Sabres unveil video game opener... Nostalgia boner

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Classic Sabres highlights + @EASPORTSNHL 🎮

Sound up & enjoy! pic.twitter.com/AEl3eVnvDg

— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) January 7, 2017

The definitive list of the top 5 wing spots in WNY

Yeah, real original. Whatever. But this is a list that has been done and absolutely mangled thousands times. There is a correct answer to this question and it is as follows:

5. Duffs

Yeah - Duffs might seem cliche and what everyone who comes to Buffalo for a weekend will say when they ask where the best wings are. But there is no denying that you can sit down and eat 20 of these fuckin things for dinner. The sauce is straight out of the textbook of what Buffalo sauce should taste like. It's more of an experience that everyone coming to Buffalo needs to have. When people from Buffalo think of chicken wings - this is it.

4. Bar Bill

Bar Bill is the new hot chick that moved to town and is getting all of the attention. And for good reason. There are tons of different sauces and most of them are A+. Bar Bill is an awesome meal - theres no doubt about it, but I just couldn't put them at the top of my list. When you go be prepared to wait 30 minutes to an hour and if you go on a Friday/Saturday night forget about it. But what they lack in space they make up for in wings that will blow your dick off. (note: Ladies, you have dicks in this analogy.)

3. Randys Up The River

The dark horse! Now if you have never ventured past the south towns to Olean, NY, you probably won't have had these. Randy's has the best wing sauce - and the best variety in WNY. Not even close. But Randy's is a solid hour and a half drive from downtown Buffalo. The bar looks like the Hells Angels will be hanging out there - but thats just that lovely ambiance of a small town bar that no one has maintained in 20 years will have.

2. Wellington Pub

Wellington could be number one on this list very easily. The wings are always fresh and crispy. The only thing holding it back in my opinion is sometimes they take way too long to come out. Hertel is a great spot in the summer to hang out so it's usually no problem. But you can only spend so much time in a narrow bar in the winter with 60 year old men. Love the wings. The crowd is meh.

1. Gabriels Gate

The reigning champ. Hulk Hogan. Shawn Michaels. The Rock. Gabriels Gate. Gabriels is 5 minutes from downtown and has some of the best chicken wings in the world. The sauce is great and the wings are never soggy - a rookie mistake you run into so often in places that aren't Buffalo. Figure it the fuck out.


Stick that in your pipe and smoke it Guy Fierri.

Buffalo gets smashed by snow in January... shocker

As is tradition in Buffalo schools and jobs across the city let out early to try to be the impending wall of snow that was due to hit around 2pm. Fast forward 6 hours and 24 inches of snow later and we have cars and school buses stranded on roads across the city.

I know a lot of people hear about the weather in Buffalo and how it's a real dick some (most) of the time, but it's hard to get an understanding of how shitty the conditions get in a short period of time. Check out the time lapse below:

Check out this cool snow timelapse video from @AndisJack23 in West Seneca! pic.twitter.com/AQ6LaAnqrL

— News 4, WIVB-TV (@news4buffalo) January 6, 2017

It was fuckin 50 degrees on Tuesday man. 

I'm sure you're wondering how bad of a driver do you have to be to get "stuck in the snow"? Well... 

Guy in traffic tells me he's been wiping his car off every 10 minutes. Very slow moving traffic in Lackawanna @news4buffalo pic.twitter.com/RLEz87dLR6

— Rachele Mongiovi (@4RacheleM) January 5, 2017

Fucking Buffalo... and they wonder why people jump through tables

Sabres open week against NYR, Chicago – Have lost 6 of last 7

In a trend that has become all too familiar to Sabres fans the team has fallen flat on its face midway through the season. The team has lost 6 of their last 7 games – including two huge games against East rival Boston. And things don’t get easier from here. The team plays two perennial cup contenders in the next 2 games and dropping these two could more or less the team’s season in January.

It’s no secret the team needs a spark and that needs to come from Jack. Since coming back in late November he has 12 points in 15 games. In the same breath with Eichel you can throw in Evander Kane who has been on fire recently as well. In every game you watch Kane jumps out on the screen as an explosive forward who can in disrupt all 5 players on the opposing team in one shift and score to finish it off. He has cemented his place on this team in scoring 12 points in the last 16 games and I’m glad the muttering of him being a possible trade candidate have died out.

