‘”The economy is poor,” Coniglio said concerning the failure to sell out, “and there are two other reasons. The Bills haven’t been in the playoffs in seven or eight years and Buffalo has the best team in the NHL. It is fan-friendly, it plays in a new arena seating 18,000, and it is sold out for the remainder of its season. It has lost three of 25 games.” As Coniglio was talking, he said winds that had been caught at 60 mph were railing at Buffalo. Whitecaps were kicking up on Lake Erie. Football weather.’