GDT - Sabres @ Canucks - Sunday, March 20, 2022 - 10:00 PM - MSG-B and WGR

[Sabel79]

1 minute ago, Randall Flagg said:

One more bedtime story, tell me what the spring of 2004 was like!

Seriously, similar vibes to this?

 

Just now, LGR4GM said:

Pretty sure in the spring of 2004 there was a lockout. 

Yeah, we were all pissed about that, missed an entire year, then in unison had to figure out where to even watch the games in the fall of '05... "The Outdoor what Network?"  

Took a bit, but they hit the ground running and did not look back until OSP pulled the plug.  No follow-up questions.

[Weave]

5 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said:

One more bedtime story, tell me what the spring of 2004 was like!

Seriously, similar vibes to this?

There is a ways to go before it feels like that.  They’ll need to keep going for more than 3 weeks.

[Doohicksie]

35 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said:

One more bedtime story, tell me what the spring of 2004 was like!

Seriously, similar vibes to this?

No, that was different.  They were already good; the 1999 finals were in the recent past, and they acquired Drury and Briere a year prior to the lockout.  We had an okay pipeline but it was amplified by the lockout:  the mature prospects were held back one more year to develop and also with the next class of prospects.  That's the kind of vibes we'll be seeing in a couple years when there is an infusion of drafted talent.  But that begs the question:  Who is our Drury/Briere?  Is it Tuch?  Krebs?  Tage?  Someone not yet on the team?

Edited March 21, 2022 by The Ghost of Yuri

[K-9]

2 hours ago, jsb said:

Hopium is a hell of a drug!!

[K-9]

40 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Pretty sure in the spring of 2004 there was a lockout. 

The lockout was 2004/2005. In the spring of ‘04, the Sabres were finishing out a season that saw them suck the first half and become the second best team after the all star break.