Fifteen

by Anne

I waited in line at Dave and Adam's with Andrej Sekera today. We did not chat. What was I supposed to say? "Hey Andrej, my aunt is Slovakian too, nifty, eh?" "Hey Reg, can you stop being mediocre and go back to being badass like you were last season?" "You're more broad shouldered than I anticipated you'd be." "Why are your pants so shiny?""Why do your friends look like they're thinking about stealing my car?" I don't think any of those are good openers. I was buying a t-shirt for my cousin and the guy ringing me out was looking between me and Sekera and appeared to be thinking "Does this girl know who he is?" the answer is, yes. What do you want me to do, have a panic attack? Apparently if I'd been like 15 minutes earlier I could've seen Paille. GRRR!!!! Or I could go back and see Royzie. Meh. Anyway I bought my cousin a Miller t-shirt with the original logo on it. It's a little big but by the time Miller's contract runs out it'll be too small for him (he's 11, have you SEEN the way boys grow between 11 and 16? omg, he's going to be 16 one day. I still think of him as being about 5 years old or when he was 2 and he was the fattest little kid you've ever seen but he was so adorable and now he's really skinny, wait what was I talking about?)

Anyway, the title corresponds to the number of Sabres I've now encountered off the ice. Most of them were in the bowels of HSBC Arena, but they were not on the ice so I think that counts. They are, for those who are curious:

Derek Roy (S0Ho, ugh don't judge me, it was a bad idea)
Tim Connolly (Arena)
Danny Paille (Wegman's)
Adam Mair (SoHo)
Thomas Vanek (Arena)
Paul Gaustad (I feel like we used to be next door neighbors I saw him all the damn time when I lived downtown)
Jason Pominville (Arena)
Ryan Miller (Arena)
Pat Kaleta (The airport, wearing a #36 hat and carrying a Sabres bag)
Patrick Lalime (Arena)
Andrej Sekera (Dave and Adam's today)
Brian Campbell (SoHo)
Craig Rivet (Arena)
Max Afinogenov (Place I used to work)
Andrew Peters (Same place I used to work and at Wegman's multiple times)

If Mike Funk, Mike Card or Geoff Peters count for anything then the number is 18. (All at Mother's and Card at the Arena)

Anyway, voting is well underway. So far the Sabres are dominating the East. Who's surprised? Encourage others to vote!! Link to this blog in your blogs and get people to vote so we can get an accurate sampling, hahaha. Vote often. I'll update on the first 24 hours of voting tomorrow.

BTW why are all the clothes sold by the NHL ginormous? I found this kind of sweet shirt at Dave and Adam's for a man and I'm like "no biggie, mediums in unisex shirts fit well enough." The small was HUGE and they do not sell extra small for men, haha. Whatevs, I don't go to Sabres games anyway... ok, well I do, but, yeah. I don't generally wear Sabres gear around town

I'm currently bidding on a pair of Sabres tickets for $1.04. No joke. I couldn't resist. If I win them, they're basically up for grabs. They're for Friday's game against LA. I'll find out Thursday. If I win I'll have an extremely easy to win contest and the first person who emails me with the correct answer can have them. They're not great seats but they're in the last row so you can stand which is really a perk if you've never done it and they'll most likely be free, so its really win/win. Oh and if I can think of a clever enough sign, if you get the tickets, I might make you hang it up for me.

Oh yes, and yay to the Tylers for making the World Junior team! Can't wait to see them! Thomas McCollum is tending goal for Team USA as well. Hooray!

I think I'll watch Devils at Maple Leafs tonight and cheer for the Devils over at Interchangeable Parts.

I'm Definitely the Slow One in this Relationship

By S(h)ara

Anne is clearly the better blogger than I. She knows stats, players and all kinds of other cool crap that I don't. So I was gonna do this great post about how I jinx the Sabres when I watch the first period and wear my now-cursed Brian Campbell t-shirt, but I'm just not feeling it. I'm tired and a little cranky and so not in the mood to be at work right now. So instead, I'm going to talk about why I hate pink Sabres jerseys.

I find you morally offensive

For serious, NHL.com? The point of wearing a jersey is to support your team and wear their colors. I know no females who would voluntarily wear that monstrosity. As Anne said it's like they're saying "You can like hockey, but not like men do, like girls do. With pink." Which of course led to a whole humorous exchange between the two of us about the "Rules for Women at Hockey Games."

*Ladies, please avert your eyes for the fighting.

*No curse words are to be used in the presence of ladies. Women sit in the 300's, even sections, Men, don't look at them. HEY LADY! WHERE IS YOUR LAVENDAR GLITTER SABRES TOQUE TO COVER YOUR HEAD?

*Curtains will be hung between the Ladies’ Sections and the Ice. Ladies will be able to watch an edited-for-content video feed of the game, and will be given complementary tea and watercress sandwiches. We ask that all hoop skirts and crinolines not exceed 10 inches in diameter.

This was hilarious yesterday afternoon. And then we went to Dave and Adam's, and got into a whole conversation with one of the wonderful women who works at the Transit store about how much we hate the stupid, effing pink jerseys. If I am ever caught wearing a pink Sabres jersey, I entrust that each and every one of you will make an effort to shoot me where I stand and put me out of my misery.

Meanwhile, Katebits, we totally took this picture for you:

Look! A three of your very own!

Unfortunately, we were unable to steal one for you, since stealing is frowned upon in most societies and Anne and I were unwilling to serve jail time. We hope you enjoy it.

We play Boston tonight. Everyone tell Anne how Boston is going to wipe the floors with us, because when she's not at all optimistic we win. And if it goes to OT and a shootout she is not, under any circumstances, allowed to watch. Just in case.