EdwardSauve Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 I'm just sick to my stomach over the Miller injury. Regardless of whether it was intentional or not, the Rangers definitely looked as if they felt they had a better shot to put pucks in the net with Lalime in. I know this sort of thinking "goes without saying", but the whole complexion of the game changed when Miller "skated" to the bench. I worry about how other teams will react in the games Miller is out. Injuries are a part of every game, but I think the Miller injury, coupled with the fact that he has been the best Buffalo player this year, hurts more than the others.
... Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 He obviously doesn't like the Sabres, doesn't like any of us and yet he keeps posting. I can only assume that he is very lonely and doesn't have anyone elso to talk to. :thumbsup:
... Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Wow... a little sad that, of all people, Tim Connolly was the one who tried to get after Gomez. I disagree that it's "sad". To me, it's encouraging to see The Skill wave his balls in front of the team. If The Skill can do it, and WILL do it, then the rest of those whimps can. Little things like this add up to a team than knows how to win.
Two or less Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Lindy: two points more important than Miller :unsure: Playoffs more important then getting back at Gomez. It's pretty simple people. NYR had a PP when Lalime came in and it took them seconds to score a goal. If Sabres took a stupid penalty and NYR made it 4-3 with like 10 minutes to go, it'd be a much different game. People whine and cry we didn't go after Gomez, i really wish i could see this board if we had lost Miller, lost the game and had Adam Mair pound Gomez, without Gomez even dropping his glove. Give me a break people. They played smart tonight and if they play smart the rest of the way with Lalime until Miller is healthy, they will be ok.
... Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Gomez could have avoided the collision - my guess is that he wanted to bump him and not run him. That's been the book on Miller for a while now. I could imagine all of the howling and moaning on this board (and elsewhere) had they decided to pound on Gomez right then and there, do down to a 5 on 3, and get two goals against. And then loosing the game - because it was pretty clear that until the Hecht goal, and even afterwards, that wasn't the same Sabres team that was out there during the first and second periods. So Lindy (and the team) is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. I like Lindy; he's a no- kind of guy and he's NOT going to want to use Miller's injury as an excuse why they didn't make the playoffs. Hence the reason the two points were more important than retribution. What message would that have sent? That Sabres are already too little too late - the book was written a while ago and finally somebody closed it. What, you take our star goalie out and we'll swish and spit at you, engage in fisticuffs, and then ultimately loose the game? If anything, this is a lesson for Darcy - GET US A MEAN FORWARD WITH SOME BIG, F*UCKING BALLS! I am not worried about Lalime. We've seen him do some excellent goal-tending totally cold. The soft goals are a product of not getting enough play. Well, now he'll get some play. The team in front of him looses heart before the games he's played. Now they have no choice but to, as Miller said, "suck it up" and play. This could potentially be the second slap to the head this team gets in a short time. It's weird, actually. If a plane-crash literally in your back yard doesn't wake you the hell up, perhaps your goalie being injured as a result of your soft game will. Paille was really good tonight, BTW. He stood out for once. I thought Tallinder looked good, too. And Sekera was a lot better. If they keep up that kind of game, then even I would stand a chance in net behind them.
bob_sauve28 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Ok. Where's the evidence of this? Seriously, "dirty?" I just haven't seen that, but maybe I haven't watched the right games or read the right articles. But if there's something to that claim, please bring it. Raleigh--I think you're right. Look, I hate that Miller had to leave the game, but there's a difference between a dirty (EDIT, after re-reading Raleigh, it may not even have been dirty) play by a decent hockey player, and the goalie-running that we see in Senators and Flyers games (most of which is not called). I really think that if Gomez was a guy who's seen as a cheap-shot artist in the NHL, the Sabres would have responded. He's not, and they just took it in stride, got the two points, and they'll move on to Tuesday. That's the way I see it. Everyone wants to turn this into an "we are not tough enough" issue. The mob wants blood all the time. Ho hum
Drulloch Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 I was at the game and all I can tell you is I was MIGHTY pissed they didn't even show ONE REPLAY on the Jumbotron. Nowadays players look for video replays in many situations right or wrong, pretty sure there would've been much more of a show of courage would they have played the video to the house. -1 for the video replay booth
... Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 According to Garth, Enroth was recalled from Portland immediately following the game. So, for the the Sky-Is-Falling crowd: We're DOOMED, WE'RE DOOOOOMED!!! For the Thick-Or-Thin crowd: Let's Go Sabres!
Supersabre Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 The Captain of this team needs to start hitting guys when they hit Miller. Sabres need to start sending a Rob ray like message http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yyklR268-I
NowDoYouBelieve Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yyklR268-I Look at Rayzor's face at the end of the fight. Now there's a guy who loved to throw down. Kills me to see him in that Sens sweater.
LabattBlue Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 I'm ok with it, actually. Now Lindy won't be able to wear him out, and he'll be back just in time to get ready for the playoffs. :thumbsup: .....if they make the playoffs! :o
nucci Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 I'm ok with it, actually. Now Lindy won't be able to wear him out, and he'll be back just in time to get ready for the playoffs. Please explain how you are ok with Miller being injured.
JujuFish Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 :thumbsup: .....if they make the playoffs! :o As long as you agree to not go to any more games, they just might do it.
deluca67 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 According to Garth, Enroth was recalled from Portland immediately following the game. So, for the the Sky-Is-Falling crowd: We're DOOMED, WE'RE DOOOOOMED!!! For the Thick-Or-Thin crowd: Let's Go Sabres! You mean the heartless crowd that doesn't care enough to get angry?
deluca67 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 I tell you this, if anybody as much as sneezes on Lalime Tuesday there better be retaliation. I too was suprised there was no action just after the incident. At the very least Gomez should have a had mouth full of a Sabres elbow just to get his attention. They ran into Lalime 5 minutes after he took over. There was no response and there never will be. The lack of heart on this team is staggering.
LabattBlue Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Game thoughts... - Forget about going after Gomez. The correct response to Miller getting run was to return the favor and run Lundqvist when the game was in hand. - Roy with a really good game. - Connolly showed on the PP goal why he is so valuable....when healthy. - The little toughness the Sabres have, comes and goes. How does Gaustad skate away after getting punched in the face by Orr? - How about those intangibles last night! :doh:
NowDoYouBelieve Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 You mean the heartless crowd that doesn't care enough to get angry? I'd say that if you actually find yourself getting angry at a group of guys that doesn't even know you exist, you have some things to sort out. Now me, I certainly get frustrated at times, but if you think that getting more pissed off makes you a better fan and that people who DON'T get pissed off don't care enough, then you just don't "get it". I'll give you a hint...watching hockey is supposed to be FUN.
Bmwolf21 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 - Forget about going after Gomez. The correct response to Miller getting run was to return the favor and run Lundqvist when the game was in hand. THANK YOU.
Eleven Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 - How about those intangibles last night! :doh: The Intangible is definitely having a tough year. It will be interesting to see whether he remains a Ranger for the duration of that contract.
Kristian Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Game thoughts... - Forget about going after Gomez. The correct response to Miller getting run was to return the favor and run Lundqvist repeatedly when the game was in hand. Fixed it for you, although there wasn't much to fix.
... Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Game thoughts... Forget about going after Gomez. The correct response to Miller getting run was to return the favor and run Lundqvist repeatedly when the game was in hand. Fixed it for you, although there wasn't much to fix. And then what?
nucci Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Fixed it for you, although there wasn't much to fix.And then what? Have you ever played hockey?
cdexchange Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Who cares if it was "intentional" or not? It used to be that if you hit the goalie, let alone HURT them there would be some retribution coming swiftly in the form of a scrap or your goalie getting roughed up in return. Gomez was untouched, Lundquist wasn't breathed upon. Connolly face washed SG. Great. I'd be impressed if Tinkerbell dropped the gloves and jumped on Gomez. But lord knows that TC would be out for 6 weeks with a sprained vag if he did that. Similarly, Kaleta yapping at Gomez through the glass impresses me none at all. They were on the ice together at least two more times. Chase him, hit him, and beat him down. Shut your mouth and hit somebody. Instead you go out there and let MARKUS FREAKING NASLUND wipe you out? Are you serious? Naslund? I don't care that they won this game 4-2. To me this game became a loss as soon as we allowed the other team to hit the goalie and get away scot free. Gomez should be dead right now. Dead. He should never want to come to Buffalo again let alone get near Ryan Miller. All we told the whole league tonight was you can run whoever you want whenever you want and we ain't gonna do jack about it. If that mentality makes me a knuckleheaded Neanderthal that's fine. Tonight's game pinpointed everything about this team that is rotten from the inside out. You have a 3 goal lead late in the 3rd and a player that needs comeuppance. What better opportunity? Send Rivet out there with the C on to pound Gomez. Who cares if he gets 5, a game and even gets suspended for a game or two. We have 8 healthy defensemen right now and more would be gained from sending that message than would be lost by having CR sit for a game or 2. We can blame the players all we want but this tone starts at the top. God forbid Lindy get suspended or fined for suggesting that a player go after another player. Shocking. Anyone have any questions about what Calgary would do if someone ran Kiprusoff like that and he had to leave the game? The offending player would have been eviscerated and it would be Iginla that did it. Iginla's not on the ice? Bertuzzi then. no Bertuzzi? then Phaneuf. No Phaneuf? Then Regher (who stated on HNIC that he intentionally hammers Ales Hemsky every time they play Edmonton - love it) All those guys are busy? Then Mike Keenan scales the boards himself and pounds the player to the ice and chokes them with his tie. They play this way because it's the way Lindy WANTS them to play. It's not hard to get that result if it's what you want. You tell one of the young guys fighting for ice time that if he doesn't fix the problem he's going to Portland in the morning and staying there. That will fix the problem. That sort of response is bred into players or it's bred out of them. We do our damnedest to get it out of every player we acquire and I'm sick of it. As Sean Connery aptly stated in "The Untouchables", "Here's how you get him. He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue! That's the Chicago way!" Unfortunately, that's not the Buffalo way apparently. Apparently the Buffalo way is to eat it then bitch in a press conference. this post = :thumbsup:
deluca67 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 I'd say that if you actually find yourself getting angry at a group of guys that doesn't even know you exist, you have some things to sort out. Now me, I certainly get frustrated at times, but if you think that getting more pissed off makes you a better fan and that people who DON'T get pissed off don't care enough, then you just don't "get it". I'll give you a hint...watching hockey is supposed to be FUN. There are fans who chose to get emotionally invested in a franchise and a team they have followed since childhood and those fans that chose to stay on the periphery. It really doesn't matter if the players know someone like me exists. They are at best temps and will be long gone from this organization while I will still be here following the Sabres 20 years from now.
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