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jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Feb 1 @ 10:09 AM ET
to me its just cringy when I see a 45 year old with a girl that could be his daughter. That's just me, others can do whatever they want.
- hehateme

we do.
SDSabre
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.05.2014

Feb 1 @ 10:10 AM ET
I think maybe okposo makes the decision easy and mutually agree on retirement. Not forced retirement.

Okposo would be much better if he was faster, didnt lose a step, had a better shot and scored more frequently.

Girgensons would have at least 25-30 goals a year if he had tage's shot and skated like skinner .

- Boss34


I would be an all star if I could pick talents of random stars and assign them to my hockey talent as well.
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Feb 1 @ 10:11 AM ET
Im old school, I have a +/-5-7 year age gap maybe 10 but 20 years? Yuck
- hehateme


Passing judgment, eh?
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 1 @ 10:12 AM ET
I would be an all star if I could pick talents of random stars and assign them to my hockey talent as well.
- SDSabre


Good to see you SD.

Confusing post, you really think skinners a star?
RichardRoma
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.18.2017

Feb 1 @ 10:13 AM ET
a win tonight puts us in a playoff spot.

LFG.

- hehateme

If they don't win, trade whoever you need to trade to get you in the playoffs, including: Savoie, VO, Mittelstadt, Quinn, Peterka, Kulich, and Portillo.
lacaprup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.23.2006

Feb 1 @ 10:14 AM ET
Passing judgment, eh?
- kingcong39


I'll pass that judgement. If you're in a relationship with someone 20 years your senior or junior something is wrong with both of you.
hehateme
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 04.11.2017

Feb 1 @ 10:14 AM ET
Passing judgment, eh?
- kingcong39


a little I guess.. I'm a father of a late teenager, if she brought home a dude 20 years older then her I would flip.




hehateme
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 04.11.2017

Feb 1 @ 10:14 AM ET
I'll pass that judgement. If you're in a relationship with someone 20 years your senior or junior something is wrong with both of you.
- lacaprup


fhew, I thought I was the only one...


kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Feb 1 @ 10:16 AM ET
I'll pass that judgement. If you're in a relationship with someone 20 years your senior or junior something is wrong with both of you.
- lacaprup


What's your cutoff? 15 years? 10 years? 5 years?

If the two people love each other, why do you care?
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Feb 1 @ 10:18 AM ET
a little I guess.. I'm a father of a late teenager, if she brought home a dude 20 years older then her I would flip.
- hehateme


If she's 30 and starts dating a 45 or 50 year old, does that still matter?
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 1 @ 10:18 AM ET
fhew, I thought I was the only one...
- hehateme


I'm friends with a longtime married couple, he's probably 20 years older.

She said its embarrassing every time they buy a car.
The salesman always says "nice that you brought your father"

Otherwise they seem really happy
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 1 @ 10:19 AM ET
If she's 30 and starts dating a 45 or 50 year old, does that still matter?
- kingcong39


What if she's 75 and he's 95 ?
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Feb 1 @ 10:20 AM ET
He's not fully developed yet either. I also think he'll become a smarter defenseman each year. If he can be mostly healthy, I think it can be a good contract to have him on. He can make a breakout pass to our forwards and we live off transition. He really needs to improve in his own end though. He should almost never make a mistake in our end of the ice the way he is talked about. He is far from that.

He's an undecided for me still. Luckily for him his partner loves him; the room loves him; and it's not like he's killing us or anything.

- lacaprup


A 22 year old with 88 games played and you want him to not make any mistakes in his own end... I get the guy looks like hes 35 but hes a bit younger and inexperienced than that
lacaprup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.23.2006

Feb 1 @ 10:21 AM ET
What's your cutoff? 15 years? 10 years? 5 years?

If the two people love each other, why do you care?

- kingcong39


Define care? It's not like I'm telling anybody to leave a restaurant or something, but my stomach turns thinking about a 20 years difference. If one of my nieces had some 40 year old creep even talking to one of them that guy wouldn't make it through the conversation before I broke his jaw.

Did it never make you want to puke to see that scumbag Hugh Hefner with women a third of his age?
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Feb 1 @ 10:23 AM ET
Define care? It's not like I'm telling anybody to leave a restaurant or something, but my stomach turns thinking about a 20 years difference. If one of my nieces had some 40 year old creep even talking to one of them that guy wouldn't make it through the conversation before I broke his jaw.

Did it never make you want to puke to see that scumbag Hugh Hefner with women a third of his age?

- lacaprup


I try to pass judgment as little as possible on people, especially when it comes to their relationships.
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Feb 1 @ 10:26 AM ET
Define care? It's not like I'm telling anybody to leave a restaurant or something, but my stomach turns thinking about a 20 years difference. If one of my nieces had some 40 year old creep even talking to one of them that guy wouldn't make it through the conversation before I broke his jaw.

Did it never make you want to puke to see that scumbag Hugh Hefner with women a third of his age?

- lacaprup

Wasn't that usually like a 40 year difference?

Hugh Hefner married Playboy Playmate Crystal Harris in a romantic New Year's Eve ceremony back in 2012. They were married for five years until his death back in 2017, and seemed blissfully happy despite the 60-year age gap between them


She is reported to have begun dating the late Hefner, who was then aged 75, shortly after. Despite a 54-year age gap the relationship lasted for around seven years and came to an end in 2008, with Madison leaving the mansion later in the same year.
SDSabre
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.05.2014

Feb 1 @ 10:27 AM ET
Good to see you SD.

Confusing post, you really think skinners a star?

- Boss34


You too buddy.

As far as your question 🤷 you decide.

