North Buffalo Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 And the Leafs have 7 guys over 50% FOW, we only have 2, Roy and Ellis. Looks like they'll be doing that "play the faceoff like we'll lose it" thing. I'm at the game tonight, we'll see if we have bloody Leaf fans by the time it's over. We'll see, why wait??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdexchange Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Damn, it's not a good sign that somebody has the flu. I hope all the extra precautions the team has implemented to avoid it spreading actually work. As for tonight, I think our boys will be charged up after a couple days off and they'll open a can of whoop-ass. This seems like a PERFECT night for the top line to break out. I'll say 6-2 good guys. :beer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 I know this will sound crazy, but I'd like to see them try Kaleta on face-offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobesBLO13 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 I think the Sabres will come out flying and forecheck the crap out of the leafs early and get a lead. By the third period Buffalo will coast and Toronto gets 1 or 2 to make it look close. 4-2 Buff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 All I know is that the Leaf's goalies have been a collective sieve... If the Sabres don't jump on them early, this could be a difficult game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 So will we see the "old" Adam Mair or Adam "I want to be like Gretzky" Mair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 All I know is that the Leaf's goalies have been a collective sieve... If the Sabres don't jump on them early, this could be a difficult game... Don't know if this statement is true. The 'monster' has only played in a few games but he has actually looked pretty good. Let's keep in mind that the leafs D have been playing brutal but I've seen this guy make some big saves. Let's hope Millsie's in between the pipes for us tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Every game so far this year someone has mentioned that it is a big test. When does that stop? It's another game. They are playing well. Just enjoy. (No way Lalime should start.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chileanseabass Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 sabres take it 3-1. vanek, pommer, and rivet with the goals. mair and montador both drop the gloves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 sabres take it 3-1. vanek, pommer, and rivet with the goals. mair and montador both drop the gloves. 5-2 Sabres. Did you know the real name for Chilean Sea Bass is the Patagonian Tooth Fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korab rules Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 5-2 Sabres. Did you know the real name for Chilean Sea Bass is the Patagonian Tooth Fish. Which is one of the ugliest fish in the ocean, but delicious nonetheless. So they gave it a new, pretty name to increase its marketability. I think Russ Brandon was its marketing manager. Or its brother from another mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korab rules Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Sabres are well rested, coming home after a successful road trip, its friday night, the crowd will be raucous, and the hated leafs are in town. I smell a blow out. Sabres take this one 7-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetweenThePipes00 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 I am sure someone less lazy than myself can look it up, but it seems to me the first game back from a road trip, especially a successful one, is sometimes a downer ... I am feeling one of those games where they are out of sync ... ugly 3-2 win .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 I know this will sound crazy, but I'd like to see them try Kaleta on face-offs. Yep, sounds crazy. Any reason why or just a hunch? I have not seen anything that would want me to see him take draws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Yep, sounds crazy. Any reason why or just a hunch? I have not seen anything that would want me to see him take draws. Just a hunch, which is bolstered by the idea that whomever he's drawing against would be distracted by the fact that he's drawing against Kaleta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 I am sure someone less lazy than myself can look it up, but it seems to me the first game back from a road trip, especially a successful one, is sometimes a downer ... I am feeling one of those games where they are out of sync ... ugly 3-2 win .... One of hockey's great clichés. May or may not valid -- I looked it up once but can't remember what conclusion I came to. Isn't this one different, though? Sabres already came home after the Florida trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_Dudley Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 While I agree with you, I think the Sabres still haven't shaken off the "this is what would have happened last season" stigma. Rightfully so, too, IMHO. This is the kind of game that killed their record last year - riding high on a great road series; bottom-feeding, struggling team coming into HSBC - this would be a guaranteed struggle if not a complete loss last season. The stage is set for disappointment - and it's not OUR fault - it's the team's - that at least some of us are still leary. We have two seasons of disappointment to go on. So, I think we either see a low-effort game where the Sabres lose by a point, or a blow-out where the Sabres have their way with the Leafs horrible D and goal-tending. agreed Exactly. Really, after last year, how could anyone NOT think there is a real risk of a desultory, mail-it-in performance by the Sabres tonight? I need to see quite a few more professional, focused, grind-it-out wins against bottom dwellers before I'm ready to not worry about these games and look forward only to the heavyweight matchups. THIS Also they will not win many faceoffs tonight with Goose out. I was starting to enjoy the old take the faceoff and then pull the switch. Yeah as soon as I read that thought the same thing.. Time for some other's to step up.. I am sure someone less lazy than myself can look it up, but it seems to me the first game back from a road trip, especially a successful one, is sometimes a downer ... I am feeling one of those games where they are out of sync ... ugly 3-2 win .... Yeah exactly again why after 2 years of waiting for this team to mature allot of us are still leary....... as someone else posted/mentioned Lindy's comment that they are 1-0-1 in their last 2 is true, Toronto has been playing better and so has the "Monster",, I'll predict a close 3-2 or 4-2 game(w/empty netter)... assumes Miller in goal for the good guy's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Since the lockout, the Sabres have been 11-4-1 in their first game at home after at least three in a row on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Since the lockout, the Sabres have been 11-4-1 in their first game at home after at least three in a row on the road. That bodes well for tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 That bodes well for tonight Sort of. That breaks down to the 05-06 and 06-07 teams at 7-1-1 and the 07-08 and 08-09 teams at 4-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Slow start to this one.. Leaf's have a slight edge in play.. Grier-Kennedy-Hecht seem to be the only line out there so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Losing faceoffs 2-1, 9 to 4.. predictable.. A big part of their success has been puck possession on faceoffs. It is clearly lacking tonight early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Buffalo PP Now 5 on 3; Lurch gets a high stick in the chops.. 60 seconds of 5 on 3 Stafford puts it back Buffalo: :worthy: Leafs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Buffalo PP Another 5 on 3 for 64 seconds.. Connolly gets tripped going in the zone Leafs timeout.. Now 4 on 4.. Stafford for high sticking Toronto PP for 60 seconds Weak clear and White from the circle Buffalo: :worthy: Leafs: :censored: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Looks to me like our D is a little full of themselves. Don't get cute. Just make the right play and get the puck out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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