Talking Buffalo

It’s another edition of the “Finer Wings Club” on Talking Buffalo Podcast, this time with Patrick Moran being joined by ESPN Buffalo Bills beat reporter Marcel Louis Jacques and WGR 550’s Nate Geary for a podcast taped at Imperial Pizza on Abbott Road in South Buffalo.

Part of the fabric of the South Buffalo community for more than a quarter-century, Imperial Pizza is typically best known for their pizza. However, the guys found out their wings are definitely a forced to be reckoned with. They tried three flavors and to say all three were blown away by the Honey Mustard BBQ is an understatement. They also discuss the Loganberry BBQ and Medium wings and the overall feel good vibe of places like Imperial. Marcel goes on to say the Honey Mustard BBQ rival Macy's Place Pizzeria while Nate gives credit for exceptional cooked wings. 

They also spend time talking about their excitement professionally with Bills training camp starting while acknowledging concerns with Covid. Nate highlights left guard and tight end as positional battles he's looking forward to seeing play out at camp while Marcel talks about how the young defensive ends figure to fit in early. They also have takes on if Josh Allen will get an extension before the regular season start and their feelings about the Bills being prohibitive favorites in the AFC east entering the season for the first time in many (many) years. 

Make sure you check out Imperial Pizza, located at 1035 Abbott Road in Buffalo.

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On this episode of Talking Buffalo Podcast, friend and recurring guest Joe Yerdon joins to discuss all things Buffalo Sabres over the past few days, including a review of significant trades as well as the NHL draft that saw the Sabres add to their prospect pool.

The fact Rasmus Ristolainen and Sam Reinhart were both trades last Friday wasn’t shocking, but the return on each certainly caught at least some by surprise. Joe has thoughts on Ristolainen going to Philly and Reinhart to Florida as well as the return on each, his feelings about the departing players as well the ones acquired and how he thinks it will affect the organization going forward.

Meanwhile, Jack Eichel still remains with Buffalo amid reports that general manager Kevyn Adams is asking too much in return. Joe has some takes on that as well as where he thinks the disgruntled franchise center will ultimately end up.

Of course, the draft was this past weekend and Joe also has thoughts on the team taking Owen Power first overall as well as several promising forward prospects.

That plus a look into free agency beginning Wednesday, is this team about to start indirectly tanking again and much more.  Follow Joe on Twitter @JoeYerdon.

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It’s Casual Friday on Talking Buffalo Podcast and Patrick Moran is joined by friend and recurring guest Joe Yerdon to discuss the Covid protocol bombshell the NFL dropped this week, Blue Jays ending their run in Buffalo, the Sabres losing Will Borgen with plenty more moves to come, a “Starting Five” draft of sports arena anthems and much more.

Without making being fully vaccinated officially mandatory the NFL is essentially doing that, informing teams that there’ll be no game rescheduling because of Covid outbreaks and if a team can’t play they’ll be forced to forfeit along with neither team getting paid. Joe has tons of thoughts on that, which of course will lead to tons of Cole Beasley retirement speculation based on his series of recent tweets.

The Sabres lost Will Borgen to Seattle during the expansion draft and Joe has thoughts on that as well as continued rumors on several notable Buffalo trades and of course, the first-round of the NHL draft kicking off tonight.

The guys also discuss the Blue Jays time in Buffalo this season (Joe was at the final Toronto ‘home’ game this week) as well as their weekly draft, this time consisting of sports arena anthems. Can Joe extend his winning streak to five?

All this and much more. Follow Joe on Twitter @JoeYerdon.

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It’s another edition of the “Finer Wings Club” on this episode of Talking Buffalo Podcast, and Patrick Moran is joined by WGR 550 Buffalo Bills beat reporter Sal Capaccio for a discussion about wings, pizza, Buffalo, sports and plenty more taped at Sports City Pizza Pub on the west side.

Sal’s the one who first turned Patrick on to Sports City Pizza Pub and Patrick’s blown away by the place, calling it arguably his favorite all-around bar in Western New York. The wings and pizza are amazing, the craft beer menu is beefy and the appearance/vibe of the place feels comfortable and trendy.

The guys also spend time taking a trip down memory lane, discussing several places and things of Buffalo from when they were growing up, if their feelings about Buffalo changed after both previously spent several years living in Florida, how Sal deals with internet trolls, a rarely heard story about his father involving music, thoughts on Eric Wood returning to call Bills games, a Buffalo Bills player he's heavily focused on going into training camp and so much more.

Make sure you check out Sports City Pizza Pub, whether it’s for the wings, pizza or extensive craft beer menu. This place is the truth!

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On today’s episode of the future award-winning Talking Buffalo Podcast, it’s Casual Friday and Patrick Moran is joined by friend and recurring guest Joe Yerdon to talk Buffalo, Buffalo Sabres, a “Starting Five” draft overrated TV shows and more.

Nothing’s happened with the Buffalo Sabres this offseason outside of the expected Don Granato head coaching hire, but that’s clearly soon changing. The guys discuss who will be exposed and most likely to be taken by Seattle in the upcoming expansion draft, what Joe’s gut currently tells him about Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart, if he thinks Owen Power first overall is now a lock and plenty more Sabres talk.

They also spend a little time talking the Buffalo summer so far, Patrick’s getting more comfortable being back home but notices an increased presence, and the draft of overrated television shows—a category sure to anger many listeners.

All this and much more. Follow Joe on Twitter @JoeYerdon.

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It’s the debut edition of the “Finer Wings Club” on this bonus episode of Talking Buffalo Podcast, and Patrick is joined by Matt Parrino, Buffalo Bills beat reporter for NYup.com and Nate Geary, sports talk radio host at WGR 550 for a conversation on several topics, taped at Mulberry Italian Ristorante in Lackawanna.

