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Buffalo Sabres Fan Pulse — Gameday in Buffalo

Your Sabres are for real and everyone knows it

You know, you can feel it on the streets here in Buffalo. It's not just the crisp air off Lake Erie, or the smell of melting snow around the First Ward. It's this hum, this buzzing you hear when you're grabbing a coffee over on Elmwood, or waiting for the bus down by the Seneca One Tower. For years, it was "maybe next year," or "just wait 'til they pull a Sabres." But not now. Not with this team, not with the way they've been playing. People are talking about the Buffalo Sabres like they're *supposed* to win, like it's just a matter of course. It’s a quiet confidence, you know? Not cocky, we're Buffalonians, we don't do cocky. But we're not holding our breath like we used to.

What are folks saying? Well, at Duff's, while I was getting a takeout order for lunch—don't even get me started on Anchor Bar, that's just for tourists—everyone's talking about how Tage Thompson just looks like he's having fun out there. You hear it at the office, too, folks are just shaking their heads, smiling about how unbreakable our streak is. Nine wins in ten? Unheard of around here for a while. Everyone's got their eyes on this game against the Los Angeles Kings tonight, too. It feels like a statement game, even on the road. This isn't the same old Buffalo Sabres, and everyone around here knows it. Let's Go Buff-a-lo!

* Tage Thompson's hot streak * The nine wins in ten games * Tonight's game against the Los Angeles Kings

This whole city's been waiting for this feeling. It’s like we finally got that good beef on weck, the one that makes you forget all the bad ones. It feels right.

Let's Go Buff-a-lo — from the City of Good Neighbors, this is Peg.

You gotta hear Keith and the gang talking about this every morning — check it out at mornings.live.

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