Sabres Fan in NS

What a fantastic win. Everyone played well. The coaches outcoached you know who. They will win the division, which doesn't mean a whole lot unless you win the conference.

Not to pick a nit, but the Sabres were very competative during about half of the reign of OSP.

Bloody Hell!!

They also had something in '93 after years of wandering in the desert. Then again starting in '97, which culminated in the Sabres second *cusp* (hey, oh @PASabreFan) in '99. Then we have the run of '04, '05 and '06, and the lesser trophy of '07, which has been followed by more wandering in the desert until today.

Yes, we did. I hope that you did too. No worries, my friend.

A kayak. While we technically don't celebrate Christmas we still have some traditions that we enjoy. Last night we had nice Turkish coffee in a very relaxed setting with traditional (non religious) Christmas songs playing. We had a nice dinner last night. We will be talking with the only family we are still in touch with (by design) at 5:00 PM this evening. They are my cousins in Calgary. After that we will be taking our traditional Christmas Day walk after dark to look at the moon and stars. I had taken up kayaking late in the fall this year and really like it. We have had a string on large expenses lately, but my beautiful wife insisted that she buy me a kayak. She even said it was for Christmas. So, there you go. After over 30 years I would marry her all over again in a hot second.

We have waited 3 weeks and this is your first post ... Anyway, welcome!! Sent you a beer.

And for those of us who don't celebrate Christmas (I am one and I know of some others) I wish for you good health and peace.

Merry Christmas!! Best wishes for a healthy and happy New Year.

PA has it in the vault. Our very own @Robviously, who is missed, wrote it years ago. Just like PA said. It's as fantastic now as ever. Timeless. Thanks for sharing it again PA. Merry Christmas!!

No.

Even in WWI and WWII (the big one) they had cease fires for Christmas. Even in bloody Stalingrad!!

I am wondering if the Sabres will play again before the fall of 2022. The goaltending has been much better of late, but it's tenuous at best.

The Sabres have had 4 owners in 50+ years. None were 'bad' owners, until one group ended up being croocks, but up until then they ran the team well. Then things fell apart and the NHL took over until OSP saved them, which made him a hero. And here we are. The Pegulas are not bad owners, but have made some terrible decisions.

I was talking about in Canada in general and Nova Scotia specifically.

In Canada these things were hppening before COVID and are not any worse now. Blaming the unvaccinated is not reasonable, at least not in Canada, especially in Nova Scotia. It is fashionable to blame the unvaccinated, but not realistic if one really thinks about it.

When you look at it this is a reasonable take that a sale was part of the plan all along. That said, the exact opposite conclusion is just as reasonable.

Paging @PASabreFan ... Seems like some are thinking there is a possiblility of a second meddling owner coming in.

I believe strongly in everyones choice to be vaccinated or not. In that I support Cole. If he or anyone not vaccinated gets COVID it's on them and they need to take the resposibility and not blame this or that or anyone else. What I do not support are the hot anti-vaxxers AND the hot pro-vaxxers and their equally terrible takes. If you get vaccinated good for you and be quiet. If you don't get vaccinated good for you and be quiet. Cole has said that he is neither a pro nor anti-vaxxer, but it is clear from his hot hot takes that he is a huge anti-vaxxer. He needs to shut the hell up.

DAMN!! So sorry to hear this news. Like so many other ailments ALS is terrible. The brother of a friend had it and he deteriated quickly and passed away at 30. The last year + was just horrible.

At your service ...

I think that I heard that they have already cancelled the pre-tournament games. I will be surprised if this happens atall.

Called it in the first few posts in this thread.

Close enough ... Flying in this afternoon for a game tonight? This game will be postponed.

So, the Sabres are so bad that they are practicing a year in the future? I was thinking they were playing pretty goodly lately.