Archives for December 18, 2011

‘As usual, the Sabres have a relatively balanced junior prospect pool. The trend has been to draft more WHLers in the last two seasons as six of the 16 selections they have made were out of the Western League.’

‘“Our partnership with MSG is a strong one,” Sabres president Ted Black said. “MSG met with us this week and advised us generally on the status of their negotiations with Time Warner Cable. We’re hopeful this situation gets resolved without any interruption to our fans.”’

‘Miller was more effective as a yo-yo than as a goaltender, going from the crease to the bench to the crease and back to the bench during the lopsided loss. He finished with 10 saves on 15 shots in 29:43 of action. He looked skyward in disbelief on many of his goals.’

‘”We haven’t had an adequate sample size to find out how good our team can be,” Black said. “Is there any thought of getting rid of Darcy or Lindy right now? No. None.”‘

‘Watching the Sabres getting pushed around will be the norm if Drew Stafford and Derek Roy continue to play spectator. Roy in particular is on the less-than-useful list as long as he continues trying to con the refs into overlooking his shopworn diving routine, punctuated with dramatic head shakes as he heads to the penalty box.’

‘“It’s a little disheartening for the guys when we play back-to-back games and I don’t have a save early,” Miller said. “I wasn’t good enough. I don’t even think that was anywhere close to good hockey on my part.”’

‘If he keeps performing well, can the Sabres really send him back to Rochester when their injured veterans return? “I still need to give more,” Kassian said. “Every game’s a tryout for me.”’

Malkin’s hat trick buries Buffalo, 8-3 (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
Martin latest Penguin to miss time with an injury (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
Malkin, Penguins thrash past Miller, Sabres (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
Penguins sit Martin with a lower body injury (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
Pens Insider: Penguins 8, Sabres 3 (Beaver County Times)
Malkin’s 5-point game sparks Penguins (Washington Observer Reporter)
Malkin’s Hat Trick Powers Total Team Effort (PittsburghPenguins.com)
Fleury Hits 200 Marker (PittsburghPenguins.com)
Endgame: Penguins 8, Sabres 3 (PittsburghPenguins.com)
Photo gallery (PittsburghPenguins.com)
Photo gallery (Sabres.com)
Photo gallery (AP)
Photo gallery (WGRZ-TV)

‘The Sabres entered the game without seven players due to injury, and neither Tyler Ennis nor Colin Stuart finished this one. Ennis aggravated an ankle injury, and is day-to-day, according to Sabres coach Lindy Ruff. The team didn’t disclose Stuart’s injury, but Ruff said, “We lost him for a good period of time. He’s probably in the month range or something like that.”’

‘Ryan Miller allowed three goals on seven shots before being lifted in favor of Jhonas Enroth in the first period. Enroth gave up a goal in the first and two in the third. Miller ended allowing five scores on 15 shots.’