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Khmylev
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'll take some olives on my pizza!, NY
Joined: 03.13.2015

May 3 @ 10:33 PM ET
Helps when Bonino takes a dive
- feetontheair22

If the nhl wasn't such a garbage league, they would punish the hell out of guys who did that crap.
fastek
Buffalo Sabres
Location: CA
Joined: 02.19.2016

May 3 @ 10:34 PM ET
Nothing will beat Lalalalala Lafontaine for me.
- Matthews_Auston


Back then out in California I installed a 12 foot rotating Sat. dish in my backyard and I would cruise the skies in search of Sats that were feeding the signals form around the world .............. and try my damnest to locate the Sabres games. That game vs. Boston I found and recorded it on VHS. Still have it somewhere. Same goes for that epic OT game vs. the Devils ............... was able to watch that game on a live feed.

That was the only way to pick up Stanley Cup playoff games for East Coast teams in Calif. in those days. Nobody gave a poop about Hockey in Calif. back then.
feetontheair22
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Tampa doesn't suck, FL
Joined: 02.01.2011

May 3 @ 10:35 PM ET
If the nhl wasn't such a garbage league, they would punish the hell out of guys who did that crap.
- Khmylev


Now i'm not saying the Caps would have tied the game....but to have a playoff game end on a penalty that was the result of a dive is (frank)ing embarrassing. Although i'm sure the league won't care cuz it benefited the Pens.
fastek
Buffalo Sabres
Location: CA
Joined: 02.19.2016

May 3 @ 10:36 PM ET
Ppl were waiving brooms around the whole game
It was nuts
I think it was something like 10years since we had won a playoff series
To break that streak by beating the Bruins (our most hated rival at the time) was pretty epic

Was pretty awesome that May undressed the great ray borque like that

- jdfitz77


Might be the greatest play all-time in hockey ............top 3 for damn sure.
fastek
Buffalo Sabres
Location: CA
Joined: 02.19.2016

May 3 @ 10:39 PM ET
I was at last game at the Aud. It was pretty cool being there even though not a Sabres fan.

So who is the Sabres most hated rival today if it isn't Boston?

- Matthews_Auston


The world is a better place when both the Sabres and the Leafs are really good teams................ at the same time that is.
fastek
Buffalo Sabres
Location: CA
Joined: 02.19.2016

May 3 @ 10:44 PM ET
Too bad Murray "ignored defencemen" in the draft.....even though approximately 40% of his draft picks are defencemen.


- seedy


Exactly !!
Khmylev
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'll take some olives on my pizza!, NY
Joined: 03.13.2015

May 3 @ 10:45 PM ET
Now i'm not saying the Caps would have tied the game....but to have a playoff game end on a penalty that was the result of a dive is (frank)ing embarrassing. Although i'm sure the league won't care cuz it benefited the Pens.
- feetontheair22

All you'll hear is how smart it was or crafty or whatever. It's garbage, it's embarrassing, and it's standard fare for the nhl. They let interference go about 99% of the time, which is maddening in and of itself, but they'll call that garbage and won't address it even after they find out how embarrassing it is.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

May 3 @ 10:47 PM ET
Might be the greatest play all-time in hockey ............top 3 for damn sure.
- fastek



I get chills every time I watch it
May Day is easily the best play in Sabres history for sure

*until Eichel scores the OT goal to win us the Cup!!!
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

May 3 @ 10:49 PM ET
Exactly !!
- fastek



No, not exactly
Picks in rounds 3-7 generally don't work out

We have Guhle coming
And MAYBE Borgen & Fitzgerald
fastek
Buffalo Sabres
Location: CA
Joined: 02.19.2016

May 3 @ 10:50 PM ET
How many defencemen were in those rounds?
How many defencemen did we have in our system those years?
How bad did we need forwards those years?
MOST teams draft defencemen later.....especially when they trade away all their forwards for draft pics.
....do you NOT remember how fvcked we were at forward 2-3 years ago?

- seedy


This is why I hate the Murray firing.
Khmylev
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'll take some olives on my pizza!, NY
Joined: 03.13.2015

May 3 @ 10:52 PM ET
Watching Edmonton play, I can see why eichel 86'd suckma. These guys fly all over the place. They're not worried about "where to be" they just are. Toronto too. Young man's game. Hopefully Pegula figures that out and hires appropriately.
fastek
Buffalo Sabres
Location: CA
Joined: 02.19.2016

May 3 @ 10:52 PM ET
Nice list
I was at the Dolphins game & the comeback game as well
Also at the Ralph when we finally beat the Pats
I remember Jim Kelly's first game, and also when we finally clinched a playoff spot & the fans tore down the goalposts

Man we stink now
Ugh

- jdfitz77


How about that Raiders/Bills playoff game? What a disaster for us Raider fans.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

May 3 @ 10:52 PM ET
This is why I hate the Murray firing.
- fastek



U "hate" the Murray firing?

