May Day 10

Pre-2000, maybe on par with the Bisons winning. AAA Baseball has turned into controlled scrimmages though over the years and has completely tossed aside any semblance of competitive sport. Normally in the playoffs, half of the team is gone or more. I see what you are saying with the accomplishments sitting equal of the Sabres. Its not equal, I dont think anyone makes that mistake. I would say, John Tavares could be considered on a short list of a Buffalo sports greats. We will also never see any NBA or NCAA banners up there unfortunately, and frankly, the Sabres have cheapened the honor with some hasty/questionable/laughable jersey retirements. Doesnt Toronto have a Bon Jovi banner? I know Philadelphia has a Pearl Jam banner. But the Championships are something. There are a lot of rabid fans in Denver who are really disappointed. Fans in Rochester talking trash that the Bandits finally caught up to the Nighthawks in Championships. It is a league with a >35 year history now. The Bandits are the keystone franchise. Its a cool and unique atmosphere that we should embrace.

Great atmosphere last night. Was a great time. No, it isn't on par with the 4 major sports, but it is a nice win. I used to kind of poop on the NLL years back... but in recent years I have gone to some games... not wearing a giant orange foam Sombrero or anything though. It is a really good and fun sport to watch. I used to love hockey in the 80s and 90s and so many things that made it thrilling have eroded. NLL scratches that itch. It's fast paced, blue collar crowd eating it up and into the game, an essence of violence and fighting and a game can spin out off its axis I believe in the sport and league in that it can grow its niche. If they can somehow bottle what the bandits have and find the right markets... it's remarkable the league has endured 35 years And imo, players not being able to retire from working forever at the age of 23 is a feature, not a flaw

Weber's mustard is nothing but common yellow mustard. Nance's is far superior. Same with sahlen's hot dogs. Nothing special at all, yet people talk like they are a delicacy.

I don't ignore it. It's the fact that bon jovi's group was in every way a Toronto group with or without Caputo hanging a few fliers and getting some local businesses to publicy refuse to play bon jovi songs. The article shows that bon jovi was considered a Toronto bidder/entity long in advance and it was not an invention by trump/Caputo in order to turn buffalo against him, somehow making his bid lower. In terms of the bills remaining in buffalo, Ralph Wilson passed away at essentially the perfect time. Just got the new lease and the paint wasn't even dry on the renovations. A few years earlier or later could have been a different story. The Toronto group (or any out of town group) needed to bake purchase price + relocation fee + new stadium/land + either another $800 million or 5-6 lame duck seasons in Buffalo. I do wonder if the nfl would have waived the relo fee to move the bills to Toronto though

Bon Jovi was moving the team. He was in with mlse (Maple Leafs sports and entertainment) and Tim lieweke, whose career is essentially relocating teams. Bon Jovi at the time said he didn't want to move the team in order to minimize pushback. He claims that now to continue to be the good guy everybody likes and not admit to a lie. People like us, who were paying attention were onto bon Jovi the second his name was thrown into the ring (which was even before wilson passed away). We didn't need any phony pr campaign (the fliers and all that came way later). https://nationalpost.com/sports/football/nfl/wheels-quietly-in-motion-to-move-buffalo-bills-to-toronto There is just no way mlse, rogers, and Tannenbaum would put up a billion dollars and keep the team in a city like 10% the size of their home city an hour away.

Finally looked at it. 1-12 other than daboll you can make a solid case for. 13-21 seem like a troll job.

The bills' offense would be terrifying with the addition of Hopkins

The bills' offense would be terrifying with the addition of Hopkins

I ran it a few times. A couple seasons at 9-8. One at 11-6, another like 6-11 I found a lot of games were flipped. Lost vs the giants, Tampa, @jets every time, but absolutely hammered the Bengals and eagles. Lots of wins late in the season, but lost the Miami game every time to close the year

Smoked Gouda probably

Its tough. Former Sabres business legend Doug Moss doomed that franchise putting the arena on the west side of the city. The team needs an arena in the East side of the city where all the people with money and transplants live and dont have to travel 45 minutes to hockey games on Tuesday nights. That team has also been poorly run, winning 1 playoff series since the move in 1996 and 2 playoff series since Winnipeg started in '79. Give people a few playoff runs and hockey can get its talons into people anywhere. I used to hate southern markets, but I have seen it work in Tampa, Vegas, and Nashville, and to some extent Dallas and Raleigh. It seems like this proposal was upended by political hysteria and getting all sorts of older people frothing at the mouth about public handouts. The deal wasnt 100% free, nothing is, but it seems like it was almost as good a stadium financing deal as any. They were turning a dump into a state of the art arena and shopping/entertainment. I really believe if the Bills stadium went to a referendum vote, the Paladinos, McMurrays, and Bauerles would have compelled people to chase the Pegulas right out of town. I think the Coyotes are staying. There is no realistic turnkey option out there. If they can push a similar proposal through without a referendum, the owners and the NHL have a lot to gain.

I don't think there is any chance the team relocates to Quebec City. You would have to convince 2 guys named Gutierrez and Meruelo to move their team to a relatively small city with limited earning potential in French Canada. Houston seems to be the city that makes the most sense as far as league aspirations, location, and potential for the owner to make money. I guess the Rockets' arena is NHL-capable. Atlanta gets mentioned, but it makes me cringe thinking about that again. But then, Winnipeg could move to Arizona in a few years and Atlanta could move to Winnipeg. Salt Lake City is also getting some mention as a possibility (as well as in a 'wheels are turning' type of way) I guess a lot depends on what the current owners want to do. Will they relocate the team? Or will they sell the team. In that case, you would need an owner to pay, probably over a half a billion dollars, then relocation fee, then arena costs/overhead. I also wonder if the current deal in Tempe could be greased a bit so it doesnt require a public referrendum. I think it passed the city council unanimously.

I do it every once in awhile. If I have had a bit too much to drink and need some substance. Also, I bring my kid 1x a season now and usually he wants something to eat. The service and quality are both appalling to be honest. There is a lot of room for improvement.

Sounds like a lot of NIMBY and manipulation in advertising and media turned a lot of people against the proposal. Without delving too deep, it sounds like it was a lot of private money and building the complex on a to-be-cleaned up waste dump.

When my dog passed away, we had a 2nd one. She was a godsend in providing comfort.

It sucks and almost everyone can relate and sympathize. At first the grief almost physically hurts. They have their routines which are intertwined with yours and suddenly that is gone. It takes awhile to get used to. It does get easier. The best thing for me is/was to think of some of the good times in the prime. Some funny things your pet did, funny episodes, things they did to piss you off but its funny now, etc. Even write those things down, maybe even share them on social media.

1987-1996. That was when I was 9-18. Prime sports fandom ages when everything seems better than it was. We had a great Bills run in there and the Sabres also had a lot of good teams. I think the various sports left some good eras behind there too and we transitioned into the modern sports world. 100 RSNs, Sports media, 24 hour news, and so on. General oversaturation. The NHL still had a lot of fighting and emotion. MLB hadnt gone through the steroid era yet. I wish I could go back to the 1950s-60s sometimes for baseball and football. I think that would be a really great era for both.

I have a friend I went to college with who does this. Isn't even a hockey fan. During the playoffs though he continually spams social media about the Rangers. During Carolina runs its the same way with Carolina. I just think you cant do that. I had to endure his 4 Yankees world series wins when in college. He is also a big Lakers "fan".

Hopefully they can put a permanent webcam on the construction like they have done with the construction of some modern venues.

Yeah, Im a big fan of that. Extra time before both Cincinnati and KC. Easier in the beginning (supposedly), then ramps up. Also dont have to go into the 7th circle of hell and play football in 100% humidity and 95 degrees on the field Based on the off-the radar 4 games I have been told, that matches up.

I have heard in decent authority (rumor I guess) Week 2 vs Raiders Saturday 12/23 @ Chargers Week 18 Sat or Sun @ Dolphins

Week 18 @ Dolphins

I hate it. Not to mention short week likely for week 2. This is going to be like their Super Bowl.

I would consider minnesota and maybe new Orleans as traditional. I'd also hear an argument for Houston.