Bills ? ? ? Sabres Rule !!

[bflonum1fan]

We see 41 games per year at $21 per game. The games start on time and are fast, exciting and we are actually close enough to be able to read the player's names. Parking is free. Beer is $5.50. Italian sausage is $4. I haven't seen 1 fight (in the stands). The players are young upstanding gentlemen (except when on the ice), so why the hell do I want to pay to watch a bunch of fat primadonnas that actually play for maybe 12 actual minutes of play of the 60 minute game ?

Sabres RULE.

[yokes]

We see 41 games per year at $21 per game. The games start on time and are fast, exciting and we are actually close enough to be able to read the player's names. Parking is free. Beer is $5.50. Italian sausage is $4. I haven't seen 1 fight (in the stands). The players are young upstanding gentlemen (except when on the ice), so why the hell do I want to pay to watch a bunch of fat primadonnas that actually play for maybe 12 actual minutes of play of the 60 minute game ?

Sabres RULE.

I just wish they woudl stop this momentum slide going into playoff time.

Ugh Buffalo sports will give me an ulcer someday!

[LHardy]

OOOOHHH YEAHHH!!!!
I do agree!
For a sport it is and has always been the blue collar sport it was ment to be.
I'm in!

[chiefhoey]

You Buffalo people sick of getting your hearts ripped out of your bodies yet??. Buffalo sports will always let you down, hence the name queen city. 2nd is the best you will ever be. Just watch the Sabres pull the biggest flop in Nhl history. Its alright the Bills start again in Sept

[LHardy]

You Buffalo people sick of getting your hearts ripped out of your bodies yet??. Buffalo sports will always let you down, hence the name queen city. 2nd is the best you will ever be. Just watch the Sabres pull the biggest flop in Nhl history. Its alright the Bills start again in Sept
The good thing about having a Stanley cup stolen from Buffalo is..
They had to change the rules because of their screw up.
When your team is providing this kind of game, winning big is the iceing on the cake. The cost of the ticket is well worth the dime, even when loosing in the end all the time.:)

[bflonum1fan]

Yep, you read it here 1st. This game tomorrow will signal the end of their recent losing ways. Afterthe drubbing lastSat nite 7-0, I think the whole team from head coach to each player had to be embarrassed. I expect them to come out strong Monday nite in Toto. Hopefully Jochen Hecht will be back so that we can get our 4 lines going again.

[Dino330]

Darcy Tucker is a scumbag. Grier gave him a tremendous hit, knocking him flat. So what does that dirtball do? He goes after Jokin' Jochen Hecht. He missed him the first time, so he went after him again with a knee on knee hit.
What a scumbag.

[bflonum1fan]

Yeah the league could have made a statement that this BS is no longer tolerable, but they didn't. Yeah Grier demolished the scumbag, and the league sat by and condoned Tucker's response.

I heard a good plan to deal with this kind of crap : the player who knocks someone out of the lineup for illegal or cheap shots gets suspended for as long as the injured player remains out. If he's out for life, they the player is essentially out of hockey forever. That would send a big message. It will still happen but not so frequently.

Jochen is lucky that it's only a bad sprain and not a torn MCL or ACL. Those can be career ending injuries. Let's hope he' back 100% for the playoffs.

[300miles]

last night's game against the Senators ROCKED.

[Dino330]

Yeah it did. Here's hoping our boys are back in form. If they perform in the playoffs the way they played last night, they'll be unstoppable. Both of Briere's golas were for the highlight reel. Afinigenov is a wild man.

There was a couple of bad plays, namely Kalinin's giveaway with 5 minutes left in the third, that could have done us in. But overall they played physical and outworked the Sens.

OOH! AH! SABRES ON THE WAR PATH!

[bflonum1fan]

I'm not sure about this guy whether he is a head case or just overrated. He hasn't made a great play all season, and every time I watch him so far I just have to hold my breath.

I hope he can turn his play around in time for the playoffs.

[Dino330]

Kalinin was supposed to replace Zhitnik, but I don't know what happened. That guy has not lived up to expectations at all. Between him and Fitzpatrick it's pick your poison.

[bflonum1fan]

Tonight I watched the Vancouver / Calgary game and it went into OT with the Canucks winning 3-2.

Look, I have seasons tickets to the Sabres and have been to every home game this year, and the way the game is called (usually) is that it favors the fast team that can skate and pass and use teamwork to get the goals. That's why the Sabres are doing so well this year.

But, (and a big but at that), watching the game tonite looked like the old broad steet bullies (aka Phi Flyers) who beat the crap out of everyone to make up for their lack of talent. I don't know if the refs were in the same league as those in the astern Conf. I thought they outlawed interference and boarding. The only penalty I saw was called against Ed Jovanowski for literally slashing the skates out from under a Calgary player (tripping).

Wht a f----ng joke. I hope the Easten Conference doesn't have to deal with this BS when we get to the Stanley Cup series.