With Ryan O'Reilly out for the foreseeable future after he had an appendectomy the team needs to fill his production through a committee. Reinhart, Okposo and Foligno are more than capable of stepping up and scoring when the opportunity presents itself. What they need to do is create opportunities on their own now that ROR is out. ROR is one of the best passers in the league and without him in the lineup shots need to increase.

Young guns:

Justin Bailey got the call up with Johan Larsson breaking his wrist in a collision with the boards in Boston. Bailey is an explosive and talented forward who has 20+ points with the Amerks already this year. Look for him to make the most of his second stint with the Sabres this year and score his first career goal.

Bills Fire Rex

And there it is - the news that everyone was waiting for since Rex coached the worst OT in recent history. There is no doubt that Rex can fire a team up but it has been proven time and time again that it's just not enough in NFL.

Just consider this: Rex knew he was coaching for his job. If you win, you still have a shot at playoffs (all 5 scenarios played out to where the Bills would have still been playoff eligible by the way). And Rex fucking punts the ball with less than 4 minutes left in the game to play for a tie. That is INDEFENSIBLE. You deserve to be fired for playing like a fucking coward. 

I've been on the Rex train since he was hired. He is a big time name and big time personality that a city like Buffalo would welcome with open arms. But when you're at the podium swinging your dick and guaranteeing Super Bowls and then you can't even climb above .500, you don't have a leg to stand on when the grim reaper is at the door. 

So here we are: a team going into yet another meaningless week 17 game, with an interim coach and EJ Manuel under center. That's got to be 3 squares on your Buffalo misery bingo card. 

And I swear to god if I hear one more person say the name Bill Cowher I'm going to jump into oncoming traffic. 

JACK IS BACK

Jack is back and he wasted no time getting reacquainted with his team – assisting on a Okposo goal 6 minutes into the first period, followed by a snipe of his own 3 minutes later. This team is night and day different with Jack on the ice. Taking late penalties when ahead by two goals and allowing 4 goals every game obviously isn’t going to cut it, but that’s not what this is about dickheads. Jack is back. Let’s roll.

Sabres Season Update - Evander is back, Jack is on the way, Offense stinks

The Rundown:
5-6-4 (24th in the league) - only 1 win at home
GF: 29 (29th in the league)
GA: 37 (10th in the league)
Leading Scorer: Matt Moulson (6)
Most Points: Kyle Okposo & Ryan O'Reilly (9)


The Season is entering that time period where teams start to show who they are and the cream starts to rise to the top of the league. Every year we over-react to the first 10-15 games and that is what I'll try to avoid in writing this, but will inevitably spiral into.

The Good:
-Matt Moulson actually cares about hockey again. Last year was an absolute dud. To the point where everyone (myself excluded) thought we should consider a buy out the remaining 3 years and 15 million left on his contract. This year Moulson looks nothing like the player he was last year. Perhaps playing on the same line with Okposo (Moulson is his son's godfather) or hearing the media chirping in his ear about being a bust, but I'm glad we got he player back who earned the big contract a few years ago.

-Kyle Okposo is worth the money. Watch any game the Sabres have played in this year (save for the opener when Okopso was hurt) he was one of the best players on the ice. He's explosive and isn't afraid to shoot the puck, something that this team desperately needs.

The Bad:
-Tyler Ennis has struggled to get back to being the player he was 2 years ago when he was one of the long bright spots on the roster. After his concussion last year which was rumored to be nearly career ending, he was looking for a rebound season and a scoring threat. However after 12 games he has just 1 goal and 1 assist and a -6 +/-.

-Evander Kane is still a giant question mark. No one can deny the guy's raw talent and speed. Personally he is one of the most exciting players I watch on the ice game in and game out, but that hasn't translated to the production expected out of a guy making over $5 million a year. I'll probably end up the only guy going down on the Evander ship, but I still belive he can be a 20-30 goal scorer in the right situation. Looking for a huge jump in productivity in the remaining 65 games, and plenty of time to do so.

Question Marks:
-Will Jack's ankle linger all year or will being 20 years old help him heal from a notriously hard to get shake injury?
-Is Robin Lehner the franchise goalie you need? Dude sucks at shootout's.