FearTheReaper Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 I was giving him flak earlier too, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novascotiaguy Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Thank god home win...Wow Vanek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwoz Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 A Buffalo team won at home! Is that one of the seven signs of the apocalypse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_sauve28 Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Vanek took a lot of heat and responded, maybe making him the captain is what he needs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 That was an entertaining game and the boys played hard for 60 min or thereabouts. Its about %#$^&@ time. Miller looked good for his first game back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Swannie_House Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 "I'll take 40 dirty goals over any 'goal scoring' goals" -Thomas Vanek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Holy. Jumpin. And what a call by Rick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling Archer Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 First one to find me a vid gets 100 internetz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwoz Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Holy. Jumpin. And what a call by Rick! Too bad I had to watch the Caps feed. I would have loved to hear Rick call that goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwoz Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 "I'll take 40 dirty goals over any 'goal scoring' goals" -Thomas Vanek I'm glad he took the bait and scored a "goal scoring goal." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 First one to find me a vid gets 100 internetz. Two up on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwoz Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 I have to admit -- it was good to get a win against the Caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biodork Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 I have to admit -- it was good to get a win against the Caps. I'm hoping for a repeat on Feb. 20th -- that will be my one game in Buffalo this season. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling Archer Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 God. He just roared by everyone. And he covered a lot of ice doing it. Talk about deceptively quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallawaySabres Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 SOLID! What a GREAT game by the defense. If they can play like that, it's a brand new team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Three different games played tonight. Sabres owned in first, owned the second and got owned again in the third. Finally a win on home ice. 7 of last 8 points. It's time to sit Tyler Myers. He needs a solid week watching in the press box. It's not a sophmore slump. His game is just not there. His decision making is really poor. The PP was flat out awful tonight even though they had a bunch of shots and a goal. Every team in the league knows all you need to do is pressure the puck handler and the Sabres will turn it over. They had two four minute double minors and couldn't tally. Two nice goals by TV tonight. Hopefully, that gets him moving. Bring on Calgary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Other than that spill behind the net in the 1st I thought Myers played OK. Montador and McCormick had great games I thought. McCormick and Vanek really distracted the Washington goalie tonight. We should've had someone parked in front of the net all night. It really seemed to bother that goalie. I thought Pommer played well also. And Connolly was useless as usual. I cringed every time he handled the puck on the blue line in OT. Vanek always seems to get overshadowed by the league superstars. Especially Ovie. It was nice to see Vanek show Ovie how it's done for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Swannie_House Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 It's time to sit Tyler Myers. H no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowDoYouBelieve Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Bring on Calgary. I too wish we were playing Calgary next. Unfortunately for us, it's Vancouver. Great win tonight. The team is still struggling in a lot of elements, but they are also showing the necessary grit to put notches in the W column. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowDoYouBelieve Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 no Yes. Nobody is immune. Myers has been even more disappointing than Connolly and that's a pretty big accomplishment this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_Dudley Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Well they finally beat a good team. If this team could learn how to bury their chances they could go on a tear. All and all I thought that was a pretty well even played game except for the first period. Although to be fair Wsh did get into some penalty trouble in the 2nd and 3rd with errant sticks but still had some good chances as well. Miller looked solid in his come back. It may be coincidence but since Ellis has come up and stafford has been out I have liked this teams compete level better. Looks like they are all hustling more. They still drive me to drink with their "dipsy doodle with the puck instead of shooting" but I gotta believ thats their puck possesion system they are trying to execute that has them doing that, they just have to be smarter with the puck and know when to just dump and chhase. Vanek has looked so much better last couple of games and really came on tonight. I love somebody called the twins for Vanek earlier in the post. Good Call, The line of Roy,Vanek and Ennis had looks all game now if they could just convert a few more. I thought these line combos tonight all worked pretty well. Lets see if Ruff keeps them together for a few games. For the D, Really haven't missed Rivet but I agree Meyers really could use to watch a game or two from the press box, his decision making and to many passing have looked really bad more than not. Montador and Leopold best pair again out their tonight I thought and butler and Morrison were servicable. Sekera still has me sitting on the edge of my chair with some of his moves and/or puck mis-handles however I guess you can call that exciting. They deserved it no shame in this win, 4th OT in a row, wow now I'm greedy and want more lots more and I wanna see if they can keep building on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Well they finally beat a good team. If this team could learn how to bury their chances they could go on a tear. All and all I thought that was a pretty well even played game except for the first period. Although to be fair Wsh did get into some penalty trouble in the 2nd and 3rd with errant sticks but still had some good chances as well. Miller looked solid in his come back. It may be coincidence but since Ellis has come up and stafford has been out I have liked this teams compete level better. Looks like they are all hustling more. They still drive me to drink with their "dipsy doodle with the puck instead of shooting" but I gotta believ thats their puck possesion system they are trying to execute that has them doing that, they just have to be smarter with the puck and know when to just dump and chhase. Vanek has looked so much better last couple of games and really came on tonight. I love somebody called the twins for Vanek earlier in the post. Good Call, The line of Roy,Vanek and Ennis had looks all game now if they could just convert a few more. I thought these line combos tonight all worked pretty well. Lets see if Ruff keeps them together for a few games. For the D, Really haven't missed Rivet but I agree Meyers really could use to watch a game or two from the press box, his decision making and to many passing have looked really bad more than not. Montador and Leopold best pair again out their tonight I thought and butler and Morrison were servicable. Sekera still has me sitting on the edge of my chair with some of his moves and/or puck mis-handles however I guess you can call that exciting. They deserved it no shame in this win, 4th OT in a row, wow now I'm greedy and want more lots more and I wanna see if they can keep building on it. Good post. I agree with almost everything, although I think Myers-Sekera are looking pretty solid these days. Along with Monty-Leopold, suddenly the top 4 defensemen are playing a much more sound defensive game. There are many fewer breakdowns. I also like your observation about Ellis. A few game notes: 1. The Caps were 6-0-0 coming into tonight and in 1st place in the NHL, and the Sabres smothered them. Great team defense. 2. Miller was sharp except for the first Caps goal, which looked pretty soft. 3. When Vanek plays like that, he's worth the money. I think that OT winner might have been the best goal he's ever scored. 4. Roy-Vanek-Ennis has been pretty effective the past few games. If the Sabres can get TC-Pommer-Hecht going, they might just turn the corner and become a no-BS good team again. 5. Pretty good games out of Gaustad, Kaleta and Grier. 6. It would be nice if Pommer started playing like he was worth $2MM per year, let alone $5.3MM. That was a great win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themaze2332 Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Connolly and Hecht would be good trade bait if we actually sought someone of a higher caliber...one awesome player would be worth two borderline mediocre players! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robviously Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 4. Roy-Vanek-Ennis has been pretty effective the past few games. If the Sabres can get TC-Pommer-Hecht going, they might just turn the corner and become a no-BS good team again. The only thing holding back the Connolly-Pominville-Hecht line is Connolly, Pominville, and Hecht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMatrix31 Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Wooooow @ that Vanek winner. Couldn't watch intently at work so I just saw it. Amazing! Hope this starts him up. In fear of stating the obvious, his creativity and finishing is absolutely critical. Nice to see the boys playing harder. Things seem to be clicking, very encouraging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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