10/9/08 E-mail (posted late)

"The good ol' hockey game,It's the best game you can name.And the best game you can name,Is the good ol' hockey game."

After a long, LONG offseason it's my extreme pleasure to welcome you to the 2008-2009 Buffalo Sabres season. There are now 500+ names on this email, up from 300 last year!
Last year I worked just as hard as the Sabres, sending out 7 emails to their 39 wins. As a result we both missed the playoffs and made some serious changes in the offseason. The Sabres resigned Miller and Pominville, traded for bad mother(shut your mouth) defenseman Craig Rivet, and unveiled a new third jersey with the old logo. I, on the other hand, committed this offseason to adding an iPhone and an hour commute to my team. Hopefully we will both be more productive this season. Let's get to business.

The season starts this Friday at 7:30pm as the Sabres take on the Canadians. There are two main spots in the City to catch the game. Downtown we will be at Kelly's Sports Bar at 12 Avenue A. They'll have the sound on, a newly installed goal light ready and ample drink specials. For opening night they will have $3 Molson's and buckets of Blue for $23 (that price includes a $3 tip), and $2 Buffalo Blue shots. During regular season they will do buckets of both beers for that price.

Uptown the party is at Kinsale's on 1672 3rd Ave (between 93rd and 94th). They have a $3 pint special and are known to be generous with their buyback policy. They also have portable speakers so you can hear the game.

Center IceFor any of you that can't make it out on Friday you can catch the game on the free Center Ice preview. The free preview is available until Oct 15th. On Time Warner in the City the NHL games are on Channels 431-445 (check your local listing). The next two games are against the Isles on Monday afternoon and the Rangers Wednesday night and will be available on local TV. After that you'll need to fork over $159 before Oct 15th or $169 thereafter to see all the games at your house.

OffseasonTo catch up on all the offseason news you may have missed check out:http://www.letsgosabres.com/pressbox/archive.php

The Buffalo News season preview came out today and all of the articles can be found here:http://www.buffalonews.com/buffalosabres/

That's it for now. So excited the season opener comes on a Bills bye week. Let’s Go Buffalo!

Kevin