So I had made up my mind. I still had the tiniest glimmer of hope that the Sabres could make the playoffs, no matter what the mathematical formulas were. I knew it was slim, but I'm an optimist, what can I say?
I was just going to enjoy watching the last home game of the season, with no worries on what the main outcome was (well, as along as it wasn't totally embarrassing or ~epic fail~).
Then this happened.
It was mainly the haircut talking. It's very loud.
What? You are supposed to be the temporary scapegoat of the team while 'Tri is out! This is not supposed to happen, Butter! I know Goose passed it right along to you, but still!
Somehow, I gained more hope. Despite the B's going for the trap (le yawn), the Sabres kept going. And kept going! Even with the chances, I saw it go to overtime.
That made me nervous... I wasn't sure about the playoff situations, like who needed to win and all that stuff the Kevin Sylvester tried to explain. Sorry Dimples, it made my head hurt a little. Plus your dimples distracted me. They're so pretty!
But I kept watching with bated breath. We needed to win to keep our itsy bitsy hopes alive.
Then all of the sudden, baby D #1 aka Weber checks Metropolit (questionably), sends it to T-Vans... then I see that baby D #2 aka Reggie has the puck and launches it towards the net.
Reggie and his oddly colored mouth guard make things work.
The horn goes off... and THE SABRES SCORED? Really? Is this an early April Fools joke? (Totally different from how Sean Avery thinks he's being tricked, but I digress.)
The team didn't give up, therefore some of the rainbow! and puppies! and sparkles! talk from Captain Pommers actually stayed in their heads?
So I did what any logical, knowing Sabres fan would do. I jumped out of my chair, screamed and danced around my dorm room. I'm pretty sure my floor and/or hall already hates me from my game watching outbursts, and if not, they do now.
Now, now. I know what you're gonna say. "It's just one game, we have to win out and then this team has to do this..." "Even if there is a chance that we make it into the playoffs, we'll be swept the first round..."
I know. It doesn't guarantee anything. It was one win, not regulation either, and if we really have a chance, all those factors have to go our way. I still don't think it's likely at all, but it kept that feeling of hope from completely faltering.
Playoffs or no playoffs, it was an exciting time, just watching hockey and having fun with it. The S.S. Sabres Fan is still above water for now, and still alive. Had it gone down, I would have gone right down with it. But as the anti Porky Pig would say, "That's not all folks!"
Somehow, I gained more hope. Despite the B's going for the trap (le yawn), the Sabres kept going. And kept going! Even with the chances, I saw it go to overtime.
That made me nervous... I wasn't sure about the playoff situations, like who needed to win and all that stuff the Kevin Sylvester tried to explain. Sorry Dimples, it made my head hurt a little. Plus your dimples distracted me. They're so pretty!
But I kept watching with bated breath. We needed to win to keep our itsy bitsy hopes alive.
Then all of the sudden, baby D #1 aka Weber checks Metropolit (questionably), sends it to T-Vans... then I see that baby D #2 aka Reggie has the puck and launches it towards the net.
Reggie and his oddly colored mouth guard make things work.
The horn goes off... and THE SABRES SCORED? Really? Is this an early April Fools joke? (Totally different from how Sean Avery thinks he's being tricked, but I digress.)
The team didn't give up, therefore some of the rainbow! and puppies! and sparkles! talk from Captain Pommers actually stayed in their heads?
So I did what any logical, knowing Sabres fan would do. I jumped out of my chair, screamed and danced around my dorm room. I'm pretty sure my floor and/or hall already hates me from my game watching outbursts, and if not, they do now.
Now, now. I know what you're gonna say. "It's just one game, we have to win out and then this team has to do this..." "Even if there is a chance that we make it into the playoffs, we'll be swept the first round..."
I know. It doesn't guarantee anything. It was one win, not regulation either, and if we really have a chance, all those factors have to go our way. I still don't think it's likely at all, but it kept that feeling of hope from completely faltering.
Playoffs or no playoffs, it was an exciting time, just watching hockey and having fun with it. The S.S. Sabres Fan is still above water for now, and still alive. Had it gone down, I would have gone right down with it. But as the anti Porky Pig would say, "That's not all folks!"
