Bruins @ Sabres GDT

[SabreEleven]

What the Sabres should do and what they will do, will be two different things.

[hydro]

I don't want a response to feel forced. If the Bruins do something that garners a response then I hope the Sabres are up to the task (probably won't be).

[rbochan]

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[DMBcrew36]

I have to record the game to watch it tomorrow, unfortunately. In the box at the Penguins game tonight - can't wait to see Crosby live again.

[OpIv37]

I'm pissed that NHLN or VS aren't picking this one up, especially since neither has a game scheduled for tonight.

[Mski]

i dont think they should or will do anything in response to last week, unless the b's do something else to spark it tonight

[chernobylwraiths]

I think they will come out strong and hitting. Whether they keep it up or not is anybody's guess. I also think by the end of the game that Gaustad challenges Lucic to a fight.

[SabreEleven]

I think they will come out strong and hitting. Whether they keep it up or not is anybody's guess. I also think by the end of the game that Gaustad challenges Lucic to a fight.

I think they'll come out with their tampons hanging out and they can't fight when they are on their periods. Bruins are going to run them out of the building. Sabres can't forecheck and they can't handle the forecheck. This a preview of the playoffs. Sabres are too soft to win in the playoffs and they are too soft to win tonight.

[Mski]

it will be good to see what Brennan can do with the big boys

[SkateZilla]

Hecht is back.............................................................

[OpIv37]

Hecht is back.............................................................

Who?


Seriously I had forgotten he was still on the roster.

[Mski]

well that gives the lines a little jumble interesting to see what happens when ennis gets healthy

[2slowtogofast]

I have been looking foward to this game all week. That being said I hope the sabres do not let me down. Win or lose I just want a good where afterwards I feel better about our team.

[SkateZilla]

The First Sign of BS, Ruff needs to eat a fine and send as many "Agressors" on ice as he can to pound a little.

but seeing as Shanny and Co will be watching and some NHLOfficials in Attendence... Betcha $50 the Bs will be diving and crying all night when-ever they are touched.

[Mski]

The First Sign of BS, Ruff needs to eat a fine and send as many "Agressors" on ice as he can to pound a little.

but seeing as Shanny and Co will be watching and some NHLOfficials in Attendence... Betcha $50 the Bs will be diving and crying all night when-ever they are touched.doubt either of those happen....

1. buffalo doesnt have ant "agressors" aside from mccormic and hes still hurt isnt he?
2. i dont see the B's as a team that will be taking dives for the sake of taking dives

[YardRat]

Good article on enforcers & fighting I came across this morning waiting for an oil change & front end alignment if anybody is interested...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1191802/1/index.htm

[SabreEleven]

The First Sign of BS, Ruff needs to eat a fine and send as many "Agressors" on ice as he can to pound a little.

but seeing as Shanny and Co will be watching and some NHLOfficials in Attendence... Betcha $50 the Bs will be diving and crying all night when-ever they are touched.

Do you actually watch Sabres games?

[SkateZilla]

when im not working... yeah...

[SabreEleven]

when im not working... yeah...

Well, Ruff hasn't sent his aggressors out to fight (since he doesn't have any) in 5 years and I can't really say I've ever seen the Bruins cry or dive.

[Crisis]

No McCormick, Kaleta, or Weber tonight.

So we'll see Goose attempt to fight Lucic and then we'll get our asses handed to us after.

[YardRat]

The league made Lindy stand down.

Guess the players aren't the only ones with no balls.

[YardRat]

Well, that was a nice little scrum.

Things may actually start to get interesting here.

[SabreEleven]

Good see they took out the tampons for at least the first period

[OpIv37]

what happened early? I turned it on just before the goal. Were there any fights or anything?

[Das_Bills]

Wow we acually look like a hockey team

[OpIv37]

jesus Vanek is lightning fast with that wrister. If only he could do it more consistently....

[MikeInRoch]

what happened early? I turned it on just before the goal. Were there any fights or anything?

