Mike Harrington
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Sabres/MLB columnist, @TBNSports . BBHOF voter, 2013 Buffalo BBHOF inductee. Carrot stinks. The Tank failed. "Mike, YOU coach!" -- Lindy, 1/18/12.
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My column for
@TBNSports
on a Buffalo legend: Rick Jeanneret was more than worthy as our voice for all time.
Some stories from life on the road with RJ and advice to the
#Sabres
: Give the man a statue.
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Booger McFarland on ESPN: "Nobody is concerned about football right now. America is concerned about one thing: The health and safety of this young man." Says flatly this game should be over. Amen.
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A quick Michigan-Ohio State thought: FOX really needed a far more muted presentation of Urban Meyer. Seriously.....Gus Johnson saying there aren't many men like him, the whole crew talking about "all the things he's gone through"....Just a really tone-deaf, bad look all around.
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BREAKING: It is my sad duty to report that Hall of Fame broadcaster Rick Jeanneret, the legendary play-by-play man of the
#Sabres
, has died this evening. The team has confirmed the news.
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Memo to ESPN: Stop with the damn split screens. If we want to watch the Eagles game, we’ll flip the channel. We’re watching the
#Bills
.
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#Sabres
in back room roar as Bass kicks the winning FG. Tuch celebrating wildly. Said one teammate: “Remember you’re not on the team.”
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This franchise is an utter disgrace. Ownership, management, coaches, players. All of 'em. That's all I got to say today.
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Cozens on his hit on Matthews: "Just seeing what he did to (Dahlin), it was a really dirty crosscheck and a dangerous cross check. So I decided to go out there and finish my check on him. And obviously a couple of guys didn't like that. But I'd do it again if I had to. " (1/3)
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Obviously I've been knee deep in writing RJ stuff and still am. But the fans should be saluted. How sad a night this would have been in a 1/2-empty building. To see you fill the house and cheer for RJ -- and the team -- like this, it feels like the old days. More, please.
#Sabres
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Man, McDermott nailed this. The pass to Williams and then calls timeout for a curtain call on last defensive series. A coach who really understood the moment. Bravo, Kyle Williams. A warrior.
#Bills
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Lyubushkin: "If you see my statistics, I have not scored a lot. It's always fun. I'm glad to score for Buffalo Sabres. It's my team. It's nice. It's great to be here. Great guys, Unbelievable teammates. Young team, good vibes here. It's a joy to play hockey here."
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Just spoke with
#Sabres
captain Kyle Okposo. Loved this: "There are some teams that I prefer not to listen to their feeds, so I don't watch a lot of their games. When I was with the Islanders, I watched a lot of Buffalo because of RJ. He just called such a good game." (1/2)
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Craig Anderson said his 11-year-old son went on the Bauer web site and designed his gear for this year. Including the black and red versions. "If anybody doesn't like it, you can take it up with him."
#Sabres
@GoalieGearNerd
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An emotional Jason Pominville asked to be excused from an interview with the media to compose himself as the topic was on his potentially last home game with the
#Sabres
. Quite a scene.
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Arkansas coach Eric Musselman on his Buffalo experience: "I gotta come back I guess in the summer because I had a blast. I had great meals, loved visiting the Bills. All the people there were awesome and I definitely want to try to come to a Bills game without question." (1/2)
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Krebs said Buffalo feels like home in Calgary, as compared to Vegas: "There's winter. There's trees around." He said he wants to have kids playing on a backyard rink, at a house with trees. "There's a lot of trees here." Feels like he fits right in, both team and city.
#Sabres
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Dahlin: “You can really see we’re brothers in the locker room. We care about each other. We have something really good going on. Everyone wants to win together and it’s fun to be a part of for sure.”
#Sabres
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Okposo with some insight on
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culture: "We still have guys going out there 25 minutes early today, last practice of the year. That's not normal for this time of year. But it's the norm around here. And that's all that matters: What we do as a group and how we act."
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This isn’t filthy. It’s terrible. Should be against the rules. He stopped.
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NBC is muting a lot of this concert. Green Day must be potty mouthing.
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What an awful call in Minnesota. The Buster Posey play ruined baseball. Where was Gary Sanchez supposed to be? Throw right on the plate.
#Bluejays
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Here it is for the history books, Buffalo. Your first minute of Owen Power on the ice with the
#Sabres
.
