As a Buffalo fan, I experienced plenty of pain in my sports fandom.  For the first time this millennium, the Sabres and Bills are doing well at the same time, and while it might only last a few more days (I feel good about the Bills Saturday though!), I'm certainly going to enjoy it while it lasts.  I'm a hockey fan first, having gone to games 3, 4, 5 (in Philly), and 6 the last time that the Sabres were in the playoffs.  I was in college and wasn't even able to buy a beer at the games!  Here we are, almost fifteen years later, and the Sabres are finally looking like a real time.  Their best forward led the charge the last two days.  Tage Thompson dished two assists and added two shots in the 5-2 win over the Flyers on Wednesday.  He followed it up with one of the games of the season on Thursday, scoring a hat trick with two assists in the 5-3 win over the Canadiens.  Tage is up to 25 goals and 24 assists in 46 games with a 3.5 shots per game pace.  He's now tied for fifth in the league in goals, and second in even strength goals behind MacKinnon.  This is after leading the league in even strength goals last season.  Now, if only the Sabres power play can ever sustasin some success, and Tage could push for a Rocket Richard.  As is, we're looking at a premier goal scorer and a top 20 fantasy forward, which makes him a top 25 player.  Let's take a look at what else happened over the last two nights: