Do the Sabres really dive that much?

[BlackMetalNinja]

Since I get Center Ice and a majority of the games I watch come from broadcasts other than the Sabres team, (even half the home games it seems like I get TSN or CBC out of Canada), I've noticed a major pattern. Almost every single game the announcers mention the Sabres reputation for diving, especially Derek Roy. While I admit I've seen Roy and even Briere take some dives here and there, is it really as bad as everybody else seems to think?

I know I'm going to get a biased answer since we are Sabres fans here, but anybody with some objectivity willing to answer this truthfully?

[SkateZilla]

these announcers don't realize Briere and Roy only weigh like 185, vs a 215 guy pushing him..

[SabreEleven]

I think in the beginning of the year they dove more, but I think they have cut it down.

[chernobylwraiths]

They dive at times, but once you get that reputaion you can't get rid of it. I still see them dive but it looks like they stay up a lot more this year. I think their lack of size does have a little to do with it, but I think they use that as well. However, I see a LOT of players diving. I don't know if it is all over the NHL but I see it a lot in opponents of the Sabres. Once the stick hits them in the midsection, the hold it to their body and fall.

[RockStar36]

these announcers don't realize Briere and Roy only weigh like 185, vs a 215 guy pushing him..

My thoughts exactly.

[Crisis]

Roy definately embellishes a lot, he's a small guy but he does dive.

Briere can too, but he's nowhere near as bad as Roy IMO.

[Earthquake Enyart]

Roy is so bad that even when he gets legitimately tripped, they never call it.