The Sabres At Washington Game Thread

[SkateZilla]

I'll Be Watching On Comcast :)

Brad Brown Will Wear #4,
Jeff Jillson #5,
And Mike Griere #25

[The Spaz]

I'll be listening for sure to see how are new players do!:up::beer:

[Valerie]

I can actually watch this game. I could probably go if I wanted to. The Caps NEVER sell out. lol

[SkateZilla]

I Dunno if I'll watch..

Pending On Weather .. I'll Prolly Goto the Local AHL Game.. Being at a game is More Fun thatn Watching it on a TV.. Regardless of the Screen Size..

[pyrrhonist]

I'll be home late tonight, so I'll probably miss the first half of the game. It's a long day at work today.

[realmendontwearteal]

1 nil

[alyson]

Way to represent, Brad! I like seeing this so early on in the game from him.
The Caps-Philly game was fun on Saturday. There were SO many Philly fans there (including my boyfriend!). But we shut them up pretty early on!

[Dozerdog]

Brad Brown in a good fight to start his career here! Nice!

[alyson]

Now let's get a goal out of Grier, maybe a big hit by Jillson (forgive my ignorance; he's D, right?)

[Dozerdog]

Yup

[pyrrhonist]

Of course, I missed 3/4 of the 1st. I heard Rick and Jim say that Brown was in a fight in the 1st. Welcome to the team, Brad. Jillson looked fairly impressive in what little action I saw in the 1st. Also, it appears that Grier will fill in some of the missing holes that Curtis leaves open, not being around (PK, especially). 1-0 isn't exactly what I expected, but it is a lead.

[alyson]

Decent first period. Lucky we got that one goal early on.

[alyson]

Yeah, Brad's fight was good. I think he made a good impression on the team (and on me!).
On Comcast, the Caps GM (I think that's who it is) is saying they didn't want to trade Grier, but when our young player came up they felt they had no choice but to take him. I think Grier will fit in well with us.

[clumping platelets]

I wish we had gotten Witt from the Caps :(

[qcsabresfan84]

Grier leads all forwards in ice time right now.

[clumping platelets]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[Ebenezer]

Originally posted by clumping platelets
I wish we had gotten Witt from the Caps :(

I think I said that yesterday...

Nice goal by Hecht...bad clearing by Caps.

[pyrrhonist]

Mike Grier nets his 1st career goal as a Buffalo Sabre. :up:

[clumping platelets]

Grier Top shelf where Clump's eatin' the cookies :hungry:

[alyson]

AWESOME goal by the ex-Cap!

[qcsabresfan84]

Nice, already a goal and an assist as a sabre.

[Makaveli]

I love seeing new sabres do good like this in their first game, and against their old team especially!!! way 2 go Grier, he is already one of my fav's haha :)

[pyrrhonist]

I suppose a Devil's Advocate could say it helps immensely for their 1st games as Sabres to be against a lesser team like the Craps! :up:

[alyson]

Hey, the Craps beat the Flyers on Saturday, Mr. Devil's Advocate!

[pyrrhonist]

Originally posted by alyson
Hey, the Craps beat the Flyers on Saturday, Mr. Devil's Advocate!

Meh. :D


BTW, another hearty welcome to Brad Brown. Welcome to the Sabres.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040311/capt.mci10103110113.sabres_capitals_mci101.jpg

[alyson]

I might win the scoring guess... come on Caps, get one goal!

[alyson]

Thanks for the awesome pic!

[alyson]

I love Olie, I feel bad for him. But we're on a roll! And McKee and Mair scored? Crazy day indeed.

[qcsabresfan84]

McKee and Mair scored? did that just happen??

[pyrrhonist]

So much for the next goal going to the Caps, eh, Alyson? :up:

[alyson]

Yeah, well, I lost... but I'd rather we crush them (although I do love Olie!) than I win the guessing game! Why do we so easily dominate them, but can't play more evenly otherwise?

[qcsabresfan84]

nice, Grier with another helper.

[Makaveli]

wow this has to be one of my most favorite games this season :D Brown (fellow Newf :D) with his fight with Berry, and of course Grier's, now one of my favorite sabres, goal and 2 assists :cool:

[qcsabresfan84]

McKee's goal just got credited to Hecht.

[alyson]

Oh well for McKee. Nice goal by Briere. I'm telling you, this is a bad representation of Olie's skill. But nice to see two solid games by the Sabres against the Caps this season (don't forget, I don't have a hockey package!)
Don't count us out quite yet!

[Makaveli]

brown got an assist! what a perfect game :D

[qcsabresfan84]

Brad Brown picks up his first point as a Sabre with an assist on Briere's goal.

[alyson]

I like Brad Brown. He's hurt, and he stayed out there and helped kill the penalty til the whistle blew. Good guy!
Remember Briere's first game last year? He got a penalty like ten seconds into his first shift! And he's turned out awesome.

