Be Proud Buffalo!
Well by now anyone who follows NHL hockey knows that the Stanley Cup teams are set and that the Buffalo Sabres aren't in it this year. Last night Buffalo lost in the seventh game to the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2. It was a heartbreaking loss for Buffalo fans and more so for the players.
That being said…
Buffalo has a lot to be proud for regarding it's team this year and should take heart and a lesson away from the experience. This year's Sabres team was one of the hardest working class of players I have seen Buffalo produce in a long while. The lessons to take away from this season are many but the one I feel Buffalo as a city and it's people needs most is:
If you work hard, make no excuses and show yourself some respect, the world will come to respect you.
At the beginning of the year, no one (outside, perhaps the Buffalo organization) expected the Sabres to make it to the playoffs, little alone the Eastern Conference Finals. They got there just the same. They got there playing one game at a time.
It would have been great to see the hardest working men in show business give the business to their critics by making it to the Cup, but in my opinion they proved themselves already — one game at a time.
The Eastern Conference run was some of the toughest series in the NHL Playoffs this year. Buffalo stood up and played their best. Despite a fair amount of adversity and injuries along the way, they pushed on and kept the effort going until the very end
The Buffalo Sabres worked hard, made no excuses along the way when things got tough and their fans should be and indeed are, very proud of their team.
Along the way the Buffalo Sabres through team effort, individual sacrifice, and shear will gained the respect of a lot of people on and off the ice. Although this team won't see their names etched on Lord Stanley's Cup, their names and their efforts will be etched in many a fan's memory for a long time to come.
As proud as we are of our team, it's now time for Buffalo to stand up for it's own sake and be proud! … Take a lesson from your team and be proud of yourself, your history, and your people!
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