Taro T
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afinovenov scores on the miro moment with 1 second to go. great recovery by miller.. 1000x the confidence gained by having a crappy game and recovering than by having an awesome game.
well, they've apparently called off the afinogenov goal. it looked good to me though. either way, the sabres win it again after being down. HOPEFULLY those miraclous saves by miller at the end will be the end of his cold streak.
Is anybody else impressed with the fact that Lindy now trusts MAX enough to have him on the ice in the last minute with a 1 goal lead?
I could have on a VERY outside chance seen the Sabres doing what they are this season (not if you would have told me they'd lose Briere, Dumont, Miller, Kalinen, etc, etc) but I NEVER would have expected to see Max on the ice in crunch time based on his play last season.
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Didn't look like a screen.... Just looked like Ryan was slow to react.
In other news. TB took a 2-1 lead
I actually thought Ryan expected the shot to be tipped by one or both of the sticks that nearly got it. He was partially screened, but gets paid good money to make that save.
20 minutes to go. He bailed the skaters out a lot earlier in the season, time to bail him out. Get it back boys.
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they'll mention it in passing during the next boston game.
i'm convinced that the NESN production truck does not exist... they've blindly guessed on stats, dates, penalties, etc. this entire game. a disgrace to the ted darling memorial press box (which they actually ripped on during the 2nd period)
scoooooooooooooooooooooooores. vanek on a falling down breakaway shot. f-ing amazing!!!
Corp, did those guys rip on the press box or Ted?
Does anyone know the goal song they play, it's sort of a punk/rock song?
Cut me some slack if I am wrong, because my sound card is fried and I can't verify that I have the right song. I THINK the song you are referring to is James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" off Back to Bedlam.
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His tummy hurt, really.
OK. :blink:
Thanks for the update.
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I didn't get to watch the 1st 55 minutes. What happened to Campbell?
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Ya, and ya know, this really is the team that Darcy built. The'99 team was Mucklers, but this is basically Regier's team.
This is definitely Darcy's team. I would say the '99 team was both of theirs as the coach and several key contributors (Barnes, Warrener, Patrick, Woolley, Rolosen) were not Muckler guys.
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The thing I'm trying to figure out is did that 2nd round pick end up being Roy, Pominville, or Thorburn?
Roy.
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It'd sure be nice to have 18 guys with 30+ goals and 50+ assists but that's NEVER happened in the history of the game and it never will. Every team needs guys who are willing to grind and do the little things (like killing penalties, facing the other teams number one, etc). The Wings had the grind line (Maltby, Draper, McCarty) when they were winning Cups, the Devils were littered with guys like Marshall, Pandolfo, Stevenson, John Madden, etc. That's just a couple of examples
That's what it takes to be successful and keep your stars fresh for PPs and late game heroics. Mike Grier is a VERY important player to our success.
Heck yeah.
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I'd play 2nd Round Pick, from what I hear he's got potential.
:lol:
Which is something Andro doesn't have. :P
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It's been awhile since I've seen video of #11's 500th goal, but I vaguely remember laughing that Foligno seemed more excited than Gilbert. :)
I think Gilbert was just relieved to have finally gotten it.
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I'm just wondering.... i don't know how the buisness of hockey really works, but say Sabres deal Martin Biron to Tampa for Pawel Kubina (just assuming) would there be a way they can go get new jerseys and play tonight or is there like a rule you have to pass tests and can't play the day of the trade? lol it's just been on my mind, anyone know?
Assuming the teams have agreed to the trade, and they will have to have as it would be after 3:00 PM, both teams would be looking to make a trip the the Broadway Knitting Mill to get a nameplate and some digits sewn on a sweater PDQ.
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Yeah, I meant was there actual language anywhere that says "The standard of review is..."
Hopeless, this is the NHL. When have they EVER done anything that simply or straightforwardly? :huh: My interpretation of it is simply that if the VGJ cannot say definitively whether a goal should be allowed or disallowed then the call stands as is.
The league has MEMOS to cover the mechanics of the reviews. You wouldn't want something like that getting out to the public at large, there'd be anarchy, ANARCHY I tell you! ;)
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They accused him of diving last game. I saw the replay. It was hard to tell either way. I agree with the call. I think if it had been called a goal on the ice, it probably would have stood on review. I think the standard is that there must be conclusive evidence that it was not what was called on the ice...But, I am looking at a rulebook and can't find any language that sets out any kind of standard. Dave, do you know? And which rule?
This would fall under 5 different rules: 35 (referee), 37 (goal judge), 57 (goals and assists), 81 (puck out of sight), and 93 (video goal judge). Technically, if the ref loses sight of the puck, he is supposed to blow the whistle under rule 81, so no goal would be able to be scored. Rule 57 states that the puck must fully cross the goal line to score a goal. The video review judge has a very limited number of situations that he reviews / looks for. According to rule 35, the ref has the final decision on disputed goals, so if the video replay is not conclusive, then his call on the ice would stand.
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I realize the Sabres are looking for much more than just making the playoffs, but here are a few random notes with slightly more than 1/4 of the season remaining.
The Sabres magic # for a playoff spot is currently 12. Any combination of 12 Sabres wins and/or 12 Atlanta regulation losses and the Sabres are officially in the tourney for the 1st time in 5 years.
If the Sabres get a point in tonight's game they will guarantee there is no mathematical way for them to finish dead last. They could forfeit the rest of the season and STILL finish ahead of Pittsburgh. If the Pens win out, the most they can get this season is 81 points. The Pens are impressive, with 21 games to go, they have clinched a losing record.
