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I gave up on the Bills ten years ago, but have been hopin for the Sabres to help me out, I hope they have a master plan to try and win a cup, Make it happen Darcy

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5-4 final due to one really bad period of hockey. I think it will be alright.

 

I think you mean 1 bad 10 minutes of hockey. Still, even Laffs don't give up 4 in 10 mins.

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Guess what? Sabres are going to lose some games. Calm down.

If AkBillsFan is going to get this bent out of shape with a Sabres team that's in first place with a rookie of the year candidate and the best goalie in the NHL, then what hope is there for the Bills? This just proves that nothing is ever good enough for some whiny sports fans.

 

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So far this season Lindy Ruff has shown himself to be not only very good at the individual game tactical stuff, but as a great HC must be a master at the psychology of TEAM building and working with 20 or so very tough but often suprisingly fragile individual player psyches.

 

Sitting down Montador and Lydman after some horrid play by them and still having the team respond with a couple of tough victories after a long road trip seemed pretty masterful on his part.

 

However, you win the Cup one game at a time (particularly once the playoffs start and in the later part of the season when teams begin serious jockeying for spots or even to get in) It really is all about what have you done for me lately and whats the next challenge.

 

This loss offers Ruff several opportunities/

 

The team will be disappointed and questioning itself to be able to play with the league stars like Crosby (and rightly so because this team has proved nothing yet). However, if Ruff can turn their attention away from questioning themselves or feeling sorry for themselves (or worse blaming their teammates) and instead use this to teach:

 

A. When you get a two goal lead do not assume the game is over. Do not go into a shell and try to nurse the lead nor do not go crazy and take chances to put a fork in them but leave yourself open to odd man rushes. Just play the game that got you the two goal lead and illegitimi non carborundum.

 

C. Do not count on Ryan Miller to save your bacon all the time. Miller needs to stand up and save their bacon all the time but the team should not demand that he do this or count on it that he will.

 

If Ruff stays in their heads the right way, this unfortunate loss can end up being a big win for this team.

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Disappointing loss, to be sure. But this team is very good -even without any snipers. We witnessed tonight what an advantage snipers are on a team(the OTHER team).. I hope they make a trade or 2 before the deadline toward this end. Otherwise, this fine team won't last very long in the Eastern playoffs.

 

JMO.

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Ah, you cant with them all and the Sabres were due for a loss like that....

 

Do the Sabres need some more players that can score goals? Yes...

 

Did anyone expect them to play this well and have our youth step up like this? No...

 

 

Every game is not sunshine and players sink. Miller has got alot of work the past couple of week without a break. They will rebound.

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Disappointing loss, to be sure. But this team is very good -even without any snipers. We witnessed tonight what an advantage snipers are on a team(the OTHER team).. I hope they make a trade or 2 before the deadline toward this end. Otherwise, this fine team won't last very long in the Eastern playoffs.

 

JMO.

 

 

And there in lies the problem with this team.. we needs a couple guys with size that are good with the puck on their stick. Too many guys (Pommer/Vanek) rely on someone else to make a play to get them into a scoring chance. Our "skilled" guys are knocked off the puck too easily.

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Disappointing loss, to be sure. But this team is very good -even without any snipers. We witnessed tonight what an advantage snipers are on a team(the OTHER team).. I hope they make a trade or 2 before the deadline toward this end. Otherwise, this fine team won't last very long in the Eastern playoffs.

 

JMO.

 

As a Sens fan, I look forward to the game on Wednesday.

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Interesting combination...being a Sens and Bills fan. But I guess it's not unheard of...

 

I was born in Toronto to a family of Bills/Leafs fans but was spared the horribleness of being a Leafs fan by moving to Ottawa when I was really young.

 

Seriously, the Leafs suck.

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