Corp000085 Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 That last one never happens if Drury is out there instead of Novotny on the draw ... great work by Goose off the center ice draw though ... not going to let the last minute tarnish this one, that was a pretty complete game they played tonight. i agree. i haven't seen a defensive effort like that in a while. the devils got their chances, but the sabres really shut down the home run plays. good playoff type game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcongkorab Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Solid effort against a hot team on the road. I'm feeling better. We took 3 out of 5 on the road and have back to back victories heading back to home ice. Things are looking good. Now if we can get that peasky PP on track... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Both Goose and Novotny are on the ice for that faceoff, so why is the worse faceoff guy taking such a critical draw? Goose should have been the guy with Novotny there as a backup, not the other way around... Meh, really only thing to bitch about, I'm glad we held on and this road trip didn't turn into a big disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 My 3 stars :worthy: :worthy: :worthy: Miller :worthy: :worthy: Danny :worthy: Vanek :doh: OOPS Wrong order 1. Miller 2. Briere 3. Vanek - for playing on the 4th line. His presence their began to change the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 On the Miller penalty. He was outside the trapezoid by a foot or two. He brought the puck into the trapezoid on his backhand and move toward the back of the net. He then changed to his forehand and shot it out the other side. He was pretty adamant that he didn't do anything worng. Ruff looked calm. Never has fully understood the ruling myself. IF he made contact with the puck while it was both behind the goal line AND outside the trapezoid, then it was the correct call. It looked to me like he did not make contact with it when it was both behind the goal line and outside the trapezoid. So, IMHO, it was the wrong call. But it was darn close either way. The mere fact he was "playing" it outside the trapezoid doesn't matter at all. It only matters if he makes contact with it outside the trapezoid. Also, IF a goalie has a skate in the crease, he can contact the puck behind the goal line and outside the trapezoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_sauve28 Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 :doh: OOPS Wrong order 1. Miller 2. Briere 3. Vanek - for playing on the 4th line. His presence their began to change the game. I understood what you meant. Thought the format was funny in a good way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 These VS guys are horrible, they were blasting Buffalo and the score was still 0-0. You should have heard the NJ announcers. I listened to their call on XM during the first period and all they could do was repeat over and over "the Devils have shown they can skate with the Sabres" and "the Devils have dictated the game to the Sabres" and "the Devils have really outplayed the Sabres tonight." Then once in awhile they'd mention that the score was 0-0. :doh: I wish I could have heard their call when it was 3-0. Although I bet you at the end of the game they were claiming that "the Devils really won tonight even though they lost." :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffalOhio Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Buffalo scores on a break Briere's shot finsihed by Hecht Buffalo: :ph34r: NJ: What hand-eye coordination by Hecht. He's done this a number of times. Batted the puck out of mid air between the defender's legs. Simply amazing! :worthy: Can anyone explain that penalty on Miller? call or not? Normally, lines are part of the 'area'. It looked like he played it while it was on one of the lines. Either way, he was too close, and should learn from it. That last one never happens if Drury is out there instead of Novotny on the draw ... great work by Goose off the center ice draw though ... not going to let the last minute tarnish this one, that was a pretty complete game they played tonight. I'd like to know why Gaustad didn't take that draw. Come on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeleslyobvious Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Went to the game tonight. Had a good time. The place was empty. You guys probably saw me on TV, I was the guy in the stands. Sorry bad joke. Seriously, there were a ton of Sabres fans there. I thought Miller played great tonight. Too bad he didn't get the shutout. From the replay I saw, it looked like the first one was a goal by about an inch. The second one looked like a good shot. I thought it was kind of funny how the 10 Devils fans still at the game acted like they just won the cup when they scored the first one. As for the comments by the Devils announcers, the Devils were able to skate with the Sabres and play their game for 20 minutes....It takes 60 to win the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Went to the game tonight. Had a good time. The place was empty. You guys probably saw me on TV, I was the guy in the stands. Sorry bad joke. Seriously, there were a ton of Sabres fans there. I thought Miller played great tonight. Too bad he didn't get the shutout. From the replay I saw, it looked like the first one was a goal by about an inch. The second one looked like a good shot. I thought it was kind of funny how the 10 Devils fans still at the game acted like they just won the cup when they scored the first one. As for the comments by the Devils announcers, the Devils were able to skate with the Sabres and play their game for 20 minutes....It takes 60 to win the game. They were showing lots of sabres fans on Versus in the third. But the biggest homer call was in the third period when the "Let's go Buffalo" was audible on the broadcast. Emmerick said, "Let's go Devils is the Chant". NIcely done anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBD Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 IF he made contact with the puck while it was both behind the goal line AND outside the trapezoid, then it was the correct call. It looked to me like he did not make contact with it when it was both behind the goal line and outside the trapezoid. So, IMHO, it was the wrong call. But it was darn close either way. The mere fact he was "playing" it outside the trapezoid doesn't matter at all. It only matters if he makes contact with it outside the trapezoid. Also, IF a goalie has a skate in the crease, he can contact the puck behind the goal line and outside the trapezoid. What is the purpose of this rule anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeleslyobvious Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 What is the purpose of this rule anyway? To keep goalies on trapping teams from acting like a 3rd defenseman on a dump in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 we haven't won in NJ since februrary of 2001? damn, that's one bad streak! 