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Back in the 70's, when there was ONE Mighty Taco - and it was on Hertel, down the street from Gables, they were the best Taco's in town. And the only Taco's in town. A few local hippies started a business and it worked.

How can you say that after we hired Phil Housley? He has lived in Buffalo a long time and his wife is from Buffalo. He loves the area and it is close to his family on Ontario. It could happen and is not a fancy daydream. But he has to be good enough to get the shot. Leaving now and working for a Cup winning coach is a good way to get that opportunity later.

I saw this place in Kenmore but we were out for Pizza that night. Great info for my next visit! I love seeing the West Side being mentioned several times here. My old stomping grounds. Several parts of the West Side are thriving again. Those old homes and neighborhoods still have such potential too.

For some reason I do not see Benson as slight, even with the 170lb weight. He looks more sturdy than Reinhart did as a rookie and he is playing in the NHL at a younger age and is smaller. His body position is always smart and his head is up. I like Greenway on his line and I think this years Greenway will be a deterrent to opponents getting out of line, although with Lucic and Marchand you never know what they will do.

That Twitter post is lame. Johnson is better served playing in the AHL for awhile, not sitting out games as a 7th defenseman in Buffalo. Playing in the AHL will expose him to a physical game, even if it is slower than the NHL, it is a step or two beyond the NCAA. If we need to call him up he is close by.

I can get behind another salute to Andy.

Doc or RyJo? ugh. he needs to earn his nickname, usually by the way he plays or something he does. But he cannot be RJ. And no Johnsie please.

He actually has showed excellent performance and potential at every assignment (Jr Sabres, Caps development coach, Rochester assistant), which is why Laviolette wanted him - he liked his work with the Caps. Leaving the Sabres and getting a broader exposure can only help him. True, we don't know how he will translate as a NHL coach, if he ever gets a shot. Not for me, but maybe for others.

Peca would be himself. He would not be the bad cop, he would be him. He was himself in Rochester too. They actually didn’t let him go, they just didn’t match the offer he got from the Rangers as an NHL assistant. He going to learn a lot from Laviolette too. I think he will be Sabres head coach someday.

A fine young man and we are going to see more great hockey from him.

If there ever is a time to become a good home team it’s now. Buffalo was once a hard place to get points. We have to get that back.

A lot of the famous yellers and screamers of the past did it occasionally, but it was not their normal demeanor and they still had excellent coaching and leadership skills. They knew how to win respect first, then they could blow up and quite often make a difference. Vince Lombardi was mentioned. Never heard any former Packer talk bad about him. He was not a one trick pony as a motivator.

It only is if you want to stereotype an entire generation. I am a boomer that grew up with Lombardi, Knight, etc. I idolized players that sold cars and fast food in the off season. I remember that. When I was in my early fifties I was an executive reporting directly to a certain VP. The VP was a younger Gen X. He yelled and screamed, he blamed others publicly, said outlandish things to customers and suppliers, and he intimidated people. He saluted his boss and everyone above him and he $hit on his direct reports. I could not take his $hit or stand the way he treated good people. I had no choice but to quit him. I moved on and left him and the project. My leaving raised eyebrows and eventually exposed him for the fraud he is. Me too.

Good question. I was not aware of a 30 day thingy.

R Johnson could get called up simply because they don't want to expose a vet to waivers this early in the season. That would make more sense. You know injuries are coming, and you suspect we could unload a goalie at some point creating a roster spot - so maybe you wait on Stillman/Clague to avoid waivers. Right now we have little Bryson to replace our best defensive defenseman - oh boy.

I want to be better at face-offs, especially d-zone face-offs. Watch closely, sometimes we win the draw and we still get beat at gaining possession, which counts as a face off loss. During the big slump last year we lost two games directly by losing a d-zone faceoff, when a forward or d-man did the wrong thing and lost possession of a draw that we had first crack at.

The only recent group of players that can even talk about pride and winning is the mid 2000's group of Briere, Drury, Grier, Miller, Vanek, Pommer, Lindy, etc. That was 15 years ago and some left unceremoniously. Many of these players work for other teams now and identify with them. Heck, Mike Peca and Phil Housley are Rangers now. The culture of Buffalo Sabres hockey has been seriously fractured and replaced by losing - and more precisely by tanking, by self induced suffering, by bad coaches, unqualified GMs, a revolving door of change and commotion, young players wanting out, extremely bad ownership, and an overall acceptance and expectation of losing. The Sabres alumni came out strong to greet and support Pegula when he took over. We don't have what the Bruins have, we did at one time, for awhile, but we lost it. Kevyn Adams and Don Granato are not perfect, they are both learning on the job - both are works in progress - but they know enough to realize that a culture change is needed, just as it was for the Bills. So they are going slow and building from within (draft and develop), its their only choice. Even with this team on an upswing, we are still hearing about trades being foiled because the person we want won't come here (Pesce, Murray, and probably even more). The culture change, and the winning, is coming but it will take much more than alumni support, it will be from the current core maturing and winning and setting a standard. It will take an much improved level of stability and commitment in the hockey front office to keep the winning going.

We got two points. Your concern is only valid if Tampa beats us by a one point or maybe possibly in a tie breaker with Tampa. We have more games with Tampa that will effect this. Be an upper, enjoy a win

^ This. Some fans blame whoever is closes whenever there is a goal, they do it without looking at the play. Sometimes the opponents have good players that make good plays, but let’s just blame whoever we see on the tv screen The complaints about Power are nuts. The kids maturity level at 20 is incredible. Johnson is a guy we needed. Clifton will settle in.

Is he ahead of Stillman or Clague?

Positive - we won Positive - Levi Positive - we outplayed them, they are really good old guys but they can’t hang with us if we start finishing and put up the goals we are capable of.

Ok. Cozey got off the Schneid.

Mitts to the rescue

Ok Boys dig deep and get the win.

FU@K