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If only we had a Jack Eichel with a good attitude

Telling signs that the Sabres are on their way to a losing streak 1. They can’t complete passes 2. They skate slow and look boring even though they have a fast team 3. They constantly dump it in and never go into the zone with speed 4. They get attacked a soon as they get the puck and can’t maintain puck possession in the offensive zone

The drought.

This is what happens when you run it back with practically the same team

Buffalo Bills are good, Just got a promotion at work, my wife is due in 2 months. Life is good. I don’t think I need the Sabres for a while.

Not sure why they didn’t bring in more offense in the off-season.

RJ’s family is there and it’s a sellout. The Sabres always win these special games right? Should’ve worn the magic goat heads I guess

We are still technically Sabres territory so I am unable To watch the games unless I have MSG on cable

Since moving from Rochester to Albany years ago, it’s been a logistical nightmare to try and watch Sabres game

I haven’t been following all preseason. Who is the starting goalie and the back up?

How many tickets are left?

So when do we trade one of Dahlin or Power to the Golden Knights Jack Eichel style?

I will be at Rory Fitzpatrick’s Hall of Fame induction

I’m so thankful that we have both!

The Sabres didn’t want to play the gummy bear song

Where does he live now?

Is there a documentary or long tribute of Jeannette or the Sabres besides top shelf that I can watch?

Hearing Rick’s voice always puts my heart at ease. It brings me back to simpler times in my life as a teenager in the mid 2000’s. May he rest in peace. We however have hundreds of hours of Rick’s highlights to listen to till the end of time

I hope we get to open the season at home against Vegas. That would be fun

It’s the McKinley curse. Reinhart wins it next year right?

I’ve despised the thought of him succeeding ever since he left the Sabres. I even rooted against his team ever since he joined the Golden Knights. But, when Vegas went up 3-1 it occurred to me, I see a lot of myself in his situation. I worked at a certain branch at my workplace where I was chosen to drastically turn things around because i was young, they saw my potential and I was the top candidate due to my previous performance and experience at such a young age, too. However, the workplace was dysfunctional, toxic, and lacked communication from top to bottom, inside out and had been that way for years and I quickly learned that the circumstances were beyond fixing under my control. After I started the new position, no matter how much I pointed out the flaws and told them that we needed additional help from the outside (which was available) they decided to just keep things status quo because they believed in our core group of people (sound familiar?) Things continued to get worse and I was getting to be complacent and was getting emotionally and physically worn out because I was trying to do it all myself. My boss and my bosses boss worked in the same building as I did and could see the dysfunction and the problems daily, yet whenever something went wrong they blamed me but never did anything to improve it because their jobs were “safe”(very bureaucratic and corporate) Time after time situations would occur where I would be the scapegoat and take the blame even though it was out of my control and I was doing my 100% best busting my ass. I even got scolded once for openly showing my frustration on the workroom floor when the situation became very bleak and out of control. I even had a co-worker who was basically my right hand man just get up and quit one day after 10 years of working the job.. He used to love his job but starting hating coming to work because it got so bad. He got tired of doing the same thing year after year with no results and lost his passion for the job (Ryan O’Reilly anyone?) No matter how much I did or how hard I tried I finally reached a point where I realized the end was near. I became, complacent and Depressed as each day seemed like an eternity. Even though I had some great Camaraderie with people there (there were only a few!), I made a few friends and had some good laughs along the way (made a ton of money too!), I eventually decided it was time to go. I soon got a job at a different branch in my company closer to home. A year later I’m now the happiest I’ve ever been. I look back at my days in that place and I can’t believe how I was treated. I have such a bitter taste in my mouth and still haunts me from time to time. I’m glad for my time there because it was just another step in molding me as a person and preparing the way for who I am now everyday. All in all, I now understand Jack Eichel. I’ll never know the pressure of being a professional athlete especially at age 18 but he was expected to be the savior from the start. He always did his best and gave it his all. Towards the end we became frustrated when he seemed disinterested and when he became easily frustrated himself and threw temper tantrums. I probably would have as well! He even had some things to say about the fans booing him. I definitely wouldn’t have been able to keep my mouth shut if I were him. He invested time and effort all for nothing. You could tell he wanted to win. That being said, life is too short to wish people ill will, that is, unless they’re Boston sports teams. Go Sabres

Let this sink in The Sabres tanked for 2 years in a row in 2013 and 2014 and got the #1 and #2 overall picks. Those players are now playing against each other in the final round of the Stanley cup finals. Here's the best part. One of the teams is an expansion team from 2019, which has made the finals twice already in 4 years. One of these two franchises will also win it all for the first time. Meanwhile buffalo hasn't done squat since 2007.

After Oreilly and Eichel win the cup, what’s next, Ralph Krueger becomes an assistant coach somewhere and wins a cup?

How can I listen to this as I’ll be driving from Buffalo to Rochester as it’s being played ?

I’m rooting for a hurricanes or stars comeback. Thats our only hope