NOOOOOO

"Nibby" (nibby68)
03/01/2014 at 10:52 • Filed to: None

Ryan Miller and Steve Ott traded to St. Louis Blues for Jaroslav Halak, Chris Stewart, prospect William Carrier, a first-round draft pick in 2015 and a third-round pick in 2016. There goes my 2nd favorite goalie in the NHL and now I have no reason to watch the Sabres anymore.

Obviously my #1 is Lundqvist.

DISCUSSION (21)

Brian Silvestro > Nibby
03/01/2014 at 10:55

Dude you live in Long Island.

Why aren't you an Islanders fan?

Nibby > Brian Silvestro
03/01/2014 at 10:59

I'm actually a NYR fan. I don't mind the Isles much but... dat Nassau Coliseum is a heap of shit.

Grindintosecond > Nibby
03/01/2014 at 10:59

YESSSSS
lived in Buffalo. Good hockey while i was there but I grew up a Blues fan....so....YAAAYYYY!

Brian Silvestro > Nibby
03/01/2014 at 11:01

Ok good. The only Sabres fans should be weirdos from upstate New York.

I've only heard bad things about that place.

Nibby > Grindintosecond
03/01/2014 at 11:02

Moginly, LaFontaine, Hasek, Hawerchuk, May...

I have a LaFontaine autographed puck.

Nibby > Brian Silvestro
03/01/2014 at 11:10

Upstate isn't all bad... and I think most people in the Buffalo area would consider themselves from "Western NY," not "upstate."

Brian Silvestro > Nibby
03/01/2014 at 11:11

I'm in Albany right now for college, and if a Ranger game and a Buffalo game are on at the same time, they air the Buffalo game, 100% of the time. You tell me.

revrseat70 > Nibby
03/01/2014 at 11:13

This is what I'm kind of tired of about the new NHL. It used to be a player was a part of a franchise and could be there for a long time, developing the program. Now players get tossed around so much that there's just no consistency. It becomes hard to root for teams, and you end up just liking players all over the continent. Steve Ott was a long time member of the stars but now gets tossed around like a $1k used 240, and a cornerstone member of the Sabre's just gets up and traded... It's pretty frustrating. And that's before you even get into the Stanley cup whores.

Grindintosecond > Nibby
03/01/2014 at 11:17

Nice. Thats one for a mantle piece. Im in Avalanche country for good now...I dont think ill ever change over tho.

Where have all the lightweights gone? > Grindintosecond
03/01/2014 at 11:27

I've grown up a Blues fan and live in Chicago. This has made quite a few people here nervous.

oldirtybootz > Nibby
03/01/2014 at 11:32

My friend is a diehard Devils fan and he's heard rumors of Marty being traded and he's ready to flip a shit, so in a way I feel your pain.

King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider > revrseat70
03/01/2014 at 12:47

Wings still do a good job of holding onto players (sometimes past their prime cough cough Dan Cleary cough cough), but yes, it is rough when longtermers like Iginla or Alfredsson or Nash or Miller get moved (or move of their own accord) because the investment in the overall team isn't what it needs to be to remain competitive.

King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider > Nibby
03/01/2014 at 12:50

I'm not sure what their end game is (complete rebuild?) but the Sabres front office seems to be taking its business plans directly from the Browns staff.

Nibby > oldirtybootz
03/01/2014 at 13:20

I can't imagine Marty ever leaving NJ. I'd like to think he'd retire after this year as a Devil.

Grindintosecond > Where have all the lightweights gone?
03/01/2014 at 13:44

YAAAYYYY!

Suuuubaru > Brian Silvestro
10/27/2014 at 21:51

I am 7 months late here, but there are those of us who like it way out here and don't get why people always have to rip on us b/c we share a state with NYC, which is 6 hours away.

Yes we are not good at sports and yes we are not terribly progressive. But we're also have our own sort of solidarity as a community that makes life enjoyable.

Brian Silvestro > Suuuubaru
10/27/2014 at 22:11

HOW DID YOU FIND THIS

Suuuubaru > Brian Silvestro
10/27/2014 at 22:23

Haha I searched "Sabres" on Oppo to see if anybody lives in the area. I figured that they suck, so nobody outside Buffalo could possibly care about them

Brian Silvestro > Suuuubaru
10/27/2014 at 22:25

For some reason, if both a Sabres game and a Rangers game is happening at the same time, Albany TV will show the Sabres game over the Rangers game. It makes no sense.

Suuuubaru > Brian Silvestro
10/27/2014 at 22:46

Well NY is really two states, one of which is the NYC/Long Island area, and the other is everything else. Since NYC is usually the only part of the state outsiders ever seem to care about, I think the rest likes to distance itself from NYC because it's a world apart in culture/politics. Hence why you get Buffalo games, because they're the only team that represents that population. (also why I'm more into the Blue Jays than the Mets/Yankees)

Brian Silvestro > Suuuubaru
10/27/2014 at 22:48

That sounds about right.