It feels like a really strange night tonight. The Devils don’t exactly excite anyone, and there’s so much other stuff happening around the Sabres it really feels like this game is an afterthought. They players are all answering questions about their injured goalie, the injured goalie is snarking at the media, and some of [...]
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If you recall, at the beginning of the year I gathered up as many of the Eastern Conference playoff predictions I could so we could compare the pundits’ prognostications to what really happened. Now, one day before the playoffs, let’s take a look back and see who was close to right, and who was [...] Another weekend, another pair of back to back games for the Sabres. Tonight they host the Florida Panthers (7:30pm start, take note) and tomorrow it’s the New Jersey Devils. Steve Montador and Jochen Hecht practiced and may return, though lineup changes may be tough to justify. Unless the Sabres burn one of the few [...] Were it not for the fact he’s making a cubic buttload of money over the next 15 years, you’d almost feel sorry for Ilya Kovalchuk. It’s obvious that he WANTS to help his team out but the harder he tries, the worse it goes. Sort of like a Ben Stiller movie, it’s almost too [...] Some things you will hear ad nauseum tonight: Lindy Ruff’s 1000th game! All with one team to start his career! 155 coaching changes (DRINK)! Kovalchuk! You get the idea. It’s the battle of a backup goalie versus an AHL goalie, with both teams trying to claw their way out of the bottom of the [...] That’s what the Sabres are lacking, a dog (sorry Sabretooth) It’s kind of ridiculous, really. We’ve seen plenty of ‘good signs’ for the Sabres at home, but they still haven’t gotten it done. Then we see them blast the Devils, without Kovalchuk (seriously what the heck?) and Brodeur on the road, and it [...] Just a friendly reminder that Buffalo lost (regulation and OT/SO) 37 games last year en route to winning their division. They 3 times lost 4 or more games in a row, including a stretch of 6 in a row. I get the feeling they are still adjusting to new linemates/defense partners, and that certainly [...] Game four in a very busy schedule for the Sabres to start the season sees the undermanned New Jersey Devils visiting Buffalo for a 7pm game. The Devils are icing a 16-skater lineup due to salary cap constraints, though it was 15 before former Sabres grinder Adam Mair was signed. This will also be [...] I’m with the side that doesn’t think there’s any huge deluge of FA signings now that Kovalchuk is off the board, but there are teams out there that still do need to add salary (or get rid of more than they already have). The pickings are slim as far as big-impact in free agency, [...] |
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