May Day 10

It was reckless and one of the most egregious charging violations I can remember. With that said, I don't believe it was premeditated, malicious, or done in frustration. He didn't skate the whole way planning to knock evans' head off his shoulders. Watching the play at full speed, I feel schiefiele was racing down to get the puck, prevent a goal, gain possession in a 1 goal playoff game that entered the final minute. Late in the play he had realized he was late and in a split second reflec/decision, went for the body to try to head off the potential goal, not really taking into account his speed or how violent the head on collision would be

That doesn't start until next year I think. The good news is the Sabres can pick first 2 more times before it resets in 4 years and they can pick 1st again.

If it makes the Sabres look the other way, its a great stroke of luck for him

While this draft doesnt have the top-end franchise game-changer (at this point as 17-18 year olds)... it is never a bad thing to get to pick 1st out of everyone.

I have never been so detached from NHL hockey in my life (well, at least when I was maybe 7 in 1985). I just have zero care. Havent watched a full game in over a year, and even then it was fading.

Yeah, for sure.... especially if you are willing to part with the opener/early season games

Nah, but would like to see them with Galvis and Mountcastle.

Pilot Field is run down, and is now the oldest ballpark in the International League, I believe. There are really shiny/better/nice ones elsewhere. It did not age particularly well TBH. If Buffalo had one or two fortune 500s headquartered downtown and there was a real appetite for the city/county/state to help fund a plush new baseball park.... I would be F5-ing any news on this. The problem is, we are not in that dimension. As eloquently stated above, multi purpose is not a realistic option.

Im going to 2 of the Astros games. Cant make the others , but Id go to all of them if I could. I intend on going to the Orioles games once they go on sale.

Its strange. Like 31 other teams always trying to get better and the Sabres sit here and obsess about preserving their "lines of communication" and "authenticity hires". Enjoy the hell out of the Bills right now. When its time to transition, the Pegulas will absolutely take that franchise into the gutter as well.

If you polled neutral fans and media, Im sure it would be overwhelmingly in Marino's favor. Marino was great. They failed him with supporting cast. He was such a great passer.

Love the 1pm home games!

so Ill defer to you guys. If you like the hire, then I do too

should have taken Marner

Im glad they arent going to a humid, hot hell in Tampa for the opener in a game that the NFL is probably hoping for a full on Brady and Tampa squash game. New orleans Thanksgiving night is great. Like the opener vs the Steelers and starting off with the 'routine' 1PM time slot in what could be a critical AFC game for Wild Card/seeding/and/or tiebreakers.

Granato sure sounded like he already knows he is the HC. No interest in Quinn

I think when they make an overt 'threat' like this, coordinated with MLB, there isnt a ton to worry about. Its when things are more quiet and focused that fans should worry about relocation.

No chance. I would love it. Dream scenario. I would trade the Sabres for it at this point (and I used to absolutely bleed blue and gold). But we need a fortune 500 or 2 downtown for this to work, and probably an appetite and budget to build a new state of the art ballpark. There are much better markets waiting in Vegas, Charlotte, Nashville, and even Montreal.

Yeah, maybe. Very curious to see how quickly these tickets go and if they sell them out. Going to be an amazing opportunity to view MLB baseball in this sort of intimacy at this venue

Im at an advantage too because I really dont care who they play. In fact, the Yankees and Red Sox are probably low on my list! Really trying for a couple games in the Astros series just to get in there to say I was there and experience it in case everything opens up on time for them to return to Toronto in July. Would love to see the Mariners at the end of June. Indians for a 4 game series in August (my team). White Sox in August. Wouldnt mind catching the Orioles either

Im not going to absolve the Sabres organization. They are the worst in sports. Eichel is certainly complicit in this and didnt help. That goes for the other guys too and from what I hear, Dahlin is/was also buying into the Eichel clique. They infected those guys with Evander Kane and Bogosian on day 1 which was a deadly mistake. Expecting Taylor Hall to come in and strap on a hardhat to get to work? haha. He has a negative stigma hanging over his head as well. They can all have each other. If its my team, I have a PC today and introduce the new structure with the new President of Hockey ops (Davidson, Lombardi, Luce, Dudley, whoever)... and explain they have full autonomy and will be given the resources and budget to restore this franchise. I would expect the new president and GM to cull any player over the age of 23 from the organization. Its needed. Cant build/rebuild with Eichel moping either way.

Ive said it before, but Eichel is an entitled s***. Awful teammate, and a disaster to name as your captain. How long have the Sabres been dancing around this brat? Sending Bylsma packing for a 'coach who talks to players' or staging that meeting over Espresso with Eichel and Krueger, or getting players who suit Eichel, and always worrying about your majesty. Eichel has done nothing but mope publicly. he never takes bullets for this team publicly (OReilly did every single night, got pooped on for it, and he had enough of watching his other 'captain' avoid it). Eichel wanted the title Captaincy but hasnt done anything to earn it. Him demonstratively showing up his teammates when he throws his body back, loafs to the bench when he is sad which has left his team out to dry defensively at times, etc. He has had opportunities in recent years to put all the 'unhappy' talk to bed and act and speak like a motivated leader who radiates a positive and supporting attitude. Instead all you have is his immature shifting around in his seat and how he has 'thinking to do' and all that. Usually with some sort of rediculous looking hat on his moppy head. It will suck watching him produce elsewhere. He will be poison to any team without established veteran leadership to put him in his place. Things literally cannot be worse than they have in the seasons since Eichel was drafted here. I would love for a happy and mature Eichel to score 100 points for the Sabres year to year as they make the playoffs every year, but that is fiction. Eichel pulled a shot yesterday that was calculated and unprofessional. He threw the Sabres under the bus and put them in a position they really cant come back from. I highly doubt they are going to get into a public PR battle about a players' health recovery plan. He grenaded his trade value. He alienated himself from management as well as teammates. Its been clear this wasnt going to end well. The Sabres should have traded him long ago. Like everything else, they are reactionary and waited too long. They are run as a clown show. It wouldnt hurt to get a real general manager hired in good faith.

Its crazy to think about how much the sports broadcasting landscape has changed. Honestly, Im not sure what ESPN could have done differently to be in a better place they are in now. When I was a kid/high school student and even college from like the mid 80s to about 2000... ESPN was the one stop shop. If I wanted to see the hockey highlights or baseball highlights, I would need to watch Sportcenter... and I would watch it multiple times on the loop (and still recall certain bits vividly). NFL Game Day and NFL Prime Time were THE hubs for NFL coverage. It was the only game in town other than the pregame shows on Network. What they said about your team really mattered. The had other shows like NHL 2 Nite and such which were unprecedented NHL access and coverage. Regional sports networks started popping up in the mid-late 90s but really didnt hold a ton of original programming clout yet. Then we got the sports packages that were very accessible. Then we got competitors like OLN/Versus/NBC, Fox Sports, CBS Sports.... then the sports got their own networks! Not to mention the miniaturizing of everything and the ability to have a supercomputer in your pocket that tethers you to any sports related content with a press of a touchscreen. You have behemoths like Amazon getting into the rights game now. ESPN still does live sports better than anybody IMO. Their College football coverage is great. They do a great job with hoops and always did well with MLB. Excited to see NHL hockey on there again.

The Sabres need to get a real NHL exec to run the organization. Until then, it will be continued clown-shoes.