May Day 10

I think it could be appealing to the NHL in that it is a sports town with no NBA competition locally. The arena was new but that was almost 20 years ago and I would think a new owner would want to/need to put some money into it. The district by the arena is cool. It all kind of rides on having an owner there though who wants to spend that kind of money on an NHL team. Cities don't buy teams and the NHL doesn't give them away.

I dont think Quebec city, Hartford, or any nonsense like that is getting a team anytime soon. Need corporate money, population, television market. Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix, all probably guaranteed as the next 3. After that, probably something like indy or KC.

Atlanta was never good either. A perperually bad nhl team is a dreadful product. I grew up a huge hockey fan and played much of my life and I cannot watch the sabres, it is so boring.

I would say it is pretty awesome to have an infinite amount of information in the palm of your hand, ready for recall in a matter of seconds. I can decide to look up Tris Speaker's OBP from 1920...... It was .483. It took me 7 seconds to find that. Additionally I learned he won the MVP in 1912 and I hadn't realized he finished his career with the Philadelphia A's at the age of 40 in 1928. Social networking/social media is a pretty neat thing too if used in moderation. You can be in touch with so many people with similar interests, stay connected with friends throughout the different phases of life. There is a lot of bad things with social media too I realize and people who mis-use it and base living off it. Streaming in general. Podcasting, youtube, music apps, streaming television. Wonderful. Some downsides with it. I can think of something or a scene I saw 40 years ago, and watch it on youtube usually. Music video, sporting event, funny movie scene, tv show, etc. The audio things hook up seamlessly in my car. I know it is in fashion to publicly loathe technology and go back to simpler times, but it is pretty awesome. Other than that, relative peace (sorry Ukraine, Gaza, and Ethiopia). General prosperity/comfort for middle class.

Good for Diggs. Live it up

Yeah, my wife was watching it. It was kind of throwing shade at buffalo a bit in my view. I don't get offended at that stuff though

Gotta keep the deck clear for Appert to take over.

Never liked the show. Had no idea it still existed

Like I said before. No shame in losing to the Panthers in 7. That team was built to win playoff games

I think the Leafs are just fine to be honest. They are probably the 2nd or 3rd best team in the NHL. They have just been stuck in a brutal Division with Boston, Tampa, and now Florida. Florida is a wagon. I believe hiring Berube put them a step or 3 closer to being a cup-winning team. I had thought this might be the year.

The roids/HGH is a different thing altogether. Those people arent banned. They just can't get enough votes. I wonder if Rose and Jackson get in... and also a fringe HOF player like Cicotte.

With all the sponsorships, there might be mandatory gambling I'm kind of mixed on this. Probably more in favor than not. The way Manfred made the rule (deceased players may be eligible/reinstated) makes it much better and im for it. It'll be interesting if that classic baseball committee votes them in and if they do right away. Pretty sure the neckband writers wouldn't

The most important thing in the world to me is this scenario. Fans storming the field at the last game of Rich Stadium for an AFC Championship, a truly unique and wonderful scene for the NFL and a send-off for the old barn. Then a Super Bowl victory, then opening the new stadium with a banner. It would exorcize all demons.

I typically hate 3rd uniforms, especially in the nfl. I commend them for keeping that at bay all these years for the classic looks. However, I would really get excited for that nickel city look. That would be pretty awesome

I dont think anyone would have though of/said JP Losman or EJ Manuel

I agree with that. The Sabres make me feel like I am a fan of the worst franchise in the league. The glassiest of houses. Completely irrelevant and the Leafs travel to worlds we cant even comprehend as Sabres fans. Eichel too. I hated him, but now, you know, he was probably right. Why should he be expected to waste his career here?

I picked the Leafs and Stars with the Leafs winning. They are legit and are well-coached

I think/suspect that pegula has a fragile ego and an inferiority complex. He is almost always the dimmest individual in the room and he hates it. He has missed so many times, especially in the hockey realm. It isn't just hockey side either. The business side has churned and has had much dysfunction as well. I remember a chill in my spine when pegula was first introduced, when he bragged about how he never lost or fired an employee with his fracking business. Judging by things that he and Kim have said, they think they have an otherworldly ability to read people for their "authenticity" as Kim called it, and the ability to excel at their jobs. The organization is full of Terry's little potential success stories. All these nobodies that he plucked out of the usdp. He yearns for that Athletic column that shows how right he was, and how successful the sabres have been doing it his way. Adams is his magnum opus discovery. Appert is another major one and is tabbed for HC after this season. College educated people can easily manipulate the Pegulas by making them feel smart and feeding their egos. The pegulas are then manipulated by the much smarter individual.

Zero coaching or front office experience. He is maybe the one guy who Sabres fans would most reject due to hatred. Staal hated it here, and quit on the team. He is friends with Kevyn Adams (who everyone hates) so there is that. He also said that he would have had Buffalo on his no trade list if he thought it was possible he could be traded to Buffalo. After media hinting at possible major changes and the fans being forced to wait for that rube owner to drag his slippered feet around through the NFL draft and Adams "presenting to him". This is a slap in the face to Sabres fans as the first (maybe only) "move". Staal was also one of the meatheads who refused to wear a pride jersey for warmups. All these hollow theme nights that NHL teams put on do annoy me, but a player making that stand is a really bad look IMO. Stall can f right back out of Buffalo.

I dont think they were allowed to use Yeti... I think it was Mammoths vs Hockey Club vs Outlaws.... I was really hoping it would be Mammoths. Outlaws is annoying and the logo reminds me of dozens of annoying youth fake elite teams that use the same looking logo.

Its because Terry Pegula is a complete moron. Enjoy the Allen years, Bills fans

Nope. I've tuned the team out a long time ago. They are a joke.

Elijah Moore is going to eat

Nothing there makes me think he should/can be in charge of pro scouting. It's like they randomly selected a lofty position for a guy they like.