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Was in town to visit family, so my son and I went to the game for the first time in a few years. Sat in the very last row at the top. The sight lines were fine, but at 6’3” the legroom is terrible. Fortunately being in the last row I could stand for times during play. I don’t know how, but they need to address it with the next renovation. I couldn’t justify paying $8 for a slice of pizza. And the tv timeouts every 5 minutes of game time really kills the momentum, even in this game that didn't have alot of flow. But seeing a win was fun.

Offer St Louis Bergland, Nylander, and their own 1st back for Tarasenko, who’s reportedly available.

Tennyson is brutal. BRUTAL! Dress Housley or Steve Smith over him. And Redmond is not a viable option, he was too slow last year when he was up. Bring up Guhle if need be, at least he has speed. Why is Thompson getting so much OT ice while Skinner sits? And then Pommenville who’s doing nothing for the shootout over Reinhart?

Penalty I’ve never heard of. St Louis in OT, D loses stick. F hands D his stick. After a bit the F grabs the stick on the ice. It’s not broken. They get a penalty for illegal equipment. WTF? So Ryan O’Reilly out on PK, gets breakaway and scores shorthanded winner anyways.

I don’t get the desire by some to call up Nylander. He is still not playing to expectations in the AHL. If anyone, they should call up Olofsson who is playing above expectations, and has a wicked shot that they could use on the power play.

I interviewed for a computer analyst job years ago. Everything went well and I got a call a few days later from their HR who made me an offer. My only counter was that I asked if I could have my own cube. When interviewing with my potential manager she had said I would be sharing a cube. And after thinking about it I knew doing so would be distracting when I’m trying to concentrate. HR said they would check with the manager and get back with me. A couple of weeks passed and I got no return call or email. So I sent an email to the manager asking what the status of my request was. She said she never heard from HR, and had assumed I wasn’t interested in the job. I decided I didn’t want to work for a company that was that unorganized, and ended up finding another job.

Actually Utica’s uniforms are the same as their parent club Vancouver.

Time for Botts to offer one of the 1st round picks plus a player to the Ducks for Brandon Montour.

The tank worked, it put the Sabres in position to win the lottery for McDavid. We got the next best thing with Eichel as the foundation to build around. The rebuild took longer, but now we’re seeing the benefit of “raking the floor” of dead wood to make room for the new growth.

Since the official attendance was 15,965, and the pictures show lots of empty seats, I assumed it was.

What did the crowd size look like? Official attendance says over 15k, but I assume that’s Sabres season tickets.

They could try starting with 2 D; Eichel, Risto, and Dahlin. They’re just as fast as a forward, and perhaps they’d provide a bit better coverage.

He needs to go to Rochester for a little seasoning. He just doesn’t seem to be finishing plays or working with his teammates. I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes down when Larsson is healthy. Let him get some top 6 minutes with the Amerks.

Many of the Sabres fans are from Canada.

So the new standard in the Sabres organization is to lose by 4 goals. Christ, can’t one of these teams compete?!

Who would have thought last year that Cliff Pu’s first pro game would be in Rochester...as a Charlotte Checker.

I hope if Jack gets the C, that the Sabres offer to update #9 jerseys bought at the Sabres store for free. Don’t create another PR screw up.

Sam had been skating with the University of BC team, so he has been practicing. It’s hard to say how the team will perform until we see a more consistent NHL lineup, instead of the half AHL team, and the players get used to each other. I think so far they’re making one too many passes in the O zone, and turning it over when they had a chance to shoot. And their D zone breakout has to be better. Still throwing it up the boards too much and allowing opponent D to keep in.

Sick Mitts and Rassamatazz

Guy walking on the beach sees a woman with no arms or legs lying there crying. “Why are you crying?”. “I’ve never been kissed”. So the guy kisses her. She still cries. “Now why are you crying?”. “I’ve never been f$&ked”. Guy picks her up, throws her in the ocean, and says, “Well you’re f$&ked now!”.

Played hockey Sunday and was on the losing end of a hard collision by the crease. 3 fractured ribs and a bruised lung. It hurts just to breathe. Been sleeping in a recliner because it hurts too much to lie down. Will take 1-2 months to heal.

Given the faster and younger roster this year, the team should be competitive in every game. If not, then Phil should be gone after this season.

I thought the Pegulas were against controversy when Beane passed on drafting Josh Rosen or giving Kapernick a chance in training camp. Seems like they’re picking their controversy spots.

C - Eichel A - Okposo A - Bogosian A - Scandella

Fans are too impatient. I would wait until next year when they might go back to the old version.