The Sabres are currently on pace for the league's 4th best record.
What a difference 2 years and enforcement of the rules make.
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Wasn't that also the day that Peca got his shoulder messed up in Washington at the end of the game back in 2000?
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Fair point on the difference between journalists and sports talk hosts. Don't know if you watched the exchange I saw, but it was...unseemly.
Actually, I was laughing hysterically. I thought the segment was hilarious.
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Are any of you watching The Shootout? Not sure if I like Ray showing so much joy at his former teammate's lack of success on the island, or if I like Roby's open contempt for Toronto. Fine if we're doing it here, but these guys are supposed to be journalists, right? And didn't Ray stick up for Miro once or twice on the rink?
They are not journalists, they are sports talk show hosts. Big difference.
As for Ray sticking up for Miro in the past, well that was his job. I know a lot of people that work real hard for bosses they don't like and with coworkers they don't like. That Robbie doesn't like Miro doesn't surprise me in the least. Whether to play Miro or Ronan was one of the several issues that Nolan and Muckler could not agree upon. Also, it seems that a LOT of the Sabres had issues with playing with Miro.
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I;m watching Center Ice. Either the guy at the controls fell asleep, or they are showing the post-game Shootout show now! I hope this is new.
The best thing about slapping the Leafs is knowling all those arrogant Leafs fans are p.o'd that their high-priced over-hyped squad is getting schooled by a bunch of no-names that everyone picked to finish dead last in the NHL.
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One thing that was classic about being at the game was hearing Loaf fans cry about the officiating. Through the years TO has gotten more calls go their way than anyone (with the possible exception of Montreal). The Laff fans haven't quite grasped the concept of the "new NHL" where idiotic obstruction penalties are actually called.
I will give the TO fans credit for one thing though. They were very respectful during the LaFontaine ceremony. They did a lot of clapping and the only time they booed was when the current Sabres came out onto the ice. (Can't say I blame them about that, I'd have likely done the same thing in their barn.)
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I wached the Game last night on Center Ice (with DirecTV) and had the horrible TSN Leafs feed. Did some of you watch the MSG feed on DirecTV too? If so, that seems totally odd. Can someone explain why?
If you are in WNY and the game is shown on MSG, you get the MSG feed. If MSG blacks out the game, it is blacked out in WNY (even for CI).
My guess is that you live outside WNY and got the CI feed (that apparantly was the TSN feed).
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and i'll be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! section 306 row 10 wearing my Dany Briere jersey!!!! Lets Go BUFFALO!
Briere, I'll be in the front row of 305 wearing a red Hasek. Track me down.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- When Pat LaFontaine first learned the Buffalo Sabres made plans to retire his number, his mind raced back to his childhood. Growing up outside of Detroit in the 1970s, LaFontaine looked up to Montreal's Guy Lafleur and Buffalo's Gilbert Perreault.
Before Friday's game against Toronto, LaFontaine's No. 16 jersey will join Perreault's No. 11 in the rafters of HSBC Arena.
"To have my jersey raised up next to one of those guys is pretty special," LaFontaine said. "As a kid, you always look up and see numbers and you see names. And you never think at the time, even when I was playing, that something like that would ever happen."
LaFontaine showed similar flashes of speed, grace and production in his 15-year Hall-of-Fame career. Playing junior hockey in Quebec, LaFontaine broke Lafleur's record of a point in 40 consecutive games.
LaFontaine's career numbers -- 468 goals and 545 assists for 1,013 points in 865 games -- came during seasons with the New York Islanders, Sabres and a final year with the Rangers. A series of concussions forced him to retire in 1998.
LaFontaine has to be my favorite Sabres skater. (There are others that I love, but Patty was my favorite; even higher than Gilbert, Danny, Larry Mickey, or Rick Seiling (boy talk about an eclectic mix of forwards I like)). The guy was such an incredible talent and still managed to have an "aw shucks" attitude that never came off as contrived or forced. He is genuinely one of the good guys in sports and I hope the Sabres kick the Laffs butts for the guy.
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Just another thought...What does the last few posts have to do with this day in Sabres history?
Nothing, except this is the date in Sabre history that some random guest poster pointed out to us that the Sabres ARE DOOMED, DOOMED I TELL YOU!
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Face it sabres fans, if the sabres don't win this year they never will. Miller is going to want 8 million a year, Katolik will want millions, all the rest of those Euroean players will be squeling for money and this team will cave in on itself. Everyone says these players are all friends, just wait till one of them gets a pay raise. CANCER! Sabres will barely break .500 next year and after that it will be worse
WE'RE DOOOOOMED! DOOMED I TELL YOU!
Actually, except for Briere, McKee, Teppo, and Grier, what a player wants and what he will get will not necessarily have a huge correlation. Hopefully these guys will see their value in a manner consistent with the Sabres view and they will be re-signed (preferably all for LT contracts w/ the exception of Teppo). I expect them to be able to re-sign Briere, Grier, and Teppo; but would not be surprised to see the market price for solid stay-at-home defensemen end up higher than the Sabres will bear.
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My friends and I used to call him, Charlie Huddy, the Other Team's Buddy ....
I called him Charlie Cruddy.
[Game Day] Leafs @ Sabres 7:00PM
in 2005/2006 Season
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Yep, at the last game I had a Laff fan living in TO and her brother living in N. Carolina sit next to me. They can't get tickets in TO so they come here.
On the plus side, there should be fewer Laff fans at the games next year as it looks like the season ticketholder base will be up next year. (Fewer tickets available for them to scarf up.)