Buffalo Sabres

                                         It's been a long ride.

Is this the year?

Where was Boston's "Pasta" in the humiliating loss on Sunday? 

And, the Bruins' #91 tough guy waited 57 minutes to show up?

Is it just me, or does the Bruin coach, Marco Sturm, look out of place behind the bench? He is a veteran 17-year NHL player who has had only one year with more than 50 minutes in the penalty box. But the Bruins are noted for push-back. They look tough. Their home uni is black. I expect the Bruin coach to project the same image of toughness. He doesn't. He's way too animated (with his hands) during his late-game timeouts -- he ain't Italian, he's German. Bruin fans must be wondering ... where's Terry O'Reilly when you need him?

Hey Sabres ... as they say, "don't forget to put your foot on their neck when they're down".

The late goal by Boston was an embarrassment to the Sabres fabulous goaltender. I hope every player apologized to him and will, next week, punish the Bruins with a similar end-game score.

Please don't have Josh Allen ring the bell, drop the ceremonial puck, or be in the building on Tuesday.

Note to Leaf Fans (me included) ... the Sabres have been a thorn in the side of the Leaf franchise since the team began with Buffalo's former Leaf GM/Coach, "Punch" Imlach. To mock his previous employer for being improperly dismissed, Imlach copied the Leaf uniform with the Sabres ... not the logo but the stripes on the socks and jerseys, and, since 1970, the two teams have met in 236 regular-season games. The curse of "Punch" seems to have worked. All time, the Sabres have won 126 games vs the Leafs 92 (with 18 games resulting in ties).