Confirmed with Link: Dear Buffalo BY RASMUS DAHLIN

[Jim Bob]

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Dahlin with a letter to Buffalo like Kyle Okposo did earlier.

We spent time after the game talking to Ryan and the other alumni who were there that night. They spoke about how it felt like there was nothing separating the ice from the stands during their playoff runs. The players and the fans were one, all working toward the same goal.

I speak for myself and my teammates when I say this: Buffalo, we are starting to feel it.

It's hard to describe what it feels like when KeyBank Center is full. I get chills thinking about the roar of the crowd every time we have a scoring chance. Or a big hit. Or a successful penalty kill. Honestly, the whole night feels like a power play.

It's like we are 19,090 strong - 20 of us in uniform, the rest of us in the stands. Together we are going to break the other team mentally. That's what it feels like.

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[Ace]

“Honestly, the whole night feels like a power play.”

explains why they’re better on the road

 

[WeDislikeEich]

I love that this team is finally starting to get the full Buffalo fan base experience. They’ve been told how great Buffalo fans supposedly are for years but mostly all they really got to see were 1/2 empty arenas where the crowd was so quiet you could often hear a pin drop.

They still have no clue though. Make the playoffs and they’ll see Buffalo fans in true full force!

 

[Dex]

I smiled throughout my reading of Rasmus' letter. I loved reading about how this team is connecting with the community and what it means to the team, that they consider each other brothers and that Rasmus is proud to call Buffalo home.

Have to say I fell goosebumps when he described a full Key Bank Center as 19,090 strong. That says it all.

I've said it before - I think this is a special time and this is a special team - and I'm really enjoying being a Sabres fan.

Go Sabres

 

[Gabrielor]

Captain. Leader. My favorite Sabres draft pick. The highest rated d I've ever scouted. My favorite player. My first ever authentic jersey (goathead!!!)

Rasmus Dahlin has a chance to be the best draft pick the Buffalo Sabres have ever made.

I'm probably going on Wednesday now...if Dahls asks...I gotta be there...

 

[Duddy]

Breaking the other team mentally.
Psycho killer Dahlin shining through.
Love it

 

[LetsGoBuffalo1126]

This makes me incredibly happy to read. I'm old enough to remember going to the Aud, where you felt essentially like you were on the ice and watching the Sabres beat a really good Chicago team and just feeling every ounce of energy in that building. The players fed off of it and the fans fed off of each other. It's so different in the new building, but I absolutely love that the fans are giving them the same energy that the Aud Sabres got as well as the mid-2000's Sabres got as well. Once this team is contending, that city will be cooking!

 

[toddkaz]

Awesome to read. I am starting to believe in this team. The only thing missing is Rick Jeanerette

My new screensaver.

 

[Sabretooth]

I'm sure this was written with Dahlin's blessing and that most/all of it is even true, but it's tackey to put the "please buy tickets" button right at the end of the article

I'd still find a way to be in Buffalo tomorrow night if I could though!

 

[paulmm3]

Great article. Wish I still lived in the area and could attend more home games in person.

 

[Butt Ox]

Go Sabres

 

[Zach716]

We believe in what we have here, and there is nowhere else we would rather be.

8 years, get ‘er done Kevyn.

 

[Dingo44]

I was definitely moved by Dahlin's letter. Makes me even more excited for the rest of the season. I really love these guys!

 

[Gabrielor]

Captain. Leader. My favorite Sabres draft pick. The highest rated d I've ever scouted. My favorite player. My first ever authentic jersey (goathead!!!)

Rasmus Dahlin has a chance to be the best draft pick the Buffalo Sabres have ever made.

I'm probably going on Wednesday now...if Dahls asks...I gotta be there...

It worked. I bought tickets.

 

[MOGlLNY]

Similar to when that Bills group started to turn the corner, this team just GETS IT.

 

[Beerz]

Reading this.. I get hope that Dahls gives us Hometown discount on his next contract

 

[Chainshot]

My word, this guy… he gets it.

 

[DustyZ]

The pandemic hasn't helped

I love that this team is finally starting to get the full Buffalo fan base experience. They’ve been told how great Buffalo fans supposedly are for years but mostly all they really got to see were 1/2 empty arenas where the crowd was so quiet you could often hear a pin drop.

They still have no clue though. Make the playoffs and they’ll see Buffalo fans in true full force!

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

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Dahlin with a letter to Buffalo like Kyle Okposo did earlier.

That pretty much sums up my general Sabre Fan experience (1970 - today) except for the Rigas, Quinn and GMTM/Botts years.

Nicely done Rasmus. We're starting to believe too!

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

Awesome to read. I am starting to believe in this team. The only thing missing is Rick Jeanerette

My new screensaver.
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RJ ain't dead yet...... just retired! LOL

 

[NotABadPeriod]

My word, this guy… he gets it.

Maybe a bit of wishful thinking...but perhaps he gives us a hometown discount on his next deal?

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

Hometown discount on contract? Please? You love it here.

 

[Chainshot]

Maybe a bit of wishful thinking...but perhaps he gives us a hometown discount on his next deal?

In the back of my mind, I have thought for a bit that the Thompson and Samuelsson deals pave the way to them at least asking Cozens and Dahlin who are also close with one another to take a smidge less so they can keep 'em all together. Now, how much or even if it can come to pass... *shrug* But it's something I wonder about.

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

This makes me incredibly happy to read. I'm old enough to remember going to the Aud, where you felt essentially like you were on the ice and watching the Sabres beat a really good Chicago team and just feeling every ounce of energy in that building. The players fed off of it and the fans fed off of each other. It's so different in the new building, but I absolutely love that the fans are giving them the same energy that the Aud Sabres got as well as the mid-2000's Sabres got as well. Once this team is contending, that city will be cooking!

1999 was great. So was 1975. 2005 was close. But it all started for me in 1973. That year and specifically the Montreal Series wins made me believe (before that year it was pretty much all Bills). Fond, fond memories.

 

[Club]

Whadda stud. Love it.