Article on TSN about the Kings-Sabres game

[SabreEleven]

So I'm reading about tonights game on TSN and I come along this stupid paragraph

It didn't help that the Kings are a banged up team. Pavol Demitra (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/player_bio.asp?player_id=453) missed his fourth game with a leg injury while Lubomir Visnovsky (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/player_bio.asp?player_id=2223), second among NHL defenceman with 45 points (13 goals and 32 assists), did not play because of flu-like symptoms.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=150866&hubname=nhl

Only two injuries? the Sabres aren't banged up? ....why not mention the Sabres injuries also, We have more injuries than they do. This is bull****.

[Myers57]

yea i was thinking the same thing...

[JD]

I knew there was something they would take away from us for this win...we have like 7 injuries...and 2 of theirs changed the game? Did they mention we have like 6 rookies on the ice??

[AndreReed83]

The AP reports always do that to the Sabres. I remember the AP report for the Sabres/Capitals game on November 27th (a 3-2 Buffalo win) kept talking about how the Caps were tired because of the previous night, when they were in that 15 round shootout. It said they had reached Buffalo until 1:30 in the morning.

Well, the previous week, Buffalo had lost in a shootout to the Rangers at the HSBC Arena, then they had to go play at the Islanders the next day. Um, they didn't get into town until 1:30 am either, but no AP report made mention of that either.

The 2-1 shootout win over the Flyers had similar remarks like this one, in which the Flyers injuries were addressed numerous times, but not the Sabres.

[pyrrhonist]

While I cannot discount how important Demitra is to the Kings (He's been one of the league's quietest performers all season---The stats speak for themselves), it's B.S. to act as if the Sabres were full-strength last night.

I guess it's still hard for the big-market driven NHL fans to acknowledge that the so-called "small market" teams are doing well. Must be all luck, eh? :rolleyes: