Doohickie

When my son was in HS (band nerd, not football team, but I went to the games), the football team got their butts handed to them every year by three strong teams in their district. A good year was when they beat the two other teams in the district. They never had better than a 3-7 season. Then when my son was a junior, they got their butts handed to them by one of the strong teams, making them 1-4 on the season so far. The next week was Homecoming against the second strong team. In a muddy mess of a rain storm, they came out ahead, 10-6. The following week they played the third strong team and.... beat them too. They didn't lose for the rest of the season and won a state championship (this is Texas, mind you). But only by being challenged did they get any better.

That was a week ago Friday. This past Friday I was going to get a fish fry at our local Buffalo bar. They had the fish fry but their daily special was a Cuban sandwich. I lurve me a good Cuban.

AND coleslaw. You missed the third cup. Plus they have the option to sub out American potato salad for German.

It doesn't make it right.

Mom's Boy Toy.

Metsa in.

You just angered Angry Inkman even more. A BABY?? In this economy?

If they win I don't care if Lindy dresses Sabretooth.

For years people complained that the Sabres had no toughness. Now they bring in a guy just for that and people complain. So Sabresy.

I agree; we'll have to wait and see. And yet, if they finally a standard to follow that produces wins, and a rallying cry "This is how we play", it could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. I think for it to work, you need the elder statesmen of the team giving full support to the upstarts and recognizing their contributions. They have to support the Crest, not individual factions in the room like they did int he Eichel era.

And yet the drop pass persists.

"This is how we play every night from now on."

mjd is correct. You can't backload contracts to gain cap space up front in the NHL.

Well they're not trading Power...

The standard Kevyn deal: $7M per year.

It took the Sabres a few games but they seem to be gelling too: "This is how we play every night from now on."

Barely memorable? It was a recurring theme last season.

Well Benson's practically underage himself... Still can't buy a drink.

They don't think so or he would have played by now.

I know the reaction to acquiring Lyon wasn't too strong/favorable, but when I heard we got him I was pretty excited. I'm not sure he's a long term answer but he certainly has shored up the position for now.

Paraphrasing his remarks at the end of the interview: "JJ who?"

I think the players that deserve letters, thinking of guys like Benson and Zucker, are just as effective as leaders without an extra jersey patch. I think some day it will naturally fall on Benson, but as has been said in the past about other recent captains/assistants, let him grow into it; don't thrust it on him.

I hope your assessment is right. I would love for them to be the veteran leaders of this young team. I'm just not seeing it so far this season. I heard the problem with Tuch's signing is length of contract. They want to lock him up for as long as possible and he wants a shorter term.

Look who the poster children are for that tweet. No surprise. Among the forward ranks this will soon be their team.

I'm just happy it was one of our guys.