hopeleslyobvious

Not defending how bad the PP is, but to be fair Vancouver has the best PK in the league. What island in Hawaii?

That sounds like a great idea for the morning skate on a gameday tomorrow.

A little help from the video review doesn't hurt either.

The rule doesn't say anything about him seeing the puck though.

That was a distinctive kicking motion if I've ever seen a distinctive kicking motion.

Yeah Kotalik's injury didn't look good.

Very good period. I liked how they dominated play early. Keep it up and Vancouver will get tired.

We need to try and take advantage of the fact that they are playing 2 games in 2 nights, and had to travel last night. Throw everything we can on net in the 1st, and hope to grab a lead. Force them to open things up and then skate them into the ground. If the Sabres score early I think they can win this one easily. If Vancouver scores first, it's going to be a long night.

IMHO, 1st star was a toss up between Miller and Thomas. Miller let one in in the shootout, but Thomas wasn't really tested in the shootout. Miller's spectacular save was better than Thomas' spectacular save. Another observation about NESN...Anyone else sick of hearing about the Savard snub? He has slightly better numbers than Briere, not significant enough to get bent out of shape about.

I honestly thought giving Savard 1st star was an insult to both goaltenders.

I really hope that the team was trying to exploit a weak spot of Thomas' in the shootout. Seems that way since all 3 took almost the exact same shot. If not, than it was a pretty disappointing effort by all 3 in the shootout. For those of us who had NESN, is it me or did they try to make Thomas' saves in the shootout sound a lot more spectacular than they really were.

Just under 5 minutes.

:lol: I caught that too.

Plus Sarvard only crosses the blue line to stay onside.

Definately a period to build on.

Yes. Although we get the other team's feed more often.

I think it really did live up to the description. I don't know for sure. I have NESN today, but wow.

Don't worry, NESN will come up with 10 or 15 other things that will make you want to puke before the end of the game.

It's ok to be critical, but everyone is going into full scale panic mode. :thumbdown:

Every team is going to have bad stretches. Every athlete is going to have bad stretches during the year. I'm not happy with how the team has been playing either. I'm just not so quick to turn on them.

I'm not saying they're playing great lately, just saying that it's not the end of the world. Stuff like this happens to every team, every year. I think everyone needs to step back and realize that.

That hurts coming from the guy who would panic going into game 4 of the SCF with a 3-0 series lead.

I think Sabres fans have become spoiled. We hit a little skid, but still have a winning record over the last 10 and everyone is doom and glooming. THESE THINGS HAPPEN.

That's a little bit of an exaggeration.

I think the argument about grit is valid, but a bit overstated: Last year everyone was saying the same thing. The Sabres don't have enough grit to succeed. They will run into a team with grit and not be able to compete. We saw that in the first round last year...I think we did just fine. Another thought comes to mind for the "we need more grit" people. That is not this team's style. Even if the team adds a few grit guys, they are not going to win playing that style. There are some other things to keep in mind. The three losses everyone complains about are: Jay McKee: Spacek was a great replacement IMHO. He doesn't have as much grit, but he weighs more than McKee, he moves the puck better and skates better. Mike Grier: This loss hurt IMHO, but I think Gaustad has answered the call in the last few weeks when he moved into Grier's old spot with Drury. JP Dumont: This is the least persuasive one IMHO. The team succeeded without Dumont in the lineup for about half the season last year. Something that people don't consider: Mair adds a lot of grit to this team. He missed a significant portion of last season, and most of the playoffs. When Connolly comes back, the team will effectively be able to roll 4 lines again. If he's back before playoff time, I think this is much more important than any gritty player can add. When other teams shorten their benches in the playoffs and we roll 4 lines, it's going to be very hard for them to keep up, especially in a OT game or a long series. The motto during the Philly series last year was "You can't hit what you can't catch. I think it still holds true, and many have lost sight of that.