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[LabattBlue]

Game thoughts(now 2-3 at games I have gone to)

- Boring game.  Everything that is wrong about NHL hockey.  16 shots in regulation.  But a win!

- Back to back Friday games I have attended, and the crowd was dead at both of them.  The worst I've seen the arena since the lockout.  So much for Hockey Heaven!

- Two breakaways, two goals scored by guys the Sabres are counting on.

- Not to single any forwards out because the entire team was offensively challenged, but I can't say I noticed Vanek at all.

-  Miller didn't have many tough saves, but a couple in the 2nd period were really nice on a shot and the subsequent rebound.

- He was my whipping boy as a Sabre, and I'll be damned if I wasn't going to boo Campbell LOUDLY at least once a period when he had the puck.

- The Sabres just don't forecheck well, and at the same time struggle mightily at times getting the puck out of their own zone.

- Hecht and Tropp injured....WTF!

-  MAG with a couple of awful plays early.  With Weber coming back, I just can't see Lindy giving him more of a chance to capture the #6 spot.

GO SABRES!

Edited by LabattBlue, 10 December 2011 - 12:13 AM.

[Rayzer32]

I think Connolly was more durable than Hecht....wtf is up w these guys?

[Spndnchz]

biodork, on 09 December 2011 - 09:21 PM, said:

Why is it they won't call icing if they think the skater could have gotten there but it doesn't matter if the goalie just sits there and watches the puck drift by? Seems dumb.

They will waive off icing if it slides through the blue paint but the goalie has no responsability to touch the puck.

SabresWinItAll51, on 09 December 2011 - 10:52 PM, said:

This plus/minus argument holds no water. The chances that Gragnani jumps over the boards as a goal is being scored is just as good as every other defenseman on the team. And another player is coming off the ice every time this situation happens as well, which I'm sure has happened to Gragnani as often as it has every other defenseman this year. The point is, that isn't how he is leading the team in plus/minus. It statistically doesn't add up.

I can remember two times he jumped on seconds before a goal and a few he just got off the ice.  Prolly doesn't mean much but just sayin'.

[nucci]

LabattBlue, on 10 December 2011 - 12:04 AM, said:

Game thoughts(now 2-3 at games I have gone to)

- Boring game.  Everything that is wrong about NHL hockey.  16 shots in regulation.  But a win!

- Back to back Friday games I have attended, and the crowd was dead at both of them.  The worst I've seen the arena since the lockout. So much for Hockey Heaven!

- Two breakaways, two goals scored by guys the Sabres are counting on.

- Not to single any forwards out because the entire team was offensively challenged, but I can't say I noticed Vanek at all.

-  Miller didn't have many tough saves, but a couple in the 2nd period were really nice on a shot and the subsequent rebound.

- He was my whipping boy as a Sabre, and I'll be damned if I wasn't going to boo Campbell LOUDLY at least once a period when he had the puck.

- The Sabres just don't forecheck well, and at the same time struggle mightily at times getting the puck out of their own zone.

- Hecht and Tropp injured....WTF!

-  MAG with a couple of awful plays early.  With Weber coming back, I just can't see Lindy giving him more of a chance to capture the #6 spot.

GO SABRES!

You did say the game was boring.

[papazoid]

a win is a win....

but, that was the most boring game i have ever been to.

neither team was "hitting" anyone.....the crowd was silent.

[dEnnis the Menace]

I sat in the 200s for the first time ever, and my group tried getting people to chant even the simplest LETS GO BUFFALO! and they would have nothing to do with it.  Very boring game to be at though.

Hopefully tonights game against the Rags is better.

[ROC_EMT]

dEnnis the Menace, on 10 December 2011 - 10:39 AM, said:

I sat in the 200s for the first time ever, and my group tried getting people to chant even the simplest LETS GO BUFFALO! and they would have nothing to do with it.  Very boring game to be at though.

Hopefully tonights game against the Rags is better.

I was in 109 and we tried to cheer with ya but it died quickly.  At least what goals were scored were right in front of us so that was nice.  Maybe people were too busy thinking about having to drive home in the snow.

[nobody]

I'll take a boring win over an exciting loss most days.
If I'm at the game I can keep myself entertained with beer, bad food and conversation.
If I'm watching on TV I can keep myself entertained with good drink, good food, etc.

Anyone going to not take that game if it was the deciding game for the Stanley Cup?
Maybe Millbank could add that to his discussion about being a Buffalo fan or a hockey fan.
Do you watch because you want your team to win or just purely for entertainment?

Edited by nobody, 10 December 2011 - 03:29 PM.

[dEnnis the Menace]

skondolf, on 10 December 2011 - 11:23 AM, said:

I was in 109 and we tried to cheer with ya but it died quickly.  At least what goals were scored were right in front of us so that was nice.  Maybe people were too busy thinking about having to drive home in the snow.

Right? That was nothin tho lol!

[BuffaloSoldier2010]

I was in the student section in the very back chanting all night, crowd was.decent.up there but for the most part, the rest of the arena never really caught on.

[LaLaLaFontaine]

I saw the gametoday without knowing the result.

This was aboring game! I wonder what all our talent is doing out there?

Ennis and Stafford had an assist but they are not near thei potential level.

And Hecht has so much bad luck.

I hope the injury is not so critical.

On the bright side: We won, nothing more.