Round 1: Sabres vs. Bruins

[spndnchz]

So we don't want to count shootouts now?

 

 

A shootout is 100% dependant on the goalie!!!!

 

Miller doesn't let more goals in than the other goalie under the EXACT same set of circumstances......he doesn't lose

 

Rask is .697 in a shootout, Miller is .645. But Boston has three shooters over 50% we only have two.

 

And it's dependent not dependant.

[SabresneedaCup]

go sabres

[Chief Enabler]

Sekera not Butler via morning skate. :thumbsup:

Makes sense to me, given the recent Olympic stress experience on Sekera. Butler is the new Paetsch.

[PASabreFan]

Rask is .697 in a shootout, Miller is .645. But Boston has three shooters over 50% we only have two.

And it's dependent not dependant.

 

That's something ink would do.

[Ghost of Dwight Drane]

Rask is .697 in a shootout, Miller is .645. But Boston has three shooters over 50% we only have two.

 

And it's dependent not dependant.

 

 

6'3"

 

165lbs

 

75 games in 26 weeks

 

 

Those are the only stats that will matter in the end

[carpandean]

6'3"

 

165lbs

 

75 games in 26 weeks

 

 

Those are the only stats that will matter in the end

Rask's height/weight and Miller's GP?

[SwampD]

6'3"

 

165lbs

 

75 games in 26 weeks

 

 

Those are the only stats that will matter in the end

Why? Who's that? Because Miller is 6'2" and 175 lbs.

[Eleven]

Makes sense to me, given the recent Olympic stress experience on Sekera. Butler is the new Paetsch.

 

Don't give up on Butler yet. And based upon the position shifting, it's Sekera who is the new Paetsch. I have higher hopes for both Sekera and Butler, though.

[Eleven]

Want my 3,000th post to be a good one, so here goes:

 

 

'Twas the night before Playoffs

 

 

'Twas the night before Playoffs, when all through the rink

Not a player was stirring, not even a coach;

The sticks were hung by the bench with care,

In hopes that Lord Stanley soon would be there;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of hockey pucks danced in their heads;

And ma in her jersey, and I in my gear,

Had just settled down for a long spring tear,

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the rink I flew like a flash,

Tore open the doors and gave them some cash.

The moon on the breast of the playoff run

Gave the lustre of mid-day to the ice below,

When, what to my wondering eyes should fix,

But a grand team, and 24 graphite sticks,

With a little old coach, so lively and gruff,

I knew in a moment it must be St. Ruff.

More rapid than eagles his players they came,

And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;

"Now, Connolly! now, Vanek! now, Pommers and Grier!

On, Big Easy! on Milsey! on, Tallon and Roy!

To the top of the circle! to the top of the net!

Now score away! score away! score away all!"

As season that before the wild playoffs came,

When they meet with an obstacle, played their own game,

So up to the division-top the players they flew,

With the sleigh full of pucks, and St. Ruff too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof

The prancing and pawing of each fans hoof.

As I drew in my head, and was turning around,

Down from the rafters Ruff came with a bound.

He was dressed in a suit, from his head to his toe,

And his clothes were all furnished with the blue and the gold;

A bundle of videos he had flung on his back,

And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.

His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!

His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,

And his moustache was as white as the snow;

The stump of a bear he held tight in his teeth,

And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;

He had a broad face and a little notebook,

Where he wrote down, who gets the hook.

He was happy and cheerful, as playoffs were here,

And I laughed when I saw him, and poured him a beer;

A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,

Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;

He spoke many word, and went straight to his work,

And filled all the goals; then turned with a jerk,

And laying his hand onto the players backs,

And giving a speech, about the will they nack;

He sprang to his bench, to his team gave a whistle,

And away they all skated like the down of a thistle.

But I heard him exclaim, ere they drove to the net,

"Lord Stanley to us, and the Bruins they fall."

 

Nicely done. Was thinking my own Christmas theme this morning when I started humming "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" to myself. This not only completely outdid that, but confirmed my thought that playoff season = Christmas.

 

No, XC, not from a religious perspective. Strictly secular.

[Ghost of Dwight Drane]

Why? Who's that? Because Miller is 6'2" and 175 lbs.

 

Maybe when holding a bowling ball

[Eleven]

Maybe when holding a bowling ball

 

Maybe.

[Chief Enabler]

Don't give up on Butler yet. And based upon the position shifting, it's Sekera who is the new Paetsch. I have higher hopes for both Sekera and Butler, though.

I always thought Sekera was the new Soupy, but Myers is the new Soupy. Butler is just okay all around, still my Paetsch :blush:

[nfreeman]

6'3"

 

165lbs

 

75 games in 26 weeks

 

 

Those are the only stats that will matter in the end

What about the # of millimeters his eyes are off-center? Don't tell us you're abandoning that theory?