From what I saw, the referees and linesmen from that game should be fired immediately if not sooner for their pathetic performance.

It makes me wonder if there isn't a fight going on at the highest levels of NHL management about what kind of hockey game they really want to have !

[colossus27]

From what I saw, the referees and linesmen from that game should be fired immediately if not sooner for their pathetic performance.

It makes me wonder if there isn't a fight going on at the highest levels of NHL management about what kind of hockey game they really want to have !

And more gas on the fire....

Does anybody have a rational explanation for how these drooling simians can actually call tripping AND diving at the same time? Is it because the person being tripped embellished the dive? If so, would there have been a dive if the person wasn't tripped? What's the sound of one hand clapping?

Idiotic. I'm discussing philosphy, to justify NHL officiating.

And another thing- this f'ing 'third man' rule. Enough already. It was a bad idea when it started, and I still haven't seen the logic behind this. Let's hope Tucker gets his rump handed to him early on today.

[TheRightView]

Kalinin was supposed to replace Zhitnik, but I don't know what happened. That guy has not lived up to expectations at all. Between him and Fitzpatrick it's pick your poison.


Confidence and injuries have done Kalinin in this year, the game on 04/08/06 shows what he can do when his game comes together; let's hope it continues throught up and throughout the playoffs.

[TheRightView]

And more gas on the fire....

Does anybody have a rational explanation for how these drooling simians can actually call tripping AND diving at the same time? Is it because the person being tripped embellished the dive? If so, would there have been a dive if the person wasn't tripped? What's the sound of one hand clapping?

Idiotic. I'm discussing philosphy, to justify NHL officiating.

And another thing- this f'ing 'third man' rule. Enough already. It was a bad idea when it started, and I still haven't seen the logic behind this. Let's hope Tucker gets his rump handed to him early on today.

I'd like to see the retribution Bertuzzi did done to Tucker and Kasperitus because both are dirty players but it won't because the Sabres really aren't thugs. Plus you know the refs will be looking for it and so will the NHL head office.

[Dino330]

But, (and a big but at that), watching the game tonite looked like the old broad steet bullies (aka Phi Flyers) who beat the crap out of everyone to make up for their lack of talent.Old time hockey? Eddie Shore?

F*** 'EM! NAIL 'Em!Confidence and injuries have done Kalinin in this year, the game on 04/08/06 shows what he can do when his game comes together; let's hope it continues throught up and throughout the playoffs.Kalinin did play a good game Saturday. Hopefully he's turned the corner and keeps it up.
Same thing with another rump... Taylor Pyatt. The Sabres finally beat the Senators in regulation on thier eighth try, and Taylor Pyatt scores the game winner. He's the LAST guy I thought would score, let alone the game winning goal. Kalinin, McKee, and Taylor Pyatt all scored. Do you think the Sens are missing Zdeno Chara?

Good job boys! Let's keep up the good work!

[colossus27]

Old time hockey? Eddie Shore?

F*** 'EM! NAIL 'Em!

Ya hit him in his mind!

[Dino330]

Colossus, I don't remember that line from Slapshot. That's why I didn't respond earlier.

The reason for this post is: Who is this guy and what has he done with the real Taylor Pyatt? He's mucking in the corners and creating scoring chances. He's even got two goals in two games, including Saturday's game winner! Go Taylor! Keep it up!

[colossus27]

Colossus, I don't remember that line from Slapshot. That's why I didn't respond earlier.

The reason for this post is: Who is this guy and what has he done with the real Taylor Pyatt? He's mucking in the corners and creating scoring chances. He's even got two goals in two games, including Saturday's game winner! Go Taylor! Keep it up!

I think it was after the first fight...the Hansens are screaming in the locker room, and I found that a disturbingly funny comment! :)

[bflonum1fan]

Does anybody have a rational explanation for how these drooling simians can actually call tripping AND diving at the same time? Is it because the person being tripped embellished the dive? If so, would there have been a dive if the person wasn't tripped? What's the sound of one hand clapping?


Easy one ! It sounds like a contradiction but it's not that wierd. Player#1 trips player#2 and that sends player #2 to the ice. If, in the mind of the official, player#2 embellished the fall (so that the ref was more likely to call the penalty) he gets a flag for diving or embellishment. In other words, the refs are saying don't try to influence my call, and if I think you are doing just that , you get 2 minutes in the box along with the guy who actually tripped you. Repeated diving penalties ar subject to fines and suspension for 1 game.

But you probably know all that. Meanwhile, how 'bout them Sabres ? That was the quitest I have heard Toto fans at any game all year. I loved it, every goal we scored, to rub it in to those losers from up north.

Sabretooth even had a sign to greet Toto fans when they arrived . It said on 1 side "Playoffs"; the he flipped the sign around and it said "NOPE".

I don't care who the Sabres get to play in round 1; we will beat them in 5.