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i know what you are saying and a lot of people feel that way....i still think this team greatly overachieved, but we have a strong nucleus for years to come. maybe a solid d or two, but i think the thing we need most is experience. as harry neale said tonight we have 13 guys on this roster that have never even been in a playoff game?!??! so, losing streak or not, i was personally not expecting much in the playoffs b/c experience means too much. and personally i'm happy with that b/c i love building for the future so this playoff tourney is almost playing with house money. good to always chat with you guys, entertaining game no matter how it turns out. 'night boys!

is there really a guy name "Pole" out there tonight?

falling like kotalik just did on that hook do nothing to help the sabres rid themselves of being known as a team that dives. not only that, but it stopped a rush up ice...

marty is playing unbelievable. i don't care which goalie takes this team to the playoffs, but marty keeps playing like this and it will be his. i agree, that D is not helping out at all...

i've been there rabbit. we are dominating play in my mind. although the leafs just made it 2-1 and are showing some life. pominville and vanek were the two notable scratches. hecht, brierre, and mair are back in the lineup. i know the board seems 50/50 with afingenov on whether he is worth keeping or not, but the more i watch the kid, the more i think we are crazy to consider getting rid of him. he may have some defensive lapses but he brings so much to the offensive game of this team.

tucker has to be kidding me falling like a bag of crap b/c of a one-arm shuffle by peters. man, i hate that guy. (tucker...)

I don't know about you guys, and whether you played hockey or sports or not, but I always liked nothing better than playing a team that just embarassed you while it is so fresh in your mind. We don't have the most physical team, but if you can't feel like running anything with a maple leaf on it through a wall, you really need to consider your desire to play the game.

wow, tough one tonight boys, huh? seemed like we were on the right path. the best thing ot hang on to right now is that we struggled like this back a few years on our last great playoff run. there is no way we were as good as we were and now we are this bad. these things are just pyschological and not that it matters, but i'm still not worried about embarrassing ourselves in the playoffs. i do still continue to believe that we were too young this year anyway so getting in the playoffs was already playing with house money and getting us invaluable experience. who played net tonight? was milller in the whole game? excuse me, i need another tanquerray and tonic....

likewise, i don't think they played bad either. not easy to play and then jump on the plane and play the next night. not to mention no briere and that hurt. that suspension is absolute horsecrap. this schedule is just brutal - i know every team is going through it, but that is why most teams are playing .500 hockey, except for a handful of teams.

I stopped going to these games in NJ the last NHL season. I don't know what it is about playing at this craphole hockey arena, but we just can't win here. It's not like they haven't played well tonight. They are getting some good chances. Just one of those tight-checking playoff type hockey games. We will learn to win these and it is good to be playing games like this now.

by the way, how night and day is the comparison listening to Emrick and Resch tonight then the NESN assclowns. Yes, they are Devil fans/announcers but they acknowledge good plays and good hockey despite which team made the play

supposed to be a good group of Sabre fans there tonight. anybody hear them chanting? (you can probably hear them at the Meadowlands b/c the fans suck so back) this game sucks....

BG - Being a "homer" is one thing, but what we heard last night was absolutely absurd. I am not able to play the internet and my options last night were to listen to NESN or turn down the volumen and I chose to turn down the volume. I just could not take it. You might be referring to his actual play-by-play which I do not think is too bad, but too often it is interuppted by obnoxious and condescending no-calls for the B's or calls against the B's. Every home team announcer might make a comment in passing - but to add the commentary is just over the edge. Here is what we expected from Boynton: ''You've got to go down in order to get a penalty and they do a good job of it," said defenseman Nick Boynton. ''It's funny to watch them on tape, but it's really disappointing because it really hurts us during the games. The effort was there and we deserved a much better fate. Unfortunately, we're just not getting it." I caught most of the game and the previous games against the B's and I will admit I thought there was a couple instances it seemed like we went down easily. Not as much as the Bruins are making it out to be, but the Leetch slashing call and the cross-check on Vanek come to mind from last nights game.

way to work through it boys. regier is the best for letting this team stay together :) anyone catch edwards last dig - 'the sabres knew just enough to shave the rules this year and beat the bruins in the season series 7-1'

nice set up timmy. so hard to believe that the guy referred to as "tiny tim" and pretty much despised by 9 out of 10 Sabre fans since arriving (except for the Syracuse Sabre fans) means this much now to this team in '06!

