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  • BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan
    All-Pro Zoner
    • Jan 2004
    • 4556
    #1

    Numminen back before the season ends

    BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Teppo Numminen (TEH'-poh NOO'-mih-nen)
    rejoined the Buffalo Sabres today. The team's training staff will
    be evaluating the veteran defenseman to determine whether he can
    resume playing six months after open-heart surgery.

    Coach Lindy Ruff says it's too early to determine whether the
    39-year-old Numminen will be cleared to play before the end of the
    regular season.

    Buffalo has nine games left in the final three weeks of the
    2007-2008 campaign. The Sabres are coming off back-to-back wins and
    are just one point back of Philadelphia, which currently holds the
    eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

    Numminen had surgery in September to repair a faulty valve,
    which was discovered during a routine checkup ahead of his 19th NHL
    season.
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    http://www.wgrz.com/sports/sports_article.aspx?storyid=56403
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  • JD
    Sabres Zone
    • Sep 2003
    • 13752
    #2
    Re: Numminen back before the season ends

    **** that.

    Keep the young kids up here. They have heart, and coincidentally, Teppos is failing....
    “You hold a players only meeting and get each guy to stand up and say what he can bring to the table... and if he doesn't, you punch him in the face.” ~~ Harry Neale, on how to fix the Sabres season.
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    • bigbub2352
      Registered User
      • Feb 2005
      • 5386
      #3
      Re: Numminen back before the season ends

      Waste of time and money
      XTRA CRISPY XTRA SAUCEY
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      • Nighthawk
        Getting old waiting for a championship in Buffalo!
        • Jul 2002
        • 15437
        #4
        Re: Numminen back before the season ends

        What a joke! Didn't we try this route last year with Connolly and he sucked ass in the playoffs because he hadn't played all year. Don't bring him back...let the kids play.

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        • Mitchy moo
          Roways rooking ahread!
          • Sep 2005
          • 18380
          #5
          Re: Numminen back before the season ends

          The way he looked at it, if he can just make it to season he'll get paid and free medical. I hope he enjoys the rest of his life, away from the ice.

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          • RockStar36
            Dude's Little Ignorant Crony
            • Sep 2004
            • 24761
            #6
            Re: Numminen back before the season ends

            I don't agree with this at all

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            • OpIv37
              Acid Douching Asswipe
              • Sep 2002
              • 101261
              #7
              Re: Numminen back before the season ends

              The only good I see in this is that we're so short at D that one injury could completely hose us. If it comes down to it, at least Numminen has some experience.

              Regardless, with his age and injury I don't expect much from him and I hope he only sees the ice as an insurance policy if we're completely depleted at D.
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              • Mitchy moo
                Roways rooking ahread!
                • Sep 2005
                • 18380
                #8
                Re: Numminen back before the season ends

                Originally posted by OpIv37
                The only good I see in this is that we're so short at D that one injury could completely hose us. If it comes down to it, at least Numminen has some experience.

                Regardless, with his age and injury I don't expect much from him and I hope he only sees the ice as an insurance policy if we're completely depleted at D.
                You think he came to the Sabres with the intent to play this season?? This is milking 101 and after not playing all season I'll safely say he'll be rusty.

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                • OpIv37
                  Acid Douching Asswipe
                  • Sep 2002
                  • 101261
                  #9
                  Re: Numminen back before the season ends

                  Originally posted by Skooby
                  You think he came to the Sabres with the intent to play this season?? This is milking 101 and after not playing all season I'll safely say he'll be rusty.
                  I'm sure he will be rusty, but a rusty Numminen is better than no one. Hell, a few games back we had defensemen putting in 38 minutes and Pratt had like 24. That's not exactly a winning formula. I don't expect him to do anything but give our better guys a breather in the event of more injuries (which are almost inevitable with this team's luck).

                  And it really doesn't matter anyway- we're not going to make the playoffs so he won't be ready in time.
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                  • BlackMetalNinja
                    I'm not Jewish, I'm just in it for the hats.
                    • May 2005
                    • 31525
                    #10
                    Re: Numminen back before the season ends

                    Depth is the only plus here... i hate it when somebody is out the entire year and they try to throw them in at the last minute thinking it'll be helpful.
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