ExWNYer

That campsite is full on 'Cocaine Bear'...

Nothing wrong with that.

@Pimlach They are not out of it but they took a big hit tonight and their playoff chances ARE beginning to circle the drain.

Playoffs...

Beating Columbus in a must win game. Imagine that. I wonder what that must feel like...

Refs call off a NYI goal on a kick and the announcers immediately jump to the Isles defense and say "it looked more like a redirect".

Tied! Okie!

Cripes...here we go. Same garbage to start the third and now they trail.

Have to find a way to get these 'four point' games. Games in hand mean nothing if you keep pissing them away.

With the help of a couple of posts. I can't believe they got out of that period tied. They should be down at least two or three.

2025 7th....so they basically got the equivalent of a heat-lamped McDonald's hamburger.

Readying for 2023-2024!

Live webcam from KA's office...

KA would be attempting an 'Emperor's New Clothes' level buy-in with that scenario. If they stand pat over the summer, they will be struggling with ticket sales, as well, IMO.

Agree, 100%. Making the playoffs would be invaluable experience for this young core, IMO, and would go a long way towards advancing KA's 'plan'. There is patience and then there is 'KA patience'. This franchise has wandered in the wilderness for far too long. I'm all for building this thing the right way and...that will include more than a modicum of patience to accomplish...but at what point will he decide that it's time for the training wheels to come off? I don't need any splashy moves this deadline...nor do I think there will be any...and I will wait (what choice do I have?) to see if he does anything significant this off-season before passing judgement and moving beyond frustrated. My biggest issue with him to this point, other than not acquiring at least a consistent and serviceable goaltender the last couple of years, is the seemingly arrogant and naive notion that every draft pick he has or will acquire is going to hit and become a major contributor for this squad. We all know it doesn't work that way. This team is as close as it's been to the playoffs in a generation and KA should have done all he could to make it happen without sacrificing the future. That was more than doable with some of the abundant draft capital he has acquired but what's done is done...or is that what wasn't done? Either way, show me something this off-season, KA. The 'hope tank' is far from empty but could use some more fuel this coming summer.

When I was a kid, I remember my dad taking the family there in the '70s. He loved it. Seemed like the weck was as big as my head but that's from the perspective of a then child. 😉 I went there for the first time last July and loved the wings and the weck. I loved Grevey's. Went there on occasion to see the Bills and take in the atmosphere, especially before the arrival of DirecTV and the Sunday Ticket, since it was only a couple of hours up the road from me. Sadly, it closed for good several years ago. I have yet to make it to Jimmy's Old Town Tavern in Herndon, VA but it's been on my 'to do' list forever. It's another 'Buffalo bar'.

"EX-TERM-IN-ATE, EX-TERM-IN-ATE!!"

I had the 'responsible' grandmother. We always got clothes from her...socks, underwear, shirts, pants...because, as she said, "your parents already got you toys and sports equipment". She wasn't wrong and it's easy to understand the logic as an adult but the 10-year old me was crushed nonetheless when I saw that box from Sidey's or the JCPenney catalog. At least they were new though...and the Sabres were good then. 😂 🍻

Right. The 'filler' gifts for volume. Only here, the socks are the main gift not the filler gift. No stick, no Nikes. 😉

Today feels like being a 10-year old kid on Christmas Eve... ...only to wake up the next morning to nothing but a pack of white tube socks under the tree. 😀 🥱 💤 😕

Teams would be able to beat him to the glove side for sure...