Another epic choke job

[OpIv37]

It's not bad enough for Buffalo teams to lose. They have to lose in the most epic, gut-wrenching fashion possible.

[Bufftp]

Another epic fail.....
by OPV

It is considered good fashion to wait till they lose before "opping" about losing

[Crisis]

thank you for the reverse jinx, op!

[Philagape]

They have to what?

[Ebenezer]

It's not bad enough for Buffalo teams to lose. They have to lose in the most epic, gut-wrenching fashion possible.
This is exactly why I brought you back!!!

thank you

[Buffalogic]

Don't you have to lose to choke?

[helmetguy]

Thanks for the boost, OP!

[Dr. Lecter]

http://ownednfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/epic_fail_guy.jpg

[OpIv37]

yeah well the joke's on us because watching this game took 6 months off our lives.

[CuseJetsFan83]

yeah well the joke's on us because watching this game took 6 months off our lives.

meh, i know plenty that would give up more for a series/cup win....... i'll take 180 days off :\

[Crisis]

yeah well the joke's on us because watching this game took 6 months off our lives.

i'll glady give 6.5 years for 13 more...

[Dr. Lecter]

yeah well the joke's on us because watching this game took 6 months off our lives.
Who cares?

The last six months of our lives are spent ****ting ourselves, drooling, sitting in a wheelchair and being abandoned in a nursing home.

[helmetguy]

yeah well the joke's on us because watching this game took 6 months off our lives.

Maybe off yours. I plan on living forever. How am I doing so far?

[Bufftp]

Who cares?

are spent ****ting ourselves, drooling, sitting in a wheelchair and being abandoned in a nursing home.
so now we know how you spend your days, thanks for sharing.

[OpIv37]

Who cares?

The last six months of our lives are spent ****ting ourselves, drooling, sitting in a wheelchair and being abandoned in a nursing home.

Expect a "cease and desist" letter from Denis Leary's lawyer on that one.

[Dr. Lecter]

Expect a "cease and desist" letter from Denis Leary's lawyer on that one.
Honestly I never listen to Leary.

Except for his ******* song

[Ebenezer]

yeah well the joke's on us because watching this game took 6 months off our lives.
I run...I've only lost what I've already gained back.

[hydro]

I run...I've only lost what I've already gained back.

I have lost 120lbs. So yeah... same here!

[The last buffalo fan]

:spit: TLBF :hi5: OpI

Second game that I wasn't able to watch of this series, second win in a row!

[Michael82]

:rofl: Best thread ever!

[clumping platelets]

:spit: TLBF :hi5: OpI

Second game that I wasn't able to watch of this series, second win in a row!


You cannot watch any remaining games :offair:

[PromoTheRobot]

With no Bills in 2012 the Sabres are going to be it. Too bad we have an owner now that is going to spend money and sign real players, huh Op?

PTR

[YardRat]

It was a choke job...Ennis' OT goal saved it from being epic.

[Ebenezer]

It was a choke job...Ennis' OT goal saved it from being epic.
Why is it a choke job when Philly spends 30 minutes throwing everything they have at the Sabres and score three goals to tie?? They knew the reprocussions of a loss. Wouldn't it be a choke if they were playing the Islanders? Notice how even the game was once it was 3-3? Could it be Philly blew their load just getting back in? Did they not choke to let us win?

[YardRat]

Why is it a choke job when Philly spends 30 minutes throwing everything they have at the Sabres and score three goals to tie?? They knew the reprocussions of a loss. Wouldn't it be a choke if they were playing the Islanders? Notice how even the game was once it was 3-3? Could it be Philly blew their load just getting back in? Did they not choke to let us win?

If you start the first 15 minutes of a game up 3-0 and looking completely dominant, than spend the next 40 getting your ass handed to you on both ends of the rink and looking like pee-wee mites eventually giving up the tying goal and being forced into OT, it's a choke job.

Coming together at the end of the third and pulling it out in OT is nice, but let's not kid ourselves here...previous Sabres teams that have advanced deep into the playoffs would've won this game 8-1, 6-2, etc and the outcome would've never been in doubt.

This team needs to understand that there is actually hockey being played between the first and third periods or they won't make it past the first round, regardless of where they stand right now.

Face it...if not for Miller saving their collectively asses in two wins and arguably all three and the cluster**** that the Flyers have in their own goal this series would already be over.

[jcdavey]

you want an epic chokejob...it's my pitiful habs

[G Wolly]

Can we sticky this thread and keep it forever?

[CuseJetsFan83]

If you start the first 15 minutes of a game up 3-0 and looking completely dominant, than spend the next 40 getting your ass handed to you on both ends of the rink and looking like pee-wee mites eventually giving up the tying goal and being forced into OT, it's a choke job.

Coming together at the end of the third and pulling it out in OT is nice, but let's not kid ourselves here...previous Sabres teams that have advanced deep into the playoffs would've won this game 8-1, 6-2, etc and the outcome would've never been in doubt.

This team needs to understand that there is actually hockey being played between the first and third periods or they won't make it past the first round, regardless of where they stand right now.

Face it...if not for Miller saving their collectively asses in two wins and arguably all three and the cluster**** that the Flyers have in their own goal this series would already be over. yeah but don't forget thats about the time pommers got hurt.... don't think that is a coincidence.

[YardRat]

yeah but don't forget thats about the time pommers got hurt.... don't think that is a coincidence.

Yes, Pomminville's injury was a factor but it shouldn't have been that large of a factor.

[Jan Reimers]

I really don't think it was a choke job at all. We're the 7th seed, they're 2nd. We played brilliantly to take a 3-0 lead in the first period at their house. They came back with a vengence to tie it up, as you might expect the better team to do, in front of their rabid fans.

We hung tough, didn't get down, and scored the winner in overtime.

It wasn't a choke. It was a gritty win against a higher ranked opponent in their building.

[SabreEleven]

I really don't think it was a choke job at all. We're the 7th seed, they're 2nd. We played brilliantly to take a 3-0 lead in the first period at their house. They came back with a vengence to tie it up, as you might expect the better team to do, in front of their rabid fans.

We hung tough, didn't get down, and scored the winner in overtime.

It wasn't a choke. It was a gritty win against a higher ranked opponent in their building.

Op started this thread before game 5 was over. He was preparing for a loss.

[Jan Reimers]

I think some posters still see it as a choke, because we blew a three goal lead. I don't.

[Ebenezer]

I think some posters still see it as a choke, because we blew a three goal lead. I don't.
Did Philly choke when we came out and scored three goals....two of them flukes?

[SabreEleven]

and 1 shouldn't have counted.

[Jan Reimers]

Did Philly choke when we came out and scored three goals....two of them flukes?
Exactly. "Choke" is in the eye of the beholder.

[YardRat]

Did Philly choke when we came out and scored three goals....two of them flukes?

Yes.

[OpIv37]

Did Philly choke when we came out and scored three goals....two of them flukes?
Yes. Allowing two fluke goals in a playoff game is a choke. Apparently the coach agrees because he pulled the waterboy.

[OpIv37]

I really don't think it was a choke job at all. We're the 7th seed, they're 2nd. We played brilliantly to take a 3-0 lead in the first period at their house. They came back with a vengence to tie it up, as you might expect the better team to do, in front of their rabid fans.

We hung tough, didn't get down, and scored the winner in overtime.

It wasn't a choke. It was a gritty win against a higher ranked opponent in their building.
What S11 said.

But also, better team or not, there is no excuse for ever pissing away a 3 goal lead.

[Michael82]

Exactly. "Choke" is in the eye of the beholder.
The Sabres did choke today though. :ill: