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@Jayslightning79 In contrast, here are the attendance numbers from Tampa Bay’s modest six year playoff drought. Less than half the time Buffalo suffered through, and keep in mind Tampa Bay has a population about four times the size of Buffalo.

@Mackie__Messer ok? so what does that have to do with anything? I said, Buffalo fans were in Hibernation and now that the team is winning, they're all back. Attendance for Buffalo last 4 years. There's almost 2K more fans showing up. Hence why I said Bandwagon.

What's weird is that Sabres fans are now replying to my tweets that are just about the Lightning

@Jayslightning79 To have a nearly full building on average when your team is still finishing in the bottom 8 every single year after 10+ years of no progress on the ice is a miracle in itself. The hard-core fans are those 15,000 people who kept showing up. Every team has a few band wagoners.

@Jayslightning79 @ReviewLightning I’m not sure what’s difficult to understand about that phrase, but Patrick Kane, the all-time leader among American born players in points in the NHL is from Buffalo.

@Mackie__Messer @ReviewLightning WTF is a "Best American born point scorer"?

@Jayslightning79 @ReviewLightning Wait. Maybe Sabres fans and Bills fans are in fact one in the same because the teams are from the same city? Buffalo is a hard-core hockey town that also happens to love football. Do you think the best American born point scorer happens to be from this area for no reason?

@ReviewLightning LOL Calling them "Sabres fans" is cute. They've been in hibernation for 10+ years. I call those guys Bills fans.

@kuch4mvp We are all aware that Buffalo has been bad for 14 years. We don’t need a reminder of that. But let’s look at Vasilevskiy’s record against Buffalo in the last 4 years. A much more relevant sample. Here’s what I noticed, 2 wins & not a single game with a .900 or better save %

Can you remind me what Vasilevskiy’s record is against the Sabres?? I can’t seem to figure it out 😬? #GoBolts #SabreHood

@gibby1002 @NHL_On_TNT Like most people not from NY he actually thinks that Buffalo is only a couple hours away from NYC at most. On 9/11 I had an online friend who called to make sure I was safe, and they asked if I could see the smoke from the World Trade Center. They lived in NJ.

@NHL_On_TNT Chelios, what does the Islanders and Rangers have to do with being a Sabres fan?

Alex Tuch talked to the boys about how wild the city of Buffalo is going to be come playoff time 😂 "Hope they have a lot of police officers and fire fighters on duty" 🚓🚒

@TSR_Jonah How about Dave Andreychuk?

The first person to bang the drum at a Sabres playoff game needs to have a few specific qualities. It needs to be someone who: a) Will get a huge reaction b) Hasn’t been seen in awhile c) Represents the drought as a whole In my opinion, that person is Jeff Skinner.

@CKurtzman @Lawkstan23 @BenjaminJReport This is what happens when you spend all your money on forwards. Every team needs a competent backup goalie they can count on to play 25-30 games a year minimum. He also needs to be able to steal 1 or 2 every now and then. Even the best starting goaltender needs a few days off.

@Lawkstan23 @BenjaminJReport Jo Jo stinks but he was not total issue tonight We had guys not giving a effort We had guys last night not working hard. Effort should be better for what was online last 2 games

#GoBolts coach Jon Cooper: “You can’t really ever use injuries as an excuse. I don’t know what man-games lost we have this year, but it’s got to be up there in this league. We’ve had to deal with it all year. This is a little different because we had to bring three American League guys just to play in this game, and I thought they did great for us. Ultimately though, It’s a 1-1 game in the third and we’ve got a chance to get points out of this game…We’re a playoff team, we’re just not playing like one right now and we only have a couple of games here to figure it out and see where we land. But we need to be better than we are right now.”

@Douglas11065058 @SinemRawr That’s what I was thinking. Isn’t Tampa a larger city than Buffalo too? I would bet they are.

@SinemRawr Haha yikes, you saying there’s only 20,000 Lightning fans?

Maybe it's because we actually go to the games #GoBolts

@ReviewLightning People were saying the Sabres were falling off for the past two weeks. Thanks to last night‘s game they righted the ship. I know these streaks are short term. But selfishly I wanted to continue long enough for Buffalo to take the division.

The Lightning have won 48 games this year but I swear, after you lose two in a row it feels like you've never ever won a single game in your life

@NotTheCoyotes @22moonlightt OK, a Google says it’s 30 tickets per season before you have to buy a reseller’s license. There are also tiers of licenses: $1k-$3k depending on how many tickets you sell. It’s meant to curb scalping and let people buy tickets at cost who actually want to go to the game.