 

I always thought Sekera was the new Soupy, but Myers is the new Soupy. Butler is just okay all around, still my Paetsch :blush:

I still think Sekera is the new Soupy. Myers isn't the new anything. He's from a different species.

[That Aud Smell]

I always thought Sekera was the new Soupy

I still think Sekera is the new Soupy.

i am holding out hope for sekera as well (and, not a dim hope -- if i had to wager, i'd wager on a productive nhl career as a top-4 guy). i think both reggie and but-sy will be all right (although i allow for the possibility that one or both will come into their own elsewhere).

 

but Myers is the new Soupy.

EDIT: agree with the sentiment above. myers is from a whole 'nother mold -- soupy was good and even great in certain respects -- myers is potentially elite, even generational.

[Wraith]

"Lindy Ruff just announced that Jochen Hecht had to have another procedure on his finger yesterday and will be out for "weeks, not days." Looks like he's out for the entire series, perhaps longer if the Sabres advance."

 

From Mike Harrington

[eball]

Rask is .697 in a shootout, Miller is .645. But Boston has three shooters over 50% we only have two.

 

And it's dependent not dependant.

FWIW, all regular season OT and shootout W/L should be removed from records when comparing potential goalie playoff matchups.

 

OT in the playoffs is "real" hockey, not a 4-on-4 ice show, and of course we know there are no shootouts.

 

Give me the regulation W/L percentage of the two and we'll compare apples to apples.

[nobody]

Per Hamilton on GR - Gerbe will be sitting tonight.

 

 

Morning skate lines per Mike Harrington:

 

Ennis-Connolly-Pominville

Kennedy-Roy-Vanek

Mair-Gaustad-Grier

Torres-Ellis-Kaleta

[Rico7]

Per Hamilton on GR - Gerbe will be sitting tonight.

 

 

Morning skate lines per Mike Harrington:

 

Ennis-Connolly-Pominville

Kennedy-Roy-Vanek

Mair-Gaustad-Grier

Torres-Ellis-Kaleta

 

I'd rather see Torres with Gaustad and Grier instead of burying him on the 4th line.

[Chief Enabler]

Per Hamilton on GR - Gerbe will be sitting tonight.

 

 

Morning skate lines per Mike Harrington:

 

Ennis-Connolly-Pominville

Kennedy-Roy-Vanek

Mair-Gaustad-Grier

Torres-Ellis-Kaleta

Milan Lucic -Patrice Bergeron- Mark Recchi

Marco Sturm -David Krejci- Miroslav Satan

Blake Wheeler -Vladimir Sobotka -Michael Ryder

Daniel Paille -Begin/Whitfield -Thornton/Marchand

 

Zdeno Chara- Johnny Boychuk

Matt Hunwick -Dennis Wideman

Andrew Ference -Adam McQuaid

 

Tuukka Rask

 

 

* Jeff Penner and Andrew Bodnarchuk are the spare defensemen.

 

PP1: Zdeno Chara, Matt Hunwick, David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron, Mark Recchi.

 

PP2: Dennis Wideman, Johnny Boychuk, Miroslav Satan, Marco Sturm, Milan Lucic.

Bruins Blog

[wjag]

Per Hamilton on GR - Gerbe will be sitting tonight.

 

 

Morning skate lines per Mike Harrington:

 

Ennis-Connolly-Pominville

Kennedy-Roy-Vanek

Mair-Gaustad-Grier

Torres-Ellis-Kaleta

Yikes. Those 3rd and 4th lines look sloooooow..

[Chief Enabler]

NECN article today on Miller/Rask, series in general if interested.....

 

Today's Bruins Notes

[carpandean]

Yikes. Those 3rd and 4th lines look sloooooow..

Kaleta is one of the faster guys on the team.

[billsrcursed]

Wow, looks like some of the Bruins players aren't too happy with the Myers hit on Boychuck. Also lots of whining about officiating from their media, which is expected I suppose.

 

Hope Myers keeps his head up on Saturday....

[eball]

Wow, looks like some of the Bruins players aren't too happy with the Myers hit on Boychuck. Also lots of whining about officiating from their media, which is expected I suppose.

 

Hope Myers keeps his head up on Saturday....

Should be entertaining, seeing the Bruins hop off their skates trying to REACH Myers' head.

[Eleven]

Just noticed that Craig Ramsay, Doug Houda, and Bob Essensa all are Boston assistant coaches. Ramsay spent last night at Buffalo General. Hope he gets well.