I'd have been ok with him coming back for another year,
But he made plenty of mistakes

His firing wasn't unjustified
fastek
Buffalo Sabres
Location: CA
Joined: 02.19.2016

May 3 @ 10:55 PM ET
Watching Edmonton play, I can see why eichel 86'd suckma. These guys fly all over the place. They're not worried about "where to be" they just are. Toronto too. Young man's game. Hopefully Pegula figures that out and hires appropriately.
- Khmylev


Gotta have the horses to run like that. 90% of the league doesn't including Buffalo.
fastek
Buffalo Sabres
Location: CA
Joined: 02.19.2016

May 3 @ 10:56 PM ET
U "hate" the Murray firing?

I'd have been ok with him coming back for another year,
But he made plenty of mistakes

His firing wasn't unjustified

- jdfitz77


It was nothing but a panic move. I only wanted one more year from him. He deserved that much.
Khmylev
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'll take some olives on my pizza!, NY
Joined: 03.13.2015

May 3 @ 10:57 PM ET
Gotta have the horses to run like that. 90% of the league doesn't including Buffalo.
- fastek

Replace all the old (frank) with young bucks and turn them loose.
Buffalo--Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: 2 15/16, NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

May 3 @ 10:58 PM ET
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Whaley and Murray order Labatt Blue pints on draft. He hands them bottles instead and tells them: "You guys aren't allowed to draft in Buffalo anymore"
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

May 3 @ 10:58 PM ET
How about that Raiders/Bills playoff game? What a disaster for us Raider fans.
- fastek



I was there
I wanna say it was like 48-0 at halftime
Something crazy like that

U guys had a nice draft & getting Lynch is huge if he's still in shape
Could be your year!
feetontheair22
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Tampa doesn't suck, FL
Joined: 02.01.2011

May 3 @ 10:59 PM ET
Gotta have the horses to run like that. 90% of the league doesn't including Buffalo.
- fastek


Kane and Nylander are the only ones I've seen keep up with Eichel. The rest just don't process the game fast enough. I don't know that we necessarily need 3 lines that can fly, but whomever is on Eichel's line should not be slowing him down.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

May 3 @ 11:00 PM ET
It was nothing but a panic move. I only wanted one more year from him. He deserved that much.
- fastek



"Deserved"
Idk about that?
Like I said, he made many mistakes

How was it a "panic move" to let him go?
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

May 3 @ 11:01 PM ET
Kane and Nylander are the only ones I've seen keep up with Eichel. The rest just don't process the game fast enough. I don't know that we necessarily need 3 lines that can fly, but whomever is on Eichel's line should not be slowing him down.
- feetontheair22



Baptiste might be a good linemate for Jack
He can certainly skate with him (probably faster)
And he can snipe

Didn't he play on a line with McDavid for a year?
feetontheair22
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Tampa doesn't suck, FL
Joined: 02.01.2011

May 3 @ 11:02 PM ET
Baptiste might be a good linemate for Jack
He can certainly skate with him (probably faster)
And he can snipe

Didn't he play on a line with McDavid for a year?

- jdfitz77


I'm not sure....full disclosure I didn't remember seeing Baptiste on a line with Jack so I didn't want to throw him on my list
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

May 3 @ 11:02 PM ET

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Whaley and Murray order Labatt Blue pints on draft. He hands them bottles instead and tells them: "You guys aren't allowed to draft in Buffalo anymore"



Hahaha!
Good one sir
fastek
Buffalo Sabres
Location: CA
Joined: 02.19.2016

May 3 @ 11:03 PM ET
I was there
I wanna say it was like 48-0 at halftime
Something crazy like that

U guys had a nice draft & getting Lynch is huge if he's still in shape
Could be your year!

- jdfitz77


How the Bill snever won a SB with that squad is ridiculous ...........

The year they played the Giants I was in high-tech and the line was Bills -8. I was on the Midgets but only wanted to drop a bet of a few hundred. EVERYONE was on Buffalo and by game time I had $2,500 on the Giants. Needless to say ........ I was pleased.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

May 3 @ 11:04 PM ET
I'm not sure....full disclosure I didn't remember seeing Baptiste on a line with Jack so I didn't want to throw him on my list
- feetontheair22



I don't think he had played with Jack yet...
But I do think he's the type of player who could be a nice fit

Anyone else remember Baptiste playing with McDavid in Juniors?
Or am I thinking of someone else?
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