Archives for May 2007

'"Look at a guy like Teppo Numminen, someone that I admire so much. It felt a bit strange, at first, going up to him and saying 'Tepp, I think you should play it this way . . . ' Dmitri Kalinin was my defence partner here in Buffalo for three seasons. Now, I'm his coach. It's an adjustment, both ways. "Just like Lindy. I know it kills him inside sometimes not to be able to make … [Read more...] about Patrick living a dream

'It was an abomination on the ice. The Buffalo Sabres looked like a deer in the headlights Thursday night. The final score was 5-2, but it could have been 9-2 had Ryan Miller not played spectacular.' … [Read more...] about Sabres save their worst for Sens

'“It’s one game. I know it’s tough,” said coach Lindy Ruff. “It doesn’t sit well with anybody.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres feel the heat at home

'Something’s amiss between the Sabres’ coach and their co-captain, their leading regular-season scorer, their leading playoff scorer. What else is there to conclude after Briere bolted HSBC Arena postgame Thursday night and spent Friday deferring all clock questions to Ruff, who tried to defuse (or maybe confuse) the matter by firing scattershot.' … [Read more...] about Shifts don&#8217t lie when it comes to Briere

'Too often, the Sabres play as if they want it to be easy, and wind up making it too hard. They talk about desperation and needing to win little battles. They act as if desire is something that can be manufactured on a whim, when circumstances require it.' … [Read more...] about Sabres need to weather this storm

'And it was big retribution for Ottawa’s fourth line, which was on the ice when Maxim Afinogenov scored for the Sabres in the first period.' … [Read more...] about Saprykin should remain in Ottawa lineup

'“I can’t expect a Sabre fan of the last 30 years to want to not listen to Rick,” Beninati said.' … [Read more...] about Versus crew faces scrutiny

'He added that he expects MSG’s owners, Cablevision, will correct it by June, which is more than a month too late for the Sabres since MSG doesn’t have the rights to any more playoff games.' … [Read more...] about MSG ratings for Sabres come up short

'“It was not under our control,” Wolfgang said of the programming switch. “Versus changed the programming.”' … [Read more...] about NHL will be on HD tonight

'Jeanneret, who has a licensed line of caps and apparel bearing his popular sayings, said his products include “many things, but no thongs.”' … [Read more...] about Everyone is cashing in on the Sabres

'"I guess it's us," center Daniel Briere said with a chuckle. "We like to make it hard for some reason. I wish we could come out flying, play well every game and win every series 4-0 or 4-1. It's not the case."' … [Read more...] about Sabres want to beat Senators, not selves

'Briere also played just 15:33, down almost four minutes from his average ice time in the regular season. There exists speculation he's playing hurt -- TV cameras caught him flexing his hand on the bench. Coach Lindy Ruff put the cutback down mostly to the fact he was matching lines and wanted the Chris Drury unit out against Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson.' … [Read more...] about Sens make Briere go poof

'A few hours earlier at the Steakout, Brad Brown of Cheektowaga, N.Y., guaran-damn-teed the Sabres would storm back and eliminate the Senators. "Then you can cheer us on in the finals," he said.' … [Read more...] about A block of the old Chip

'"It was one of those games where I barely touched the puck, when I'm usually in control of the puck, making things happen," he said. "The puck wasn't coming around. Except for two or three shifts, it just wasn't there, I couldn't find the puck. One of the problems, too, was I couldn't get open. I've got to find ways to find … [Read more...] about Invisible man out to emerge

'''We put the puck in some (bad) places, and we put some people in some pretty dangerous situations with the way we handled the puck."' … [Read more...] about A new take on giveaways