Buffalo Boy's Blog

I needed some time before I could comment on last nights game.The more I thought about it the more I really think that missing the playoffs this year is okay. They will either learn something from this year or they will continue down the destructive path they are on, either way I look at it this way:

For the first time in 3 years, I can go outside on spring afternoons and evenings and not have to be in front of TV as the weather gets nicer and nicer. Summers have seemed short the last few years because every other night starting in April and going till June I have been camped in front of a TV with baited breath waiting for playoff hockey.

I may tune in from time to time this year especially if Edmonton makes it, they are my favorite western team but I will not beat myself up over missing part of a game or a whole game. I will go about this spring much differently. I will get outside, get some exercise and maybe even re-introduce myself to baseball again.

After the emotions of the last two years and the roller coaster ride of this year and after watching them fold in the last 8 minutes of a game they had in the palm of their hand ready to squeeze the life out of Ottawa, I need a break. I love the Sabres, but I need a break from the emotional ride that this team takes me on. In five or six games, the season will be over, and spring will hopefully be in full gear with warmer weather.