Archives for February 2008

Corvo just didn't dig Ottawa (Ottawa Sun) Fisher's a fan of The Departed (Ottawa Sun) Rude welcome to Ottawa (Ottawa Citizen) Opportunity knocks for duo (Ottawa Citizen) Here's what you had to say about the trade (Ottawa Citizen) The veterans of the Senators were very discrete (Le Droit) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Ottawa Coverage

Zednik may be discharged by weekend (South Florida Sun Sentinel) Neck guard is largely unused in NHL (South Florida Sun Sentinel) Jokinen remains shaken by injury (Palm Beach Post) Playing With Heavy Hearts (FloridaPanthers.com) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Florida Coverage

'"The moment I said it, I was thinking, 'I hope I'm right'," Neale said from Ottawa where he was set to call the Sabres' game against the Sens on Tuesday. "The only thing I can think of as to where it came from is that I like to do a lot of crossword puzzles and maybe there was some leftover from the Clint Malarchuk case from years ago. But that alerted me to the fact we can't … [Read more...] about So how did Neale know?

'"The defense was doing a great job of getting the puck to the net and it helped me," Vanek said. "I'm always in front. It's been like that for the last four or five games."' … [Read more...] about Buffalo 5, Ottawa 1

'"It's great, I'm really happy for him," said Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller, who finished with 25 saves. "Earlier in the year he was searching for it and he had a lot of pressure on his plate and I think as the team has settled down, he's settled down, too. I think he can go out there and score some goals now. He's putting that puck on net like he needs to."' … [Read more...] about Vanek scores three, Sabres spoil Sens debuts of Stillman and Commodore

'Clarke MacArthur and Jason Pominville picked up a goal and one assist each for the Sabres, who are 7-0-2 in their last nine games and outshot the Northeast Division leaders 39-26, including a 27-11 margin through two periods.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo 5, Ottawa 1

'Thomas Vanek earned his first career hat trick to lead the Sabres to a dominant 5-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators Tuesday night. Clarke MacArthur scored and assisted on another, while Ryan Miller stopped 25 shots in the win.' … [Read more...] about Vanek Nets First Career Hat Trick In Dominant Win

'Regier said that the two sides didn’t really stop communicating, “It’s the starting point to getting a deal done, and I’m still hopeful that we will be able to do something, ideally prior to the trade deadline.”' … [Read more...] about Regier Speaks On Campbell

'A lot of if's go into statements like "If you want to be a buyer..." or "If you want to be a seller" at the trade deadline, but let me lay out the few you might like to consider if Eastern Conference playoff-run dreams are nipping at your brain.' … [Read more...] about If You Want To Be A Buyer/Seller…

'The Senators were clearly primed and ready to take on anyone that was going to stand in their way; anyone but the Buffalo Sabres who spoiled the Senators post-trade euphoria with a dominating 5-1 victory led by Thomas Vanek's first career NHL hat-trick.' … [Read more...] about The swagger’s back

'"It doesn't look like he's going to have any long-term (problems) with his brain or any of his cranial nerves in the neck area," Noor said. "He can swallow, he's able to talk, he's not hoarse, he's shrugging his shoulders. Those are the signs we kind of follow to see if there is any nerve injury."' … [Read more...] about Injury to Zednik could’ve been worse

'“As league revenues continue to go up it’s going to be tougher and tougher for Buffalo and markets like us to keep chasing it. We came dangerously close to the cap last year. Because of Teppo’s (Numminen) situation we have some room this year. But as that cap continues to grow it’s going to be tougher for small market teams. Right now that revenue … [Read more...] about Golisano Joins Schopp And The Bulldog

'Malarchuk has tried to get a message to Zednik through the Panthers' front office. He would like to speak with Zednik when the time is right. "If I talk to him, I'll tell him time heals," said Malarchuk, who played 11 seasons with the Quebec Nordiques, Washington Capitals and the Sabres from 1981-92. "If he asked me if he should take his time … [Read more...] about Almost 2 decades later, Malarchuk still haunted by his own gory accident

'Ramsey recalled that Malarchuk began counting as soon as the blood starting gushing from the wound. He said Malarchuk had read somewhere that a person had three minutes to live after suffering a severed artery. "He was counting the seconds," Ramsey said. " 'I've got three minutes... I've got two minutes... ' Our trainer was working on … [Read more...] about Bad memories for Ramsey

'Noor said it would be “difficult to say” if Zednik would recover completely. She said it would become clearer during the next several days if he had any nerve damage from the cut, or brain damage because of a lack of oxygen.' … [Read more...] about Skating Right to Bench Helped Panthers&#8217 Zednik