Drunkard Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 I'll take the over. Kaleta has had some bad luck with injuries but if the rest of the team played with half the heart that he showed this team wouldn't be able to tank. The reckless abandon he plays with is fun to watch and will definitely make games more interesting with him in the lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastajoe Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 @BNHarrington: Kaleta on return: "It's hard to put into words. You guys have no idea how much this means to me ... to suit up and play for the #Sabres." @BNHarrington: Kaleta said fiancé woke him up every 3 hours for meds after facial injury. Fred Jackson brought milkshake & provided eye black, shield tints. @BNHarrington: More Kaleta: "I despise losing. I don't like people talking about tanking the season. I hate that. A competitor hates to lose." #Sabres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biodork Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 (edited) It's stuff like this ^ that makes me love the guy. Maybe I'll even break out the jersey I have with his name on it for tonight's game. Edited November 13, 2014 by biodork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunkard Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 It's stuff like this ^ that makes me love the guy. Maybe I'll even break out the jersey I have with his name on it for tonight's game. He's definitely a heart & soul or blood & guts type of player and I'm happy to see him back as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 @BNHarrington: Kaleta said fiancé woke him up every 3 hours for meds after facial injury. Fred Jackson brought milkshake & provided eye black, shield tints. Heh. That could have been my niece. He tried to pick her up the summer before he first came up with the Sabres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 Well it was his first shift I believe and he started jabbering at people. So tomorrow night I expect him to do a few things. Be an agitating pest. Take his helmet off when someone challenges him after a hit. Block at least one shot, and ultimately miss a guy that he skates across ice to hit on the boards and plasters himself against the glass causing an injury to himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelo Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Kaleta is true native blood Buffalo born guy and I always enjoyed watching him represent the team with his guts and edgy play. But his antics grew thin in the league and they started hounding him, he started compromising as a player, then he had a horrific bunch of injuries, capped off by getting hit in the face with a shot. He isn't a young guy anymore and has a lot of miles and enemies. Just retire please before he gets injured badly again. Please retire after the season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastajoe Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Why should he retire if he can still play? I'll take 40 games from Kaleta over 80 games from Hodgson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Why should he retire if he can still play? I'll take 40 games from Kaleta over 80 games from Hodgson. Because his body broke down a few years ago. Long-term he's probably better off retiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 He's out 4-6 weeks and had a minor surgery, I would understand if he did retire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubkev Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 There should be no room for him after this year. Good soldiers and blood and guts guys are good and all, but we need hockey players now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastajoe Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Kaleta is still a good 4th line player who plays the PK. He gets hurt because he plays hard every game. If he feels healthy enough to compete next year the Sabres should bring him back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunkard Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Kaleta is still a good 4th line player who plays the PK. He gets hurt because he plays hard every game. If he feels healthy enough to compete next year the Sabres should bring him back. Exactly. He gets injured quite a bit but that's because he plays with reckless abandon. He hits, plays defense, fights, stands up for his teammates, kills penalties, and stops pucks with his face. He still has a place on this team on the 4th line with guys like Deslauriers and McCormick. I'd rather see him on the 4th line at $1+ million than see Hodgson trudging along out there on the 4th line at $4+ million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Love Kaleta, but he's done. Glad this injury means Murray can't trade him. Hope he retires as a Sabre, or signs on as a Rochester vet to teach Baptiste and Bailey and Fasching how to be Sabres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 ? wtf? he finishes every check (and big hits nonetheless), gives 110%, scraps, kills penalties, gives energy to the other players, and is from buffalo. What more can you ask from a 4th liner? The ability to stay on the ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBorn Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 ? wtf?This "he's too banged up to play" theory is mind-boggling. He's 28. If he's banged up he can heal.He finishes every check (and big hits nonetheless), gives 110%, scraps when needed (and scraps well), , kills penalties, gives energy to the other players, has given 120% to the community, and is from buffalo. What more can you ask from a 4th liner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Defecting Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 He is messed up. Yuri says he's been on border of Montador since 2013. We need to hug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 He is messed up. Yuri says he's been on border of Montador since 2013. We need to hug. I get the game but I hope this isn't saying what it seems like it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Defecting Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 I get the game but I hope this isn't saying what it seems like it is... ???.. Is your interpretation? Barnaby? At hospital, they said this was bad: :wallbash: I am sorry. I Forget Mantra: BIG HITS! HEAD WAS DOWN! NO CONSEQUENCES1 Good job, new defenseman. I made highly irrational comment. My apologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 I think he's done as a full-time Sabre. Keep him on as a coach, a player-coach in Rochacha (which gives you the option to make him an emergency callup), that sort of thing. But for whatever reason, he just doesn't / can't play the game without injury. It's hard to depend on a guy who isn't there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 I want Pat to stop playing before the Sabres have his blood on their hands. Convince him to retire so that he doesn't go somewhere else and keep breaking his body. You only get one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Defecting Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 In Archive there is thread called "The Pat Kaleta Story," that prophesies players death, but also suggests healthier alternative. It would require player to not play hockey in NHL. More rational story, I am conditioned to believe, and subscribe to in writing, is to hope for Patrick to smash others in head again as soon as possible. Get well soon! :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 The ability to stay on the ice. If this ends the way I think it's going to end, this will be Tim Kennedy X 1,000,000,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 inkman, on 18 Feb 2015 - 11:47 PM, said:If this ends the way I think it's going to end, this will be Tim Kennedy X 1,000,000,000. You know what, I think it's reasonable to consider it might be that way, but I think a lot of Sabre's fans realize that the guy should probably give up. Unlike Kennedy, who, at the time, was on the upswing of whatever career he's scratched out in the pros, we've seen Kaleta get injured too many times to remember, suspended numerous times, targeted by players and refs. I think it will be a far more measured response than to what happened with Kennedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chileanseabass Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 I've always loved what Kaleta has brought to the team and organization, but at this point he's probably the next HarborCenter/Academy of Hockey hiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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