Archives for May 2007

'Ryan Miller has held up his end of the bargain.' … [Read more...] about No sign of Senators big line

'The interesting thing is that Afinogenov had that goal but played less than 10 minutes in the game. If you go man for man through the Sabres' line-up, Thomas Vanek played less than nine minutes, Ales Kotalik played less than 11 minutes, Adam Mair played less than nine minutes and Dainius Zubrus just over four minutes.' … [Read more...] about Ruff knew the stakes in Game 4

'All I know is that the Sens better hope that they finish this thing Saturday. Another win be the Sabres and all the pressure will be on the Sens to not blow it.' … [Read more...] about Hoping to make history

'"If you go back to last year's playoffs, Drury and Roy were a pretty good connection with Mike Grier," said Ruff. "Derek flourished playing with those guys, so our thinking was to get those two guys together and try to get a little bit of chemistry and a little bit of offense. Sometimes you get lucky when you put lines together."' … [Read more...] about Sabres Begin The Climb

'Salvation didn’t come easy, after Buffalo let a comfortable and hard-earned 3-0 lead nearly evaporate under an Ottawa siege in the final twenty-five minutes but the life preserver provided by a suddenly-resuscitated penalty-killing corps and special goaltending from Ryan Miller kept the Sabres afloat in the end.' … [Read more...] about ECF # 4: Sabres 3, Senators 2

'With the end of their season just 60 minutes away, the Sabres got off to a quick start thanks in part to a turnover at the Ottawa blueline seconds after the opening faceoff.' … [Read more...] about Necessary

'“We know that we can be better, but we’ve been saying that before,” Tallinder said. "It’s a different thing to say than do it. We have to do it. It's tough.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres face their biggest challenge yet

'"It's a great thing," said Daigle. "It's really exciting for anybody who has been involved with that organization. They went through some tough times at the beginning. There's a lot of good people in that organization, it's well run."' … [Read more...] about Former Ottawa Senator Alexandre Daigle thrilled for former team

'"It's just the will to win and the understanding that sometimes you have to do a little more than usual, whether you're an offensive guy or whatever," added Phillips. "It's doing things that may be uncharacteristic for you to do; to try to help the team win."' … [Read more...] about Ottawa Senators' shot-blocking a sign of new commitment to winning

'"We're not going to quit," said Sabres co-captain Daniel Briere, whose expression belied the brave face he and everyone else on the team tried to put on the situation. "We're down to one game and I'm hoping everyone is going to lay it on the line. We're going to keep looking, keep searching until somebody tells us it's completely … [Read more...] about Broom lurks, but Sabres keep a brave face

'"Brian Campbell trying a spin-o-rama on the first shift in Game 3 - do we need that?" Ruff said. "I like the way Brian played this year and in the playoffs, but is your mind in the right place when you're doing that?"' … [Read more...] about Zubrus skips skate but will play, Ruff calls out Campbell for desperate Sabres

'If you don’t like the word quit, try whiney, or demoralized, spiritless or even intimidated (see Chris Neil’s cruise along the red line in the pre-game warmup). Any word you can think of would tell the same story. The Senators showed up and brought their A game. The Sabres brought Miller and nothing else unless you count self pity.' … [Read more...] about Won't call it choke – yet

'But the Sabres should realize that, even if they could return to their past form, it would be like trying to use an expired credit card. They need more than that which worked for them in the regular season.' … [Read more...] about Thumbs down to the Sabres

'“The first five, 10 minutes is going to be really crucial for us, to show what the team’s made of and what kind of character we have in the locker room,” Sabres defenseman Brian Campbell said.' … [Read more...] about Sabres down to last chance

'This is likely the final season in Buffalo for one or both of the co-captains, something that’s been acknowledged since last summer. Since Ottawa holds a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, the next loss is likely the final game for one or both. They become unrestricted free agents in 6 1/2 weeks.' … [Read more...] about End of Drury-Briere chapter looms