BillsGuyInMalta

As a strong supporter of the hockey gods all season, I suddenly feel the need to jump in and defend them... ...right after I knock the living crap out of each and every one of them with a steel chair, WWF-style. I'm through with the hockey gods.

*flashes his gang signs* Representin' the corner of Applebees and Friendly's in CP! You best check yo'self...less you wreck yo'self. Oh pasty white Clifton Park...how you entertain me.

I think this is the first time I've noticed you're from Clifton Park too. The mean, ghetto streets of CP, yo.

Perhaps the gods were punishing the Sabres for the goat head design? It IS rather satanic.

We fans dont just want the fat buffalo...we NEED the fat buffalo.

We need to start a TBD competition amongst all of the Albany-area Bills fans. Who can break Rob down the fastest at Giants camp. Winner gets a cookie.

On a tangent here, but you are going to head to Giants camp to make Rob Johnson cry in public, arent you?

http://www.celsiusdesign.net/sabres/jerseys.html I'm sure you've seen this, but always groovy to re-visit it because there are some kickass designs on there. I'm actually okay with Navy (just as long as its not paired with a confusing lighter blue, nickel and red stripe down the side) and think #4 on that looks damn nice.

From everything I've heard and read, its confirmed they'll be changing uniforms...but they wont be going back to the classic blue and yellow. It'll be like when the Rams won the SB and changed to darker blue and gold.

Those are going to be some damn spiffy jerseys. Cant wait to buy me one and retire the black and red goat head.

Fantastic season from these guys, the best Sabres team I've ever seen. That is, until next season when they'll ALL come back pissed, healthy and with playoff experience. AND decked out in blue and gold for added karma.

Not that we NEEDED another reason to let Rory go...but he definitely gave us another tonight.

Here is About.com's look into the 2006 NHL Free Agency Period. http://proicehockey.about.com/od/nhlfreeag...free_agents.htm The Sabres UFAs are: # D Rory Fitzpatrick, 31 # D Jay McKee, 28 # D Teppo Numminen, 37 And they have the least amount of cash tied up with current players out of all the NHL teams with the new cap. This team is just primed to get better and better. I'd love to see McKee come back to us...and as much as I dig Teppo, his age and that late injury kinda scares me away, especially when there are oodles of quality Defensemen out there. Who wants to wave goodbye to Rory when the Sabres kick him to the Thruway?

Sabres got it next season. And I'm serious about that prediction.

I actually thought to myself earlier in the day "Oh crap, LSI started the Game Thread...that means we lose"

Puh-lease Joe, after what this team gave us this year...and considering how much they accomplished with everything they had going against them (huge injuries, lack of playoff experience)...you cant tell me you dont think next year we hoist the Cup. I think everyone in the NHL realizes that...AND this team is in fantastic shape headed into the offseason to get EVEN BETTER. Everyone knows if we stayed healthy and we brought out a Defense Rotation of McKee, Numminen, Tallinder, Campbell, Kalinin and Lydman instead of Janik, Paestch, Jillson, Fitzpatrick, Campbell and Lydman...the Canes would have been absolutely demolished. Injuries are a part of the game, but I've never seen the injury bug bite a team so hard...and that team kept coming at you like the Sabres did.

Yeah Canes...celebrate your asses off. Celebrate that you JUST barely beat us, with home ice advantage, when we were down 4 out of 6 defensemen AND our best scorer. I dont know about the rest of you, but I am UBER pumped up about the Sabres. What a fantastic team this was...we'll take the Cup next year considering the lack of UFAs on this team (McKee we can re-sign, and Grier...eh...I'd love to see him back but wont cry if we go in another direction.) We got oodles of cash to play with, the best young team in the NHL (how about this, guys like Dylan Hunter, Marek Zagrapan and Drew Stafford are adding to our already amazing forward depth). Oh and this young team that couldnt win because we didnt have any playoff experience? They got it now. I feel sh------- we couldnt pull this game out, but damn it...the Canes KNOW they got insanely lucky with this one.

I think the reason I find it so hilarious is because Biron always comes off as such a huge dork. To hear him throwing smack around is funny as hell.

Biron is the MAN.

I'm terrified to think of what is contained in the brochure.

Also, this will give Teppo even more time to get back into his groove.

BOOM SHAKALAKA!

I know you'll be missed by everyone here Paul, but you're with your wife now and I'm sure you are finally happy once again. Rest in Peace my friend.

Sabres will DEFINITELY force a Game 7.

Worse...I'll send them a desperate Sabres team looking to claw their way back in Game Six. Time to tear their heart right out and get them to panic for Game Seven. If there is one thing the Sabres have proved all year long its the ability to come back from the brink...time to do it again.