ExiledInIllinois

Take away special teams for both and it is a 2-2 game... Really a total breakdown for the Sabres there on special teams... Count the SHG... Opened the flood gates mentally, IMO. I am just praying for HT!!!!!

Ugly... As big as let down as you get in the 2nd... As bad as it was... Made it a respectable 6-3... Out of character... I said they could have easily "packed it in"... Yet... They do find a way to score... That will help... Karma will change!

:D Something to smile about Jeff! I am following this horror through the "Official Super Stats".... Any news on Henrik? :(

Wow... Any news on it? Ugly, just ugly...

Ya... It is as ugly as it gets guys... Least they broke the shut-out and can run for the bus and home for a game and game this weekend... I know I don't like saying that... Crap happens! You knew it was coming after a great 1st and nothing to show for it... It usually does... I don't like losing too the Sens... Got shelled last year too in reg... But, look at the bright side, let them have their fun, karma is sure too reverse itself with these dudes come playoff time... The can't keep on streaking winning... It will catch up, have faith. The good news is that they will be steaming by the time I see them play in Chicago next week... Well, hopefully! I just had a feeling when I read the PS's history for today... 27 years ago... The Sabres beat the Red Army 6-1... I just had a bad vibe about this game... My 4 year daughter kept on sayin' "Sens" all day! :doh: :doh: :(

Same here about the 1st... Seemed they were in the Candy 'Canes' end a lot... What is this supposed to mean?: Funny, actually hysterical how they captioned that photo... :lol: :lol: Buffalo Sabres' Maxim Afinogenov (61), of Russia, fights with Carolina Hurricanes' Justin Williams (11) during the second period of the NHL hockey game at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006. (AP Photo/David Duprey) How long has Max been a Sabre? And they say "of Russia"... Like that is suppose to mean something? :lol: :lol: Like the "bad dude from Moscow, Russia". or: Look, Russian finesse players can fight big bad guys named Justin (N. America) too! :rolleyes:

Great pic above! :thumbsup: Ya, it cost him five... I am glad he got into the scuffle... See, you can skate fast, score, look good, and still fight so you don't have to be the other teams little b*tch! Max... Must have been reading the board and my "wimpy Sabres" comment... :lol: ;) :lol: No if we get Danny to lay off the spearing and put lay down some knuckle samiches... The rest of the league will take notice! :lol: :lol:

Same here. Just a little miffed because it was a SHG with under two... AK's PS goal made up for it... That is the third SHG given up in three straight games! I am in the middle about the shutout or not... No biggy I suppose... On one hand it would have been nice handing the "Candy 'Canes" the season sweep with a shutout... On the other hand I hope that their break in concentration with under 2 left thus spoiling Ryan's SO bid makes the team trash the Thrash on Sat.... :D

Ahhh... Lets us thank the shoot-out! :D

What are you, psychic? :D On 12-2... The Caps score 3 in under 8 minutes... The Sabres "up" them and score 6 in under 11! Take that Washington! Nice payback Slugos! :nana:

And the Grinch is doomed the rest of the year! Christmas Eve So BEHAVE! :D

You are lucky you are posting on this board Mr. Inky! ;) ;) Or you'd surely be: :death:

11 out of 14 games today were taken by the HOME team today. BFLO and DET were lucky to come out with a point on the road... Ducks got blanked (0-2, two very late goals) by a weak team and Calgary went down hard (1-4)... Given the Christmas break... There is no surprise that the road team "ran for the bus"... Sure I would have liked BFLO to get 2 points... Ya, they could have played better. I will ease up on this game...

Look at it this way... I don't blame the Sabres for this one... They got a point... Here is why... It is just before Christmas and teams on the road want to get home! Every home team won today except 3... MIN (home) beat DET in OT (3-2)... The home losers were: Philly... Because they flat out SUCK... Got blown out. Toronto... Need I say more? :beer: And Florida... Lost to Wash in OT... Do they celebrate Christmas in South FLA? And the only game left... Home team and VERY GOOD San Jose is beating a GOOD Calgary team... So everybody cut them some slack! As "slumps" go... This seems to be a very small... Yet... I understand that this little "nick" the Sabres have could fester into something large! Just relax and enjoy the ride... Without wondering when the other shoe will drop... Till it Shines Boyzzzz! :D Ya... Sorta agree... Lindy's gotta be careful too, don't want a mutiny... These guys work... You see Peters in on the bench and NOT SCRATCHED... <_<

Maybe they play like this so teams take them lightly and then WHAM-O... The Sabres strike! ?? ;) ;) Oh well, +1 point... A good Christmas because a sure Sabre win would mean the Bills are doomed tommorrow... The Sabres lose in OT... Sets up a Bills win... Best of both worlds!! ;) Even the high-flyin' Ducks were blanked 2-0 against a poor PHX team that IS NO BETTER THAN THE BLUES... I still place the Sabres even (maybe down a point/half game) with 3 games in hand v. the Ducks... Still both (Ducks and Sabres) the cream of the league! And really Hecht goal thingy would have made the diff! Eff the ref (Toronto review)... Tallinder @ -3 :cry: ... Ouch! But, what can you expect after 2 months off with a major injury? Honorable mention and Happy Holidays as I like to thank BOS and WASH for beating the Habs and Leafs too! Ya... It is the Bruins... Sabres enemy is a friend today! :D Now GO BILLS and Fins ( :sick: :sick: ) AaaHem, sorry... Jets lose... and Happy Holidays to all!

Why was it waived off and disallowed? I couldn't watch... What was the deal on replay? Like Bm said above they had to review it and not count it? That is why they allowed the Hab goal... THe play was still going... What a bummer and back breaker :death: ... Just shows you to never stop skating till you here the whistle! Would that have been the tieing goal? Or was it when the Habs had a 4-2 lead?

He is a waif :lol: ... He needs to put some pounds on... He'll blow away out there! I can give him some... ;) ;)

What is up with shot production?... That seems to be going up, yet scoring down... A true sign they are in a slump... :( :(

You livin' in Chicago Marty? Maybe we can "do" the town and take in a game on Jan. 10th? :D Chicago is a very remarkable town... You wanna hang with "clean cut" guys like myself... Guys like Tank Johnson in that... A..Hmmm... "Other" sport ins't the way to go! :thumbdown: Just funnin' ya Marty! Since your return and Denis Savard's dumping of Trent and move behind the bench... The Sabres v. 'Hawks game should be a tough one! :nana: :nana:

Meanwhile on this day in Sabres history... The injury depleted team prepares to play the Carolina Hurricanes in game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals... Winner will take home the Prince of Wales Trophy and represent the east for the Stanley Cup against Edmonton, winner in the west. Game 7 will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina where tickets to the game can still be bought, sellout it looks not. Displaced and relocated western New Yorkers and southern Ontarians living in North Carolina are urged to attend the game and cheer on the home town boys! Report has it that the arrogant 'Canes and their fans are holding out to buy Stanely Cup Finals tickets, putting champagne on ice, and trash talking their "barbarian neighbors" to the north.

Don't worry Labatt... It will end tommorrow! Can I still put 500 down on Philly in 6? :D