biodork Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 I understand what you mean. And I don't necessarily disagree. But if Adam responds in anything other than a positive way, that says a lot about the player. Coaches need to find these things out. Like Myers and countless others that have found the press box before, I think Adam comes out and gives Lindy a reason to keep him in the lineup. GO SABRES!!! I agree on Adam needing to respond accordingly. I just think the time to bench him was before the break. Everyone else is supposedly talking about a fresh start and wiping the slate clean after the time off, but Adam goes right back to the doghouse after having been honored as a rookie all-star? Just doesn't make sense to me. Edit: and thanks, Swamp. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksndmonster Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 1. Holy mackerel it's good to see Miller playing well again. 2. The Sabres have 47 points and 32 games left. They'll need to go 22-6-4 or thereabouts to make the playoffs. 1. Dear god yes it is. 2. Always possible. The domination of Les Habitants has been a bright spot this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biodork Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 ... The domination of Les Habitants has been a bright spot this year. This sentiment isn't going to make you many friends at McGill. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 I agree on Adam needing to respond accordingly. I just think the time to bench him was before the break. Everyone else is supposedly talking about a fresh start and wiping the slate clean after the time off, but Adam goes right back to the doghouse after having been honored as a rookie all-star? Just doesn't make sense to me. Before the break would have been preferable as you say but I think Lindy was a bit hamstrung due to the injury situation at the time. Anyway, Adam doesn't strike me as a moper and I assume he's been challenged by his coaches throughout his career and he wouldn't have made it to this level if he didn't have a habit of meeting the challenges. If it turns out the opposite is true and he's easily dispirited by this, then he'll be back in the minors working on his game. I just don't think he's that fragile though. GO SABRES!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 This sentiment isn't going to make you many friends at McGill. ;) Eh, Montreal fans are pushovers anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Sounds like the Habs players are all bent out of shape about Gaustad chirping Pacioretty about Chara. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksndmonster Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 This sentiment isn't going to make you many friends at McGill. ;) Friends are better with a little friction anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaFontaineToMogilny Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 How awesome to have a winning streak!!! Ennis at center turned out to be a pretty good experiment. I expect to see more of that line the next few weeks. Also great to see Leino's improved play finally starting to pay off. I might be the only one who thinks Stafford has been steadily been improving as well, if he keeps his play up I think pucks will start to fall for him soon. With Miller playing more like his contract the whole team seems to grow. Super excited tonight, can not wait for tomorrow! Sounds like the Habs players are all bent out of shape about Gaustad chirping Pacioretty about Chara. Love it. That is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Lets face it. Ennis at centre is a desperate move by a club desperate for centres. Go out and get a centre Darcy. I dare you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FogBat Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 What?! We actually won a game? :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Lets face it. Ennis at centre is a desperate move by a club desperate for centres. Go out and get a centre Darcy. I dare you. I thought he looked damn good tonight! Considering it was his first game back AND first game at that position, he played better than most of the other sluffs have done for the past month and a half. Might be worth keeping him there to see how it works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawerchuk Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 For what its worth. I HATE Erik Cole, that POS!! Nice win. Rags tomorrow and it will be a tough game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Good post. I'll just add a couple of items: 1. Holy mackerel it's good to see Miller playing well again. 2. The Sabres have 47 points and 32 games left. They'll need to go 22-6-4 or thereabouts to make the playoffs. 3 questions: 1) Do you think if they squeaked into the playoffs they could make it out of round 1? 2) Is going on a run now the absolute WORST thing this team could do? 3) If they go say 10-3 counting tonight, should they be buyers or sellers at the deadline? My answers: 1) NO. They are more mentally frail than a recovering heroin addict with a personality disorder. 2) They are not going to even remotely challenge for a cup so yes, winning at this point is horrible because it maintains the status quo and screws up our draft picks. .500 Hockey works just fine. 3) Sellers. In the last 5 years Darcy has not once acquired anything at the deadline to assist the Sabres. Considering the locker room is already being screwed up by certain players, why not sell them off at premiums now. If the goal is the cup you must let go of the past. Derek Roy is not going to wake up tomorrow and suddenly become Evgeni Malkin. Trade him and free up some cap room and get a decent return. The goal is the cup. Keeping all our baggage and sneaking into the playoffs moves us further away from, not closer to, that ultimate goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 I honestly don't think it will take 95 points to get in this year. It only took 93 last year. There are a couple of teams ahead of the Sabres that have been trying to get by with what they have and I think they will end up being sellers before the deadline. I really think it will take 88 points to get in this year. I also think it is possible to cut some dead weight WHILE trying to make a playoff run and improving the team right now. We're not going to finish in the bottom 5, and we're not going to finish in the top 5. So, is it really worth playing like crap the rest of the year PURPOSELY just to gain a couple of spots in teh draft? Come on........... Everybody knows unless you're picking in the top 3 the rest of the first round is a crapshoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Amerk Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 I liked the Ennis, Stafford, Gerber lein, but man are they a defensive liabiltiy. If they can come back and bail themselves out like Ennis did or have the D be ready, I'll take the good with the bad with those guys. They generated a lot of chances. Leino's best game of the year? From what I have seen, yes. Selfish play by Erhoff on the empty net. Kaleta was there to bail him out. Miller looked great. EHRHOFF. Dammit, it's now February. Really? Sounds like the Habs players are all bent out of shape about Gaustad chirping Pacioretty about Chara. Love it. That's alright, the Habs chirped back about Goose during the Lucic-Miller incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesportsbuff Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 3 questions: 1) Do you think if they squeaked into the playoffs they could make it out of round 1? 