Buffalo Sabres

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Big Drop wrote:

Bad reffing is becoming the standard.

agreed. i'm still trying to figure out how hartnell recieved a penalty when the buffalo guy was cross checking him in his back while he was on all fours. how does that work?

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81 wrote:

Big Drop wrote:

Bad reffing is becoming the standard.

agreed. i'm still trying to figure out how hartnell recieved a penalty when the buffalo guy was cross checking him in his back while he was on all fours. how does that work?

I'm not sure what play you're talking about. I think we went for extracurricular activity after the play was over.

81

Big Drop wrote:

81 wrote:

Big Drop wrote:

Bad reffing is becoming the standard.

agreed. i'm still trying to figure out how hartnell recieved a penalty when the buffalo guy was cross checking him in his back while he was on all fours. how does that work?

I'm not sure what play you're talking about. I think we went for extracurricular activity after the play was over.

flyers were on a power play mid way thru the second. hartnell got knocked over to the side of teh net. buffalo guy hit him with his stick like 5 times in hartnell's back. both went off for 2 minutes.

MayDay10

it looked like Weber was trying to have relations with Hartnall. Weber should have gotten a penalty. Hartnall came at Weber afterward, but made sure he didnt lift his arms because he didnt want a penalty. Pretty bad call.

The better team won though. You can see the effort and drive was there for the Sabres. Ultimately, the defense is too inexperienced for Philly's forward corps. The 2 guys with experience: Leopold is hurt, and Montador is the slowest player on the ice.

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Stay classy, Philadelphia.

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Had me real nervous. . . time to drive the knife to bone.

neilybabes86

bernie parent is starting game 6

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neilybabes86 wrote:

bernie parent is starting game 6

Our color guy, Harry Neal, was making fun of that during the game. He said it's going to be hard to get a scouting report on the next goalie they find to put in.

I've seen a lot of Flyers fans that are getting upset that Miller is punching guys in the crease. Apparently they weren't hockey fans back when Hextall made a career out of doing that exact thing.

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The headline to an Associated Press release is Sabres' Connolly doesn't return after getting hit from behind. What Richards did was disgusting, and that may be putting it mildly. The Associated Press calls it a cheap shot right in their headlines. It makes me wonder how Mr. Campbell is going to justify that it was a clean play.

What do you tell your son who dreams about playing in the NHL every night when he goes to sleep about this hit? That that's how grown ups play the game and in the NHL it's okay? Vincent LeCavalier looks like he is finally returning to his old form, and Matt Cooke hit him in 2008. Connolly has a history of head injuries already and it looked like maybe he was finally returning to a form of his old self. After today he might never play again.

I said it when Chara did it to Pacieretty, I said it when Torres did it to Seabrook, I said it when Downey did it to Lovejoy. These one to two game suspensions on blatant intent to injure hits shows how absolutely spineless the bigiwgs in the NHL are. It shows a complete void of integrity and responsibility on the part of the league. It is, has been, and always will be just a game at the end of the day. The fact that the quality of life of some of the men who play are going out the window is just deplorable.

Hitting is allowed in this league and there are very specific rules for how a hit is to be performed. Richards was nowhere close to being within those rules.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wRMsNCUlHQ

neilybabes86

dirty hit..was shocked he didn't get thrown out

they have all the pressure in the world on them tues night

you have a better goalie(although i will say they made the right move today with the waterboy..for once)

good chance

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neilybabes86 wrote:

dirty hit..was shocked he didn't get thrown out

they have all the pressure in the world on them tues night

you have a better goalie(although i will say they made the right move today with the waterboy..for once)

good chance

I said it before the playoffs started and I'll say it again, I don't expect the Sabres to make a run this year and I won't be discouraged when they leave the playoffs because I know better times are on the way with our new owner. For what it's worth, I've had a lot of fun with this series up until now. I will never understand how you can have that much disregard for another human being to do what Richards did. That's not what hockey is about, and I sure as hell wouldn't ever want my child playing a game that encourages that kind of behavior. There's a reason you shake hands at the end of every round, but what does it matter if you're spending the entire series before the handshakes trying to end another player's life?

