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Re: 2010-2011 NHL Season
this has got to be one of the dumbest things the nhl has ever done
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Re: 2010-2011 NHL Season
Yeah those were really lame, but I liked the draft format of the All Star Game, so I'll excuse it.
The Sabres have reached an agreement to be sold to Terry Pegula! Very excited to hear it, although if he keeps Regier as GM next year I'll be disappointed.
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Re: 2010-2011 NHL Season
Sabres made a good run lately, and had a great comeback win in Montreal tonight. Overcame some bad calls as you always have to do there. Miller got a night off finally.
Colorado's really dropped off this year. Looked like they were building something good last year (did Sacco win coach of the year?) but now they might be dumping Sacco.
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Yeah I thought Kaberle would never be moved after all these years of rumors
Re: 2010-2011 NHL Season
I ran into Lyndan Byers and Bob Sweeney, ex Bruins, at a bar in Hartford the other night. Sweeney was a bit of a tool. Everybody recognized LB, as he's does studio stuff on NESN and worked as a radio DJ for years in Boston. Sweeney introduced himself with a trivia question that he was an answer to. "Do you know who won the Beanpot MVP in 1980?" Of course nobody knew. He told us it was Bob Sweeney, and a friend of mine said, "Who's that?" To which Sweeney replied, "Me". Later on in the night that same friend almost got into a fight with Sweeney arguing over the lack of popularity for hockey compared to back in the day. I think he was just angered that nobody knew who he was.
LB was cool though. He said he thinks Hartford will get an NHL team again. Which I'd be stoked about. I used to love the Whalers, but since they fled for Carolina I haven't followed the NHL in the least.
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Yeah I know I sometimes look at the Sabres schedule from the early 90s and they're all games in northern, true hockey markets. Even as a city lucky enough to retain its team, it's hard to get pumped about playing against Florida, Atlanta, Tampa, Nashville, Phoenix, Anaheim and the like.
It's a regional sport. The fact that Phoenix hasn't moved yet makes me more and more concerned that moving teams back to better markets won't happen, and I don't see expansion as a good idea. I thought the Coyotes would've been back in Winnipeg already. Maybe Hartford has a better shot since it's American and Bettman hates Canada.
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Watched Pegula's press conference, as he's now officially the owner of the Sabres. He was very reserved in his comments, although he did say he was planning to keep Darcy and get Lindy a new contract in the offseason. I guess I'm ok with that. Our financial restraints on scouting and retaining star talent have been a big challenge, and Pegula can and will remove those disadvantages. So I'm excited, although I don't expect him to make any splashes at the deadline and I don't know if the team will make the playoffs this year.
Still I feel confident that we can keep Myers and Stafford now, and considering Miller and Vanek already have big contracts and some guys (Connolly, Pominville, Roy) also make pretty big money, that was a concern with Golisano's ownership.
I'd get so pumped for 2011-2012 if this offseason the Sabres sign a big free agent. I can't remember the team doing that since ever.
