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7pm last home game before christmas. I've pretty much resigned myself that the sabres will never be able to "turn it on" at will. they're going to have to build themselves up to their mid october-mid november level. It will take a couple of games without a setback. I see the habs game tomorrow as a good stepping stone. It's time to turn up the heat, play a gritty game, knock some heads, and kick butt. Worry about that finnesse crap at some other time. The sabres have played the habs well this season and i see no reason why they won't play them hard tomorrow. I'll predict 3-2 buffalo.

3-1 loss... best thing to happen tonight was the massive amounts of boos. merry f-ing christmas sabres. time to remind yourself that you have to play an entire game in both ends of the ice. The sky is NOT falling, but this is a team that must rediscover itself. perhaps t hey can put together a defensive masterpiece against the habs on tuesday. till then its 3 days of PP practice.

we've got a heavy dose of reality tonight... the sens have officially figured us out, plus we look tired.. our PP sucks. kalinin looks foolish, numminen looks old. This is a team that needs to f ind itself again.

argh. 3-1 sens on a 2 man PP goal

campbell's shot was deflected by hecht... end of the 2nd, 2-1 ottawa. sabres came on strong at the end of the period. hope it continues into the 3rd.

campbell makes it 2-1 on the PP... we drive in and get another penalty. the game has officially swung.

i think the sabres are beginning to show life again in the senators zone. However, their transition game is very troubling... are they playing worse than normal or have the opponents caught up to us? i fear the latter. this game is far from over though.

FAST start by the 1st two shifts..

msg feed on directv center ice... can't get MUCH better...

so, tim connolly is smiling... i sense 18,690 fans smiling tonight after a major emery whooping.

7pm the sabres will play the sens tonight and it should be a little more wide open than the florida/new jersey games. The sabres were able to dominate NJ and squeek out a win vs. the panthers, but this is a totally different style game. Hopefully the sabres have the advantage. If i remember correctly, the last time these teams played, ottawa owned us. i predict a sabres spanking. 5-2 buffalo.

i bet peters said something that got him the penalty... he was getting chewed out at the bench too... bad bad decision when paille is 60 minutes down the 90...

cause he hounded the guy and challenged him about 5x... pluis he may have said some things. it was a good call by the refs, and a terrible decision by peters.

HOLY CRAP!!! BEST PK EVER!!!

good god, that was horrid till afinogenov takes the crap pas and scores

wow, i've honestly never heard RJ be unprofessional... "come on guys, shooooot the puck??!!??!!" to end the period was the first time for my ears. wow, i've honestly never heard RJ be unprofessional... "come on guys, shooooot the puck??!!??!!" to end the period was the first time for my ears.

check that... 4 on 3 action

good... a little 4 on 4 action

vanek!!! shoot the friggin puck there... another end of period penalty for the sabres

i wish we could have declined... these guys absolutely suck on the PP

argh... momentum killer there 1-1, stumphel scores as roy fell down trying to clear the puck

scott arniel, where are you?? SCOOOOOOOOOOOOORES~!

just got back home... the score is 0-0, how was the 1st period? any random injuries?

hey, i said in the beginning of the season that i'd put game threads up no more than 24 hours before the game and they'd stay up no later than 24 hours after the game... so i started this one 2 hours and 15 minutes before my self mandated cutoff, but who cares... the sabres are playing great again. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's game like no other this season. I think that the ship has been righted from the crapfests we've seen over the past couple of weeks. Hank's just about back, and there's a glimmer from connolly. life is good! (and i really hate to state this, because it does minimize the greatness of the sabres, but its wonderful to have a sabres game or two to pass the time before an honest to god meaningful bills game. come on folks... we've got some serious mojo now)

7:00pm Ok, a week ago, the team was basically embarrased and dismantled by the florida panthers. Since then, the team has put together hard fought road victories at montreal and at new jersey, with the latter being a complete defensive showcase. With that said, this team is focused, and pissed off about that defeat last week. They're now riding confidence, and they have the return of Tallinder on the immediate horizon (he's due to start stickhandling as early as tomorrow or friday, as per the BN), and the return of Connolly in the distant future (he started working out, as per the BN). I'm guessing that Drury will be a gametime decision. I hope his fever breaks tonight, but stafford can fill in another game. I really hope for that 60 minute performace tomorrow night, and under the circumstances, i fully expect it. Now, florida won't roll over, but i believe the Sabres will win it. Now, as for my return to the Game Threads, i'm back baby, and nobody can stop me now! The game will be on center ice, MSG locally, wgr550am locally, and streamed online at www.wgr550.com. Our game chats have been very sparse this season, but i assure you, the thing works and we'll be rocking tomorrow night. So, join us there or here for some game discussion. GO SABRES!!!!