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HaNotsri said:
The effort in this thread is lousy. We need to confess more stuff to pay tribute!
Confession 1#
Sometimes when the Sabres play bad I want them to play even worse. I take sick pleasure in watching us trying to get back into games with Sobotka out on the ice during the end of the game. Sabres connects me to dark sides of my ego that I didn't know before. The true joy of fandom is a shared, mutual, experience and somehow that gets more intense when we are really terrible instead of just bad. The best scenario would obviously be to start winning more games and share the mutual experience of joy but since that becomes less and less likely this season I'm longing for the morbid pleasures that a 1-5 loss on home ice brings (the one goal scored by Pominville, unassisted).
One can say I lost my love for the game but found a new perversion in its place.
My father always says "What I've lost in lust for life I've gained in a deathwish" when he wants to cheer himself up.
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I don't have sympathy for "our" players who seem to have loser fluid running through their veins. My sympathy is for the fans. We've been connected to a loser much longer than any of these so-called players. What have we done to deserve this? Are we bad people?
 
How many of you are ready for camp? A lot of us have been critiquing Casey Mittelstadt's conditioning. With training camp approaching it's time to take a look in the mirror and evaluate our own state of readiness. Some of you still can't spell Krueger. Many of you can't even do ONE Jokiharju. You think you're getting away with it by using easy to spell nicknames for players. Once upon a time the Sabres discovered an unknown prospect whose talent was believed to rival Wayne Gretzky. When he saw the fans butchering his name and giving him the nickname Tootsie Roll he refused to come here. His name was Taro Tsujimoto.
 
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Buffaloed said:
How many of you are ready for camp? A lot of us have been critiquing Casey Mittelstadt's conditioning. With training camp approaching it's time to take a look in the mirror and evaluate our own state of readiness. Some of you still can't spell Krueger. Many of you can't even do ONE Jokiharju. You think you're getting away with it by using easy to spell nicknames for players. Once upon a time the Sabres discovered an unknown prospect whose talent was believed to rival Wayne Gretzky. When he saw the fans butchering his name and giving him the nickname Tootsie Roll he refused to come here. His name was Taro Tsujimoto.
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His name is Taro Tsujimoto. His name is Taro Tsujimoto.

I've put a lot of work in this offseason- the coaching change necessitates it. Gone are the vacuous stares, the gum jokes, the mismatched lines. Not sure what to expect so you gotta be ready for anything- been working on the vocal chords with "WTF SOBOTKA" because I figure that's a pretty safe bet, and I use Sheary and Risto for my ripping practice- "short lightweight can't defend against a cold, little Crosby leechin sucker, play some goddamn D." "Big dumb Rocky villain lookin doof can't find his man in front of the net with a map, detailed directions, and an hour head start- dude's outlets are as useful as my home's when the power goes out." I figure it's good to cover the basics, then get to the more advanced stuff as the season progresses. Scandella, for instance- his play will require some nuanced training, I need to see what he brings before my own response can be in peak form. Besides that it's remote throws, beer slams, pacing- I'm ready. Are you?
 
Der Jaeger said:
I did one pull up for Mittelstadt yesterday. I'm ready....
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I did pull-ups for the last ~12 months, almost every day.
I stopped doing it a couple weeks ago. I guess it's Karma, and Casey took over my job to keep the universe in balance.
 
sabremike said:
I WANT THIS MAN TO BE OUR NEXT COACH:
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My all time childhood hockey hero along with Ronnie!!!
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The only NHL player to ever give me comp tickets. Back when he was in Carolina, I bumped into him at work and instead of asking for an autograph, I asked how his father was. Bill was recovering from a heart attack. He set me up with center ice against the Rangers, 12 rows up, aka. The best seats in the house.
 
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We really need to get some non-food metaphors for prospect development. Marinate, season, slow cook, etc. Like these kids are all just slabs of meat (That's only true for Tage :sarcasm:)! We can do better.
 
tsujimoto74 said:
We really need to get some non-food metaphors for prospect development. Marinate, season, slow cook, etc. Like these kids are all just slabs of meat (That's only true for Tage :sarcasm:)! We can do better.
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How about beer? Ferment, barrel age hops? They may work. :sarcasm:
 
tsujimoto74 said:
We really need to get some non-food metaphors for prospect development. Marinate, season, slow cook, etc. Like these kids are all just slabs of meat (That's only true for Tage :sarcasm:)! We can do better.
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They also make meat soft and tender.
 
The All Star break is a great time to visit the other team forums. See what it's like to rub shoulders with a winner. Or play the my team is worse than your team game.
 
I think we've reached a new level. A global pandemic saves Botterill from being canned, has a negative effect on our drafting position while we end up as the first team not in a playoff spot.

Ever heard of the butterfly effect? Buffalo Sabres is the horned God of chaos. A stampede of depression and disease. We can do better!
 
Bump to the thread we need, the thread we deserve.

I just memorized Krueger’s principles. Not sure what they are, but memorized them.
 
Passing this on for Kevyn Adams: "“I need to manage better, we need to coach better, we need to scout better, we need to develop players better and we need to practice better".
 
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I'm really enthused about the effort and enthusiasm shown in this thread. All the posters really are putting the work in, and we're all confident that the results will come as we strive to be connected and together.
 
Everything That Could Go Wrong For The Buffalo Sabres Has Gone Wrong

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:surrender
 
Chainshot said:
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Symptomatic for this legendary thread that his status is retired, 7 glorious games in the AHL.

No idea how we're supposed to keep the band together if we continue losing without Buffaloed's gallows humor to fall back on.
 
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HaNotsri said:
Symptomatic for this legendary thread that his status is retired, 7 glorious games in the AHL.

No idea how we're supposed to keep the band together if we continue losing without Buffaloed's gallows humor to fall back on.
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When the hell did he play in the AHL
 
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