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In Tom and Larry We Trust?
Buffalo Sabres fans ? pretty much any professional sports fans ? want desperately to trust their team's front office. Those suits have a lot of say in whether a team wins or loses during the season, postseason and offseason. And...
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June 10, 2008
Discuss
Hasek retires — again, but likely for good this time
For the fans who booed Dominik Hasek out of Buffalo — and I was one of them — it's time to step back and forgive. Hasek retired on Monday, less than a week after winning his second Stanley Cup with...
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June 10, 2008
Perfect timing for Hockeytown
The Tigers are 10 out. Pistons are talking break up. Detroit sports space is ripe for a takeover. Enter: The Red Wings, winning their fourth Stanley Cup in 11 seasons. Suddenly, a sobbing Andreas Lilja was lovable. Darren McCarty received...
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June 08, 2008
Under pressure, Babs and Therrien laugh it off
Shocker — Pittsburgh Penguins forward Maxime Talbot had nothing funny to say Friday at practice, the second off day between Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup final. But it still seemed like a late-night comedy club inside Mellon...
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May 31, 2008
Even the Final can be funny
Okay, so a SCF where only one team scores is not that funny. But these two moments - from the last two days - keep me laughing: Memorial Cup Presentation: I've seen this at least five times now, and I've...
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May 27, 2008
Detroit: Hockeytown or not? The Freep can't decide
Mitch Albom's column ("Wings come out big, so why don't the fans?") on Wednesday attracted a lot of attention, especially on sports talk radio here in the Motor City. Albom didn't have any earth-shattering statistics to back up his opinions....
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May 11, 2008
Broad Street Dilemmas
I hate the Flyers. I wasn't around in the Broad Street Bullies days, but it doesn't matter. I had 1997, when I was still a Red Wings fan. I had Legion of Doom. And John Leclair's phantom goal, when Sabres...
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May 01, 2008
LIVE: Emotions on Trade Deadline Day
Okay, there are too many emotions and thoughts going through my head post-Brian Campbell trade not to blog about it: 12:57: On TSN's TRADECENTRE, James Duthie looked like he was going to cry post-Brian Campbell interview. Great, now all I...
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March 04, 2008
Buffalo left with another "next year"
It wasn't supposed to be this way. This was the team that was supposed to change the Buffalo sports landscape forever and deliver the championship-starved city a Stanley Cup. But we were wrong. At least for now. It was essentially...
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January 30, 2008
Biron to Philly, Sabres pick up Conklin
Per WGR 550 and TSN.ca, Marty Biron was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for a second or first round draft pick (conflicting information), and then grabbed Ty Conklin from the Columbus Blue Jackets for a draft pick. What does this...
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January 29, 2008
Conspiracy theories
I'm not one of those fans panicking, whining about how Teppo Numminen's age is finally showing or how Ryan Miller is slumping. I'm too busy wondering how a team that should have been reinvigorated by the return of its captain,...
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January 25, 2008
Numbers don't lie, and even if they did, it's not over
Thirteen-percent. That’s the number of teams in NHL history that have successfully returned from a 2-0 deficit to win a series. But don’t bother telling the Buffalo Sabres the odds of beating the Senators. Even as recently as Saturday night,...
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May 14, 2007
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