NOT GONNA BE EASY
First night of the season for NYR and Philly, first night of continuing agony for Buffalo. No matter what happens this season, watching Chris Drury and Danny Briere do what they do for their new teams is going to be difficult.
If the Sabres are good, it will be easy to say, "Well, they could be better with Chris and/or Danny."
If the Sabres suck, it will be even easier to say, "Well, it's because Chris and Danny are gone."
Either way, this summer will still be in everyone's mind from the drop of the puck tomorrow night to the final buzzer or goal in April, May, or June.
To add salt to the wound is that a Buffalo arch enemy, Brian Murray, apparently gets it and is now the envy of every Buffalo fan alive. Knowing that his top scorer and offensive cornerstone, Danny Heatley, was going to demand the highest salary imaginable next summer, signs him...wait for it...A YEAR EARLY!!! Murray not only locked up his best scorer through his prime, but did it for just a shade higher than our brilliant GM did for Thomas Vanek. Imagine that; foreseeing free agency issues and making preemptive moves to avoid such issues. Instead, we get the Drury's on MSG talking about their son living his lifelong dream to play for the Rangers.
One of two things is gonna come out of all of this. Either the Sabres are going to go deep into the post season or the Sabres are not even going to make it. No matter which one happens, every Buffalo fan will definitely be thinking throughout the whole experience what would have been had one or both of our two ex-captains been there to help.
The only thing that we can hope is that if the latter happens, it will be "bye-bye Darcy" and "don't let the door hit you on your arrogant ass, Larry".
If the Sabres are good, it will be easy to say, "Well, they could be better with Chris and/or Danny."
If the Sabres suck, it will be even easier to say, "Well, it's because Chris and Danny are gone."
Either way, this summer will still be in everyone's mind from the drop of the puck tomorrow night to the final buzzer or goal in April, May, or June.
To add salt to the wound is that a Buffalo arch enemy, Brian Murray, apparently gets it and is now the envy of every Buffalo fan alive. Knowing that his top scorer and offensive cornerstone, Danny Heatley, was going to demand the highest salary imaginable next summer, signs him...wait for it...A YEAR EARLY!!! Murray not only locked up his best scorer through his prime, but did it for just a shade higher than our brilliant GM did for Thomas Vanek. Imagine that; foreseeing free agency issues and making preemptive moves to avoid such issues. Instead, we get the Drury's on MSG talking about their son living his lifelong dream to play for the Rangers.
One of two things is gonna come out of all of this. Either the Sabres are going to go deep into the post season or the Sabres are not even going to make it. No matter which one happens, every Buffalo fan will definitely be thinking throughout the whole experience what would have been had one or both of our two ex-captains been there to help.
The only thing that we can hope is that if the latter happens, it will be "bye-bye Darcy" and "don't let the door hit you on your arrogant ass, Larry".
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