@NotTheCoyotes @22moonlightt I’m not sure what the threshold is, but the teams keep track of how often you use the tickets you purchased and how often someone else does. Hockey tickets for example, there are 41 home games. Selling less than 10 throughout the season is probably OK. Go beyond that good luck.

hey so if the Sabres made you so horribly miserable over the last how many years and your season tickets every year were such a waste why did you continue buying seasons. No matter how good or bad the Sabres are doing I’d love to have seasons for once. Ungrateful and privileged.

@NotTheCoyotes @22moonlightt They have recently passed a law in NY State that if you purchase season tickets for sporting events and sell the majority of them, or just too many, you’ll be required to buy a $5000 sellers license. Which basically makes selling your tickets for profit pointless.

@22moonlightt Seasons like 1500 with upside of making money don’t understand ur prob here save 1500 buy ticket sell for profit have seasons forever?

@CatWineMix @TheSabreReport No, we’re currently watching Ottawa pound the crap out of you guys in the third period. Not sure if we’ve been over this already, but Buffalo just watches every hockey game all the time.

@TheSabreReport Was there a man assigned to ensure the door is secured and opens only when its safe? Just asking… Must be a slow night in western NY

Scary moment as Zemgus Girgensons is hit and the bench door opens. I don't know who is working the bench door over there, but I don't know if they should keep their job after what happened there. Like, leaving the door open. That could have hurt anyone on either team.

@BoltsGuy04 Buffalo was also missing a top 6 forward and their best faceoff guy. But Tampa’s old defense core is being exposed. #88 played his best game against Buffalo in years, still a regulation loss with less than a .900 save %. Bolts are top heavy like the Leafs were. Need more depth.

Couple takeaways from tonight...UPL outplayed 88. TB has got to score first for once. Lots of ticky-tack BS penalties called both ways. No 71 and 38 hurt.

@OJSampsonite @BoltsBreakdown He used to be a franchise defenseman. Now he’s just paid like one, kind of like Drew Doughty. Both guys are Hall of Famers with multiple cups on their resumes. But if it weren’t for the fact their contracts eat up 10-12% of the salary cap they wouldn’t be top 4 guys anymore.

@Mackie__Messer @BoltsBreakdown I think Hedman is fantastic, first ballot HOF. But he is not himself this season at all. Tampa fans can correct me, but if we’re being honest he is outside of their top 6 if it wasn’t for the name on the back of his jersey

The Lightning are going to win the Stanley Cup this year. Here's why: • tied at 1st for the most 3+ goal deficit comeback wins • tied at 1st for most wins when scoring 6 or more goals • 2nd most wins when allowing 2 or fewer goals • 2nd highest win % in 2-goal games • 2nd highest win % in 3-goal games • 3rd most wins when allowing the first goal • 3rd most comeback wins (any deficit) • t-3rd most wins when being shorthanded at least 5 times • 5th most wins when scoring the first goal • t-7th most wins when having 1 or less power play opportunity No matter the situation, no matter the opponent, the Bolts just find ways to win. #GoBolts

@JSkubinski @BoltsGuy04 I’m not sure you could call either Montreal or Buffalo’s remaining schedule easy. The Rangers are playing well, Columbus is still fighting for their lives, Dallas at the end is a juggernaut still. But it looks like Tampa could be in some trouble.

@Mackie__Messer @BoltsGuy04 All very true. Buffalo has the easiest games left of the group, so it’s there to be had

Tonight screams scheduled L for TB. Back-to-back. Emotional game last night. JoJo in net. OTT fighting for their lives. I can see this one being over quickly. Hope I'm wrong.

@BoltsBreakdown I hope he does.

@Mackie__Messer No, me either. I imagine Coop will retract his statements later on

I wanted to sleep this one off to avoid an overreaction; I woke up just as pissed as I was last night. 1) This injury simply does not happen if that door is latched. The violence results from the door stonewalling his momentum. If that’s a normal board, he rolls right off that hit. 2) Holmberg was having a career year. Already, he’s played more games than in any season prior, and he’s set new career highs in both goals & points. On top of that, the Hounds line has been Jon Cooper’s go-to line, notably shutting down the Avalanche, the Penguins, the Oilers, etc. Injuries suck; injuries that result from human negligence suck even worse. This is horrifying—purely horrific.

@OJSampsonite @BoltsBreakdown To be fair, most of their defense are injured right now or handling personal matters in the case of Hedman. Of course I think him not being out there is actually a benefit to them because he’s older and slow, and the teams they’re competing with are faster than they are.

@BoltsBreakdown Sabres are exposing Bolts average/below average D core. Slow and getting smoked all night.

@BoltsBreakdown I definitely do not support the call to have the door operator fired for this incident. It was a pure freak accident. Nobody did this on purpose. I’ll bet the guy feels just as bad about it as anyone, and he’s being called out specifically by your head coach. Not cool.

@Mackie__Messer Thank you for your reason