I figured with the hockey summer doldrums upon us, I'd run a poll each day on who people think is the best Sabre to ever wear a particular number.
I went ahead and skipped from #10 to #12 as only one player ever wore #11 for the Sabres and will ever wear #11 for the Sabres and it's the incomparable Gilbert Perreault.
There are 20 players who wore #12 at least once. But to narrow it down, I'm only going to consider those who wore the number at least a full season for a reasonable number of games. Sorry Gary McAdam, Jody Gage, Ken Priestlay, Scott Metcalfe, Greg Paslawski, Peter Ciavaglia, Bob Errey, Peter Ambroziak, Domenic Pittis, Mark Mancari, and Kevin Porter.
Only consider how that player played while with the Sabres - so, not their NHL career in general.
I'll stick to the main numbers for which players are known.
Polls will allow voting for two days and I'll post the latest results in each poll.
Results so far:
#1 Don Edwards 77.4%
#2 Tim Horton 96.4%
#3 James Patrick 45.7%
#4 Jerry Korab 52.6%
#5 Mike Ramsey 84.9%
#6 Phil Housley 81.0%
#7 Rick Martin 98.2%
#8 Jim Lorenz 38.1%
#9 Derek Roy 91.3%
#11 Gilbert Perreault BYE
Please, no coaching, GM, or owner talk in here!
Your choices are:
Skip Krake 1971
Mike Byers 1972
Larry Mickey 1973-1975
Andre Savard 1977-1983
Sean McKenna 1984-1986
Rick Vaive 1989
Randy Burridge 1996-1998
Ales Kotalik 2002-2009
Brian Gionta 2015-2017
I went ahead and skipped from #10 to #12 as only one player ever wore #11 for the Sabres and will ever wear #11 for the Sabres and it's the incomparable Gilbert Perreault.
There are 20 players who wore #12 at least once. But to narrow it down, I'm only going to consider those who wore the number at least a full season for a reasonable number of games. Sorry Gary McAdam, Jody Gage, Ken Priestlay, Scott Metcalfe, Greg Paslawski, Peter Ciavaglia, Bob Errey, Peter Ambroziak, Domenic Pittis, Mark Mancari, and Kevin Porter.
Only consider how that player played while with the Sabres - so, not their NHL career in general.
I'll stick to the main numbers for which players are known.
Polls will allow voting for two days and I'll post the latest results in each poll.
Results so far:
#1 Don Edwards 77.4%
#2 Tim Horton 96.4%
#3 James Patrick 45.7%
#4 Jerry Korab 52.6%
#5 Mike Ramsey 84.9%
#6 Phil Housley 81.0%
#7 Rick Martin 98.2%
#8 Jim Lorenz 38.1%
#9 Derek Roy 91.3%
#11 Gilbert Perreault BYE
Please, no coaching, GM, or owner talk in here!
Your choices are:
Skip Krake 1971
Mike Byers 1972
Larry Mickey 1973-1975
Andre Savard 1977-1983
Sean McKenna 1984-1986
Rick Vaive 1989
Randy Burridge 1996-1998
Ales Kotalik 2002-2009
Brian Gionta 2015-2017