Buffalo's ready for Montréal tonight

You know, walking through Elmwood Village this morning, past Spot Coffee and all, I figured folks would be buzzing more. I mean, we’re first in the Atlantic, 50 wins. It’s been… a minute. But honestly, it’s not that electric hum you’d expect. It’s more of a quiet hum, you know? Like everyone’s holding their breath, trying not to jinx it. We've got the Montréal Canadiens coming into KeyBank Center, and while it's a rivalry game, people are still just… waiting. It’s not confidence, not really. It’s more like a deep, deep anxiety that we’re all trying to keep under wraps after so many years of disappointment.

What everyone *is* talking about, besides how hard it is to get a parking spot down near Canalside these days, is whether we can actually keep this going through the playoffs. It’s less about tonight and more about April, May, even June. You hear people at Duff's, getting their wings – not Anchor Bar, mind you, *Duff's* – and they’re not even talking about the game tonight with the Montréal Canadiens. They’re talking about how Owen Power looks, if Tage Thompson is really healthy, if we can avoid *that* collapse. It’s a lot of "if this, then that," you know? Fourteen years without a sniff, it makes you a little… cautious. Let’s Go Buff-a-lo!

Let’s Go Buff-a-lo — from the City of Good Neighbors, this is Peg.

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