HockeyRhetoric

I was impressed with how generally like-minded everyone was on the Sabres heading into the trading deadline. The Sabres are not contenders. The focus should be on preparing for the following season and beyond. We were all in agreement on this. » Read the rest of this entry «

There are twenty games remaining in the 2011-2012 regular season for the Buffalo Sabres. At worst, they’ll finish at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. At best, they’ll climb all the way up to the eighth position and qualify or the 2012 playoffs as the last seed. As of this writing, they’re four points away from placing fifteenth in the conference and six points away from placing eighth; seventh is out of reach. » Read the rest of this entry «

Buffalo, more than any other city I can think of except for maybe Cleveland, has an especially adept understanding of what doesn’t work in professional sports. We have a few memorable examples of teams to look back on that worked well, but not well enough to win a championship. Mostly, we watch teams that fail and fail miserably. » Read the rest of this entry «

Tim Thomas is at it again on the book of faces. Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports’ Puck Daddy blog is all over it.

Here’s Wyshynski briefly recapping:

Why was Tim Thomas’s snub of the White House news?

Was it because of his political differences with the current administration? His disdain for the direction of the country? His awkward capitalization on Facebook declarations of faith?

No. It was news because it may have embarrassed his employer, an NHL team, and affected his relationship with his teammates on the Boston Bruins. It was a hockey story.

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Do you remember how belligerent the discussion surrounding Tim Tebow sounded when Tebowmania was at its peak? I do. I hated feeling like I had to settle on a disposition so early in Tebow’s professional career.

Tim Tebow is a polarizing figure. What I find most interesting about Tim Tebow isn’t what makes him polarizing — the unconventional quarterbacking style and commitment to his theological beliefs — it’s that he has become polarizing. The reaction to Tebow is a lot more interesting than even his most compelling qualities » Read the rest of this entry «