ESPNs Take on the Sabres.......

[SkateZilla]

ESPN.COM ARTICLE

R -- Ryan Miller
Miller is probably the best goaltender in hockey. And given that the Sabres let defensemen Henrik Tallinder and Toni Lydman sign elsewhere and brought in almost nothing to help Miller, he'll really get a chance to make his case as the NHL's best goalie this year. Great job as always, Sabres management!

[OpIv37]

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Um, they brought in Jordan Leopold and Shaone Morisson.

I can buy the argument that they're not as good as Tallinder and Lydman. But to say the Sabres did nothing is just plain stupid.

[OpIv37]

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and if they wanted to criticize the Sabres for doing nothing, how about criticizing them for not bringing in a true scorer since losing Briere and Drury 4 years ago? That's a far more legitimate criticism because they haven't even tried. Leopold and Morisson may or may not be as good as Tallinder and Lydman, but at least the Sabres found immediate replacements.

[DMBcrew36]

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ESPN is allowed an opinion on hockey?

[SkateZilla]

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ESPN is allowed an opinion on hockey?

I Remember Cursing at my TV during Barry Melrose's Hockey nite on ESPNews, every nite, and i mean EVERY NIGHT.

[THATHURMANATOR]

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ESPN.COM ARTICLE

Does ESPN even research anything?

Morrison and Leopold have the chance to actually be an upgrade over Hank and Toni.

[THATHURMANATOR]

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and if they wanted to criticize the Sabres for doing nothing, how about criticizing them for not bringing in a true scorer since losing Briere and Drury 4 years ago? That's a far more legitimate criticism because they haven't even tried. Leopold and Morisson may or may not be as good as Tallinder and Lydman, but at least the Sabres found immediate replacements.

Agreed! I actually think Leopold and Morrison could be slight improvements.

[SABuffalo786]

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Really lazy writing even by ESPN fluff piece standards.


Myers? Morrison? Healthy Rivet? Weber?

GTFO, MTV Sports.

[OpIv37]

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ESPN is allowed an opinion on hockey?

Clearly they shouldn't be. There are a million things for which this FO can be criticized, and they still manage to come up with this garbage.

Seriously, it's so bad that even I have to defend the FO on this one.

[DMBcrew36]

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I Remember Cursing at my TV during Barry Melrose's Hockey nite on ESPNews, every nite, and i mean EVERY NIGHT.

He's just a want-to-be Don Cherry

[SkateZilla]

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Seriously, it's so bad that even I have to defend the FO on this one.

Leave it to ESPN to give us a reason to defend our F.O.

[more cowbell]

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Once again ESPN rips on a team from the Buffalo market...what a suprise


No one has any idea what the hell their talking about, on any subject that is on ESPN...ESPECIALLY the NHL.

Go work on a special to put on sportscenter about how Lebron James prefers Crunch Berries to Captain Crunch...and leave the hockey talk to other media outlets who actually have a clue what their talking about.

[mchurchfie]

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Does ESPN even research anything?

Morrison and Leopold have the chance to actually be an upgrade over Hank and Toni.

They are already. They both handle the puck much better than Lydman. You could always count him to cough up the puck at the most inopportune times.

[helmetguy]

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They are already. They both handle the puck much better than Lydman. You could always count him to cough up the puck at the most inopportune times.

I woulda liked to have kept Hank. I don't miss Lydman's "almost to the blueline backkand" clear attempts.

[JD]

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B -- Buffaslug
"Buffaslug" -- the horned, fetal, buffalo-ish blob that had adorned Sabres jerseys since 2006 -- is no more. Back is the team's classic buffalo and crossed sabers jersey. It's a great move by the franchise. However, I feel a little bad for the buffaslug to be cut off at this stage of its development; I think it was about to sprout limb buds any day now.