hopeleslyobvious
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I can't argue with the Briere and Miller picks, but I can't give Kalinin the nod for his game tonight. Not only did he have the original giveaway that led to the Lightning's only goal, he had another giveaway in the 3rd that Miller stopped; and he seemed to struggle all night in the 1-on-1 battles and with moving the puck. Not one of his better games, IMO. Then again, Spacek had a couple of misplays with the puck, and even Campbell had a couple minor flubs and turnovers.
I don't think there was any way he could have stopped it. The turnover happened directly behind him - in a blind spot - so unless he had been slow following the puck originally, I can't see how he could do anything different. I'm sure he was also counting on Spacek & Hecht taking better care of the puck back there than they actually did.
I thought he anticipated the play a little too quickly. But 99 times out of a 100 he would be right...
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I think Patsch had a nice bounce back game too. He played solid
Miller is such a great goalie. Gotta love him! I'm sure hopelesslyobvious is happy with only one goal allowed tonight
I didn't really like the goal but he made some big stops to make up for it. So overall I'm happy. Although a shutout would have done wonders for my fantasy team.
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Hecht with a nice assist, and Miller with some big saves have redeemed themselves.
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That goal was just garbage. All around. Bad giveaway by Hecht and Miller got caught.
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My quick thoughts on this one:
*Good to see Mair and Goose "take care of business" after Ovechkin smeared Danny from behind. I agree Kotalik should have been involved, but I am overall happy about the way the team responded to the hit...I also agree that the NHL should be giving Ovechkin a couple game vacation, but knowing the NHL's track record, I won't be holding my breath waiting for that suspension...
*Who had a worse night tonight - the refs, or Nathan Paetsch? Off the top of my head, I can think of three Paetsch misplays turning into Caps goals - he won't want to see the tape of this one. Good thing he is a rookie, it can be a valuable learning experience for him, though...OTOH, the refs were brutal in stretches tonight - missed some calls, and screwed up the "brawl" penalties, IMO.
*I know it is salary cap related, but why did we even take a chance of not having an extra defenseman with us? Seems awfully risky to me to keep extra forwards up and hope that none of our 6 "D' get hurt, especially given how our injuries tend to come in bunches....what a nightmare it would have been had we lost one of our 5 D-men tonight...
* Part of me is glad we weren't able to come back and win this one. Face it, our success in erasing leads, in playing partial games where we take shifts and periods off and still managing to come away with the win, has probably given them a sense of complacency no matter what the situation. I want the team to be confident that they can always come back, but they also need to know that the only way to ensure a "W" is to play 60 minutes of up-tempo, strong-effort hockey.
*Anyone notice the Pulte Homes sign on the boards? Looking at it online, it isn't as close at it seemed, but my initial thought was that either Pulte was sponsoring the Sabres next year, or getting a logo/trademark infringment lawsuit ready, based on how similar the Sabres' logo seemed to the Pulte homes logo...
Good call on all of that. In retrospect, I think they might have been better of leaving Miller in. Miller has had a few games over the past couple of years where he had a bad first period and then shut the door for the rest of the night. Marty gave up 2 bad goals that were the difference tonight.
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Exactly, oh well
Quite honestly, tonight was not a bad night for it to happen. Tonight was a 2 point game. I don't really see Washington catching us in the standings.
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Ugh, just not our night.
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Watching that Ovechkin play again. If they were handing out the instigators to Gaustad and Mair, why didn't Klepis get called for being 3rd man in?
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WTF does that mean? The team is crap... but so is Marty?
Why are you singling out Marty like that? ...he is part of the team
Maybe he feels that Marty has made a couple of glaring mistakes tonight. I agree. Marty let in 2 softies. Turns a 1 goal game into a 3 goal game.
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I am really starting to dislike this Washington team.
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I love how we only get a 4 on 4 out of it.
Ugh. Typical Marty.
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rick and jim called it an assassination attempt...which is it??
I have Washington's announcer's. Ovechkin can do no wrong.
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I love how they call it a "nudge" by Ovechkin.
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No ones blaming Miller. Its a kick in the pants for the rest of the team. Wouldn't be surprised to see him back out there at start of second
I know why Miller was pulled, just 3 goals in less than a kills my GAA for the week.
So who is more annoying, The Comcast Sportsnet crew or NESN?
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Pulling Miller isn't good for my fantasy league. :censored: Especially annoying since all 3 were good goals.
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Pull Biron for this faceoff.
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Actually Marty's goal there was the first bad goal all night (for our goalies).
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This is as bad a period as they have played all year. Where has the O gone???
The Caps announcers said they had a rough flight out last night too. Probably doesn't help.
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i know i'm asking for an asswhipping by saying this, but....i saw this coming tonight. hopefully they can salvage some pride from here on...
2nd game in 2 nights, hard fought win last night. That's a fair assessment.
Spacek is out!? This team just seems way too injury prone..
Please point to other injuries in Jaro's career that would make him injury prone.
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They look like a team playing their 2nd game in 24 hours.
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I think Biron will be starting in this game........... :beer:
It's the 2nd night of a back to back, so it seems like a good idea. Plus Miller was pretty busy last night.
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Are you sure? I just used my schedule scan thing and it said NHL Hockey at 8 on MSG
I get the NYC MSG feed. They had the Knicks on. Plus the CI feed gets blacked out. Wasn't a problem. One of my friends has MSG2, so I got to see the game.
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Watching tonight's game is turning into an adventure. The game is on MSG 2 tonight because of the Knicks (ugh). I don't get MSG 2, and the game will be blacked out on CI. Looks like I'm going out to watch the game!
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I thought i heard a Lets Go Buffalo chant on msg... is that correct? Was there many Sabres fans there?
Yes, there was a pretty loud Let's Go Buffalo chant going at one point.
Gameday Thread - Sabres @ Panthers 12/7
in 2006/2007 Season
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Florida did trap us to death last year...but I think they are missing one of their main reasons for taking 3 from us.