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As their fans at the arena proceeded to boo Dumont off the ice... I wasn't upset about that, because I didn't expect them to do anything else. When it comes to Philly, you're shocked when they show class, not when they act like bloodthirsty primitives.

Lay $5 to win on #4 in the 4th!!!

This sign is sponsored by the number 2: 2- Games the Sabres have won 2- Hat tricks by Sabres players last game 2- Goalies the Cryers used last game 2- Number of strides the Philly D is behind the Sabres' forwards 2- Fingers Umberger sees when the trainer holds up one 2- F-bombs dropped by Itchcock 2- VICTORIES REMAINING FOR A SABRES SWEEP

"My girlfriend is an honor student at East Middle School"

Practically unconscious???? Umberger got knocked the !@#$ out!!! zzzzzzzzzz

Over Billups, Duncan, Nash, Wade, Brand, Nowitzki, Carmelo, and Kobe? One of the deepest pools of potential MVP's ever, and yes, IMO LeBron is the MVP. He brings the best qualities of EACH of the above players to the floor every night. He scores, dishes, rebounds, d's up, takes the clutch shots, and makes his teammates better, all without much of a supporting cast. A player who can stuff the stat sheet AND inspire teammates to a be better. all while the other team knows you what you are going to do and still can't stop it, should be the MVP. That's LeBron. At age 21!

One other subtle difference: Leafs and Sabres. Wellwood plays for the league's flagship franchise while Vanek plays for the team the league was forced to bankroll.

Phone call #1: Call mom to find out if he can extend his curfew. Phone call #2: Order the Loaded Hoagie from Jim's Steakout. Phone call #3: Call that kid from grade school who used to read the gun magazines and would tell you how he liked to put his cat in the microwave.

I guess so, and I appreciate you not taking offense, I wasn't trying to come off as snide. I just don't read it as being serious at all. I think it is so overly outrageous that the guy is just cracking wise. There's a good chance his favorite hockey team is going to get swept out of the playoffs, and the way I read it, he's just jokingly suggesting the only way this can be prevented. Everyone else in the thread talks about the Flyers being so terrible that they are just going to the game to get hammered...yet we are not alerting the DWI patrols about them. What if they kill someone on the way home? (Not suggesting we do that, just making a point that things can be read/interpretted/acted on in different ways.) Like I said, if you feel comfortable taking action on this, go for it. I just don't read into it as being even half-serious.

I'm not going to try and tell you what you should and shouldn't do, because it really doesn't matter to me. But you really seem to have your shorts in a knot about some rediculously empty comment on a message board. If you honestly think 'draconator' is going to somehow access the part of the arena where the Sabres enter on their bus, and kidnap Sabres players into 'a white van,' you are completely nuts. Also, I wouldn't call the FBI and tell them that someone on an internet message board said they were going to punch Sabres fans. They might not care too much. You make take offense, but IMO, you really sound like a bit of a ninny about all of this. Nobody is out to get you or the Sabres. I'm sure there have been thousands of empty threats on Dolphins fans on this board....Who cares! Don't make it your personal crusade. And for the record, I saw several Flyers fans get shoved HARD into walls in the hallway of HSBC arena during Game 1, so don't pretend Philly is the only backwards place where this stuff happens. Good God, the guy's team lost 8-2...Just let him blow off some steam and make some lame ass weak comment, instead of trolling on their board and calling the cops about it.

bull sh--!!! Everyone knows it was Bruschi baby!

Please SDS, inform him that it is the policy of the current administration not to negotiate with extremists brandishing hostile threats. Especially when your collateral is IEATCRAYONZ. By the way LA, I was very disappointed to see a demand for the return of FAT, but not the return of the BotD...Where's your priorities man???

According to the State Dept., Dec 31, 2007 passports will be required for land travel between US and Canada. The agents right now are telling you now when you cross that you should have it. Visas and Travel Documents New Requirements for Travelers Between the United States and the Western Hemisphere: Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 requires that, by January 1, 2008, travelers to and from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Panama, Mexico and Canada have a passport or other secure, accepted document to enter or re-enter the United States. This is a change from prior travel requirements. The goal is to strengthen border security and facilitate entry into the United States for U.S. citizens and legitimate foreign visitors. The U.S. passport is the document of choice because of the incorporated advanced security features. Travelers to and from Canada will be required to have a U.S. passport or other secure, accepted document to enter or re-enter the United States. For land border crossings to Canada, other documents that we anticipate will be acceptable are NEXUS and FAST program cards. No other document is currently available that will be an acceptable substitute for a U.S. passport, NEXUS or FAST card. However, we are using new technologies to create other acceptable travel documents. We will make public additional travel document options as they become available. The travel initiative requirements will be rolled out in phases. The proposed implementation timeline is as follows: December 31, 2006 – Passport required for all air and sea travel to or from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda. December 31, 2007 – Passport required for all land border crossings, as well as air and sea travel. Current Requirements for Entry Into Canada Visas are not required for U.S. citizens entering Canada from the U.S. You will, however, need: Proof of your U.S. citizenship such as your U.S. passport (For information on obtaining a U.S. passport, check with one of the regional passport agencies located throughout the U.S.) or certified copy of your birth certificate issued by the city, county or state in the U.S. where you were born. If you are a naturalized U.S. citizen and do not have a passport, you should travel with your naturalization certificate. A driver’s license, voter’s registration card or Social Security card is NOT valid proof of citizenship. Photo identification, such as a current, valid driver’s license. All U.S. citizens entering Canada from a third country must have a valid passport. Alien permanent residents of the U.S. must present their Alien Registration Card, commonly called a “Green Card.” If you are a dual U.S./Canadian citizen you should always present yourself as a Canadian citizen when entering Canada. However, U.S. citizens should use their U.S. passports when entering or leaving the United States

