Doohickie
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Due to the Girgensons injury, Larsson finally got a chance and his stock has gone up some. I'd like to see Grigorenko get a legit chance these last 8.
He's been getting it. He looks pretty good. I'd like to see Nolan put him out with CoHo and Foligno. I think that could be a very solid 3rd line in the future.
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Well that was fun.
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Nice goal by Risto. All the Sabres scoring from the back end tonight.
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Way better than Leino, Messy.
True, true.
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Messy is a scoring MACHINE tonight.
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Colorado three shots in the second period...two went in. Apparently there is NO offense without Ennis. Fugly!!!
Ennis, and Zemgus, and Samson, and McEichel. I really think we'll have several offensive threats next year that will really make the Sabres a multidimensional team.
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Well, he played like Anders Lindback, for starters... ;)
Neither 1st period goal were really on him I thought. It really came down to Colo crashing the net. Hackett on the other hand let in 2 of 3 shots he faced in the period.
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Hodgson is hustling tonight.
I wanna see a line with Hodgson, Grigo and Foligno. I think there could be some good chemistry there. Foligno is physical, Hodgson is getting more persistent on the puck and Grigorenko is learning how to use his size, plus they hall have some level of offensive touch.
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For tied shots on goal, the Sabres seemed like they were dominated worse than any first period in a while. Absence of Ennis on the PP is apparent.
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I think Bogo is a different case. They know what they have with Ennis; they probably need to get to know Bogo. That breakaway rush of his was worth bringing him back.
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I think Dunleavy has a lot of Darling in him.
You know you're right.
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Last night I had a bacon wrapped bison chop, with sweet potato puree and fresh asparagus and it was purely inspirational.
Buffalo shouldn't eat their own. Say three Novenas.
I'm paying my own penance for some past transgression apparently. Dinner is pizza. Gluten free pizza.
I love my wife, I love my wife, I love my wife...
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Yeah, he's got a *wink*wink* upper body injury. I see them keeping him out a few games until McEichel is all but secured.
...and if it is a legit injury, I wouldn't be surprised if he sits the rest of the year.
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In Murray's world, I think Grigo for Foligno makes our top nine too soft.
(Isn't it nice to talk hockey?)
I think we're just seeing the beginning of Grigo's physical game. He might be able to fill the role you spell out for Foligno, with a higher offensive output.
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Wait there's another side?!?! I feel like those kids in that horror story where they go into enchanted woods and can never leave
You can check out any time you like.
This reminds me. Rick has told the story about how when Jim came to the Sabres, he was Jim "Lawrence." Rick, with his flair for showmanship, convinced him to go with "Luh-RENTZ" — or at least to allow Rick to say it that way on the air. I have no idea how Jim says his last name in "real life."
My surname can be said two ways. One is the traditional Polish pronunciation; the other is the anglicized version (what it looks like in English). It could be this is the case here?
Same here, watching Lorentz while listening to Ted Darling doing the play by play. That is one classic voice I will never forget.
A voice like excitable silk.
This is confirmed by my 82-83 media guide. Lorentz was with Rick on radio all year. Don Dussias was the host.
I took his daughter to the prom. I had no idea who her dad was until late senior year. I wish I'd have known. She was a lovely girl and I was very awkward teen.
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I'd imagine a package that the other team would ask for might include Reinhart too. The other team has to ask for the moon and get it to pull the trigger and run the risk of being forever known as the GM who traded away the next Gretzky/Lemeiux/Crosby. In other words it's never happening.
Lindros.
Note that the team that ended up with the Cups was not the one that got Lindros, it was the one that got the bevy of players.
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I posted it last night on WGR's Facebook link to Paul Hamilton's article. I see that someone posted it again on another WGR photo this morning.
Dude, that went viral. I think it's the strongest rebuttal for Weber's boo-hoo that I've seen. It makes Buffalo fans look passionate yet intelligent.
The more sophisticated response was to stay quiet and leave the game with a smile on my face.
Good for you. But if all the fans had done that the Sabres would have played to an empty arena which would have sent a worse message.
What did I do?
Apparently it wasn't you. Someone quoted Assquatch's post onto Facebook, identified as a Sabres fan in Nashville.
The level of acrimony will dwindle for sure but the tank vs. Anti tank will always lurk below the surface.
Next year, people calling out others for being tankers or anti-tankers will be roundly ostracized. What happens in 2014-2015, stays in 2014-2015.
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He's getting much stronger on the puck along the boards, using his size, staying on his skates.
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Yeah, I suspect it was Borscht or some other SS member from Nashville (he mentioned living there).
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No, you actually broke it.
The if is linked to the neutral Corsi number phrase, not the tank is complete phrase. What I'm saying is if the Corsi number goes back to neutral, the recent Corsis will be seen as an aberration. But I don't expect that to change until the tank is over so I squeezed that clause (once the tank is over) in there between the commas.
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One thing to remember: Next year the Sabres will better, and even better the year after that.
But some of the new core is already on the team. They've seen how bad it can get, team-wise, fan-wise, everything-wise. So next year, look at this year's whipping boys - Grigo and CoHo perhaps, and see if they don't play with a certain urgency and fire, and become leaders on this team (along with the rest of the carryovers from this season). So when Baptiste is slacking, when Reinhart coasts, let's see if even the worst of the young guys on this year's team tell them - "Cut it out and shape up. You think this is bad? You don't know bad. I do, and trust me, you don't ever want to see that. So move your ass!"
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NOTHING comes close to the embarrassment I felt as a fan than that travesty against the Bruins. I was for blowing it all up from that moment on. That team was an utter disgrace to the game, the city, and themselves. And they knew it.
Hey Weber, phuck you! Try sucking less for an entire season.
GO SABRES!!!
There's a difference between being ashamed of the team (which represents the city) and being ashamed of the fans (i.e., the city itself). The Lucic hit was bad but as others have noted those demons can be exorcised by retaliation and ultimately moving the players involved off the team. The fans who were there tonight were there because they are among the most rabid, dedicated fans. They were there because they won't ever go away. They are the city.
So while you can debate which is worse, consider which is a permanent part of the city.
That said, I think Assquatch makes a brilliant point. Hey Sabres, this is just business. Don't take it personally.
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Yeah, prolly right.
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You're a ginge too? Huh.
Wut. You didn't see his avatar?
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I don't think it's too early to draw comparisons to Nicklas Lidström. I was living in Detroit when he came up; Risto really reminds me of Lidström. Rarely made a mistake but was unflappable when he did.