While I think it is wicked awesome to stay in tune with days gone by, both Hasek and the French Connection are of days gone by. I don't see this as ownership living in the past, but yet, I also wouldn't consider Dom as being living in the present. I mean, if we're going to debate great Sabres, why not build a statue of Myers? Or Rayzor? It's easy to say we live in the past by honoring the greatest line in team history, but the same could be said of any more recent player that doesn't currently play that made their mark on the Buffalo sport scene. By that thought process, let's erect a life like statue of Drury... Not going to happen any time soon, IMO.

This could go back and forth for days on end. Was Perreault the best Sabre player of his time? Likely. Was Dom the best of his? Hell yeah. Have I been consuming beverages of the non sober type while writing this post? Damn Skippy. I guess what I'm trying to drive home is that it is wicked awesome to honor a team's past, while focusing on the current and future. Which I think T-Pegs has done a kick ass job of.

Titty Sprinkles.

As others have insinuated, there is disproportionate nostalgia and romance for the French Connection because they were among the elite players in the league when the team was in its infancy and still looking for an identity. And that in itself is worth remembering and honoring.

But if they played together in the late 80s or early 90s, barely ever sniffing a championship, would they be revered in the same way? I think not.

The statue will honor the history of the team much moreso than the 3 players themselves, whose individual and team accomplishments really weren't that spectacular outside of Buffalo.

Who cares about what ifs? What kind of argument is that?