01:23 BUF Paul Gaustad : Fighting (maj) - 5 min
01:23 BOS Milan Lucic : Fighting (maj) - 5 min
11:33 BOS Zdeno Chara : Fighting (maj) - 5 min
11:33 BUF Corey Tropp : Roughing - 2 min
11:33 BOS Adam McQuaid : Roughing - 2 min
11:33 BOS Adam McQuaid : Roughing - 2 min
11:33 BUF Robyn Regehr : Fighting (maj) - 5 min

[Das_Bills]

what happened early? I turned it on just before the goal. Were there any fights or anything?

We are being agressive for the first time

[Skooby]

Where the hell have these guys been hiding ??

[OpIv37]

That penalty was horse ****.

[Crisis]

gaustad and lucic had a fight early that lucic won

gerbe has been hitting everything in sight

marchand hit gerbe along the board, gaustad retaliated and leveled marchand, mccoyd from boston jumped gaustad... scrum started after. regehr seperated chara from the pile and they fought... looked like chara held back but regehr definitely held his own giving up a lot of size... we went on PP after that and scored.

for whoever asked

[Crisis]

3 word memo -"lets do it again, boys"

/facepalm neale

[Skooby]

Quite possibly the best period this season, the best against one of the best teams.

[OpIv37]

Someone must have been putting testosterone in the Gatorade because these guys finally grew a pair.

And the crowd is insane... loudest I've heard them this season.

[SabreEleven]

Great period.....but......

[Skooby]

Great period.....but......

No reason for this yet, you're jinxing the team.

[Crisis]

ellis should challenge chara to a fight and hang on for dear life

5 more minutes without chara = success

[Crisis]

it's funny how boston fans are complaining about the reffing

there's been two bad calls (first lucic penalty, adam's penalty)... one for each team.

gaustad was getting jumped/crosschecked by three bruins and they're shocked we came away with a PP from that? christ i thought MTL fans were bad

[OpIv37]

well so much for that....

[SabreEleven]

referee's screw the Sabres again.

[OpIv37]

Enroth may have saved the game right there.

[OpIv37]

DAMMIT VANEK!

[Crisis]

chara saved that

[OpIv37]

These refs are doing their best to hand this game to Boston.

[Crisis]

bull**** call again

boston hasn't had a legit PP

[clumping platelets]

I'm working.....I can only listen to it :(

[Crisis]

man i love watching regehr play... he just plays defense the way its supposed to be played

[Crisis]

what a bounce. ****.

[Crisis]

5 straight bull**** powerplays in a row for boston

and they ****ing score

[OpIv37]

Roy sucks on D

[Skooby]

3-3 now.

[SabreEleven]

another bull**** call by the ref's.

[OpIv37]

****ING ROY!

Of course, our biggest "stars" choke when it counts the most.

[OpIv37]

is Boston EVER going to get called for a penalty? I saw at least 3 this period that should have been called.

[SkateZilla]

like i said, boston will be getting all the calls because the refs have it in their mind that we are the agressors looking for payback.

i actually just turned the game on, was watching the score sheet on mobile while i was at work.

[SkateZilla]

"" There are trampolines in hockey... doink ... ""

worst play by play line ever...

[OpIv37]

why is the smallest guy on the team getting the biggest checks?

[Crisis]

i can not stand gragnani.

[OpIv37]

This team is going to blow this game. At the very least, they will give up the extra point to a div rival AGAIN

[SkateZilla]

we share points and rob banks.....

[SkateZilla]

PP Time w/ 103 left

[OpIv37]

and it comes down to the worst part of our team.... the PP.

Watch them give up a shorty to lose it.

[OpIv37]

and there's at least 1 point surrendered. Once again, the team plays one spectacular period then sleepwalks for 40 min.

[SkateZilla]

did Erhoff pass it to that guy or shank on the shot?

[Crisis]

my ****ing feed died out while erhoff was winding up for a shot **** MY LIFE

[MikeInRoch]

and it comes down to the worst part of our team.... the PP.

Yeah, being in the top third of the league in PP sucks.

[Crisis]

god one minute of listening to jack edwards and i already want to kill myself.

[OpIv37]

PP Fails again

[YardRat]

Not liking this....If Enroth has a weakness, it's one-on-one against a shooter and that's not good for shoot-outs.

[OpIv37]

my ****ing feed died out while erhoff was winding up for a shot **** MY LIFE
lmao- BSN? Same thing happened to me

[Skooby]

Shootout time!!!