Each week or at least most weeks Talking Buffalo Podcast will produce a Finer Wings Club episode, where Patrick has wings at different bars with a rotating panel of guests. Mulberry is known as one of the best overall restaurants Western New York and arguably the very best Italian restaurant. That’s common knowledge. What isn’t known is that serve chicken wings, let alone stunningly good chicken wings! The guys try their “Joe’s Medium”, “Honey BBQ” and the special “Tre White Spicy BBQ” and are absolutely blown away that a place best known for Lasagna and killer meatballs produces wings teetering on an elite level.

After filling their bellies with food (also had meatballs) and praise for Mulberry the guys turn their attention to conversation focused on Buffalo, from the community feel of the town to what it’s like leaving for a long period of time, the bonds much of the local sports media has and much more.

Of course, they spend some time talking Bills including addressing a potential few concerns going into camp. Ironically, as Patrick’s asking Matt about tight end being a potential concern (It’s not to Matt—for the record) it’s noted that Bills tight end Dawson Knox is actually at the restaurant enjoying a meal just a few yards away. It’s great stuff and this is must-listen episode for fans of the Bills, wings and the Buffalo community.

Follow Matt on Twitter @MattParrrino. Follow Nate on Twitter @NateGearySports.

Make sure you check out Mulberry, whether it’s for the wings or the extensive menu. Holy s**t their food is amazing. Spoiler alert---you’ll need to make reservations.

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After a week off, Talking Buffalo Podcast is back and Patrick Moran has a conversation with friend and recurring guest Aaron Quinn from Cover-1 to discuss a variety of topics, including Aaron’s opinion on several Buffalo Bills team and player offseason rankings.

The reason for last week’s absence of podcast episodes was because Patrick moved back to his hometown of Buffalo and took the week to start to get settled in. He talks about that process, a few of things he did in Buffalo over the past week as well as a couple of observations on some wing spots.

Aaron has thoughts on several Bills players in this episode and how the country perceives them, including Josh Allen, Stefon Diggs and Tre White.

They also discuss a few areas of the team that Aaron identifies as potential areas of concern. All that and much more. You can follow Aaron on Twitter @AaronQuinn716 and be sure to check out the Cover 1 Buffalo Podcast

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It’s Casual Friday at Talking Buffalo Podcast, which means Patrick Moran is joined by sports writer and friend Joe Yerdon to discuss several topics, including reaction to zoom pressers from Buffalo Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams and new head coach Don Granato as well as other topics and a “Starting Five” draft of Favorite Wrestlers of All-Time.

It’s also the last episode of Talking Buffalo Podcast to be taped in Florida before Patrick moves back his hometown of Buffalo later this weekend. He takes a few minutes to discuss some of the details with that as well as feelings towards spending the past five years living in Florida and doing the vast majority of the podcast from there.

On the Sabres front, Adams and Granato both spoke to the media on Thursday and next-to-nothing about it was interesting. Joe has takes in the repetitive narrative of the message and provides some of his own takeaways. Joe also has thoughts on a report earlier this week saying the Sabres regard William Eklund as their top-ranked forward in this year's NHL draft class.

The guys also talk about Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and some recent rankings involving him around the league as well as worries that come anytime a team pays a guy franchise player money based off one great season.

They conclude the episode with the weekly Starting Five, diving into their wrestling fandom to select five of their favorite wrestlers of all-time.

All this and much more. Follow Joe on Twitter @JoeYerdon.

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It’s the final week of Talking Buffalo Podcast episodes being recorded in Florida (maybe forever) and Patrick Moran has his favorite recurring guest, Joe Yerdon slated for both shows. Today the focus is on the Buffalo Sabres formally removing the interim tag from Don Granato and making him the 20th head coach in franchise history and sixth since Terry Pegula bought the team in 2010.

Joe has a ton of thoughts on Granato and why he thinks the Sabres made (rare) good move by retaining him with a reported three-year deal. Of course, there’s already wide-spread speculation that Jack Eichel will soon be traded and Joe explains why this move makes that a foregone conclusion.

They also talk about if being able to convince Sam Reinhart to want to say is a realistic possibility, what the market may fetch for Rasmus Ristolainen and if he's underappreciated, Joe’s level of confidence in Granato to continue to raise several younger players’ game in this organization and much more, including Patrick being forced to prematurely end the podcast due to noise complaints from his unusual recording location.

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It’s Casual Friday at Talking Buffalo Podcast and Patrick Moran is joined by sports writer and friend Joe Yerdon to discuss several topics, including thoughts on a new Buffalo Bills stadium in Orchard Park, Cole Beasley’s inability to shut the Twitter machine off, tribute to a former Buffalo Sabres legend and a “Starting Five” draft of best animated/cartoon series.

Reports have surfaced that it appears likely the Pegula’s will ultimately get a new stadium built in Western New York. The guys discuss if they’re surprised to learn that’s likely coming in Orchard Park as opposed to downtown as well as having an overhang as opposed to a dome and the possibility of the team having to play at least a season in Toronto or Penn State while it would get built.

Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley was at it on Twitter again recently, criticizing the NFLPA and continuing his controversial takes towards Covid. Patrick explains why he thinks it’s time for Beasley to hit the deactivate button on his Twitter account.

Joe also pays tribute to Rene Robert, a member of the Sabres famed French Connection line after Robert passed away following a heart attack this week at the age of 72.

They finish with this week’s “Starting Five” draft, this time selected from animated/cartoon series. The picks include everything from recent years all the way back to 1940.

All this and much more including why Patrick hates red wine. Follow Joe on Twitter @JoeYerdon.

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