Iron Crotch

Noooooooooooooo.

(fun with gifs)

The Habs are going to throw everything they have at us in the 3rd. Gotta hold 'em off.

"veinous insufficiency" :P

I think Kane needs a goal.

Montreal looks inspired after the poutine break. They're playing gay porn hard now.

These line combinations make so much more sense to me than what we've been going with the past few games.

Montreal. 2 minutes for cheating!

If I post all sorts of stupid I can get to 10,000 posts before this game is done. :D

This is what y'all should be doing between periods!

The three defensive pairs had relatively even ice time that first period.

...that's what she said.

Yes! ROR! Yay, team!

The Pommer - Larsson - Moulson line appears to be oddly effective.

Jack doesn't look like he wants to shoot any more.

I've never minded Gorges as a third pair defenseman. Good on the PK and plays with a ton of heart.

Looks like Nolan and Girgs are on the 4th line with Baptiste. ...although Nolan and Baptiste have barely played. I think Housley is going with 3 lines then mixing in Girgs.

Is early, but Pommer - Larsson - Moulson seem to work well together as a third line.

I'm glad Housley put Girgs back at center and Samson back on the wing.

Moulson - Larsson - Pommer. ...interesting line.

I think Housley must listen to this board. Samson is now back on Eichel's wing.

Griffith scratched... because he sucks. ;)

Before I'm done on this planet, I need to see a hockey game in Montreal. Awesome game atmosphere.

I don't think any coach in the league can turn this crap lineup into a winner. This team doesn't have anywhere near the talent of the contending teams. One thing I like to do is take a really good team and go down the lineup player-by-player comparing what we have vs. what they have. Nashville is my other favorite team (season ticket holder for 8 season)... when I look at the Preds, they have 2 goaltenders better than any of the Sabres goalies. They have 4 defensemen better than Risto or anyone else the Sabres have. They have several wingers (Forsberg, Arvidsson, etc.) better than any Sabres winger. They have quality 2-way depth down the middle with Johansen, Bonino, Turris, Jarnkrok and others. Top-to-bottom our talent just doesn't match up. We can do this comparison with any of the better teams (Pittsburgh, Tampa, etc.) and it is obvious that we're nowhere close. IMHO, we have to start drafting defensemen with our first-round picks. Build from the back. Otherwise, we're looking more-and-more like Edmonton 2.0.