hopeleslyobvious

Ugh Biron.

GOAL!

PENALTY SHOT!

Too many days off.

I think they need to get a little more aggressive with the forecheck. Put some more pressure on.

We've only had 1 PP, Can anyone honestly say Anaheim really only committed 1 penalty?

Yeah no kidding! One will go in sooner or later.

Roy, Vanek and Max are due.

They need to wake up.

1-0 Anaheim, 6:31 left in the second...and they look flat again.

I think I'm talking to myself, but they looked flat for the first half of the game. Looks like they worke up a little now.

Just kicked out a fat rebound too.

Biron looked stellar on that first goal.

Anyone else with Center Ice not getting the game?

I don't disagree with you. But that doesn't change the fact that he was out of position and had no idea where the puck was with 30 seconds left in the game.

I forgot to mention last night, we dodged a bullet with about 30 seconds left. The puck came behind the net and Biron moved to the other side, but the Avs kept the puck on the same side. They had a decent angle to score, about a foot of the net wide open, and Biron standing on the other side of the net with no clue where the puck was. Luckily they missed.

I thought I heard Rick and Jim say that Kalinin was injured, but I could be wrong. So here's my thoughts on the game (I'm repeating some things that others have said)...I'm not worried because: 1. That was their 5th game in 8 days, 3rd in 4 nights, 2nd in 2 nights. 2. They looked exausted out there. While most of the team are young, and they are all pro athletes and should be in great shape, at this level even a little fatigue can translate to a big difference on the ice since San Jose was well rested. 3. San Jose was fired up about the Thorton deal. 4. It was only one game. Now, here's why I am worried: 1. They lost in front of a big crowd at home. Hopefully everyone there was smart enough to realize it was just one game. 2. According to Rick and Jim they had to get on a plane this morning at 10 to fly out to Denver, so it's not like they are really getting to rest all that much. 3. The team has been pretty streaky so far this year. They were riding a big winning streak, I hope that one bad loss doesn't turn everything around. And just one other thought. Does it drive anyone else nuts when you're at the game and the team is on the Powerplay and the crowd is yelling "shoot it" to the guy with the puck, despite the fact there is someone clearly in the shooting lane, and the puck is not going to get anywhere close to the net? I can understand a little more if someone has a wide open shot...but the way people are at the game, I half expect them to yell it when someone has it behind the net! Ha, well now I can't even get away from that when I'm at home, because I could hear them on TV last night!

Yeah, terrible coverage all around. Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. My favorite of the night is when the color commentator was trying to figure out if a penalty had been called when the net got knocked off the moorings (I believe it went all the way to the back boards). Great attention to detail.

Where did you get that from? I heard that about Dumont but not Briere.

I forgot to quote this. I was trying to point out that they're not playing that poorly.

Sabres have won 3 out of the last 4.

There is one good thing about a game like tonight. An ugly win still gets you 2 points!

Yeah, it's getting pretty ugly out there.

Well if Marty is good for anything it's making games like this interesting. Of course not doing anything on a 7 minute powerplay doesn't really help either!

Hopefully they come out a little mad tonight and show Ottawa why it's not a good idea to run up the score against a team you have to play 6 more times.