neilybabes86

Big Drop wrote:

neilybabes86 wrote:

dirty hit..was shocked he didn't get thrown out

they have all the pressure in the world on them tues night

you have a better goalie(although i will say they made the right move today with the waterboy..for once)

good chance

I said it before the playoffs started and I'll say it again, I don't expect the Sabres to make a run this year and I won't be discouraged when they leave the playoffs because I know better times are on the way with our new owner. For what it's worth, I've had a lot of fun with this series up until now. I will never understand how you can have that much disregard for another human being to do what Richards did. That's not what hockey is about, and I sure as hell wouldn't ever want my child playing a game that encourages that kind of behavior. There's a reason you shake hands at the end of every round, but what does it matter if you're spending the entire series before the handshakes trying to end another player's life?

yeathey aren't gonna win the cup..both our teams are a few years away ,but it would be a big experience for the sabs if they pull an upset

sometimes in the heat of the moment you lose your head...no excuse but sadly it happens in the sport

the league needs to really up a suspension for something like that...

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neilybabes86 wrote:

Big Drop wrote:

neilybabes86 wrote:

dirty hit..was shocked he didn't get thrown out

they have all the pressure in the world on them tues night

you have a better goalie(although i will say they made the right move today with the waterboy..for once)

good chance

I said it before the playoffs started and I'll say it again, I don't expect the Sabres to make a run this year and I won't be discouraged when they leave the playoffs because I know better times are on the way with our new owner. For what it's worth, I've had a lot of fun with this series up until now. I will never understand how you can have that much disregard for another human being to do what Richards did. That's not what hockey is about, and I sure as hell wouldn't ever want my child playing a game that encourages that kind of behavior. There's a reason you shake hands at the end of every round, but what does it matter if you're spending the entire series before the handshakes trying to end another player's life?

yeathey aren't gonna win the cup..both our teams are a few years away ,but it would be a big experience for the sabs if they pull an upset

sometimes in the heat of the moment you lose your head...no excuse but sadly it happens in the sport

the league needs to really up a suspension for something like that...

One of the only reasons I'm even bitching about it on a thread that maybe two or three people read on the Pearl Jam forums is because I completely expect the league to let Richards off the hook for it. I used to write a blog where I could take my time and compose posts but I had 3rd degree burns on my hand from an accident at work five months ago or so and couldn't type for nearly two and a half months. After that I just sort of gave up on it and I really wish I hadn't because I had a lot of subscribers and it really helped me get my thoughts out of my head in a constructive manner. I think once the season is over I'll start it up again, but until then I need somewhere to bitch otherwise I won't sleep at night.

I've played sports before. Granted the sport I was All-American in (Track and Field) isn't exactly a contact sport, I also played keeper for my high school's soccer team. You get frustrated and get the idea in your head that maybe a guy you're playing against deserves to be injured. I know the idea has gone through my head before. Whether it was a heat of the moment thing or completely premeditated, it still needs to be punished. Richards has a history, both before the series even started and during the series.

Once again, though, I must reiterate that I can't wait to see how Campbell justifies this hit as a "hockey play".

Phantom Pain

Big Drop wrote:

I said it before the playoffs started and I'll say it again, I don't expect the Sabres to make a run this year and I won't be discouraged when they leave the playoffs because I know better times are on the way with our new owner. For what it's worth, I've had a lot of fun with this series up until now. I will never understand how you can have that much disregard for another human being to do what Richards did. That's not what hockey is about, and I sure as hell wouldn't ever want my child playing a game that encourages that kind of behavior. There's a reason you shake hands at the end of every round, but what does it matter if you're spending the entire series before the handshakes trying to end another player's life?

Don't let the Richards hit take away from your experience of enjoying the series. Today's game was great. Most of the series has been well played by both teams...except for our goalie roulette. Of course if the roles were reversed I'm not sure how I would be feeling.

At first glance I thought Connolly was acting but he clearly wasn't. It was definitely an illegal/dangerous hit. I doubt he gets suspended but ya never know.

