Ryan Womeldorf
A long-time (and long-suffering) Buffalo sports fan. Sometimes optimistic, always weary. I write other stuff for a lot of other people.
Author's Posts
Buffalo Sabres: The Vanek Trade and Being a Fan
November 7th, 2013 “Sports fan” and “logical” are two words that seem to be in direct conflict with one another. Sports fans are passionate; they invest emotionally in their favorite teams, often with a hometown connection, and don’t want to see that investment repaid with awful games and no championships from their team. They demand someone,...
Thomas Vanek: Goodbye and Thank You
October 29th, 2013 We all knew this day was coming. Some of us didn’t expect it so soon into the 2013-14 season, but still knew it was inevitable. It still doesn’t change the shock and sadness over Thomas Vanek being traded away on Sunday night. With the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings battling on NBC, the World Series playing Game 4,...
Firing Darcy Regier Now Isn't The Answer
October 23rd, 2013 Fans are both the best and worst part of sports. When things are going well, their support can propel a team over the top, taking them to new heights and the two sides share a level of happiness that is hard to match. The connection is special and both sides feel as apart of it all as they possibly can. But when things aren’t going...
Buffalo Sabres: The Week Ahead
October 21st, 2013 It’s been a rough season so far if you’re a fan of the Buffalo Sabres. Yeah, we all knew this wasn’t going to be a good season from the start, but this kind of offensive ineptitude? At the rate they’re going, they will set all kinds of franchise records for their inability to score. And poor Ryan Miller. The guy has been...
What We Learned: Sabres vs Red Wings
October 3rd, 2013 It was game 1 of 82 for the Buffalo Sabres last night. Not only that, but it was prime time against a new divisional rival and arguably a Stanley Cup favorite in the Detroit Red Wings. There are a lot of things to consider and take away from this one, a losing 2-1 effort (I wasn’t far off); some things to be happy about and some...
Game Preview: Red Wings vs Sabres
October 2nd, 2013 Who Detroit Red Wings When Tonight, 8:00PM EST The Dangermen The usual suspects are back in Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg. Datsuyk is the guy you might know from his time spent dekeing the jocks off of people or embarrassing goalies on the reg. When he someone does something cool, it’s “Datsyukian”. That should tell you...