3-2... we were able to match the devils for most of the early part of the game. then we opened it up, but let them back in. Good victory. very few penalties, and save that fart at the end. great way to end the road trip, after a miserable start. terrible loss to washington, rebound against the lightning, worst loss of the year against florida, a gift game vs. the habs, and then this one. I'll take that road trip! Why was it a gift game? I thought the Sabres played great vs. the habs and earned a W against a very strong team. Some thoughts on tonight's excellent win: 1. this game, combined with the Montreal win, represent the sabres' best back-to-back efforts of the year. 2. Miller is the man. 3. So is Briere. Right now he's projecting to a 40-goal, 97-point season. I'm starting to think we are going to try to resign him by any means necessary, including either or both of (i) spending to the newly raised cap limit again this offseason and (ii) letting one or two other expensive guys go. 4. Also excellent efforts, IMHO, by: Campbell, Spacek, Hecht, Gaustad and Stafford. 5. Those huge swaths of empty seats are kind of a bummer. I saw the same thing last night during Washington vs. Pittsburgh. 6. pretty good production tonight by VS. 7. After some shaky moments in the 1st period, we played a very disciplined, fundamentally sound game in our end. Good to see us out-execute a very good team at their type of game. This looked quite a bit more like playoff-style hockey -- it was reassuring to see us play it so well. 8. Also great to see Pominville finally get one in. Before tonight he had 1 goal in the past 12 games. 9. My 3 stars: Briere#1, Miller#2, Hecht#3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Even without a goal, I thought Vaneck was strong tonight. Briere was definitely the first star, followed closely by Miller who made the saves when it mattered. Third star goes to anyone else, esp. the goal scorers... Hecht, Pommie, Max... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeleslyobvious Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 I forgot to mention before...After the third goal I heard a MARRRRTY MAAAARTY chant starting up. I would have preferred a "Miller's better," chant since it annoys me to no end when the Devils fans chant "Marty's better." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 This was a great win. I use the term "great" because of the circumstances: -- Devils one of the hottest teams around, winners of 5 straight before last night; -- Devils went into the game with the league's best home record; -- it was a classic "offense vs. defense" matchup on paper that almost always favors the defensive squad; -- as the Vs. guys said afterwards, the Swordsmen proved that they can play "more than one way" and showed a lot of grit defensively until NJ finally made some mistakes, and then the Sabres' speed capitalized immediately; -- no Drury, no Teppo, and (of course) no Hank. Outstanding effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Am I the only one that trips over this everytime I read it? I think it's supposed to be yay or possibly yeah but it reads like it rhymes with duh. Whatever it is, I can only picture a little girl saying it. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Someone described this as a "playoff-game" type of effort. I think that was a good description. Was nice to see some D being played. The powerplay is officially broke. It looked awful in the first, better in the second and better still in the third and still they got nothing for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Hard to fix the PP vs. NJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Hard to fix the PP vs. NJ. I wasn't looking for it to get fixed, just show some signs of life. I know NJ is tough, but the last two were certainly during times when momentum was in Buffalo's favor. They had some shots on goal during the last two and extended play in the Devil's zone. 1/5 would have been acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Why was it a gift game? I thought the Sabres played great vs. the habs and earned a W against a very strong team. i say that because we were grossly outplayed throughout parts of the game, but somehow came upt with a win. Maybe "gift game" was too strong of words, but it was a matchup that hte sabres didn't dominate and it could have gone the other way very quickly. However, we won, so end of story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey05 Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 They were showing lots of sabres fans on Versus in the third. But the biggest homer call was in the third period when the "Let's go Buffalo" was audible on the broadcast. Emmerick said, "Let's go Devils is the Chant". NIcely done anyway. I caught that too, and yelled "What the hell is HE hearing" at the TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCSabresFan! Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 They were showing lots of sabres fans on Versus in the third. But the biggest homer call was in the third period when the "Let's go Buffalo" was audible on the broadcast. Emmerick said, "Let's go Devils is the Chant". Yeah! I notice the same thing. Emmerick also pulled that stunt at the ECF game 1 telecast. We Tivoed the game and watched it that night. You could CLEARLY hear lets go Buffalo - but Emmerick said "Canes." :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWarner Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 I would have preferred a "Miller's better," chant We had one going for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Along The Watchtower Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 They were showing lots of sabres fans on Versus in the third. But the biggest homer call was in the third period when the "Let's go Buffalo" was audible on the broadcast. Emmerick said, "Let's go Devils is the Chant". NIcely done anyway. Isn't Emmerick the Devils' play-by-play guy? Maybe he forgot he was doing the Vs. game last night! :lol: They also talked alot about the scarcity of the Slug jerseys...rambling for awhile that you can forget about getting one for Christmas and it may be the playoffs before you can get 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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