Sabres’ Ott: Playoffs are ‘in our grasp’

[DetDannyWilliams]

Over at the Buffalo News, John Vogl has penned a rather interesting piece about Steve Ott‘s emergence following the firing of Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff.
The piece highlights a lot of things — Ott taking the heat off captain Jason Pominville by intercepting a TV crew, Ott’s increased minutes under Ron Rolston, Ott’s faceoff prowess — but it’s one thing in particular that stands out:
Ott’s belief in his team’s playoff chances.
“Our last game of the year, that will be the judge,” he said. “If we’re a playoff team, that’s my expectations of this team. That hasn’t changed.
“We’ve got some work cut out ahead of us, but by all means it’s in our grasp.”

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/21/sabres-ott-playoffs-are-in-our-grasp/

[YankeeInRaleigh]

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Damn...I really like this guy.

[trapezeus]

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he interecepted the cameras because they were looking for a captain. and on a team devoid of leadership, Ott stands out like a really interested person to be on the team. the camera people probably just assumed.

When we trade pominville, ott to captain would be pretty good.

[OpIv37]

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I like Ott, but I think someone put some Jack Daniels in his Gatorade bottle.

[YardRat]

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My favorite player on this squad, for sure. Give him the C next season, no questions asked.

[Skooby]

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I like Ott, but I think someone put some Jack Daniels in his Gatorade bottle.

Well, he got drunk at the right time now didn't he?

[SkateZilla]

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that fact that he stepped in from of Poms means he wants it more.

[Skooby]

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Give him the A now, just to be sure he knows.

[Cali512]

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Hes becomming the face of our team. Ive loved him since day 1

[sukie]

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Playoffs in our grasp? How about a grasp of reality?

[SkateZilla]

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4 points buddy

[OpIv37]

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4 points buddy

Well, Carolina and the Rangers are both 4 points ahead of us, but they each have a game in hand. Atlanta has played the same number of games as us but are 6 points ahead. And TB is only 1 point behind us with a game in hand. And we have to stop giving up the extra point to teams like Toronto that are ahead of us in the standings but within our reach.

[OpIv37]

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and BTW, I like Ott and his toughness, and I don't mind an occasional penalty for being too aggressive, but that unsportsmanlike conduct penalty he took was just stupid and it put the team down 1-0. He has to keep up the intensity without the stupidity.

[PTI]

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Ott is not a Captain people, he is the heart of the team but just is not a team representative on the ice, he is not even close to diplomatic, which is what a Captain somewhat needs to be. I take back my Derek Roy stuff for now (even though he is pretty productive too, albeit on another mediocre to bad team), I guess without Ott this team would have less than zero entertainment value.

http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2013/3/21/4133458/steve-ott-jerk-maple-leafs-sabres-dion-phaneuf

Maple Leafs vs. Sabres: Steve Ott is a jerk
Steve Ott did some dumb Steve Ott-style stuff and took a costly penalty.

Midway through the first period of the game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Buffalo Sabres, noted agitator Steve Ott took a hard hit from Toronto captain Dion Phaneuf. Ott seemed upset about the hit, and so he retaliated by charging 100 feet across the rink to take a shot at Toronto's Mikhail Grabovski. Phaneuf hit Ott again, and this time Ott responded by stumbling around and then sending Phaneuf a blown kiss.

Boy, is Steve Ott ever a punk.

[rbochan]

Re: Sabres’ Ott: Playoffs are ‘in our grasp’

That may be some of the worst writing I've ever seen in my life.

And you copy/pasted the whole thing.

I don't know which is worse.