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#NHL #Lockout Tweet of the freakin’ Day. Sigh… it’s BANDY!

Posted by Scott Michalak on September 29, 2012 at 2:04 pm

Technically, the tweet of the day reads “Check your Wikipedia(s).”

@FrackingSabres Outdoor hockey on a frozen soccer pitch. Very popular in Russia. Check your wikipedias.
— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) September 28, 2012

Whatever, jerk.

Yea I said “jerk.”

Still, despite the slightly implied “Read your own Freedom-Online-Dictionary-You-Internet-Hand-Out-Information-Junkies,” Slava is truly a great follow on the Twitter, and if you’re not following him, then you’re doin’ it wrong-o.

So what is “bandy?” Well, it turns out that it is all sorts of awesome – so long as you consider using frozen soccer fields as an ice rink.

FROZEN SOCCER FIELDS AS A HOCKEY RINK.

Oh, hell yes!

Bandy. We have bandy! It’s ours, and Bettman and Co. (Pegula) can never take it away.

Bandy 300x206 #NHL #Lockout Tweet of the freakin Day. Sigh... its BANDY!

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No shirt-sleeves allowed, gentlemen. Making blood happen: totally cool. Elbows up, fellows!

Bandy!

Watching Semin's debut in VHL, as Sokol Krasnoyarsk has sold out the arena. Fun fact: most popular sports in Krasnoyarsk - rugby and bandy
— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) September 28, 2012

Light at the end of the tunnel of the NHL lockout? Can we organize this in Delaware Park? Hell yes.

Let’s do this.

Screw you, NHL, we can bandy.

Who’s up for a game?

~~Go Sabres.~~

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Tags: bandy, nhl, nhl lockout, Sabres

NHL Lockout Tweet of the Day

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Posted by Scott Michalak on September 27, 2012 at 12:22 pm

Yawn.

Defenseman Andrej Sekera has signed a lockout contract with HC Slovan Bratislava of the KHL.
— Allan Walsh (@walsha) September 27, 2012

Get ready for the onslaught of “Good! I hope he stays there! He sucks!” comments on the message boards and the bar stools. Yes, the yelling and fist-shaking WILL take place despite the fact he’s been developing into one of the Sabres’ best defensemen.* (You know how it goes, folks: he’s a Euro. Yes, I went there.)

andrej sekera NHL Lockout Tweet of the Day

Gettin’ paid.

Remember when hockey was fun? Take us out of this post, @LindyRuffsTie:

~~Go Sabres.~~

*Yup, I linked to HF Boards. Got a post to back up Sekera’s play? Add it to the comments section. I’ll make a list: #SekeraWatch

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Tags: nhl lockout, nhl lockout tweet of the day, Sabres

#NHL #Lockout Tweet(s) of the Day, via @TheyCallMeDubs

Posted by Scott Michalak on September 19, 2012 at 7:29 am

Today features a series of tweets.

Starts off pretty interesting, and ends… well, in a way that provokes hilarious tears, because the other choice for Sabres fans would be tears of pain. Let’s begin the journey!

Capgeek Lockout 1 #NHL #Lockout Tweet(s) of the Day, via @TheyCallMeDubs

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What? Players are getting paid, during the lockout?

TSN Lockout Team #NHL #Lockout Tweet(s) of the Day, via @TheyCallMeDubs

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Yup. Here’s a couple Sabres.

Capgeek Lockout 2 #NHL #Lockout Tweet(s) of the Day, via @TheyCallMeDubs

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Holy crap that’s a lot of money.

Capgeek Lockout 3 #NHL #Lockout Tweet(s) of the Day, via @TheyCallMeDubs

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WE WIN! No, we lose. Buffalo loses even during the lockout. Sigh.

Capgeek Lockout 4 #NHL #Lockout Tweet(s) of the Day, via @TheyCallMeDubs

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And by lose, I mean embarrassingly.

Dubs Lockout Tweet #NHL #Lockout Tweet(s) of the Day, via @TheyCallMeDubs

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And Dubs steals the show with the addition of his newly popular #BecauseItsBuffalo hashtag.

You can find more of @TheyCallMeDubs over at the insanely/awesomely NSFW Sabres/Bills blog, “Dear God Why Us Sports.” Check it out – it’s worth your time, every day. (If you haven’t, shame on you – THEY’VE BEEN ON OUR SIDEBAR FOR MONTHS/YEARS!!)

How about that Ehrhoff guy? He’s getting paid his hockey money this year, but he still took off for Krefeld in Germany to play, which means some unlucky guy loses his job over there. How about that for solidarity?

The hashtag “ #ThePlayers” was created to call fans’ attention to that supposed solidarity, and how these guys should just really be able to play hockey. Except that guy Ehrhoff relegated. The good NHL players will get to play and get paid this season. The rest, well, they get to shinny at the local rink together.

Whatever.

Take us out of this nightmare, @KHL:

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~~Go Sabres.~~

Oh, here’s our obligatory link to that weird NHL lockout video from Taiwan. Enjoy, (if you haven’t already):

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Tags: nhl lockout tweet of the day, Sabres

#NHL #Lockout Tweet of the Day – via @GrilledCheez, @LindyRuffsTie, Me

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Posted by Scott Michalak on September 18, 2012 at 7:33 am

It’s a three way tie today.

Of course, no one wins the lockout game, but we can still attempt to have fun while our hockey world continues to disintegrate before our very eyes: SO MUCH SAD…

@GrilledCheez, undeterred by aforementioned all-caps sadness, decided to try to romance our beloved Sabres back into business (stick taps to @LindyRuffsTie):

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Not surprisingly, even the power of Peter Gabriel is powerless against Gary Bettman and co. Still, everyone give @GrilledCheez the “Hey – nice try, nice try!” lest our old little league coaches be disappointed in us.

Also, this made me want to grab an old Certron and make up an old fashioned mix tape. Briefly. It took hours to make those damn things.