State of Play - Buffalo, NY

08/31/10

Tim Kennedy gts a second chance

Now, with a $550,000 one-way deal he signed with the New York Rangers on Monday, Kennedy will get a second chance with another NHL club.

Posted at 10:54 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0

08/25/10

The Jets haven't earned the right to be cocky yet

Of course, we hate Brady and his Patriots, too. But our tormentors in New England deserve their stardom. They've actually won something in this league.

Posted at 10:41 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1

08/18/10

Some Bills we can say farewell to

To classify the Bills' talent-seekers as "scouts" is an affront to Weebloes everywhere; Moe Green has a better eye for future NFL contributors.

Posted at 03:37 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0

08/11/10

Some scary 2010 Bills predictions

Trent Edwards, Ryan Fitzpatrick, and Brian Brohm will each get a start under center before December 1. To decide who will get the call and when, Buddy Nix will set up a Wheel of Misfortune.

Posted at 11:08 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0

08/05/10

Losing Tim Kennedy is a bummer, but makes little difference

Tim Kennedy's unceremonious departure this week from the Buffalo Sabres won't make the difference between making and missing the playoffs next April. After all, our most prolific spring memory of the kid was him getting rag-dolled by a guy twice his age.

Posted at 03:22 PM | Permalink | Comments: 1

08/03/10

Schobel's exit gives Maybin his chance

Schobel's not part of the team's "now," much less its future, and he's much better off signing with an on-the-cusp team in need of a weakside defensive end who can release the hounds on passing downs.

Posted at 02:12 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0

07/28/10

The Braves are missed, but they saved us more heartbreak

Us younger Buffalo folk have often heard our older counterparts wax nostalgic about this town's NBA days, about the Braves, Bob McAdoo, Randy Smith, Jack Ramsay, and so on and so forth. But we'd be setting ourselves up for the usual heartbreak if they'd stayed.

Posted at 07:39 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1

07/22/10

What the Kovalchuk decision means for the Sabres

There's no question where Buffalo Sabres fans—and other supporters of small-market NHL franchises—should stand in the wake of the NHL putting the kybosh on Ilya Kovalchuk's colossal contract with the New Jersey Devils. And that's directly in support of Commissioner Gary Bettman.

Posted at 08:57 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0

07/16/10

Not being in camp could cost C.J. Spiller, and the Bills

Spiller and the Bills will both drag this thing out until noon on Opening Day, at which point the organization will be forced to hand him way too much cash and term for too little return.

Posted at 12:23 PM | Permalink | Comments: 1

07/12/10

Rob Niedermayer? Curb your enthusiam, Darcy.

Regier's conveniently forgetting Niedermayer has bounced around from one NHL city to the next. In sixteen NHL seasons, he's cracked the twenty-goal barrier but once ... fifteen years ago.

Posted at 03:12 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0

	08/31/10 Tim Kennedy gts a second chance Now, with a $550,000 one-way deal he signed with the New York Rangers on Monday, Kennedy will get a second chance with another NHL club. Posted at 10:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments: 0
	08/25/10 The Jets haven't earned the right to be cocky yet Of course, we hate Brady and his Patriots, too. But our tormentors in New England deserve their stardom. They've actually won something in this league. Posted at 10:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments: 1
	08/18/10 Some Bills we can say farewell to To classify the Bills' talent-seekers as "scouts" is an affront to Weebloes everywhere; Moe Green has a better eye for future NFL contributors. Posted at 03:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments: 0
	08/11/10 Some scary 2010 Bills predictions Trent Edwards, Ryan Fitzpatrick, and Brian Brohm will each get a start under center before December 1. To decide who will get the call and when, Buddy Nix will set up a Wheel of Misfortune. Posted at 11:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments: 0
	08/05/10 Losing Tim Kennedy is a bummer, but makes little difference Tim Kennedy's unceremonious departure this week from the Buffalo Sabres won't make the difference between making and missing the playoffs next April. After all, our most prolific spring memory of the kid was him getting rag-dolled by a guy twice his age. Posted at 03:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments: 1
	08/03/10 Schobel's exit gives Maybin his chance Schobel's not part of the team's "now," much less its future, and he's much better off signing with an on-the-cusp team in need of a weakside defensive end who can release the hounds on passing downs. Posted at 02:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments: 0
	07/28/10 The Braves are missed, but they saved us more heartbreak Us younger Buffalo folk have often heard our older counterparts wax nostalgic about this town's NBA days, about the Braves, Bob McAdoo, Randy Smith, Jack Ramsay, and so on and so forth. But we'd be setting ourselves up for the usual heartbreak if they'd stayed. Posted at 07:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments: 1
	07/22/10 What the Kovalchuk decision means for the Sabres There's no question where Buffalo Sabres fans—and other supporters of small-market NHL franchises—should stand in the wake of the NHL putting the kybosh on Ilya Kovalchuk's colossal contract with the New Jersey Devils. And that's directly in support of Commissioner Gary Bettman. Posted at 08:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments: 0
	07/16/10 Not being in camp could cost C.J. Spiller, and the Bills Spiller and the Bills will both drag this thing out until noon on Opening Day, at which point the organization will be forced to hand him way too much cash and term for too little return. Posted at 12:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments: 1
	07/12/10 Rob Niedermayer? Curb your enthusiam, Darcy. Regier's conveniently forgetting Niedermayer has bounced around from one NHL city to the next. In sixteen NHL seasons, he's cracked the twenty-goal barrier but once ... fifteen years ago. Posted at 03:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments: 0