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[nobody]

SABRES (10-15-4) at CANADIENS (19-5-4)
TV: RDS, TSN, MSG-Buffalo

This one could get ugly.  The Habs are 7-1-2 in their last 10.

Edited by Spndnchz, 19 March 2013 - 09:52 AM.

[inkman]

Dammit nobody cares about this game!!  

[Pville29]

Funny, they will play again in Montreal this saturday.

[qwksndmonster]

My brother and I were gonna go to the Saturday game, but meh.  The Sabres suck too bad to invest in expensive tickets.




Damn I miss Montreal

Edited by qwksndmonster, 19 March 2013 - 01:42 AM.

[Andrew Amerk]

Kaleta vs Miller shortly after the faceoff.

[neverenough]

FIRE DARCY....

[Peppy22]

We gotta catch Florida

[wjag]

Time to shine.

[26CornerBlitz]

It's hard enough for the Sabres to beat an NHL team these days.  Now they have to cross the border to play against an entire country?

Edited by 26CornerBlitz, 19 March 2013 - 05:53 AM.

[Jsixspd]

Andrew Amerk, on 19 March 2013 - 01:50 AM, said:

Kaleta vs Miller shortly after the faceoff.

^^^haha!  They'll "drop the gloves".  

[CallawaySabres]

I have to give credit to anyone hoping for a win. I want nothing but losses from here on out and have been reduced to checking in a couple times a period.

[gramps]

T-minus 8 more lost points to playoff elimination

[Derrico]

Peppy22, on 19 March 2013 - 03:34 AM, said:

We gotta catch Florida

As bad as we are, I don't think anyone's catching Florida....

[plenzmd1]

Jesus, Rolston just on WGR, hate this guy. Says Brennan traded cause it was best for TJ.

Grigs quote from 1st game in Quebec according to Jeremy...".Buffalo is great, but the fans here cheer"

[Suffer_enuff]

plenzmd1, on 19 March 2013 - 07:35 AM, said:

Jesus, Rolston just on WGR, hate this guy. Says Brennan traded cause it was best for TJ.

Grigs quote from 1st game in Quebec according to Jeremy...".Buffalo is great, but the fans here cheer"

Sadly true - I saw a bit of the Tampa-Philly game last night.  The Tampa crowd was louder and more into the game than any FNC crowd so far this season (which is embarassing beyond belief).  I noticed that during the Ottawa game Saturday that many times during breaks in play there was no music being played (either recorded or live organ music).  The silence was deafening.  I realize there's not much to cheer for with this team, but the organization needs to do a better job of jazzing up the in-game experience.  It seems they were doing this for a while after TPegs took over the team, but now....  Maybe they are really letting everything bottom out.

[Claude_Verret]

CallawaySabres, on 19 March 2013 - 05:58 AM, said:

I have to give credit to anyone hoping for a win. I want nothing but losses from here on out and have been reduced to checking in a couple times a period.

I understand where people are coming from when they say that they can't bring themselves to root for the Sabres to lose.  I find it difficult to do myself, so I don't.  Instead I look at it as believing in a team to reach their true potential.  Kind of like how we all felt about the 2005-2006 Sabres but in reverse.  I truly believe that this team blows donkey balls and  that they should be rewarded in kind for their level of suckage. Of course what will probably happen is that instead of Jay McKee's MRSA, we'll get John Scott scoring a hat trick in the last game to cost us last place.  That's just how we roll.

[Jeanbe]

26CornerBlitz, on 19 March 2013 - 04:40 AM, said:

It's hard enough for the Sabres to beat an NHL team these days.  Now they have to cross the border to play against an entire country?

After reading this I had to scroll up to read the title of the thread.  Well played sir, well played.

[Glass Case Of Emotion]

CallawaySabres, on 19 March 2013 - 05:58 AM, said:

I have to give credit to anyone hoping for a win. I want nothing but losses from here on out and have been reduced to checking in a couple times a period.