2) Is going on a run now the absolute WORST thing this team could do? 3) If they go say 10-3 counting tonight, should they be buyers or sellers at the deadline? My answers: 1) NO. They are more mentally frail than a recovering heroin addict with a personality disorder. 2) They are not going to even remotely challenge for a cup so yes, winning at this point is horrible because it maintains the status quo and screws up our draft picks. .500 Hockey works just fine. 3) Sellers. In the last 5 years Darcy has not once acquired anything at the deadline to assist the Sabres. Considering the locker room is already being screwed up by certain players, why not sell them off at premiums now. If the goal is the cup you must let go of the past. Derek Roy is not going to wake up tomorrow and suddenly become Evgeni Malkin. Trade him and free up some cap room and get a decent return. The goal is the cup. Keeping all our baggage and sneaking into the playoffs moves us further away from, not closer to, that ultimate goal. ok, we get it, you've jumped ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabresMojo Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Oh, and if Myers played like that every night I don't think there would be any debate about him being untouchable. I believe that he's always been an untouchable. Not many gigantic defensemen in the league who know to use their stick like he does (in accordance with size) I think Adam sat because he was at the ASG. I was under the same impression; giving him a break. Lets face it. Ennis at centre is a desperate move by a club desperate for centres. Go out and get a centre Darcy. I dare you. I agree that it was somewhat desperate, but desperate times call for desperate measures, and the post I quoted below is how I feel AFTER the game about Ennis being in center. I thought he looked damn good tonight! Considering it was his first game back AND first game at that position, he played better than most of the other sluffs have done for the past month and a half. Might be worth keeping him there to see how it works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Sounds like the Habs players are all bent out of shape about Gaustad chirping Pacioretty about Chara. Love it. Yeah, the guy almost had his neck broken by Chara. Classy move. Habs responded by asking where he was when Lucic hit Miller. Sabres should shut up and try to play hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kishoph Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Gaustad was the third star and the only Sabre? Ces connards français! I can see Price, but what did Cole do to deserve a selection, let alone the 2nd star ? Yeah, the guy almost had his neck broken by Chara. Classy move. Habs responded by asking where he was when Lucic hit Miller. Sabres should shut up and try to play hockey. Ii didn't hear any of this but, I agree it was classless, Goose could of just let his game speak for him last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Yeah, the guy almost had his neck broken by Chara. Classy move. Habs responded by asking where he was when Lucic hit Miller. Sabres should shut up and try to play hockey. Gaustad is the last person that should be talking garbage. He did nothing when Miller was run, again. I do believe Scott Gomez was in the lineup. The same Scott Gomez that ran Miller and pretty much eliminated the Sabres from the playoffs. Instead of talking, maybe Gaustad should be going after Gomez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 I am not reading too much into this win against a team that the Sabres should beat. I really liked the effort of Boyes on the Gaustad goal. Hard on the puck and worked hard behind the net and just threw it out in front ... with effort like that we can see the results. Anybody know the deal on Vanek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabills Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Only things over the line in trash talk is family (especially kids) and death, outside of that its fair game. Goose said something, they said something, this is just what happens. You think Barnaby didn't say some 'classless' things back in the day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROC Sabres Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Only things over the line in trash talk is family (especially kids) and death, outside of that its fair game. Goose said something, they said something, this is just what happens. You think Barnaby didn't say some 'classless' things back in the day? According to Hamilton this morning Pacioretty said something about Lucic first and Goose fired back with Chara. Like you said, all's fair in that situation. And I don't think it was only back in the day when Barnaby said some classless things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 i didn't get to see the game, so i appreciate the ability to "find" ennis's name throughout this thread to see real-time feedback on his play at center. i will say this, the idea of taking a smallish top-6 left winger who is creative with the puck and moving him to center is somehow familiar to me ... :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dEnnis the Menace Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 My thoughts on what I did see: Ennis being back was a shot in the arm that this team needed Ennis at center actually didn't look too bad Vanek being out is no good. Roy was nowhere to be seen last night The defense played A LOT better last night compared to recent weeks...A LOT Congrats to Miller for tying Dom's record. He played extremely well last night, and I hope he keeps "trending up" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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