[qcsabresfan84]

Just two more goals and i'll win the lucky pick

[alyson]

ummm... not gonna happen! Nice game.

[qcsabresfan84]

I'm sure no one will have trouble believing that that was Biron's first shutout of the season.

[Makaveli]

I woulda loved to see this game on tv, great game! play the next 12 the same!

[SkateZilla]

Bout Time Biron Got a Shut Out,

I Have the Entire game on PVR So Now Im Gonna Watch, LMAO,

Brown Got an Assist, and A Fight

Griere Got a Goal and 2 Assists.. Damn 1st Game with Us and He Stole the Show 1st Star Honors and Every Thing
The Hecht Drury And Griere Line was On FIRE!!

[SkateZilla]

F.Y.I.


Griere Played with Both Drury And Hecht In College.. So Expect an Immediate "Chemistry"

[qcsabresfan84]

Originally posted by SkateZilla
F.Y.I.


Griere Played with Both Drury And Hecht In College.. So Expect an Immediate "Chemistry"

Hecht didnt go to college in the US, if he even went at all. But Grier and Drury did play together at Boston U.

[Dozerdog]

During the game, the Caps announcer ssaid Drury lobbied Rieger for over a week to get Grier.

Darcy wanted him, but didn't want to give up the Czech prospect we got from Ottawa for Varada.

DC insisted, and Darcy caved. Both GMs think that prospect will net 20-25 goals per season on average in the NHL.

[The Spaz]

Originally posted by Dozerdog
During the game, the Caps announcer ssaid Drury lobbied Rieger for over a week to get Grier.

Darcy wanted him, but didn't want to give up the Czech prospect we got from Ottawa for Varada.

DC insisted, and Darcy caved. Both GMs think that prospect will net 20-25 goals per season on average in the NHL.

Klepsis is good but I don't think he will play in the NHL. Ottawa couldn't sign him so they shipped him to us we couldn'ty sign him so we shipped him to the Capitals.

[pyrrhonist]

It's Grier, Skate, not Griere!! :rofl:

All of the team's new acquisitions looked sharp tonight, but again, sorry to be Devil's Advocate, but it was the Caps. A real test coming up next, with the home & home against Boston. :scared:

[SkateZilla]

I watched Most of the PVR Recording..

If Someone Provides Webspace I'll Take the Goals and the Fights and Record them to My PC and Put them Online for The Unfortunate Peoples to View..

Jillson Was Hitting and Taking Shots.. I Counted 5 Shots By Jillson In the 3rd Period alone, Granted only 1 Made it to the Net.. Other 4 Were Deflected Wide or A Washington Defenseman Stopped It..

[The Spaz]

Originally posted by SkateZilla
I watched Most of the PVR Recording..

If Someone Provides Webspace I'll Take the Goals and the Fights and Record them to My PC and Put them Online for The Unfortunate Peoples to View..

Jillson Was Hitting and Taking Shots.. I Counted 5 Shots By Jillson In the 3rd Period alone, Granted only 1 Made it to the Net.. Other 4 Were Deflected Wide or A Washington Defenseman Stopped It..

Do it!:up::beer:

[SkateZilla]

I Need Space,

And I'll Record to 640x480 Divx...
and Put the Clip(s) Online

[The Spaz]

Originally posted by SkateZilla
I Need Space,

And I'll Record to 640x480 Divx...
and Put the Clip(s) Online

You can't do what makavelli does with the fight clips?

[SkateZilla]

Nope,

I'll Host It On My PC Thru FTP Server and Just Post the Link,

Beware My Max Upload is 30kb/sec So If Theres Only 1 Person At a Time Download You'd Be Alright But if 4+ Are DOwnloading You'll Be Slow as A Moose

I'll Post the Link when I Finish COnverting It ...

im Not Happy With Comcast's Quality.. But I Dont Have hte Time to Noise Filter It... So it Wont Be "DVD" Picture :)

[The Spaz]

Originally posted by SkateZilla
Nope,

I'll Host It On My PC Thru FTP Server and Just Post the Link,

Beware My Max Upload is 30kb/sec So If Theres Only 1 Person At a Time Download You'd Be Alright But if 4+ Are DOwnloading You'll Be Slow as A Moose

I'll Post the Link when I Finish COnverting It ...

im Not Happy With Comcast's Quality.. But I Dont Have hte Time to Noise Filter It... So it Wont Be "DVD" Picture :)

That's alright I just want to be able to see it.:up::beer:

[SkateZilla]

K,

It'll Be a Few More Hours..

I havent Used Divx In a Year or So So I have to Re-Learn the Properties and the Variables in the ADV. Settings.

The File Size Will Be anywhere from 50- 150 Mb..
The Running Time is 8 Minutes 58 Seconds,
640x480, 29.976 Frames/sec

[SkateZilla]

Well DIVX5 Doesnt Seem to Wanna Work,
So I'll Use MPEG-1 With Noise Reduction and De-Interlacing at 480x360