I don't think I can add anything new regarding these NESN guys and I don't want to beat the dead horse but MY GOD! It is almost like a SNL skit. I keep waiting for Jack Edwards to break in to "live from New York it's Saturday night!" I'm not going to bother with another slew of examples in that period. I think the boys are playing well and should be winning. Keep plugging in the third.

I got home in time just to catch Talinder tie it, only to see us give it back up a few minutes later. On a play where the defense attempted to clear it high and off the glass (like he should) only to have it hit a partition and jump back in to the slot where the Bruins turned it in to a quick two-on-one. Not saying that is why we lost.....but, as it has been written but so many of you, when bounces go against you, they REALLY seem to go against you. It is time to alternate goalies and play whomever gets hot b/c Miller is not the same goalie he was. All part of the learning curve my friends.....Hang in there all!

well, i got 2/3 of the game tonight (fighting with my wife during the 2nd) and from what I saw it did not seem like they played that bad? it is still not a W, i realize that. once again to me, we just don't quite have the experience yet. it takes a lot to make it througha whole season wining one-goal games and getting all the breaks, and we seemed to get them earlier in the year. the rangers just got over a 5 game losing streak, so nothing says we can not do it but, i don't knwo everyone seems to think that everything we do now is wrong, even though it is what got us here...

I could be wrong, but.... I am almost happy we are going in to this game on a 3 game slide. Unlike last Saturday where the heads of some guys may have been getting a little big for the room we have gotten a good dose of reality the past week. If this team has the heart and balls that most of us think they have they should come out flying tonight. Maybe it does not even guarantee a win, because personally I still believe this year has been a huge example of overachievement, but they should be ready to run through walls come 8pm. (And by overachievement I also mean that this team has the potential to be so good, but it is still young and expectations should be capped. We were not supposed to be this good this quick and a good sports team wants to build for the long-haul and you do that through experience and character players)

that is a good point. this team has not had any adversity since they started the since .500 over their first 18 games. boys, try hard. losing streaks happen for a reason. check out the late Jan/early Feb stretch where Ottawa got smoked by Boston 5-0 and the Rangers 5-1 with win over Pitt and a loss to the Sabres in there. yeah, it is tough to see them losing while it appears as though they are not playing hard, but that is part of a losing streak. the game starts getting in your head, take dumb penalties, etc. try to take it best you can, and be glad this is happening now, not in the postseason.

i think i officially resign from the board. was hoping to check in and catch some hockey talk and instead i came across a documentary about lemmings and it is the part where they are just about to jump off the cliff... come on guys....even if they go on to lose the game, get a grip. they very well might be getting tired. this is a long season for a young team. start to deal with it - and before you do that realize it is only the 2nd period of this game?!?!?

i am sure many of you guys are feeling the same - and that is I can't wait until 7pm! It has a been a long time since I felt this way about a hockey game. I have always been Sabres first and Bills second, but there is jsut something about the build-up to the Sunday football games; even when the Bills have struggled in recent years. But, for the first time in a while, I almost feel like tonight is that "Sunday football" feeling! Anyway, homeade chicken finger subs and Blue Light for this New Jersey resident tonight! Let's go Sabes! Of course, that said, it has to be kept in perspective - win or lose tonight, there are still games left including three more with the Sens.

dude, i know that there is normally a large number of Leaf fans at HSBC, but it seems more absurd than usual tonight? what the hell is wrong that we can't have more than half the crowd as Sabre fans in a year like this? and as much as I want to hate them, you really have to respect the way they did this game after game (show up in such large numbers)

i thought the tripping call was actually ok - it looked to me on the replay like tallinder gave him the 'slew-foot' although not on purpose.

it's a theory, but i think he is just in a slump. broduer was pulled for the second straight game tonight, so it happens to the best. props to the crowd tonight - really sounded like a pro-buffalo crowd!