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1. For one game at least, the best player on the ice was Paille. He was all over. Physical play. Had scoring chances. Played defense.
2. Teppo provides stability on defense and is a calming influence.
3. Miller looks to have gained weight. He was also in great position all game.
4. Sekera looked very good. If he improves, he could replace much of what was lost when the over-rated Campbell left.
5. Peters actually played in all three periods. And was not a weakness. Hell, he even had the first SOG of the game!
6. Max was Max. A few giveaways. Some good plays. Drew one penalty that was not called (a very clear hold). Was blamed by people in the crowd for giveaways that weren't his (one was a bad pass from Kotalik)
7. The penalty kill was very good. Holding Montreal to 0-6 is damn impressive. And they used a bunch of different guys on the unit, including Vanek and Kaleta (who made some nice plays)
8. How the hell did Price get beat twice on the same move? He is better than that.
9. Miller made a nice save in the shootout and then forced Koivu to the outside, where he lost the puck. Smart goalie. They clean the middle of the ice, but Miller forced him to the rougher area.
10. Lindy likes to shoot first in the shootouts. Odd strategy, but it worked.
11. The PP was maddening. One time they would shoot too fast. The next time they waited too long to shoot. (Note: I hate fans who start screaming "Shoot" as soon as the Sabres cross the blueline or the puck is at the point even if there is no screen. Idiots. stfu.) It is an unit that is 10X with the strained vagina-man.
12. C'mon Timmy. Cracked bone in his back? He played 80+ games in his first four seasons. Now he is lucky to play 40. Hopefully this is short-term and then he will be healthy. But I will believe it when I see it. It is to the point that *****ing about it is worthless so might as well laugh. From now on I will picture him like this:
It is only one game and I will leave the over-reaction (positive and negative) to others. There are 81 more games. But it was a better game 1 than last year and Vanek appears to not be pressing as much. The team has the ability to do well this year and if Gerbe plays like it everybody is saying, he will give this team a boost when he gets the call.
It was a fun time, despite sitting next to Meathead.
2. Teppo provides stability on defense and is a calming influence.
3. Miller looks to have gained weight. He was also in great position all game.
4. Sekera looked very good. If he improves, he could replace much of what was lost when the over-rated Campbell left.
5. Peters actually played in all three periods. And was not a weakness. Hell, he even had the first SOG of the game!
6. Max was Max. A few giveaways. Some good plays. Drew one penalty that was not called (a very clear hold). Was blamed by people in the crowd for giveaways that weren't his (one was a bad pass from Kotalik)
7. The penalty kill was very good. Holding Montreal to 0-6 is damn impressive. And they used a bunch of different guys on the unit, including Vanek and Kaleta (who made some nice plays)
8. How the hell did Price get beat twice on the same move? He is better than that.
9. Miller made a nice save in the shootout and then forced Koivu to the outside, where he lost the puck. Smart goalie. They clean the middle of the ice, but Miller forced him to the rougher area.
10. Lindy likes to shoot first in the shootouts. Odd strategy, but it worked.
11. The PP was maddening. One time they would shoot too fast. The next time they waited too long to shoot. (Note: I hate fans who start screaming "Shoot" as soon as the Sabres cross the blueline or the puck is at the point even if there is no screen. Idiots. stfu.) It is an unit that is 10X with the strained vagina-man.
12. C'mon Timmy. Cracked bone in his back? He played 80+ games in his first four seasons. Now he is lucky to play 40. Hopefully this is short-term and then he will be healthy. But I will believe it when I see it. It is to the point that *****ing about it is worthless so might as well laugh. From now on I will picture him like this:
It is only one game and I will leave the over-reaction (positive and negative) to others. There are 81 more games. But it was a better game 1 than last year and Vanek appears to not be pressing as much. The team has the ability to do well this year and if Gerbe plays like it everybody is saying, he will give this team a boost when he gets the call.
It was a fun time, despite sitting next to Meathead.
that was great, only Jeanneret could come up with something like that.
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