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Sure was! Dahlin had a great goal too: pisses me off that they found a way to lose that game. They were up 3-1, and held a 4-3 lead with just over 12 minutes left in the 3rd. Dell wasn’t very good but the Sabres didn’t do him many favors in that 3rd period. New team/roster, same old problems...

no idea how credible this is Edit - tweet was deleted, which makes me think it was BS. But they were claiming the goat head was coming back as an alternate Jersey for 2022/23.

It can’t be firing the coach or GM. That would be so ridiculous. I’m not sure what ownership expected from this season, after trading away their best players for futures and filling out the roster pretty much entirely with guys on veteran minimum contracts. Maybe Kim pegula stepping down as team president? I wonder if they’d move Adams into the role and promote Jason Karmanos to GM? Or if they’d hire a team president and keep Adam’s in his current role? Or maybe the Pegulas are selling? That would make me excited and nervous. The Sabres have been a mess under Pegula. But I don’t want the team to move, and I don’t want to go back to the days of pinching every penny (though we may be back there already).

I know you want a bigger snowblower Gugny but if anyone’s looking for a small single stage snowblower you should look at Honda. They make great 2 stage snowblowers as well but they’re big money ($2000+ iirc. Probably even more now). I used to sell Honda motorcycles + scooters + power equipment (generators, snowblowers, etc) and they make excellent stuff. You treat a Honda motor right and it’ll run damn near forever. Their little 1 stage snowblowers can really move snow too. Customers used to be amazed that little 1 stage blower would throw snow 25+ft.

I can confirm the above. Used to work at motorcycle shops and we would tell our customers to store their motorcycles with a full tank of gas plus fuel stabilizer. I’ve seen a number of tanks rusted out on the inside from being stored with too little fuel in them. We always recommended topping the tank up, adding stabilizer and then letting it run long enough for the gas w/stabilizer to fill the carbs (to prevent clogged jets). I think it’s worth adding fuel stabilizer for peace of mind (esp. in case it ends up sitting longer than planned). It can be a huge PITA if fuel clogs the carb jets.

Well said. I think this is the most likely scenario. Like @TheyCallMeAndy said, classy move.

No. Never. It’s just not worth it IMO. But I remember my dad almost getting into a couple different fights at Bills games when I was a kid (both times with other Bills fans). My sister and mom got harassed pretty bad by Bills fans at the stadium. Not a fight but throwing bottles, dumping beer on my sis, shoving her, etc. Full grown men. My sis was like 21 at the time. They were both scared to death (she’s a Patriots fan and was wearing a pats jersey. She hates bills fans now with a passion 😂)

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/01/17/fmia-wild-card-weekend-nfl-playoffs-peter-king/ Thought this was pretty cool to read. There’s more good stuff from Peter king in the article. I always enjoy reading his FMIA articles.

I think Tampa Bay would be the most satisfying to win against. Think about how amazing it would be to beat Kansas City, Tennessee and then Brady (Tampa Bay). Talk about the ultimate revenge tour! It would kind of be like therapy for the entire Buffalo fan base. Slay all those old demons. But having said that, give me the team Buffalo matches up best against and is most likely to beat! I just want a SB win, I don’t care how.

https://www.boston.com/sports/new-england-patriots/2022/01/16/patriots-playoff-loss-bills-reaction-2021-season-future/ ‘After Saturday night, it’s plain as day that the division is no longer New England’s purview’ Oh, how I hope Josh Allen tortures the Patriots for the next 20 years like Brady did to the Bills the previous 20! It’s tough to put into words how much I’d love that 😂

No. I don’t want either coordinator to leave. I’ve been a Bills fan long enough to recognize when we have a good thing going and I see no reason to hope/wish for new coordinators. Our offense and defense are both ranked at/near the top of the NFL. Why would anyone want new coordinators?

This might be the most relaxing Bills playoff game I’ve ever watched. 😂

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This is crazy!

Happy birthday! Hope it’s a good one, and includes a Bills win! 😁 🤞

... and they don’t have Dante Scarnecchia anymore to help make up for the loss.

Tomorrow is going to be a long day. I’m already getting nervous thinking about the game! Not sure what I’ll do to keep busy until the 4:30pm game starts, but once it does I’ll watch that until the Bills/Pats game. I’m still not used to this playoff anxiety yet. This is the first season I’ve entered with legitimate super bowl hopes since the ‘90’s. I keep trying to ease my nerves (and prepare myself in case of disappointment, in true Buffalo fan fashion! 😂) by telling myself that we have Josh Allen now and we have many good years ahead of us because of that. I think Allen will give us a chance at the playoffs most years.

And of course the Sabres win... just as we all expected right? 😂 seriously though, with Dell in net and the way Nashville had been playing I fully expected another game like against Tampa Bay, where the Sabres just looked outmatched all night long. But they played a really good game. Even Dell played well. Go figure... lol One thing I will say this year - despite their record looking similar to previous years, they’ve looked more competitive, and that’s with significantly less talent. They find ways to be competitive most nights. I’m not seeing guys moping and/or quitting either. I don’t see any of that “wow is me, here we go again” bull ****. They’re definitely better coached and young players seem to be developing. I think Granato has earned some time. I’m hoping the Sabres actually stick with him for a while.

I’m glad Frazier didn’t get the Texans job and get screwed over like this. Seems like he has a chance at better openings this offseason. I hope he lands in the right spot (if he leaves).

Wow. Culley got screwed. I was very skeptical about that hire at the time it was made but Culley did better than I thought he would. It was a pretty obvious tank year for the Texans but Culley still had them competitive in a lot of games. I think they overachieved for the talent level of the roster. I guess his firing makes some sense if they hire Flores, especially if it helps the Texans keep Watson. But Culley still got shafted.

UPL is out week to week. Subban is our month to month. I think Tokarski is finally out of covid protocol but is apparently still dealing with lingering effects from covid so it doesn’t really sound like he’s close yet. Not sure if Anderson is done for the season or what. So they signed Houser to an NHL deal and are going to run with him and Dell for now. Yikes is right. It was already hard enough to win when they were getting good goaltending from UPL and average from Subban. We’ve already seen how ugly it can get with Dell in net and who knows with Houser but I don’t expect it to be much better than Dell. I pray it’s not worse...

For those that want to hear the interview, I think this is it:

Thats not at all how I remember things. The Sabres were the talk of the town the last time they were really good (‘05 and ‘06). Games were consistently sold out. Everyone wore Sabres merchandise and talked about the team. I mean, we invented the “playoff watch party” thing where fans gathered outside the arena in huge numbers to watch playoff games. It’s now a common thing in the NHL. Buffalo started that trend. Buffalo was always known as a good hockey town. We never really had attendance issues until recently. Even during the tank years. They were always consistently one of the highest rated hockey markets for tv viewership (usually #1). The last handful of seasons broke a lot of fans and it’s going to take the Sabres time to win them back. A lot of fans stopped watching games and aren’t going to tune back in for moral victories. They want actual wins and I can’t blame them. Ive been watching and do see improvements. But I’m still not 100% back in yet and Hockey has always been my #1 sport. I played for much of my life.