Calvin

That's really working out well for the Devils I heard

:clapping: education nowadays, sigh

right. cos Marleau really wanted to come here but salary was a sticking point. he must have really been looking forward to Roy being his setup man, who needs that Thronton fella anyways?

sigh.. oh chz.. :wub:

kudos to the defensive unit.. they have really stepped it up on the offensive front. i'm really hoping that they learn the defensive solidity bit now, that will set us up as a really good counterattacking unit. Myers looked rough in patches, but redeemed himself in the end. Sekera looks like he is getting better at handling the puck in traffic, but is still overhandling. Montador and Morrison were both good today, they really brought the muscle in the back today. Butler is best when you don't hear about him all game long, like a good o-lineman in football. finally i thought Leopold had a good game today, doesn't seem like he has been afflicted by the unable-to-clear-zone curse yet! did you hear that stat saying the Sabres D has 25% of the goals being scored? they are doing a really good job of covering up the offensive woes and poor PP play.. one or two impactful trades in the Top 6 and we might see some shades of that '05-'06 run-n-gun team again good game boys, tough schedule coming up.. when they bring the energy they are showing they can keep up with the best in the league, the real challenge is maintaining that over a stretch.

in my book that counts as a primary assist!

those last three minutes were fantastic hockey! great advertisement there for the sport

you called it DeLuca, not sure who got the assists on the winner!

way to redeem yourself Thing1.. wow!! fantastic composure there with so much on the line, good job kiddo!

Myers has started looking out of sorts again after he was getting better the last few games. that was a helluva hit there on him too.

silly penalty there by Myers, to the best road PP in the league. didn't learn from Hecht's equally silly one in the 2nd

because they are scrappy and fight for the puck. i'd rather see them on the PP than the lazy 'skill' who create more chances for the other teams when we're on the PP.

that was one heckuva shift!!

now we get to see firsthand what an effective PP unit looks like. wow. oh Santa, can we get a PP unit like that for xmas? is it too early to ask?

another pair of goals from Vanek if he plays would be most welcome. i'll even settle for non-highlight reel goals! Schneider in goal, the game after we got off the schneid with the first home win Go Sabres!

dude, chill. you're doing more than just fine. all i said in the first post was that it didn't look like you were touching your lineup, since you have half your lineup that didn't even play a game the whole week. and yes, you're right, you are beating me. as i said before, shame on me for not whacking you.

his shooting is what i was talking about..

Vanek did get his pair for the twins! thank you for the home win boys!!

Pommers has just been brutal today. No finishing whatsoever, and mishandling of pucks is AHL level on his part today. this building still holding some ghosts in his head? he was much better the other game when he scored against the Devils.

the one European 'elite' level player we have, and he happens to be Vanek. if only that could have been any one of Semin, Backstrom, Malkin.. sigh.

holy crapping ######.. how many chances will Pommers miss today!!!

it's actually been marginally better today than in some of the games we've played this year. Caps are showing the quality though, we'd get away with that kind of mistake more often than not

failed to clear the zone, got promptly punished, second time tonight.

i really wish we would shoot on target more often.. Pommers has already hit glass on two open sitters

i'll give them that, the PP did look much better, we just won't get 4 min every time to set up in the offensive zone