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We're now under 10 minutes away from no longer having to see a single television shot the rest of the playoffs of either Bob Kraft or Jerry Jones. And that's glorious.
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#Sabres
by the numbers:
6-1-3 in the last 10
8-2-3 in last 13
10-4-3 in last 17 since March 1.
Holy moly.
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7-1-1 last nine. If this team doesn’t make it, all manner of props to them. It’s on to Game 80 — Game 80! — and they’re still alive.
#Sabres
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Ryan Clark on ESPN....Has just been brilliant with Van Pelt in the last half-hour....Talking real life. Far above football..
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Cozens pulls no punches: “I think we definitely play way too soft. We’re too easy to play against. We need to get a little FU in our game. We had more of that last year. We’re way too soft this year. I feel we don’t kill plays and we get bullied.”
#Sabres
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Granato on Quenneville: "My only thoughts are for Kyle (Beach) and the whole situation, I really can't think anything beyond that. ... I don't have any thoughts other than for Kyle and anybody else that has gone through the hardship of that. I can't think past that actually."
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Lindy: “One of my biggest disappointments was not giving RJ that Stanley Cup call. … I can’t imagine what that would have been like. It would have been spectacular.”
#Sabres
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Repeating what I've written: Krueger should have been fired after the double shutout last weekend against Philly. I have no idea what this organization is waiting for.
#Sabres
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Just a reminder: Kevyn Adams traded Sam Reinhart for Devon Levi and a draft pick he turned into Jiri Kulich. There's a chance that might turn out OK for the
#Sabres
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ESPN feature right now on Diggs. First sentence: “In the freezing cold of Western New York.” Come on. Be better. Diggs hasn’t dealt with any freezing cold. He won’t tonight either. A hackneyed cliche. This isn’t Antarctica. It’s cold in Chicago and Boston, NY and lots of places.
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Shane Wright: “I know what jersey I want to put over my head.” He’s locked in on
#Habs
calling his name at No. 1.
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BREAKING: Jeff Skinner won the Last Men In vote and will head to the All-Star Game.
#Sabres
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My message to
#Sabres
: Looks like at least 17,000 here and maybe more (Yes, I know a bobblehead is part of it). You've been terrible for months. An absolute joke in fact. You're playing Ottawa. And they're here. This market is desperate to be in the league. Get a clue. FIX THIS.
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Cozens was the most effusive in the room: "It shows that we're for real. That's the best team in the league right there and we found a way going down five on three. The penalty kill stood on its head and UPL stood on his head and we found a way to come back."
#Sabres
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My goodness.
#NYR
coming in with the blowtorch to Player Safety. About time a team stood up for some justice. "A horrifying act of violence" went unpunished. A "dereliction of duty" by George Parros and "he is unfit to continue in his current role."
BRAVO. ABSOLUTE BRAVO.
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I'm literally baffled at the level of outrage that the Sabres didn't dump guys for 6th & 7th-round picks and actually want to teach their young guys winning is important. When are you people going to get that message? The Tank is over. It failed. We're not in 2015 anymore. Stop.
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Current summary of the McDermott era?
13 seconds, 12 men.
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Anyone else getting the same sickening feeling that the
#Bills
might actually make the Super Bowl -- and have to beat Tom Brady and Gronk on their new home field in Tampa?
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This should not be legal. It's terrible. Totally against what the shootout is supposed to be. Better yet, let's just play 7 minutes of OT and have ties if nobody scores.
This is garbage.
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BREAKING: I've learned Don Granato will be the
#Sabres
interim coach and Steve Smith has also been fired. Development coaches Matt Ellis and Dan Girardi are going to be behind the bench as assistants.
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So Gronk commits a suspendable offense and the
#Bills
end up losing 15 yards on all the exchange....classic...
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Dahlin looks ahead: “I’m 100 percent sure it will turn out really good in Buffalo.”
#Sabres
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Jeff Skinner on why his assist total mushroomed: “They finally started putting my passes in.”
Classic deadpan. Then he laughed.
#Sabres
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The UB women have become a part of mainstream Buffalo. You don't have to be a UB grad, don't have to be a women's hoop fan. You just have to be a Buffalo sports fan to respect what they've done.
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Here's the deal: I'm not getting into Covid debates. It's real. The league is shutting teams down and postponing game. They're not faking that. There's no conspiracies. You wackos throw your political mumbo jumbo at me, you're getting muted. Period. And get your damn shots.
