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You were wearing the vintage blues, right?

amazing how cyclical things can be - Nassau Coliseum used to pack it in the day and tonight it looks like HSBC did just a few years ago. And yet here we are about to sell out our season...

the toughest part of this season is going to be keeping these guys grounded. it is going to be so easy to take nights off when it comes this easy. that said, this is unbelievable. it looks like a bantam team playing against mites.. darian hatcher needs to hang them up. he was a great, rugged player especially for team usa, but he looks more like a pylon out there these days than a NHL defenseman.

Gold pricing or not, it is the home opener and it should be sold out...

What gives? I just saw that tickets are still available for the opener - how can that be yet we are talking about selling out all of the home games this year?

i'm down with spacek. we definitely need a D that has a mean streak in him. i really want to see vanek succeed and i know this is only the 2nd year but man he just seems so slow-footed out there sometimes.

i didn't want to start a new jersey thread b/c i know those are so popular, and i further know that i could care less about media (especially in toronto), but i really do guarantee those reporters will have nothing but wisecracks to add about those jerseys. yes, i know, i would rather have our hockey team any day over the Leafs, and who cares about the jersey, but i still annoys me. and yes, we will beat them 7 of 8 and all four in Buffalo, but they still have that classic jersey that never needed radical updating after 80+years or whatever it has been..

i just played my TiVo about 8 times and I still can't even guess what that last penatly was? high-stick on mckee maybe? i honestly can't find anything and i dont' think OLN ever told me.....man, I'm really, really, really starting to hate these asswipes.

i actually thought they played hard that whole last shift. that 4th goal was just a kick in the stones....it only could have been worse had it been stillwoman or commodore that got that lucky bounce...

come on dude - where's the happy face! look, let's get real here and even with a full team this was not going to be easy. i don't want to use injuries as an excuse, but to plug in a couple of players that haven't been in the pros, let alone the Sabres all year, well sometimes it is just too tough to overcome things. i don't think the guys are playing bad, but this is just a tough situation. let's not start jumping off the wagon here...who knows, it could end in 6 but it is not time to revert to the way people were talking back at the trade deadline...and once again, even if it does end in 6 these guys have played their balls off all year. but, i'm not even thinking this scenario....yet.

how the hell do you work this chat guys? i can't get it to open. i just watched that connolly hit on TiVo every angle/speed possible and i don't think there was anything wrong with the hit. timmy was skating a little with his head down and he was not standing/skating straight up which is why he probably ran in to his schaefer's elbow. i guarantee you that the biggest problem is the effing elbow pads that these guys wear these guys. i guarantee it. hate don cherry all you want, and i will be surprised if he does not mention it, but Grapes made a big deal of these elbow pads that guys wear these days. they are like body armour. i remember a hit a couple years ago in a boston/montreal game that was like the same thing, and it was not a direct elbow, but the guy more ran in to the elbow. it was all b/c of these effing pads they wear....

i don't want to pee on the campfire, but we have a lot more wins to get before we can talk that way. Thank God for opportunistic rushes and a weak goalie. Although, I did not think most of those were the fault of Emery. He should have had the rebound on the one to tie it, and he should have had Drury's shot, but I will gladly take it. Especially b/c I think a game like this should get Miller all pissed off again b/c he really seemed to battle the puck tonight/control his rebounds. But, you are definitely right about the heart - they never stopped in this game.

Well, I bought my tickets today hoping it would get scheduled for Friday night, but it looks like because of a Tim McGraw concert........... :angry: that game will be on Thursday instead. If that does prove to be true I will not be able to attend as I was coming from out of town. I don't even have the tickets yet, but if you are interested let me know.

i am soooo happy for this team, organization, community, the Ruff family, etc....we have accomplished so much and deserve a couple nights to sit back and reflect on how successful this season has been.... THAT said, I hope that just because we beat the Flyers everyone still has their expectations in check. This is a tough, tough team that we are playing in the next round. Personally, I love the experience that we have gained and have nothing but hope for the next round, but if we do lose this round I can not be remotely disappointed. We are plying a mirror reflection of ourselves except they have several years experience playing together. Either way, let's go Sabes!

for those with the center ice package, have you noticed that whenever it is the MSG feed we usually get the post-game Shootout show, etc, whereas most other games covered by Center Ice, the broadcast usually cuts out immediately after the game. For those fans going to the Wachovia Center good luck tonight! Hopefully they are not as bad as most of us seem to believe! I definitely look forward to the stories tomorrow!

before i lost the feed is seemed like they were making all the right calls and the flyers just don't seem to care. how was the 3rd gone so far?

this is awesome - i missed this time of year so much! i have Center Ice and have all four games programmed in to my remote (*don't touch that remote wife!*)

i'm at my in-laws and i have no idea how this game is going? help!??! also, i always thought Domi would be the kind of guy i could have on my team. he seems real, he plays hard, can fight, but can also score goals. yeah, he crosses the line of dirty and chippy, but i would take a guy like him on my team any day over a guy like tucker. the big difference i think is domi has respect for his opponents and tucker has none.

I think dressing peters is a no-brainer. in this new nhl there is barely any room for him, but in the old nhl this is the exact kind of game that you keep him around for and that is protect your star players. i don't think peters will go out looking for tucker, but i also think that if lindy saw tuckers' line on the ice and various points of the game today that he will send out petey. all that said, and as roby said last night on the shootout, i think it will be relatively quiet. by the way, anyone catch some of tucker's play last night late in the 3rd? he gave alfredsson a stab in the back of his leg with his stick and alfredson went back after him. tucker immediately began throwing punches with his gloves on.....guy is such a hack.

Man, I was not even born yet, but that moment still gives me the chills! I think it has been attempted in recent years by the faithful but it did not have the same effect. What a great moment in the history of the organization!

i hate him it sounds like as much as you sabre, but i can't blame darcy on this one but only b/c i am part of the 'this is a youth movement' and this is the best time for these guys to learn how to play the game. that said, i think enough is enough and it is time to unload this guy. he has been given enough chances campbell - what a nice job on that setup! he on the other hand to me is worth the negative +/- b/c he can make plays like that!

let me tell you something boys i will take 8 rory fitzpatrick's who might be light on skill but who at least tries to work his balls off every night over dimitri kalinin any day. that guy is such a waste of talent. 3-3 game with the division leader and he f's around with the puck on his own blue. get the FUGGIN' puck out cementhead....

what do you guys think of Grier's play lately? Aside from crushing Darcy the other night he really seems to have come on lately...I also think Mair makes a huge difference on that 4th line. Maybe it just a few little things that we need to come back together (some stellar goaltending and limit the giveaways would help :) )

i just heard for the first time jeanerette reference that ruling in Toronto. I don't buy in to the conspiraces or that the league is against us whatsover, but please tell me the official ruling on the no goal in Toronto was not that the 'official meant to blow the whistle!'

man, i really like Max more and more each game. Nice setup by Campbell. His +/- stinks but he is one of our few D that can lug the puck up ice. Anyone notice how Max looks towards the stands after he scores? I noticed it last week that it seems like he acknowledges someone in the arena after goals... btw, i should probably be doing this stuff in the chat room but i can't get beyond my firewall! anyway, i love that labatt outdoor pond hockey championship commercial - ironic, that the USA Hockey Pond hockey championships are hosted by Labatt!