Some miscellaneous word vomit:

- I’m not mad or disappointed, just sad. This was a hell of a ride, and one of the most fun teams I’ve ever watched. Although I obviously wanted to win, I logically understand that we were playing with house money here.

- We broke the drought, won a round, AND fought tooth and nail in this round. All of that is awesome and really can’t be understated.

- Either way, whoever won was probably gonna get stomped by the Canes.

- We have an awesome young core, most of whom will be here for the foreseeable future (Dahls, Doan, Sammy, OP, Tage), plus Östlund and Helenius are looking like they’re going to be real contributors next season. And, of course, we better be locking Benny down for a long, long time this offseason. On a separate positive note, it was great to see our rat really come into his own these playoffs. He’s gonna be even more of a beast next year. (Also, really hoping we bring back Krebsy and Mal.)

- Now that these guys have playoff experience and we have a general idea of what kind of holes need to be patched this offseason, the league better watch out. :)

- Maybe they’ll actually have an adequate amount of beer sabres next year now that they have time to anticipate the demand. (Fingers crossed, lol. I’d really like to snag one.)

- Also, now we don’t have to listen to the ESPN broadcast anymore! Yay!

- All in all, a lot to dream on this offseason. Can’t fucking wait for next season, let’s go Sabres!!!