But his skating/edge work is elite and is vibes/smile are quite infectious
lacaprup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.23.2006

Feb 1 @ 10:30 AM ET
Wasn't that usually like a 40 year difference?

Hugh Hefner married Playboy Playmate Crystal Harris in a romantic New Year's Eve ceremony back in 2012. They were married for five years until his death back in 2017, and seemed blissfully happy despite the 60-year age gap between them

She is reported to have begun dating the late Hefner, who was then aged 75, shortly after. Despite a 54-year age gap the relationship lasted for around seven years and came to an end in 2008, with Madison leaving the mansion later in the same year.

- jochfr


🤑🤢🤮
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Feb 1 @ 10:32 AM ET
🤑🤢🤮
- lacaprup

Yes, that is gross to me too.

Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 1 @ 10:36 AM ET
You too buddy.

As far as your question 🤷 you decide.

But his skating/edge work is elite and is vibes/smile are quite infectious

- SDSabre


Skinner is like a football player that got voted to the 2nd team all pro IMO.

Star-lite

Star bright

Any chance we take 2 points tonight?
SDSabre
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.05.2014

Feb 1 @ 10:40 AM ET
Skinner is like a football player that got voted to the 2nd team all pro IMO.

Star-lite

Star bright

Any chance we take 2 points tonight?

- Boss34


Hope so, Car coming off an OT game where they were down 4-1 going into the third. They could be dead coming into game 4 in 6 days after having to play hard in the third. That and the travel could make for a let down game for them, but they are also a vet good team. Buf needs to be ready to go and if they have a good first would help immensely, either way, towards the winner imo.
Slump Buster
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I root for draft picks but not the team, apparently, NY
Joined: 10.24.2006

Feb 1 @ 10:40 AM ET
to me its just cringy when I see a 45 year old with a girl that could be his daughter. That's just me, others can do whatever they want.
- hehateme


Every girl is someone's daughter. You can extend that thought to many areas of life or a relationship. Also, it isn't like she is 18.
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Feb 1 @ 10:42 AM ET


The answer is yes.
26-Year-Old Model Veronika Rajek
22 year age difference between her and I and there's no way i'd say no.
lacaprup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.23.2006

Feb 1 @ 10:45 AM ET
Fans streamed into KeyBank Center for Ryan Miller Night on Jan. 19 – an unfamiliar site over the previous two seasons for the Buffalo Sabres.

Two days later, the Sabres had their fifth sellout of the season for a Kids Day matinee contest, before the team left town for a four-game road trip.


That's been a big change from last season, when empty seats were nearly as common as fans at Sabres home games.

Attendance is up by about 46% this season, with the team averaging 14,633 fans in announced attendance – a testament to the team’s improved record and its position as the highest scoring team in the National Hockey League.

But the Sabres still have a long way to go. The team, which had played to regular sellouts for almost a decade, beginning with a Presidents' Trophy-winning squad in 2006-07 led by Chris Drury and Daniel Briere that advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, still is drawing more than 20% fewer fans than during those peak years.


The Sabres had hit an all-time low in attendance during the 2021-22 campaign, averaging just 9,997 people per game. And that figure was spiked by the Heritage Classic counting as a home game. More than 26,000 fans attended that game at the Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ont.

That came off a 2020-21 season wrought with Covid restrictions for fans attending games.

During those two seasons, KeyBank Center was sold out just twice – both in April 2022, as fans flocked to the arena for Rick Jeanneret Night, celebrating the retirement of the team’s longtime broadcaster, and then again for his final call at the Sabres regular season home finale.

“They’re much better to watch this season than they have been,” said Rick Fanton, who attended the Miller Night game with fellow Sabres fan Beverly Evenden. “We’ve been having a good time at the games.”

Though Buffalo would miss the playoffs for a 12th straight year if the postseason were to start today, fans have more reasons for optimism with encouraging signs for the Sabres' future. Buffalo is one point out of the final Eastern Conference playoff spot, as of Tuesday, and plays at home Wednesday against Carolina in its final game before the All-Star break.

But it even took a while for fans to come back this season, with some taking a wait-and-see approach. Attendance has improved each month, as the season progressed and topped an average of 16,000 for the seven home games in January. Four of the team’s five sellouts are in the past eight home games – since Dec. 29.


“We just jumped in,” said Erik Koch, who decided before this season to buy two season tickets and splits them with three other friends. “They should be making a playoff push – they’re on the cusp of it.”

And while more fans have been in the seats at KeyBank Center so far this season, the Sabres still rank at or near the bottom of the league in a few key attendance numbers.

Through 25 of the team’s 41 home games, the Sabres have averaged 14,633 fans in their 19,070-capacity arena, according to hockey-reference.com.

That 76.7% average capacity ranks last among NHL teams. Their average attendance per game is 29th among the league’s 32 teams, as of Tuesday. Only the Winnipeg Jets (14,117), San Jose Sharks (13,844) and Arizona Coyotes, who are playing their home games in a 4,600-capacity college arena, rank lower.

Sabres players have said they realize they need to earn back the fans and that doesn’t happen overnight.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 1 @ 10:46 AM ET
Hope so, Car coming off an OT game where they were down 4-1 going into the third. They could be dead coming into game 4 in 6 days after having to play hard in the third. That and the travel could make for a let down game for them, but they are also a vet good team. Buf needs to be ready to go and if they have a good first would help immensely, either way, towards the winner imo.
- SDSabre


That's interesting, the back to back for Carolina.
Sabres havent played since Saturday.

You would think Carolina would be tired from the back to back and we would be fresh. Hopefully late in the game.

Its gonna be a playoff crowd tonight 19090 including the 20 guys on the bench
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