GAME DISCUSSION THREAD

[carpandean]

I don't think my wife and kids would consider my Sabres fandom as a valid reason for moving back to Buffalo.

Time for them to get their priorities straight, then. :thumbsup:

[JJFIVEOH]

Neale is old and getting older. RJ is still (mostly) sharp as a tack, but Neale has senior moments several times a game where he just stops in mid-sentence, searching his memory for a name before falling back on calling a player "the Carolina defenseman." There are other lame announcers out there, but criminy, Neale is washed up. I live in the Dallas market now and while I'm no special fan of the Stars, Daryl Reaugh is just entertaining as heck when it comes to color guys. Maybe he has me spoiled and that's why I think Neale is so bad.

 

The other guy that's washed up is Mickey Redmond. When I lived in Detroit in the first half of the 90s, I liked his commentary but he really needs to retire at this point. No matter what he says, I hear, "GET OFF MY LAWN YOU ROTTEN KIDS!" Get thee to a retirement home.

 

Haha, yeah I agree he is getting older and has his occasional elderly slip-ups. But he does have some good points from time to time. Some of these guys from other teams have experience in the NHL but many of them just have no business calling a game. Sorry Bob Errey, but you suck too! It's become so blatantly obvious some teams' crews have no idea what's going on in the NHL by the talking points they bring up during the game. Some speak off the top of their heads like they actually know what they're talking about, while there's no denying when other crews read off a universal handout with the same exact stats and same exact talking points game after game. Harry's not one of those guys who talks about other teams based on the 'daily roundup'. He's actually familiar with the other teams around the league IMO.

[grinreaper]

That takes me back. I remember in the olden days when the Dolphins would regularly kick the Bills at Rich. It was a typical fall day, 30 degrees with some wind. Buffalo had an early lead which they ultimately and predictably lost. It wasn't until the game started slipping away that we realized a Dolphins fan had infiltrated our season ticket area. He was getting more and more obnoxious as the game tilted his way. He started pulling off his shirt and thumping his chest. I quiped, someone ought to hit him with a beer. No sooner did the words leave my mouth when someone I was with act upon them. Splash!! He went crazy... Security came down and hauled him out.. Good times...

 

Was that the game that we were ahead 17-7 at the half?