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Okposo on Cozens' hit: "Obviously, the cross check from Matthews was not good. I don't care that he's their best player. When you do it to arguably our best player, then you're going to get a response. I don't care who you are on the other team."
#Sabres
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Still can't believe Owen Power's NHL debut is 90 minutes from home and
#Sabres
don't think it's worthwhile to send their radio/TV crew to the game. What an absolute embarrassment. Disservice to the on-air talent and a total we-dont-care to the fans.
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Imagine being a
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fan from, oh, 1970-2000, and having a 35-0 lead in Miami -- 35-0! -- and thinking there are things they can do better.
This club has quite a ceiling.
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And I think the Mittelstadt haters are now silenced. He’s been first-round pick outstanding for weeks.
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Jim Lorentz hasn't been on the
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airwaves since 2007. Seriously. It seems like yesterday. And it sounds like he never left.
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The
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are 25-11-3 — a 111-point pace — around both sides of that eight-game losing streak when they played without three and four injured defensemen. So when do we come to the conclusion that they’re good?
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Man,
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taking the ice to "Sabre Dance" is the only way it should ever be. It sounds sooooo good. No stupid rock. No overthinking. Just keep doing it. Every night for the rest of our lives.
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Levi: "The puck is going to go in at the end of the day. You're never going to play a perfect game. ... It's the best league in the world. You kind of flip the page. It's going to happen. You've got to love it. It's a little bit of adversity. It's not going to kill you." (1/2)
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I'm getting this a lot. Good lord, people.
The franchise leader in victories. The all-time leader in victories in **NHL history** for American goalies. A former Vezina Trophy winner. And people actually don't think he's worthy of having his number retired by the
#Sabres
? Come on.
@ByMHarrington
I liked Ryan Miller, don’t think he should be in rafters though. He was just a good goaltender in my opinion.
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The coaching has been a stunning disappointment in this one. But this has nonetheless been a great season. It feels like 1988 in Cincinnati. Best team won and went to the Super Bowl but you knew it was not a one-shot chance. There was a lot more coming. Same feeling now.
#Bills
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Thompson: “We know how enthusiastic and genuine this city is. We’ve got the same thing in our locker room. A lot of genuine guys.”
#Sabres
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Eichel exploded in room, pounding equipment, screaming, storming out without speaking. Good to see. Said more than any quote could.
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So Jack Eichel could have never imagined when he got traded to Vegas in November that by May they would miss the playoffs AND the coach would get fired. It’s like he never left Buffalo. Heh. Wonder if
#VGK
turfed DeBoer to get Barry Trotz.
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Holy moly, it all went
#Bills
way today. Miami loses at SF, KC loses at Cincy, Jets lose at Minny... After they win three games in 12 days....
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Granato mic drop when I asked how impressed he was with
#Sabres
at 5-on-5: "I'm not. It's just the way we need to play. That's it. That's how we play and I'm excited that our guys are sensing and feeling how good they can be in taking time and space away playing aggressive."
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This guy has gone through a lot since he got here. But he has been pure class since the day he walked in the door.
Kyle Okposo wrote a letter to Sabres fans after last night's win.
Read it here:
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The crowd is chanting 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 and "We Want Ten"....but not for goals. For wins...That is epic.
#Sabres
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#Sabres
JJ Peterka of Germany is named the top forward of the World Championships. Huge breakthrough tourney for him.
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In relatively short order,
#Sabres
have jumped from 8th in Atlantic to 4th, and from 10 points out of the last playoff spot to four.
There’s 50 games left. There might actually be meaningful hockey in Buffalo this season.
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Vegas loses. Bordeleau, the Michigan kid, gets the only goal in the shootout. Eichel one of three stopped by Reimer... Devastating defeat. Up 4-2 with under 3:00 left. They go to Dallas three points back. They lose in regulation and they're out.
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Zach Benson. Absolute beast. No fear.
How the hell did he get to No. 13 in the draft?
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From
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#Sabres
Golden season and it will be his 49th at the mic.
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The NHL tried to make John Scott go away. Wish they'd use the same effort on Mike Milbury.
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MSG shrinking the screen ***during play*** to highlight the advertiser of that segment is really unacceptable. Stop it.
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The
#Sabres
are on a 107-point pace. Jeff Skinner is on pace to score 57 goals. The taste of your breakfast just got better.
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