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Oh well, Boston., I guess you'll have to make due with only a World Series and Super Bowl this year. I know. Life isn't fair.

My Facebook feed is hilarious. The bitter tears are flowing.

I wonder how many will head for the exits instead of thanking a team that went to Game 7? And good for NH kid Zach Sanford, from the town next to mine, Auburn NH. EDIT: Ignore that graphic, he's from Auburn, a suburb of Manch-vegas.

So why take up his sword unless you agree?

Master of the slewfoot.

Oh meee-yowww! But we were speaking of the Skinner deal, were we not? And you didn't really answer. If not Skinner, who?

Unless it doesn't. So who would you sign for less money?

He and Bucky Gleason, another ray of local sunshine, did a radio show that was actually not bad. I think Bucky was a governor on Jerry's negative impulses. When Buck got a respectable job (insurance maybe?) Sully was free to unleash the beast.

Sure, okay. They are the worst. Boom. So what are they supposed to do to not suck? Hire a new coach? Sign and likely overpay their top goal scorer? They did those. It could all fail. And Jerry Sullivan wants to be the first to say "I told you so." Jerry's forte is not to offer thoughtful analysis. It's to remind you of the last time something didn't work and say it could happen again. It's all he does. There's no skill to it. If he's wrong, people will forget. He'll move on to hammering the Bills or UB or anyone he thinks he can land a punch on.

I want the Blues to win. I'd even like ROR to win. The page has turned. HELL YEAH!

I'll pin the rebound on Binny. Not on getting over. That was great effort. Meantime Tuuka gets beat 5-hole and is saved by the post. Friggin luck. Edit: replay confirms Binny got over as fast as physics allows. No fault there. But why no backcheck?

Is he Maynard G. Krebs grandkid? (Warning: extremely old cultural reference.)

Coaching. Coaching, coaching, coaching. And furthermore...coaching.

It would be poetic if the Blues swept the Bruins for the cup.

It just seems like fellow Athletic scribes are emulating his social media persona. I believe it's Schwanztucker.

Isn't Krueger a British soccer guy?

Do you consider this series a battle of Expansion 6 franchises? I do.

The Tim Graham effect?

But it's also human nature to wonder when candidates we were allegedly considering sign elsewhere. A month from now will we be hearing Botterill name Chris Taylor after an "exhaustive search?"

Crackerjack coaching search, JBotts!

We'll have to trade him first.

Strictly non-Buffalo pro venues: Football: Falcons (Fulton County) Dolphins (whatever it's called these days) Jets (Met Life) Patriots (Sullivan and Gillette) Ravens (M&T) Baseball: Red Sox (Fenway) Orioles (Memorial Stadium) Blue Jays (Rogers Skydome) Dodgers (Dodgers Stadium) Hockey: Lightning (Amalie) Bruins (TD Garden) Hurricanes (RBC) Flyers (Spectrum) Kings (The Forum) Basketball: Celtics (TD Garden)

I'm blaming the old gypsy. I only brought that up to point out that losing playoff series has been an ongoing problem. You can assign blame as you see fit.

Taylor? Martin? meh. Amerks fans always blamed the Sabres for not giving the team enough talent in the playoffs. What's the excuse this year?

My plan is to wind up in Wilmington NC eventually.