I'm not hoping for a loss, but I don't care if they win or not what I want to see is:

plenzmd1, on 19 March 2013 - 07:35 AM, said:

Jesus, Rolston just on WGR, hate this guy. Says Brennan traded cause it was best for TJ.

The Brennan trade and the Grigorenko move, I believe, we specifically done to create maximum roster flexibility. I want to see every Amerk with NHL potential up in Blue and Gold for at least a week or two. We have to figure out what we have.

[plenzmd1]

LastPommerFan, on 19 March 2013 - 08:20 AM, said:

The Brennan trade and the Grigorenko move, I believe, we specifically done to create maximum roster flexibility. I want to see every Amerk with NHL potential up in Blue and Gold for at least a week or two. We have to figure out what we have.

I agree , but then all he has to say is " we did not think we would clear, so we got something for him" , not this BS about the trade was in TJ's best interest.

Also sick of this "has to earn " crap....maybe someone can tell me how Hecht ad Stafford have earned their minutes. Gotta be they hope they can make a few pays and increase their trade value.

[Doohickie]

I have disinvested in this team emotionally.  It's become a train wreck of a season.  As such, I cannot look away.

[nobody]

plenzmd1, on 19 March 2013 - 08:33 AM, said:

I agree , but then all he has to say is " we did not think we would clear, so we got something for him" , not this BS about the trade was in TJ's best interest.

I'd rather the Sabres do what is in the best interest of the team.

[bunomatic]

nobody, on 19 March 2013 - 08:50 AM, said:

I'd rather the Sabres do what is in the best interest of the team.

Exactly. Thats how winning teams operate.

As for this game Monreal is so far ahead of us in desire alone they'll make us look silly. Its going to look like we're skating in mud against this team. Its hard to have any positive feelings on this one.

As always, GO SABRES !

[Who Else?]

This is the game they win this week, which prolongs the rebuild for another week.

[26CornerBlitz]

Jeanbe, on 19 March 2013 - 08:16 AM, said:

After reading this I had to scroll up to read the title of the thread.  Well played sir, well played.

Why Thank You.

[PASabreFan]

26CornerBlitz, on 19 March 2013 - 09:15 AM, said:

Why Thank You.

Wonder how long it's going to go uncorrected.

[26CornerBlitz]

PASabreFan, on 19 March 2013 - 09:32 AM, said:

Wonder how long it's going to go uncorrected.

Leave it as is...fits right in with this debacle of a season.

[PASabreFan]

plenzmd1, on 19 March 2013 - 07:35 AM, said:

Jesus, Rolston just on WGR, hate this guy. Says Brennan traded cause it was best for TJ.

Grigs quote from 1st game in Quebec according to Jeremy...".Buffalo is great, but the fans here cheer"

Out of the mouths of babes.

Sabre Dance, on 19 March 2013 - 07:52 AM, said:

Sadly true - I saw a bit of the Tampa-Philly game last night.  The Tampa crowd was louder and more into the game than any FNC crowd so far this season (which is embarassing beyond belief).  I noticed that during the Ottawa game Saturday that many times during breaks in play there was no music being played (either recorded or live organ music).  The silence was deafening.  I realize there's not much to cheer for with this team, but the organization needs to do a better job of jazzing up the in-game experience.  It seems they were doing this for a while after TPegs took over the team, but now....  Maybe they are really letting everything bottom out.

I'm still trying to figure out who muzzled the PA announcer Jay Moran and why.

[That Aud Smell]

Andrew Amerk, on 19 March 2013 - 01:50 AM, said:

Kaleta vs Miller shortly after the faceoff.

outstanding.

plenzmd1, on 19 March 2013 - 07:35 AM, said:

Grigs quote from 1st game in Quebec according to Jeremy...".Buffalo is great, but the fans here cheer"

fair deuce. then again, grigorenko's junior team gives the fans something to cheer for. i was at that rangers game last week -- the building was loud enough and had good atmosphere. the fans just need something to cheer for, gubdammit.

to dance's issue with the in-game experience: i think there were more interesting and innovative things being done in that regard when quinn was in charge (remember those black and white vignettes of prominent players on their way into the arena? those were cool). the in-game experience at the FNC is an area where TB really needs to improve his game -- likely by hiring someone who can improve that aspect of operations. it feels like exactly nothing's been done in that area since TP bought the team; if anything, they've taken steps back.