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Phantom Pain wrote:

Big Drop wrote:

I said it before the playoffs started and I'll say it again, I don't expect the Sabres to make a run this year and I won't be discouraged when they leave the playoffs because I know better times are on the way with our new owner. For what it's worth, I've had a lot of fun with this series up until now. I will never understand how you can have that much disregard for another human being to do what Richards did. That's not what hockey is about, and I sure as hell wouldn't ever want my child playing a game that encourages that kind of behavior. There's a reason you shake hands at the end of every round, but what does it matter if you're spending the entire series before the handshakes trying to end another player's life?

Don't let the Richards hit take away from your experience of enjoying the series. Today's game was great. Most of the series has been well played by both teams...except for our goalie roulette. Of course if the roles were reversed I'm not sure how I would be feeling.

At first glance I thought Connolly was acting but he clearly wasn't. It was definitely an illegal/dangerous hit. I doubt he gets suspended but ya never know.

The guy is made out of glass. I'd be lying to myself if I didn't say it. He's had head injuries in the past and we (Sabres fans) all knew it was only a matter of time until he got another one. It was just stupid what Richards did. I like the fire of this series. I like that I hate Hartnell because I hate him for all the right reasons. . . he talks shit and tries to push our buttons and then complains when we do the same thing to him. Even the Timomen cheap shot on Gerbe after game six. . . no one was injured and it only poured fuel on the fire. As much as I've grown to hate Briere since he left I still respect him because he backs up all of his talking with goals. What Richards did was despicable, but it's not half as despicable as the fact that the league is just going to let it roll.

Richards is a terrible captain, and Laviolette is fooling himself if he thinks that Richards is half that captain that Briere would be.

I want to let you know too that I have a lot of respect for you as a fan. You know your shit about hockey as well as anyone else I've talked to on these boards. It would have been easy to just come and unload on me after what I've written here.

Phantom Pain

Big Drop wrote:

Phantom Pain wrote:

Big Drop wrote:

I said it before the playoffs started and I'll say it again, I don't expect the Sabres to make a run this year and I won't be discouraged when they leave the playoffs because I know better times are on the way with our new owner. For what it's worth, I've had a lot of fun with this series up until now. I will never understand how you can have that much disregard for another human being to do what Richards did. That's not what hockey is about, and I sure as hell wouldn't ever want my child playing a game that encourages that kind of behavior. There's a reason you shake hands at the end of every round, but what does it matter if you're spending the entire series before the handshakes trying to end another player's life?

Don't let the Richards hit take away from your experience of enjoying the series. Today's game was great. Most of the series has been well played by both teams...except for our goalie roulette. Of course if the roles were reversed I'm not sure how I would be feeling.

At first glance I thought Connolly was acting but he clearly wasn't. It was definitely an illegal/dangerous hit. I doubt he gets suspended but ya never know.

The guy is made out of glass. I'd be lying to myself if I didn't say it. He's had head injuries in the past and we (Sabres fans) all knew it was only a matter of time until he got another one. It was just stupid what Richards did. I like the fire of this series. I like that I hate Hartnell because I hate him for all the right reasons. . . he talks shit and tries to push our buttons and then complains when we do the same thing to him. Even the Timomen cheap shot on Gerbe after game six. . . no one was injured and it only poured fuel on the fire. As much as I've grown to hate Briere since he left I still respect him because he backs up all of his talking with goals. What Richards did was despicable, but it's not half as despicable as the fact that the league is just going to let it roll.

Richards is a terrible captain, and Laviolette is fooling himself if he thinks that Richards is half that captain that Briere would be.

I want to let you know too that I have a lot of respect for you as a fan. You know your shit about hockey as well as anyone else I've talked to on these boards. It would have been easy to just come and unload on me after what I've written here.

I didn't know Connolly was that fragile and had that many issues in his career. Almost sounds like Gagne's career here when he played for the Flyers..the dude couldnt stay healthy.

Briere is turning out to be one of my all time favorite players. For a guy his size and be that productive in the playoffs when space is so hard to come by is just amazing. I just heard after the game that a young Sabre crossed the line (in Briere's words) in what he said to Briere. They said Briere gave a speech to the team about it before the 3rd period and got them all fired up. He should definitely have the "C" I just said today in the Flyers thread Holmgren brought 2 former captains in Pronger and Briere for a reason. I think Richards is still immature and was given the captaincy way too early.

