Conacher Watch

13May13

Conacher WatchI started a running list of goalies Cory Conacher has scored on while working for The Griffin. Now that I’m done at TGN, I’m keeping the list going here and beefing it up a little.

Asterisks (*) denote playoff games. Carrots (^) mark game-winning goals. 

Goals & goalies scored on

1/19/13: Braden Holtby, Washington Capitals (video)

1/22/13^: Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes (video)

1/29/13: Jose Theodore, Florida Panthers (video)

2/1/13^: Ondrej Pavelec (2), Winnipeg Jets (videovideo)

Continue reading ‘Conacher Watch’


I’m leaving town at the end of the month to take a position in Pittsburgh. This is a list of things I always thought looked cool or wanted to do in Buffalo (or just need to do again). If you have suggestions, I’d love to hear them — let me know on Twitter. Only condition is don’t be cliche.

– Drive Niagara Falls Boulevard from one end to the other

– Have wings at Anchor Bar

– Have beef on weck from Charlie the Butcher

– Get one of those giant beer tubes from Pearl Street

– Find out what the big deal is about Sky Bar

– Find out what the big deal is about shopping at the Salvation Army

– Sit in the front row behind the visitor’s dugout on a mostly empty weekday afternoon Bisons game

– Play a round of golf

– Go to the casino

– Lick a melting ice cream cone on the roof of Mississippi Mudds with the sun reflecting in my eyes off the river

– Dress sharp and go to open houses in nice developments and pretend I’m rich

– Find out how to get on Strawberry Island

– Walk to the end of Bird Island Pier

– Ask out a girl who’s way too pretty for me

– Possibly incorporate the preceding bullet with any of the four above it

– Help a complete stranger

– Wear a suit all day just because

– Go to the top of City Hall*

To be continued…

*reader submitted

endofseasonpresser

The Buffalo Sabres hosted a season-ending press conference at the First Niagara Center Monday, with team president Ted Black and still-general manager Darcy Regier holding court.

Sabres owner Terry Pegula again bypassed an opportunity to speak to media, as has been par for his tenure in Buffalo. As the press conference turned from discussion to circus, the focus turned to Pegula’s presence (or lack thereof) as the head of the franchise.

Black said Pegula has spoken to media when appropriate, which is highly debatable, and went on to say that Pegula doesn’t need to comment on day-to-day activity when he has people employed to do that for him. Black said Pegula hired him to run the business operations, so he will discuss those, and Pegula hired Regier to run the hockey operations, so Regier will talk about hockey.

To an extent, that makes sense. If Terry Pegula doesn’t want to talk to media, he doesn’t have to. It’s his team. Continue reading ‘What is a Terry Pegula?’


Final Bills thoughts: The only QB I’d take at No. 8 is Ryan Nassib, and only because Doug Marrone knows better than anybody what he can do.

This is a very poor QB class; Geno Smith, Matt Barkley, etc. will be picked way above their true rate because they are the only options. Using a top 10 pick on second-round talent is not good return on investment and can set the franchise back farther if they take a QB just to have one instead of waiting on a true franchise guy.

The Bills  could play Kevin Kolb or Tarvaris Jackson this year, take a top 10 talent-level player who can help next year’s quarterback (WR, maybe) and fill other holes on the team this year (the Bills are not contenders this year anyway).

As always, I remain a fan of trading down if the opportunity presents itself because the top picks have such inflated value.

Dream scenario: Marrone is in love with Nassib, is able to trade down into the 20s and take him while stocking a few picks as well. It’s Marrone’s first year! Get set up for a serious run three, four years down the road and don’t do anything stupid trying to win right now when you don’t have the team for it.




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