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Power play...good chance to tie it. Hustle and crash the net.

Crap.

Enroth is having a good game. He has made more than a few good stops.

This team is much more different than last season's soul crushing squad. They are young, hungry and hustle. This squad might not win a lot of games but they will make watching the game enjoyable.

Like Cody's gritty play. He is tough without being a liability.

Good solid vet pick up. Help the younger guys learn on the ice.

New era is at hand in Buffalo. A GM who wants to shape a team of young guns into achievers. The days of giving lip service to winning and not gutting it out on the ice are over. If you don't want to be a part of the solution, don't let the door hit you in the rear. Erhoff wanted out but he had a contract no one wanted to assume. Was he an asset? Yes. Could his trade brought in another player of picks? Yes. Was it doable? No. Tough decision had to be made and Murray was up to the task. After the bleak end of the Regier regime this is a bright dawning of a new day and I like it.

Make a big free agent splash and sign LeBron James. That would be very unique. :)

Sabres will get Sam Reinhart. The Hockey News Draft Preview had an interesting analysis of the last 10 years of draft picks after the second round. The best percentage to have picks play 50 plus NHL games was Columbus (19.3%) and WInnipeg was worst (1.8%). Sabres were 9th at 14.3 %. NHL draft is a crap shoot at best after the second round. NFL 5th and 6th round picks contribute. Interesting difference. I would go for college grads in the late rounds, you know what you got and they can fill spots in the minors while the higher picks get groomed for the big show.

Miller, on a better team, was not better. Save percentage dropped from .923 to .903. Was not a difference maker in the series. Ryan is past his prime so I would let him play out his career on someone else's roster. Now he realizes that he was on a team that was favored to make a strong run to the Cup but now he is going home.

I knew it! They tanked and can not catch a break. No big loss. No consensus who is the number 1.

NY Islanders still at 5. Cool Drum roll..................

A constipated porcupine.

I get the gnawing feeling in my gut that the NHL gods will thumb their noses to the Sabres and they don't get the number 1 selection.

It will be a Buffalo fans luck if, on Tuesday, the Sabres don't get the first pick in the NHL draft lottery.

End to end rush and goal by McBain? This is one weird season.

Putrid PP is still rolling along.

I am glad it is the final game of the season but it is bittersweet to see Robby retire.

Paille got hurt, not by the hit but when his head bounced off the ice. That is what made him loopy. This one of the lowest rated ref crews in the NHL

I hope Nolan circles the first game against Boston next season. Stock the roster with rough and tumble types. Hell bring May, Ray, Korab and Schoeny out of retirement. Slap Shot all over again. Tired of them taking liberties with our squad.

Scott left the ice why? Chara talked to him?

I have hated the Boston Bruins with a white hot passion since the early 70s and it has not diminished today.

That is the crap we would call on each other in street hockey. A solid check is now a 5 minute major and a 10 minute game misconduct. TOTAL AND COMPLETE CRAP

That looks bad for Hackett.

Scott might be targeted by the NHL but you get rid of him and liberties will be taken frequently on the Sabres next season. The penalty on McCabe is pure BS. Solid check. The refs suck big time in this game. The way they are calling the game can lead to a brawl.