apuszczalowski

Yeah, cause Enroth has earned the right to start more and demand where he plays. Maybe he can join Mikka Noronen lighting up a beer league somewhere And this seasons (8 games) Buffalo has only scored more then 3 goals twice when Millers in net (Openers 5-2 win over Philly, and 7-4 win over Boston)

A game that was also played on a Thursday night, hmmmmmmmmm.............

The Government, It all comes down to Obama being at fault for everything!The Sabres have not won a playoff series since he has been in office! Since he has been in office the Bills have been selling games to Toronto also!

He is a good #5-6 defencemen in the NHL. He isn't flashy, won't be a superstar and may make the odd mistake, but otherwise he is nothing to really complain about. Similar to Ellis as a 4th liner. He isn't flashy and also won't be a superstar (hes becoming a whipping boy cause most expect Crosby performances from all lines), but he is a good depth forward player who goes out and does his job on the 4th line/fill in player.

Are you serious?Paul Hamilton was destroying Enroth during the first intermission for his performance in the first period of that game calling the one goal inexcusable for an NHL goaltender. Robi the next day was saying Enroth needs to be waived and sent back down to Rochester because he just isn't that good. One of them also made the comment that hopefully people give the next guy more then 17 games before we start calling him the next great thing and we can now trade Miller Miller is getting hung out to dry just as much and theres always a group here ready to blame him and run him out of town...........

You can compile a huge list of goalies who have come into the league and looked great for the first little while then fizzled out. That guy could end up just like the rest of them, or maybe he could be different, from what some have said in teh TSN article, he has put up alot of good stats during his career in sweeden.

Are you trying to say that a guy being paid as (and expected to be) a franchise Defencemen should be making guys around him better, not needing someone else to make him better?

Sure, lets get the old band back together! Think Drury can come out of retirement? Maybe Teppo can just slap some skates and a jersey on and become a player/coach? JP Dumont is playing over in Europe right now too.......... TP seems to love the past Sabres, maybe Tallinder could be one of them? Seriously, everyones running Ruff out of town because he has been here so long, and he is getting stale, yet everyone always brings up trying to get back former players. The problem is they need some fresh new talent to come in here. If Myers can only play well with Tallinder, see if the Devils want him cause theres a serious problem with him and he is not a franchise player then. Wouldn't it be better to find a better, similar style player to Tallinder that isn't a healthy scratch? Although on the other hand, if it meant shipping off Leo, I could accept that

i would enjoy kicking both in the testicules if I ever met them in person............... Nothing to do with picking up Gretzky to take pressure off of him?

Elliot Freedman said in something he wrote that teams have seen the Sabres as a possible trade partner for defence because they have 8, and when asked GMs about it, they said Darcy told them to give him a reason to trade one of them (i.e. blow me away with an offer so I don't lose the trade) As for Myers, with his contract alone teams aren't going to give you anything big unless you take back a bad contract. Any team taking him is goign to do it with teh hope that they can turn him around and are doing it at the risk that maybe he just isn't as good as everyone hoped.

Scouts go to games all the time, especially when teams struggle and they think they can pounce on a team ready for a firesale But with Regier as the GM, and never willing to make a trade that does not have him declared a genius or the winner, I doubt a significant trade happens, unless you think Weber for a pick is significant....

But those players are different, they are playing on superior teams with good coaching. If he played on any of those other teams he would be surpassing Crosby right now!

But thats the job of a backup goaltender, you don't get to play every night, only when needed or the starter is given the night off for a rest. You don't hear of a problem in Jersey with Brodeurs backup who gets 10-15 games if Brodeur stays healthy maybe he just isn't that great of an NHL goalie, and like many in the league, came in and got lucky living off the fact they had a hot streak at one point to start their career. Nah, its gotta be that he is an all star that Ruffs screwed up by not giving him 30+ starts a year to keep him fresh.........

Just wait, Enroth gets a shutout tonight and this board will explode with everyone suggesting that Miller be moved immediatly............

Showing his points and all is fine, but theres alot more to playing defence then scoring and getting assists. Take away the points and how is he doing at actually playing defence? Using offensive stats to value a defencemen is like using batting average to evaluate a pitcher in baseball

poor Pardy and Weber.....................

Thats what gets you in trouble with a salary cap, paying players for their potential, not for what they have actually done.Myers has done nothing to deserve that kind of money right now, his play has been getting worse every year, not better, yet we all hoe he is going to be the next Chara and use that to justify his salary.