Sad but true that we have to use passports now to travel between the US and Canada?

No doubt about this one. The best is when you are not watching the game, you are only listening to Jeannaret, and a fight breaks out. His call makes it sound like one of those Arturo Gatti-Mickey Ward fights. You get all pumped up and start slamming your hand on the steering wheel of the car. "AAWWW, and he got him with a HUUUUGE right hand!!! And another!!! AND ANOTHER!!!! And now Stevens comes back with a big right!!!" And then you get home and see the highlights and it wasn't half as good as it sounded. I love it! Whoever is the first to replace Jeannaret after he retires has a thankless task.

Not bad at all. The day Clarke leaves will be like when Pat Quinn got fired from the Leafs. It will immediately make the Flyers better. I hate Clarke, and I hated Quinn, but there was a sense of relief seeing them involved with their respective organizations, because you just knew they would make poor decisions that keep their teams buried in mediocrity. And that's a good thing....

Trust me, if Itchcock and the Flyers knew how to handle the Sabres, they would've come out and done it in Game 1. You don't wait until Game 3 in the playoffs to start imposing your will on a team. Speed is speed, and Buffalo has it, Philly doesn't. Except for their one offensive line (which hasn't even been overly impressive) this is a sad team. Lumbering, slow defensmen, and a bunch of forwards with zero creativity. They are a defeated team and know they will be 2nd-best every time they step on the ice with the Sabres. Normally here I would say 'I just hope they don't resort to the cheap stuff' but it's the pathetic Flyers, so you know they will. The Sabres just have to play through it. Itchcock is a B word, but it was admirable to hear him take responsibility for the loss, when in reality, Bobby Clarke assembled this slow, sh*tty team. As long as he's the GM, they will continue to underachieve and goon it up.

This is an excellent thread plenzmd. I was a young, impressionable youth and recall with great joy the Earl of Bud dancing on the railings at the Aud or on the dugout at Pilot in his white tuxedo. I must say, that is partially why I was horrified when I saw the Earl of Bud downtown at Concert in the Square a few years back and he was drinking a wine cooler. It was a crushing blow to the memory of a childhood hero. "Say it ain't so, Earl. Where's your Budweiser?" Conehead is still selling beers at Pilot Field. His schtick is this little rhyming speech when you buy a beer: "You've got the Conehead guarantee- You get a warm beer from me, you drink it for free." I'm yet to get a warm one. That was a funny story about getting the Xmas present. I've never gone that far, but I did go to a Bisons game last summer with my girlfriend and her parents. As I was walking down the stairs to go to the seats, I hear someone yelling my name. I stop and look about two sections over, and the beer vendor is yelling and waving to me. I gave an embarrassed wave as my girlfriend shakes her head in disgust and says "What the hell is wrong with you?" Luckily her father is a bit of a booze hound so he thought it was pretty funny.

If I prove it to be a dick, I will no doubt get this broad disqualified, and her crown would be taken away. Then, I'd be a hero for exposing this disgusting irregularity, and would be in a great position to get some ass from the runner-up, who would owe me big-time because she'd be the new Miss USA! You gotta think these things all the way through, Thailog!

I am willing to dive head-first into this investigation.

Who knows. Hopefully its just a bad camera angle/lighting issue, but there does seem to be something going on down there.

Might have to do some photoshop work, but you could easily paste Umberger's face on the guy in the middle, and maybe Campbell on one of the other guys. Weekend in Buffalo You could do some good things with the quote too. "...except for one small thing: He's dead."

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Nice! I was the idiot in the hallway attempting to negotiate a beer sale throughout the end of the 3rd and OT. I believe I was offering a vendor upwards of $50 for a cold brew. Cutting off beer sales with 10 minutes left in the 3rd was not always the way at HSBC, was it? I swear I remember Bondra scoring in OT (or maybe even double OT) in 1998 and my friend and I had just gotten tallboys. We sat in our seats and finished them, last two out of the arena!

I was in 316, not bad seats. Upper deck corner at the end where the Sabres shoot twice, and where Briere pumped in the winner. We had six seats, and we all started drinking at my place at about 3pm. Drove downtown and parked and went to the Cobblestone as well. We got there around 5:30, drank for about an hour, and then headed back after the game. I never made it inside the Cobblestone after the game, just got a beer outside and hung out there. Then we went to a my friend's stag, arriving just in time for the entertainment.