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Good thing Peters dressed last night. He was such a force with his 3-4 minutes of ice time. It would have been next to impossible for Novotny(who did not dress) to have made a bigger contribution on a night when the team only scored 1 goal. :angry:

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If I remain sitting in an upright position on the coach, I have a 10% chance that I stay awake for the whole game. Laying down on the couch or in bed, I'll be asleep half way through the first period. Sucks getting old and having to get up early. :angry:

one? Didn't he also coach the Sabres? I'm being very lazy today.

To be filed under the "it just wasn't meant to be" category... How is it that Scotty was wildly successfull everywhere but Buffalo? He won cups in Montreal, Detroit & Pittsburgh, but didn't do squat in Buffalo(especially come playoff time). :angry:

Great win to start the road trip. -Miller was very solid and once again made some big stops. -Good to see Roy get a goal. I really believe he has raised the level of his play over the last couple of weeks. You can see the confidence in him when he is handling the puck. -I thought the Sabres were quick, but damn...Edmonton can skate. -Nice hit by McKee on Hemsky. Also good to see Kalinin stick his nose in there when McKee was on his knees and could have been pummelled by Smith. -PP was in a funk all night. 2 great individual efforts by Connolly and Max, but overall, they were not sharp at all. -I'm not sure what is up with Vanek(foot injury bothering him), but his play the last two games has been very uninspiring. -Edmonton's goalie sucked. Don't they know that they have to do whatever it takes to pry Biron from the Sabres. ;)

This is why if they are going to trade Biron, do it now so that Mika can get 10 or so starts in before the playoffs roll around, so that he will be ready if needed.

Hasek was just unreal during his time as a Sabre. It's a shame that the Sabres couldn't build a team around him, that could have won 1 cup if not more.

I thought I just heard them say on WGR that Miller is getting the start tonight.

Go Sabres. Hopefully Miller is in the net and Biron is an Oiler or a Canuck before the west coast swing ends. ;)

Congrats to the Sabres. 7 even strength goals is a healthy boost to the plus/minus numbers of many Sabres. Novotny likes to throw the body around. It will be interesting to see how he fares on the western swing. Miller was great last night. Despite it not being a close game score wise, he made some quality saves over the first two periods. Nice way to close out the homestand. 3-2-1 isn't what I expected when it began, but hopefully this will be a kickstart for the road trip. I was thinking before the game that the Sabres need the vets to step up last night and they did...Drury 4 points, Hecht 4 points, Grier 3 points, Connolly 3 points, Kotalik 3 points and McKee even got a goal. The only negative...I taped the game on my Adelphia DVR and the box died after two periods. :angry:

I suppose Peters will be in the lineup because of LA's goon(Avery). Just what the Sabres need when in a goal scoring slump. <_<

...and all at home before BIG crowds. :(

7 goals in last 4 home games and a LA team up next, that is smoking Boston tonight 6-0 in Boston. :(

Pominville as the 3rd shooter...WTF?

C'mon Sabres. Phoenix has given up 21 goals in it's last 4 games(all losses).

Thanks for the correction. I was too lazy to look it up! :)

I thought the Sabres effort was great last night. Gaustad seemed to be hitting more than usual, Miler was stellar in goal and the defense did a good job of shutting down Tampa. Keep in mind TB just played two road games in New York and won them both allowing only one goal in each game.

It was good to kick their A$$es twice, but the first one was really special.

I didn't get to watch the game closely because I was at a party, but those were some lame PP's in the 3rd period.

I've said this over and over again until I am blue in the face. Peters is a waste of a roster spot. Paille didn't show me anything over the last few games to prove that he can't handle duty on the 4th line. Please make Andrew Peters disappear from the Sabres roster forever. :angry:

-I was at the game last night. Crowd was really into it during the second and thrid periods(first period was a yawner). -Max can be awesome at times and frustrating beyond belief at other times. Great goal! -Miller was very good. I was hoping he could hang on to get the shutout. 1 goal allowed against a very good offensive team...no complaints here. -Nice start to the home stand. Someone was telling me that tickets for the other games in January have been selling really well. -I laughed when I got my coupon for a free pan pizza if your player scores. I got Mike Grier. I went by several other Sabres employees and they were also handing out coupons with Griers name on them. Low and behold, he comes out of nowhere to score a pretty goal in the 3rd period. Thanks Mike! :)

In their last 9 games Atlanta has won 6 and the other 3 were OT losses. This game will not be an easy one as Atlanta has great offensive firepower. The Sabres will need to be mindful of their own end of the rink and get good goaltending to come out with a win tonight.

My game observations... -Good effort by the Sabres to come from behind on two occasions on the road to earn a point. -Sabres outplayed the Leafs over the last two periods after Toronto came out hitting everything in sight. -Just before Pominville scored, I was questioning why Lindy wouldn't put two defensemen on the point considering the number of opportunities Toronto was getting while shorthanded. -That was a great shot by Sundin, but he was invisible almost all night. How much are they paying him? -Lydman gets stronger every game. I'm not sure what his problem was early in the year, but this kid can play. I'd like to see him get some time on the PP and see what he can do. -Roy seemed like he was pissed off last night. He played with an edge and seemed to be quite chippy especially after the whistle. -Biron was lights out in the 3rd period and OT, but for the love of god Marty PLEASE stop with the attempted poke checks in the shootouts. There is a time when to use the poke check(when the shooter has his head down or gets too close to the goalie with the puck) and you clearly suck at it. -I miss Roby & Blessing on Hockey Hotline. The new post game progam is brutal. -Continued kudos to Connolly who broke out of a 8 or 9 game goal scoring slump with 3 points. -I know I mentioned it in an earlier post, but I HATE TUCKER AND DOMI!!!!

I also thought that was the case. Nice observation.