That happened to me last week, had dinner with friends at their place the night of the bruins game and they only had basic cable and no Centre Ice. I didn't check the score at all til we were heading back home cause I figured it was going to be a loss. Tonight I can't watch the full game (only 7 til 8) before I head out to go play some pickup hockey, I'm guessing horrible 1st period then incredible blow out finish which will lead me to cancel anything that will allow me to watch anymore games this year. I was at the Toronto OT game, I watched Saturdays games til after Vanek scored, and came back home to catch from the end of the second period on against the Panthers.........

The point is, Semin is still a very good player who can be lazy at times, AND they picked up the second best Staal brother to go with the best Staal Brother. That more then makes up for the loss of Sutter. Sutter has one season with 40 points in his career, Semin has not had a season with less then 42 points since his rookie season

If theres one thing working in the Sabres favour right now its that Ottawas scoring is down right now, hopefully the Sabres won't try to be the nice guys and help them out with that like they always do.As for the Pardy/Myers combo, It may not help Myers game, but can it hurt it anymore? Maybe they are being paired together because they are both going to have their ice times limited?

But, But, Edmonton will be good one day, and then it will be proof that bottoming out is better then just making the playoffs! I believe they have drafted #1 overall the last 3 years in a row. In the last 12 years, only 2 teams drafting #1 overall have won the cup. Pittsburgh did it after they picked Fleury #1, then in a draft that was modified due to the strike were gifted Crosby #1 overall after getting to take Malkin at #2 the year before. The other team was the Blackhawks when they picked Kane #1 overall. The other teams in the last 12 years to draft #1 overall, Islanders (2x's), Thrashers (Now Jets 2x's), Blue jackets (once), Capitals (Once), Blues (Once), Lightning (Once) and Oilers (3x's). Of those teams The Islanders have made the playoffs 4 times, (only once since 2003-04) never making it past the Quarter finals, and finishing no higher then 4th in their division only 3 times in the last 19 years Thrashers and Blue Jackets have only qualified for the playoffs once in that time frame and have yet to win a playof game (both teams were swept in the quarterfinals) The Blues made it past the quarter finals 3 times (once into the conference finals in 2000-01), but since the #1 overall pick have made the playoffs 2 times and last year was the first time they have won a playoff game since) The Capitals have only missed the playoffs 4 times since 2000, and have only finished lower then second in their division 3 times in that time period (from 2003-07) The Lightning last won a cup before the first lockout and have only made the playoffs once since drafting #1 overall in '08 (they made the conference finals in 2010-11 then missed the playoffs the next year (They have missed the playoffs 6 times since 2000) The Oilers have not made the playoffs since they made the Cup finals the year after the lockout, and have only made the playoffs one other time since 2000, and have never finished higher then 3rd in their division over that time frame So after looking over stats from the last 12 years, only 2 teams have won the cup after "bottoming out" for the #1 overall pick, most have stayed as bottom feeders Its gotta be a little of both, if it was just good scouting, they wouldn't have let those players drop so far prior to taking them if someone knew what they would eventually become.

This si exactly what I am seeing too much of from the Sabres, and one of the problems with the defence right now, they leave too many guys wide open to just stand near the net by themselves. I would say almost half the Goals scored on this team are by players who get to just stand in front of the net all day til the puck gets to them, usually from a rebound. Then, when itsa the Sabres turn to do that in the other end, no one can get in front of the net and the other team just collapse 3-4 guys in front of their goalie and force the Sabres to shoot through them. I watched most of this game last night with the wife, We have come to the conclusion if babies can learn from hearing things in the womb, our daughters first words are going to be right as she is born and will be "Shoot It! F**K!"

i wasn't taking a shot at you with that comment, that line went with teh rest of what I said before it about needing to know every little detail of what goes on to fuel conspiracy What I do find interesting about it is that there are some here who would tell us that Ruff doesn't like Vanek or that he would limit his ice time when this shows that he is trying to get him out more

They must lead Mutinys very differently in Austria then hereUsually you want to play real bad to try and make the coach look much worse (See Ovie as an example), guess in Austria they try and be the best player in the league to get the coach fired? has an Austrian Mutiny ever worked before?

Actually, its even easier to evaluate what was more important to their cup run, just look at the performance of their goaltender during the season and cup run and it should clear up if the C or Winger were more important...........