[Eleven]

Interesting:

Mike Harrington ‏@BNHarrington
Top line broken up. It's 9-19-29, 26-63-23. 82-12-65, 21-55-36. Kaleta looks in., Vanek/Ott flipped

[qwksndmonster]

People are whining about what RR said about the Brennan trade? Damn we're just flinging our poo at everything now, aren't we?

They took Vanek away from Hodgson instead of Pommer?

[nobody]

Enroth starting.

[Glass Case Of Emotion]

qwksndmonster, on 19 March 2013 - 09:56 AM, said:

People are whining about what RR said about the Brennan trade? Damn we're just flinging our poo at everything now, aren't we?

They took Vanek away from Hodgson instead of Pommer?

It puts some defense on the hodgson/Pommer line. It makes a little sense.

Try everything. 19 games worth of experiments.

[Double-J]

qwksndmonster, on 19 March 2013 - 09:56 AM, said:

People are whining about what RR said about the Brennan trade? Damn we're just flinging our poo at everything now, aren't we?

They took Vanek away from Hodgson instead of Pommer?

This is my initial reaction as well. Would've rather had them flip Leino and Pominville.

[d4rksabre]

nobody, on 19 March 2013 - 10:02 AM, said:

Enroth starting.

Rolston benching Miller for his postgame comments perhaps?

Oh who am I kidding if that was Ron's style Pommers would be benched too.

[nobody]

26CornerBlitz, on 19 March 2013 - 04:40 AM, said:

It's hard enough for the Sabres to beat an NHL team these days.  Now they have to cross the border to play against an entire country?

So I anglicized the name  - big whoop.  This is amerka - I ain't lettin no frenchies tell me how to spell.

[gomper]

So, this uninspired, lazy, backbiting, excuse for an NHL team is going to skate into a raucous Belle Centre tonight and hope for a win? Like wood into a woodchipper.

[26CornerBlitz]

nobody, on 19 March 2013 - 10:22 AM, said:

So I anglicized the name  - big whoop.  This is amerka - I ain't lettin no frenchies tell me how to spell.

Way to tell 'em  Yank.

[plenzmd1]

That Aud Smell, on 19 March 2013 - 09:47 AM, said:

outstanding.



fair deuce. then again, grigorenko's junior team gives the fans something to cheer for. i was at that rangers game last week -- the building was loud enough and had good atmosphere. the fans just need something to cheer for, gubdammit.

To be fair, think that was exactly what Grigs was implying , certainly not a knock on the fans, but a knock on the team.

[R_dudly]

LastPommerFan, on 19 March 2013 - 10:10 AM, said:

It puts some defense on the hodgson/Pommer line. It makes a little sense.

Try everything. 19 games worth of experiments.

Agreed.

The only problem is the guy responsible for the mixing(DR) appears unable to tell a pig from a poke.  

As always Hope for the best but prepared for more of their worst.

Will do scorebaord watching mostly with some peaks to see how good or bad they look at times. If they keep it close they may keep my interest but that is oftem offset but really fugly play taht has me switching to other games to see some inspired hockey.

Go sabre's

[qwksndmonster]

LastPommerFan, on 19 March 2013 - 10:10 AM, said:

It puts some defense on the hodgson/Pommer line. It makes a little sense.

Try everything. 19 games worth of experiments.

I agree about trying everything, but I think Hodgson and Vanek gel pretty well.  It will be interesting to see if Ott can get Pommer going and clear some ice for Hodgson to set him up.  It will also give us more insight on Ennis's ability to play center.  He's had bum wings for most of the season, now he has the first and third most skilled wingers on the team.  This line has loads of skill, but its success hinges on Ennis's ability to distribute the puck to scoring areas.  Hopefully Leino's defense can cover for Ennis a bit.