PromoTheRobot

Yes but we scoff at ticket prices that other markets typically pay. That's the rub.

Why no salute to the Bisons?

The mountain UB would have to climb is taller than supporting an MLB team. As long as you are outside the Power conferences, you will be a minor league program feeding the big guys. Not to mention convincing WNY fans to support college sports, which depends on donations. UB's greatest season went up in a puff of smoke the moment Alabama poached our coach and recruiting class. Local fans only just woke up to this team and it's been cut off at the knees, having to regroup and rebuild. We have enough heartburn with the Bills and Sabres. I don't think fans could deal with a cycle of one good season and 3 years of rebuilding.

Honestly I think Taylor would be a good choice. He's done a great job with the Amerks. Why not let him coach his charges in the NHL? I feel like trying to land a big name coach will only lead to more embarrassment.

Did you know that MLB offered the Expos to the Rich family and they said no? Fact is WNY can't possibly support a third major franchise, much less one in a sport with no salary cap dominated by a handful of huge revenue teams. Never winning big and always losing your best players to the money teams would get old real fast.

My old boss had a saying. "Pigs get fat. Hogs get slaughtered."

I feel like I can't be disappointed in the Leafs-Bruins series. Either team loses I'll be happy.

There's a house in Grand Island on the Niagara River available.

Pretty sparse crowd at Key Bank Center.

Remember, it can always be worse.

But at least with the Sabres, you can say "the franchise was a mess" and they'd believe you.

And the downside? A 3-year, multi-million dollar paid vacation? The horror.

"We have a better pick than the Sabres!"

BONED.

Just an FYI, AHL TV will have a special playoff package price for it's web stream.

You got the gist of the problem.

https://www.theicegarden.com/2019/4/8/18151010/cwhl-to-nwhl-theyre-probably-not-shipping-down-to-boston-visas-athletes-immigrants A good article explaining the difficulty Canadian womens players face playing for the NWHL. It's never easy or simple, is it?

I don't disagree. But we've managed to whiff with experienced coaches as well as noobs.

If there was a metric for least dangerous shots taken the Sabres would be leading that.

Are you willing to wait? Other options could be gone by then, if it even happens.

The thing with Boudreau is he'll get you to the playoffs but no further.

I nominate PA.

The sense that once possession was established in our end by the opposing team, it was destined to be a death spiral that ended with a goal.

"Make friends with the idea of Housely staying." He was really selling the narrative that the Sabres wouldn't fire Housley.