Dreams Burn Down

To my eye, the Asplund I've seen this season is simply not the same player from the end of last season.

I though that comment was strange by RJ. Unless he was reminiscing about how Korab and Schony would have retaliated?

That was actually a great save by Subban.

Rick the dog? Sabretooth?

No physical reaction. None.

This is simply not the effort level of the Sabres team I saw in-person on opening night against the Habs and then a few nights later against the Canucks.

Not a Lightning fan, but that was a beaut.

Sabres fans' hopes and dreams?

I'm sure that winning two Cups in a row changes perspectives on what to celebrate.

Bryson, shove your man from the front of the net. What the hell.

Welcome to the net, Mr. Subban.

I was thinking "circle the drain", but I'm game for fantasy. 😉

The Bobs. Such an unheralded classic.

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Creative? He walked in untouched.

Welcome back, UPL. Wow.

Yowzers. I think me and my arthritic knees and ankles could have saved that.

He's still going to defect to play here, right?

Maybe Bernier's not enamored with geopolitics? Maybe he just had some bad hash?

I remember when not getting out of the first round was such a disappointment; an embarrassment, really. If I only knew what was coming just over twenty years later, I would have complained less and enjoyed those teams much more.

I don't care what you call it. I'll freebase this type of hope all day long. After where we've been, this naivete and confidence is so energizing. I am really looking forward to seeing this young group mature together.

My hope for tonight is that, when they take physical liberties against us, and they will, that the Sabres have a response. It doesn't even have to be an in-kind response; just something that shows a blip on the EKG at the heart of this team.

I, too, am looking forward to seeing him for two or three games here just to see his developmental progress.

The only AFC team that I didn't think we could beat in the playoffs was the Colts. Now that they're out, it really makes no difference who we play. If we play lights out on both sides of the ball, we can beat the Chargers or Patriots. It's our offensive inconsistency that worries me, though.