another breakaway and this time he made no mistake. He was so smug after he scored. Another miserable night of hockey as the Leafs should’ve been dead and buried.

Something I posted earlier in the complaint Thursday thread… At least 7 times, might have actually been 8 as I lost count at the end, but regardless… This is how often the Sabres play the second half of a back to back game, when the team they are playing isn’t playing the night before and is just resting and waiting for them. Do you know how often the Sabres are waiting, resting for an opponent to come off the second half of a back to back to play them? Once. Once! NHL scheduling is putting the Sabres at a competitive disadvantage with 10% of their schedule. No? Well, they are 0-2 so far in these games. Tonight @SJ is certainly a decent chance they can overcome this disadvantage.

First time posting in this thread I believe. At least 7 times, might have actually been 8 as I lost count at the end, but regardless… This is how often the Sabres play the second half of a back to back game, when the team they are playing isn’t playing the night before and is just resting and waiting for them. Do you know how often the Sabres are waiting, resting for an opponent to come off the second half of a back to back to play them? Once. Once! NHL scheduling is putting the Sabres at a competitive disadvantage with 10% of their schedule. No? Well, they are 0-2 so far in these games. Let’s see how they fare in the rest of these, shall we?

If a team scores on a delayed penalty, the penalized team still has to serve the two minutes. More of a rule change than a CBA thing, but I’d still like to see it.

Last angry points for me tonight, then I’ll be done posting again and some new tease comes along. This team cannot control pucks and have no flow to their game. They are off balance half the time, and just have no composure. That leads to frustration and kills their confidence. There’s no vets here to get the locker room settled. It’s like a vicious circle which adds to the weight of 13 years with no playoffs. Good luck Lindy, you’re going to need it

I REALLY feel bad for the people who have tickets to watch this franchise.

So typical. Like clockwork.

Scotty Bowman has a condo in Sarasota and is on the ground floor where he stays. No way he’s there now, but it’s beachfront and vulnerable to storm surge. Fingers crossed for his unit, and for everyone else of course.

Are the Sabres gonna get booed onto the ice Thursday? It’s what they deserve. I reluctantly feel fortunate I stopped buying tickets.

That’s 8 fewer than last year, but still about a quarter of the season for those of us in southern Ontario. Being in Niagara, I can watch MSG games on Fubo outside of the games listed below, so it might be the odd TNT, ESPN/HULU game that I would need to pirate. Fri Oct 4 NJ 1pm SN Sat Oct 5 NJ 10am SN Sat Oct 26 Detroit 1pm SN Sat Nov 9 Calgary 1pm SN Wed Nov 20 @Los Angeles 10:30pm SN Fri Nov 22 @Anaheim 10pm SN Sun Dec 16 @Toronto 5pm TSN4 (regional) Fri Dec 20 Toronto 7pm SNO (regional) Fri Dec 27 Chicago 7pm SN Sat Jan 11 Seattle 4pm SN Fri Jan 17 Pittsburgh 7pm SN Thu Jan 23 @Calgary 9pm SN1 Sat Jan 25 @Edmonton 4pm SN Tue Jan 28 Boston 7pm SN Sun Feb 2 NJ 1pm SN Sat Mar 1 Montreal 7pm SNE Sat Mar 15 Vegas 12:30pm SN Sat Mar 29 @Philadelphia 1pm SN1 Sun Apr 13 @Tampa 6pm SN Tue Apr 15 Toronto 7pm TSN4 (regional)

Nationally, both games with be on the NHL Network in the US and on Sportsnet in Canada. If neither team is sending their announcers, I wonder which broadcast they use?