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OSPs wallet has nothing to do with the fact that there is no way the Sabres could have fit Kovy under the cap without trading half the team for picks. How, in ANY world, is that a good idea? I wouldn't take that cancer if he bought me 30 hookers and Bugatti Veyron.
That's really the point. Kovy is Alexi Yashin Jr; all flash and no heart. It's not worth the eye-candy if you have to keep guys like Gerbe, Ennis, and McCormick in the pressbox every night.
It's beyond me how Jersey could justify his contract, especially after getting swept in the 1st round last season with him on the roster.
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All right, I have to complain about this whole Mark Sanford thing.
The affair itself doesn't bother me. Sh#t like this happens. The hypocrisy of a staunch conservative who has criticized the affairs of others doesn't bother me either; claims of hypocisy are a dime-a-dozen in politics.
I have to admit as far as affairs go, this one looks to be fairly impressive. He wasn't paying a hooker or shacking up with a young staffer with self-esteem issues. He wasn't sleeping with a wide-eyed-wonk who worships politicians like rock stars. And he wasn't trying to hook up with a dude in a men's room.
When it comes right down to it, scoring an Argentinian mistress is right up there with scoring Marilyn Monroe. I mean this guy looks and acts like your boring uncle, but he's tapping some carn-i-val tail. We don't know what this woman looks like (and maybe it's better that we don't), but an Agentinian lover sounds pretty hot.
What does bother me is his whole reaction to getting caught. In his own words, Sanford spent the five days he was AWOL "crying" in Argentina.
All I can picture is Sanford standing outside an apartment house in Argentina, holding his boombox over his head, playing Peter Gabriel songs.
They're even releasing his pasty love letters. Unless you're Shakespeare and you write in iambic pentameter, your love letters (if you hazard to write them) should never be made public. No matter how good you think they are, they just make you look like horny dork of a teenager.
And why the hell did he have to miss five days of work over this thing. C'mon, there are people with the swine flu who miss fewer days.
When it comes right down to it, have the affair if you must, but when you get caught, be a f'n man about it.
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WOW CONGRATS DANNY!
I guess all us Sabre fans who stuffed the ballot box knew what we were doing!
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Why do the refs have silver stripes and not orange?
A couple of guesses:
1. The colors on the NHL logo used to be black and orange, now they are black and silver, so they finally updated the refs uniforms to match the new logo colors.
2. Silver looks better than orange on RailCam (make that RAAAAAIIIIILLLLCAAAAAAMMMMMM)
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Amazing how human Marty looks without the trap huh? Marty sure showed why he should have been the starter tonight... :lol:
Too bad that his mic got busted, because one of the ass-hats in the booth could ask him if the red light was giving him a sunburn. :lol:
I haven't seen a goalie get shelled like that since I watched Darren Pang get bombed in an old-timer's game (he was mic'd up too).
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The Versus production seems to be getting worse, IMO. Instead of focusing on the camera work, play-by-play/in-game announcing, and cutting down on the ridiculous pop-up animations, they've opted to not fix those poor aspects of their production and instead focused on adding more useless crap to their coverage.
For the All-Star game, I don't want to throw Versus under the bus completely - the NHL's and the Dallas Stars' hands are just as dirty with this crappy pre-game, crappy PA announcer, etc.
Yeah, I don't want to blame them for that tool of a rink announcer. But here's an idea, let's not give a player a bag of potato chips during an in-game interview. And how about announcing who assisted on a goal. (Nice assist Danny.)
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This whole game production is way too "video game" for me...for me, it's like when you stumble across a website where someone decided to put every possible HTML, flash, audio and visual effect they can on the site, and it looks like an overwhelming mess...
Yeah, I've had it with Vs. This whole production is an embarassment.
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OKAY...let's get grounded somewhere near reality. If I were Ottawa, I wouldn't take Briere, Drury and Tallinder for Heatley. He is a legitimate NHL power forward. A guy that comes around even dozen years or so. Briere is a waterbug type of player that is nice but not in the class of Heatley.
As Heatley proved in last year's playoffs. :doh:
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Winning ugly beats losing pretty.
Here's to a season without any 'moral' victories. :beer:
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It seems like every poster on that board is a middle-aged soccer mom. If you asked them what the left-wing lock is, they'd probably sit you down and serve you a peanut butter sandwich.
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Yes he can. So can Paille and a bunch of other guys in the ROC. That's why I've been banging the anti-Peters drum all season. Stafford plays 12 minutes and Paille 11. 5 on 5 the Sabres were able to roll four lines. Takes away the Ranger power plays and the Sabres carried the play. I hope these guys stick with the big club. Novotny, Paille and Stafford are this years Roy, Pominville and Gaustad. :beer:
Only if he stays at the current pace. 111 pts would be worth the $5 million. 109? Run him out of town :nana:
Ruff has been playing 3 and a half lines this year, it and it looks like it has been by design. He seems perfectly happy with playing the 4th line to wear out teams in the first two periods, and going almost exclusively with the top 3 lines in the 3rd.
It's hard to argue with that plan, considering the Sabres lead the league in goals and points. So it was never a question of Stafford or Paille being better than Peters; that's a no-brainer. It's a question of the rookies being better than the top six wingers; because who do you sit to give them ice time in the 3rd? Even when Ruff has benched a top six winger, Gaustad has filled in well.
So, like Roy and Pominville last season, Paille and Stafford are getting big minutes in Rochester to start the year.
Now that Max is injured, the Sabres will probably need some goals from the 4th line, so bringing up both Stafford and Paille, and benching Peters makes sense. If and when the Sabres get healthy, however, I wouldn't be surprised to see the rookies back in Rochester and Peters back in the lineup.
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Sadly, Drury didn't back check for crap on that goal. He just lazily watched as he strolled back. If he was skating that goal never goes in.
Definitely something for Ruff to chew them out for in the film room. Not neccessarily a bad thing after a win! :D
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As AD pointed out, our inability to win faceoffs is extremely problematic and we let up big time the lat two minutes.
Carolina is still a good team that is going to force errors and create chances. But on the whole, I thought we took the play to them and outplayed them most of the night. Who is this Thomas Vanek guy? We could have used him last spring.
The Sabres actually won the overall faceoff battle tonight (30-26), but did lose some key ones. I don't recall how many of those key wins were by Brind'Amour.
Lindy might have gotten a little greedy on that last 5-3, playing Pominville at the point. Tallinder or Campbell might have done a better job of picking up the trailer (Commodore) on the goal.
I liked the way they played this game too. The 4th line controlled play in the first period, the RAV line looked unstoppable, and Miller made some big saves. I'd say that this was a 'gritty' win.
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Maybe I am easily pleased, but I don't know what the complaints are about. The final 5-3 was pisspoor, but beyond that we out hit, out skated, and out hustled these guys all game. They were only in it because of 2 freak goals.
I am very happy with the way we played for the vast majority of the night.
I agree with you. The Flyers win was a clinic, but you'd have to be slightly delusional to think the Sabres would be able to put on another clinic against the defending champs, especially since we blew our noses in their rag on opening night.
And that last goal was disappointing, but it should keep a burr under Miller's saddle, and he always comes back strong when he has a burr under his saddle.
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Well, that didn't take very long. They've already gone back to giving me multiple heart attacks in the 3rd period. I'm still riding that emotional high right now, so I can't even think of what to say about that game. I guess it's time to go watch V for Vendetta in honor of Vanek's solid game.
Oh, and I don't think I've ever seen a team score 4 identical goals like Montreal did. Was there even one that didn't deflect of a Sabre directly to the open man?
Yep, for a while there it definitely looked like the Canadiens were more opportunistic. Combine that with the Sabres ineptitude on the power play and the third period calls against, things were looking pretty bleak. Bleak for any team BUT the Buffalo Sabres.
This team just never quits. It's a beautiful thing to watch.
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Man, aside from 1971, May 25th really has sucked for the Sabres! Tell the team to spend the rest of the day in a padded room. :lol:
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Uh-oh. People are reading this!
Yeah, like you guys wouldn't have "rewarded" Jason after that goal!
I have been reading these, but after this comment, maybe I'll stop. :unsure:
Oh who am I kidding. I wish I could quit This Day in Sabres History! I can't wait for May 18th to see how we should "reward" Ryan Miller! :rolleyes:
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The Sabres had a two-man advantage? Was Koharski reffing the game? :lol:
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It looks like we have some more demons to exorcise tonight! LET'S GO BUFFALO! Reclaim May 11th!
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May 10, 1980
On the Island, trying to tie the semifinals at three games apiece, the Sabres open up a 2-0 lead only to see the Islanders score five unanswered goals. With the game and series all but decided in the third period, Lindy Ruff cruises past Billy Smith and receives the butt end of his goalie stick in the kisser as a souvenir of his trip. Ruff attacks Smith. "It was in the heat of battle," Ruff said. "I would have jumped off the Grand Island Bridge to win the game."
This will always be my lasting memory of Lindy as a player. After taking the cheapshot, he turned on Smith like a doberman attacking a ham.
Smith taped the 'knob' of his stick about an inch or two below the butt end. The unpadded edge of Smith's stick cut Lindy on the cheek. Ruff wasn't the only victim of Smith's jabs and the league mandated that all goalies had to tape the entire butt end of their sticks the next year.
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If that's the case, PLF should have hired a GM who was more in-tune with his vision for the team. If this wasn't caused by a personal issue, like health concerns, it speaks more to PLF's inability to be an executive for an NHL team than Pegula's ability to be an NHL owner. .