Buffalo knows what's comin' for Montréal tonight
You walk down Elmwood Avenue this morning, grab a coffee near Bidwell, and you feel it, right? It's not that manic, desperate energy we've had for years. It's... different. It’s a quiet hum, you know? Like the whole city is just *ready*. Folks at my usual spot, the Five Points Bakery, they’re not talkin' about "if" anymore. It's "when." They're talkin' about how the Buffalo Sabres finally got that top spot in the Atlantic, how they’re not just squeaking by. It feels like we actually *earned* it, not like we stumbled into it.
The big talk, though, is still that streak. One hundred nine points is huge, no doubt, but that overtime loss against the Florida Panthers last week still stings a bit, even if it was just one game. You hear people at the Wegmans in the McKinley Mall parking lot, grumbling about how we let that one slip, even with the division locked up. It's that old Buffalo Sabres fan anxiety, I guess. You don't shake fourteen years of waiting just because you're good now. But overall? It's confidence. Folks are looking across the border to the Montréal Canadiens tonight, and they’re expecting a W. Let’s Go Buff-a-lo!
* Buffalo Sabres locked up the Atlantic Division. * The team is 6-3-1 in their last ten games. * Recent overtime loss to Florida still on people's minds. * Fans are feeling confident but still have that familiar Buffalo anxiety.
This isn't about hope anymore, it's about expectation. This city, from the Outer Harbor to North Buffalo, we’ve waited long enough. We're ready for the next step.
Let's Go Buff-a-lo — from the City of Good Neighbors, this is Peg.
You gotta hear Keith and the gang chew over this Sabres season every morning — catch 'em at mornings.live.