Hartnell is a goof ball..hes one of those guys you love on your team and hate to play against.

I appreciate the respect...you know your stuff as well. It's always a pleasure to talk hockey.

Break The Sky

Phantom Pain wrote:

I didn't know Connolly was that fragile and had that many issues in his career. Almost sounds like Gagne's career here when he played for the Flyers..the dude couldnt stay healthy.

Briere is turning out to be one of my all time favorite players. For a guy his size and be that productive in the playoffs when space is so hard to come by is just amazing. I just heard after the game that a young Sabre crossed the line (in Briere's words) in what he said to Briere. They said Briere gave a speech to the team about it before the 3rd period and got them all fired up. He should definitely have the "C" I just said today in the Flyers thread Holmgren brought 2 former captains in Pronger and Briere for a reason. I think Richards is still immature and was given the captaincy way too early.

Hartnell is a goof ball..hes one of those guys you love on your team and hate to play against.

I appreciate the respect...you know your stuff as well. It's always a pleasure to talk hockey.

Kaleta. Jerry Sullivan wrote something about it in the Buffalo News. I'd have to imagine that sort of talk happens all the time on the ice, and let's face it, it's kinda what Kaleta is there to do. There aren't any rules in the NHL (yet) about talking about other player's wives. I'm sure Lindy doesn't coach him up on how to be a dick, but he lets Kaleta play his game. I'm sure in most instances it throws other players off their games, but when you're dealing with a veteran like Briere, it's probably not going to work.

Kaleta really isn't just an agitator, you saw him score in game 1. He only gets around 8-10 minutes a game but he's great on the forecheck and is very responsible defensively. He's a hometown boy (from Eden, 15 minutes outside of Buffalo) and has the potential to change the momentum of a game. He's only been suspended once for very stupid headbutt he decided to throw at a player I don't really remember. It's easy not to crucify him because he's on my team, but I can see why everyone else hates him. I like him because he blocks a ton of shots, but the moment he takes a run at a defenseless player I'll be just as hard on him as I am on anyone else on any other team.

It's just really hard to see Briere do so well for the Flyers, because he was such an integral part of this team when he was here. The way he came to be a Sabre was great, too. We pretty much stole him from Phoenix. . . we traded Chris Gratton for him straight up plus an inconsequential pick. Gratton played for Phoenix for two years and scored 19 goals and Briere scored somewhere around 100 goals for us.

Maybe you know something about it since before the Phillies won last year Philadelphia went 24 something years without a championship. We're so sick of being the bridesmaid and never the bride up here. We'd really like to finally win a championship. I really think it's coming soon, but we're just so tired of being piled on by everyone else. It's not just that we lose, it's the way we lose. Hull in the crease, music city miracle, etc. We don't exactly live or die by Tim Connolly, but it's just one more way we will feel we were cheated if we end up losing this series.

fife

When i first saw the Richards hit i first thought it was bad but not that bad. I thought that Richards believed that Connelly was going to go turn. however, when i saw the review, i was actually very upset ( i am a Flyers fan) cause i did believe that it was a really dirty hit. I actually was very surprised that Richards was not given a 5 min. major and a game. I personally believed that the hit was worse than the elbow Richard had the game before.

I personally believe that the refs have been really bad this series for both teams. Let hope for a great game 7 and let the best team win.

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We will look adversity straight in the eyes, and we will not blink, but we will smile.

We will persevere, and we will triumph.

We will do this as a team, and we will do this as a city, as a single entity united by our faith.

We will do it for Rico, and we will do it for ourselves.

We believe.

MayDay10

Big Game Tonight!

Itll be tough and it will have to be one of the grittiest wins in the team's history. A lot of players are out, and some of the guys coming in are likely coming back a little prematurely from previous injuries.

However it turns out, Im proud of this team and very excited about the future under this ownership and with the glut of young players coming up and those already on the team.

Let's Go Buffalo!