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1979 or 80. Diamond Dave was swilling "Jack Daniels" that I'm sure was iced tea, and telling us how he's going to teach Buffalo how to party and then come back next year and we'll do it. (Front row) 2004 with Sammy. From the front row of a luxury suite.

That's what the anti-tankers are excited about. I'm mad at everybody right now! :wallbash:

God, this is exactly how I feel. All this unsustainable, Corsi, puck possession crap that I've been hearing all over all year. . Who cares - we're three points ahead, with two games against a team that is really tanking. I always think hockey is weird in the competition level, just like baseball. AHL players can compete with NHL players - and win games. Due to hustle, their "compete", etc. I remember in the late 80s or so, the Flyers going on a deep playoff run with essentially having the Hershey Bears as their team. MLB teams play games vs. college teams, etc. I'm pretty sure that it's because of the amount of players that have to play, and no one player can really dominate that much - except the goalie or pitcher. In basketball, no D league team could even try to compete with an NBA starting 5. They are on the court the vast majority of the game, and can just continue their dominance. In baseball, a team that wins 60% of it's games would be the top team in baseball most years. In the NBA, that would get them about 10th place in the league. I think hockey is somewhat similar. Hockey is so much more about the effort IMO.

I saw Van Halen twice for free (once in the front row) and wanted my money back!

He does. The Buffalo News has an article about him starting.....And, apparently, Nolan changes his !@#$ing mind. People on twitter and Sabres Space who are anti-tank should be shot at this point. I wasn't all about the tank last year, but when there is the pot of gold sitting there, and we're 12 games away, you have to be really stupid to want to win these fluke games. I'm borrowing a post I saw on SS: Why do we tank for two years then suddenly win a bunch of meaningless games? You want a warm feeling? Pee in your pants.

Exactly - I love Rock and Roll!

The Arizona coach is on board with their tank. We're done. When you don't lose on a back to back in Boston, you are not going to end up in last.

I agree with every word you just said. Friggin Hackett was supposed to get the game.

Now Hackett is supposed to start tonight. If he stands on his head, Irbe has got to go for sure!

Yeah, that's the area he is from. I was talking to a relative who coached little league baseball for decades, and he was talking about how an athlete is an athlete, and said if anybody ever asks who the best baseball player he ever coached was, he immediately says Christian Laettner.

I played against his uncle, if that means anything

This is the guy we have to get rid of: http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabres-nhl/irbe-brings-out-best-in-sabres-goaltenders-20150315

That's exactly it.

Damn Yotes won't win, though!

I guess the goalie the Rangers are starting only played one other game - vs. us...........He let that goal in 14 seconds in, but then no more after that. I wish the hot backup for Lundquist was playing instead, though.

That is BS

2 games in hand scare me.

They must be cutting Gronk

Not sure if ARI played the Hawks tight, though. When I checked in on it in the 2nd, it was still 1-1, but the shots on goal were 30something to 9. They ended up being 44-18. At least it looks like Smith is really playing good goal finally for the Yotes. Hopefully, Darcy doesn't get him pulled!

Dammit - Oilers come all the way back from 4-0 and then the Pens score two more! :wallbash:

Mark Richt and Jim Kelly are very good friends.

I love how the whole Hands Up - Don't Shoot mantra turned out to be 100% BS. But, onward and upward

Yup. Yes. Yes. You really get confused a lot.

I was out of town for a few days and just read the Buffalo News from the last few days. John Vogl thinks otherwise: http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabres-nhl/speed-bumps-await-sabres-in-race-to-bottom-20150308