[OpIv37]

Yeah, being in the top third of the league in PP sucks.

The PP does suck- if you don't see it I don't know what to tell you.

[MikeInRoch]

The PP does suck- if you don't see it I don't know what to tell you.

Yeah, because I guess looking at actual statistics about it is something you wouldn't want to do.

[OpIv37]

Of course, Vanek misses after I complimented his wrister earlier

[SkateZilla]

the online feed im watching craps out every 5 or so seconds.... its like watching Direct TV in a Hurricane

[OpIv37]

Yeah, because I guess looking at actual statistics about it is something you wouldn't want to do.

Say what you want- it's early- this team still has the PP issues it had last year and the PP will let us down

[SkateZilla]

WTF.....

[OpIv37]

**** this team.

[Crisis]

****. need boyes for the shootout.

[Skooby]

We lose.

[MikeInRoch]

Say what you want- it's early- this team still has the PP issues it had last year and the PP will let us down

Are you saying that by the end of the year it will be lower than "in the top third"? There's really no evidence to support that assertion.

[clumping platelets]

:mad:

[YardRat]

Gerbe and Stafford had nice games...losing Boyes hurt. You could just tell the way the entire third period was being played that we were going to end up on the short end of the stick again.

[OpIv37]

Are you saying that by the end of the year it will be lower than "in the top third"? There's really no evidence to support that assertion.

I'm saying that they will be in the bottom 3rd of PP goals by the end of the season.

And there is evidence if you take 10 seconds to think about it. 3 shorties given up already- if you watch the games, they struggle to re-establish the zone after a clear. Most of their PP goals come in spurts- they'll score 2 or 3 against a weak PK team then go stone cold. Basically, their PP still looks a LOT like the past couple of years, where they sucked on the PP.

[SabreEleven]

At least they played a good first period again.

[OpIv37]

At least they played a good first period again.

They're always good for 1 solid period a game. They just better outscore the opponents 4-0 in that one period if they want to win, because they'll be outscored by at least 4 goals in the other two ****ty periods they play.

[Cleve]

What is this team's problem with playing on home ice? Their record at First Niagara is TERRIBLE.

And tonight we saw the Sabres 'pattern' in action - they get a 2 goal lead in the first and sit on their heels for the next two periods, and let the other team get back in the game.

[k-oneputt]

Their issue is with their heart. A bunch of gutless pussies.

Do you think Boston would have blown a 3-1 lead ?
Hell no, that game would have end up about 5-1.

[chernobylwraiths]

I think they will come out strong and hitting. Whether they keep it up or not is anybody's guess. I also think by the end of the game that Gaustad challenges Lucic to a fight.

SabreEleven should give me a point for this.

[Michael82]

What is this team's problem with playing on home ice? Their record at First Niagara is TERRIBLE.

And tonight we saw the Sabres 'pattern' in action - they get a 2 goal lead in the first and sit on their heels for the next two periods, and let the other team get back in the game.

I think they are too happy just sitting in the player's lounge and relaxing in their new locker room during the intermission. Lindy should take their toys away or ban them from using the lounge until they start get a winning record at home. :D

[don137]

I hate Jack Edwards. No MSG coveraeg of game so had to listen to those awful announcers from Boston on NESN. When they won the game Jack Edwards yells (paraphrasing here) "First we win the fights and now we stab the Sabres and win the game and take first place." F you Edwards!

[SabreEleven]

I hate Jack Edwards. No MSG coveraeg of game so had to listen to those awful announcers from Boston on NESN. When they won the game Jack Edwards yells (paraphrasing here) "First we win the fights and now we stab the Sabres and win the game and take first place." F you Edwards!

I REFUSE to listen to Jack Edwards. I line the WGR online feed with my DVR to watch the game. Jack Edwards is the worst announcer ever.

Nobody mentioned the off sides missed by the linesman right in front of him leading to a PP and a goal for the referee, err, I mean Boston. Some calls were border line going both ways but when the Bruins were clearly offside, there is no argument

[SabreEleven]

SabreEleven should give me a point for this.

You had to predict a winner, Sorry.