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Speaking of the 'Kiss Cam'. Wish me luck. I am applying for the job of running the Fan-O-Meter that measures the loudness of the crowd. I've been practicing at home. :lol: :lol: :lol:

The lead can be cut to two tonight with a litle help from the Thrashers. I wonder if some of the Sens recent stumbles are from looking over their shoulder. The Sens have never been considered mentaly tough. There is more then a good chance the Sabres and Sens could be dead even at the break. Won't that be interesting to talk about for two weeks.

With a big break coming up I would hope Lindy plays Miller the final three. Miller is great but is also young and seems to play better with alot of work. If Marty does play one? I also think it should be the Panthers. Carolina would be another "message game" and I would hope Miller and Briere would be in the lineup then. When the break is done the Sabres might actually be at full strength. There are a bunch of decisions to be made as far as the roster goes.

Thanks Dave. Before this season penalty shots were so rare I never fully understood the rule.

Didn't there used to be a rule that you had to keep the puck infront of you? When I saw the move, for some reason I thought it was illegal. Anyway. I'm glad it was Vanek who scored. Much like the effect a game like this can have on Miller. Scoring a huge goal like that can really bolster the development of Vanek. Each game he seems to be getting more and more confident. What a day it was yesterday. Bruins - Habs Rangers - Flyers Sabres - Sens I finally knonked out during the first period of the Canucks and Oilers. Alot of hockey, beer and wings. I have nothing left for the 'Less Then Super Sunday'.

Today is a great hockey day. Wings -Avs at 2:00 Flyers - Rangers at 5:00 Sabres - Sens at 7:30 The beers are cold. The wings are frying. I've been iceing my remote thumb all morning.

How do you know it's not? Just because the so called "insiders" haven't reported it doesn't mean nothing is going on. You may not have heard anything because the Sabres don't want anybody to know. Most of what gets reported as "hot rumors" are rumors put out there by the teams themselves. They use it to gauge fan reaction or to let other teams know that a player is available. Most of the "league sources" are the GM's themselves. It's like that in every sport. Peace ;)

What is "tat" and how do I trade it for the other? :lol: An oldie but a goodie ;)

Nice job by the Kids to answer Drury's call. ;)

First off Brad Riter is never right. As far as the other point about the replay official? Goal judges are the same every game. Come on guys. It's a bad call. They happen. You can go to fans of every team and they can list you bad calls that compare to the ones the Sabres had to deal with. They just happen. If you want to eliminate them then play every game on an X-Box. Before Buffalo fans start to think the world is against us. Take a look at one of this area's greatest sports moments. The Bills comback over Houston. Don Beebe took two steps out of bounds before he caught a huge TD. That call cost Houston the game and their franchise. Ask Philly how they felt when Bob Nystrom was two strides offsides before he scores and the Islanders went on to win the Cup. They happen. If they didn't then sports talk would be pretty boring. ;)

See what happens when you let Non-French Canadians work video equipment? I have no doubt that European officials would have got the call right. :lol: :lol:

As long as the Sabres don't trade Marty for a rent-a-player.

Bigger then the 10 goals was that it happened in front of a packed house. They have a tough road trip but it's not imposible. 4-2 is not out of the realm of possibility. I suggest getting your tickets soon if you plan to go to any games. A solid road trip and the Feb 2nd game against Philly will be a mad house. I'm going to be scrambling to get the day off so I can get to the game. Peace :)

You are. And they do. I've seen players at the Canadian Ballet during past seasons. These are young rich atheletes. Do you really think they are looking at game film every night. What's the point of being a rich athelete if you can't enjoy the benefits. Just wear a condom and video tape it so the girl can't charge rape. That was Kobi's mistake.

The Sabres would have won if Marty played :lol: I just like starting trouble. 0-7 on the power play. This team needs to increase it's 5 on 5 production. On average they score two 5 on 5 goals a game.

Kalinin not at 100% and now the news about Briere? As much as this team needs a Defenseman they may have to start looking at a short term replacement for Briere. The ROC guys have played well but not having Briere leaves a hole upfront. Maybe a rent a player type move? If Kalinin does have a nagging injury? The Sabers have been preety good about those things. I couldn't see them ignoring it. If he wasn't 100% I don't think they would risk it. As well as the Sabres have played. Kalinin raises the quality of the defense whens he's at 100%. Quick question. The Sabres have had success with the guys from the ROC. Why haven't they brought someone up to replace Fitzpatrick?

Great Job. ;) I just picked up the RJ disc. It's great. The Shileds/Snow battle is awesome. That and Peca rolling over Domi. I heard a DVD may follow. Anyone else hear anything.

Is it fair to say that the Miro situation was completly different the Z's? Miro aside. The Sabres wanted Zhitnik. The plan was to have in on the blueline. IMO it is the #1 factor in Kalinin's drop in play. Z's faults aside, this team would be better with him and the guys in the locker respected his game. Briere was upset when he talked about Z moving on. I don't know if WGR keeps all of their tapes in ther 'Audio Vault'. If they do listen to the Briere interview back before the season started. My biggest problem with that whole thing was listening to Darcy talking about how "charm" was the biggest factor on signing free agents. Since money would be even around the NHL it would up to the GM's to sell their cities. He says that, then his #1 priority walks.

I will disagree with on Peters. Let Boulton rack up the penalties. And if things get ruff you still have Mair and Gaustad. Sitting Paille is a mistake. The Thrashers are a good skateing team. Seeing how he could keep up is what I would like to see. Peters only had 5 shifts for a total of 2:57. The Sabres gained nothing from it. Paille needs ice time in the NHL to prove if he can do it or not. Play the kid and lets find out. Don't waste anymore time with Peters. We already know he can't play. Robi? He tows the company line well. Not to keep beating a dead horse but the Sabres did offer Z the $4 million a year to stay it was his choice to leave. Miro is a different story. If he was such a problem they should have dealt him and gotten something in return before he hit free agency. Even a mid round pick would be something. Wasn't Miller a 5th rounder. You never know. I will never be in favor of letting players go for nothing.

"honest" I say let Boulton run wild and ring up the penalties. For every elbow, high stick or charge it's a power play for the #3 power play in the league.

Miller has missed a bunch of time? A run in the Olympics might sharpen his Sabre so to speak. He is the best USA goalie. Also, I hate that Peters takes a roster spot away from a real player. This was a game missed by a player who may someday help this team. But he sits because someone feels sorry for Andjuice Peters. <_<

The "others" you refer to? Do you mean the other team ;)

I'm sure Grier was hurt :lol: He must have been hurt all season. The only thing Grier grinds is the the Sabres offense to a grinding hault. I'm starting to think the reason Drury's +/- is so bad is because he has to play with Grier. The best thing about Grier is that his contract is for only one year. I will guess that if any trade is made to bring in a top blueliner? Grier will going the other way to even the salaries up without committing the other team long term to Grier.

Power Play goals don't count against the +/-. Nice try though.

Grier has 9 points and is a -9. All this for $1.3 million? Last night he was horrible and was benched. He has a good shift here and there. But those are too few and too far between. I couldn't find a complete stat sheet for the year. But I would guess he has more turnovers then hits this season. Grier is big, slow and not very effective. Most of the rallies the Pens could muster happened with Grier on the ice. WHich is why he was benched. As far as the other two? Fitzpatrick should be in the ROC. He is weak along the boards and makes poor decisions. Like shhoting the puck into the defenders legs instead of dumping into the corner with less then two minutes to play. This resulted in a Pens rush and the Sabres had trouble clearing after that. Peters. Compeltely useless.