Buftex Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Entertaining first night of NHL playoffs...Devils, Red Wings, Penguins and Sharks all lose...no OT thrillers, but it is only the first night...and the real thing starts tomorrow! GO SABRES!!! This ought to get you pumped!!!
WellDressed Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Entertaining first night of NHL playoffs...Devils, Red Wings, Penguins and Sharks all lose...no OT thrillers, but it is only the first night...and the real thing starts tomorrow! GO SABRES!!! This ought to get you pumped!!! YEA man, we need to start off with a bevy of goals..... Make boston aware that we are here to sweep em!! but-- (03:10 AM) Mr. Fancy Pants - I am hoping that this trend of the home team losing the first game of the series does not continue tomorrow evening. (03:12 AM) Mr. Fancy Pants - The yotes/wings gamr being the exception.
LongLiveRalph Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 CAN'T WAIT!!! GO SABRES!!! If you don't like playoff hockey, there's a chance you are a dead zombie wandering the earth. As for last nights East games-- Pens played undisciplined and Fleury was real shaky, they deserved to lose. There was a point in the 2nd period when the the Pens were down 3-2 but had some momentum...In the Ottawa end, Spezza was grinding with Crosby in the corner, and maybe Spezza got a little aggressive and high with the elbow on Sid, but it was nothing much, Sid didn't even really flinch and there was no call. Sid even won the puck and just skated away as Spezza lost his balance. Then Kunitz for Pittsburgh came flying into the corner and blasted Spezza when the puck was nowhere close, I guess he was "protecting" Crosby. He was penalized. Three points-- 1. Crosby is as athletic as any player, is quite strong, has the puck constantly, works hard in the corners, and gives plenty shots of his own. He can handle himself just fine. 2. It was Jason Spezza, not Neil or Ruttu. I hardly think Spezza is trying to "run" somebody. 3. Kunitz took a stupid penalty in a one-goal game in the playoffs, and Ottawa pumped one in on the PP a minute later to make the score 4-2. Bye bye momentum, bye bye game 1. You can't do stupid things like that in the playoffs. On a Tuesday night in January in game 44 of the season, sure you don't want other teams taking liberties on your stars. But there's much more at stake here, it's hockey, you have to just play and let some things roll off your back. In these playoffs, Crosby is going to take MANY worse shots than a weak elbow from Jason Spezza...If the Pens react everytime, they'll be in trouble. Philly played a great road game, nice job making 2 goals stand up.
Chef Jim Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Sabres vs. Coyotes for The Cup! I hoping for the Sharks so I can see the Sabres hoist the cup in San Jose.
stevestojan Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Sabres vs. Coyotes for The Cup! Hell yes. The Coyotes arena (Jobing.com Arena) is 2 hours from here. But, if they make the finals, the wife is aware I will be paying whatever the cost for tickets and airfare home.
LongLiveRalph Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 So awesome. Rangers bench knew they lost the series right there.
Chef Jim Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Just TRY to get this song out of your head. I'll never forget game 6 that year. I know exactly where I was watching it on TV hearing the fans chanting "Thank you Sabres!". Even at 14 it brought tears to my eyes.
HopsGuy Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Entertaining first night of NHL playoffs...Devils, Red Wings, Penguins and Sharks all lose...no OT thrillers, but it is only the first night...and the real thing starts tomorrow! GO SABRES!!! This ought to get you pumped!!! This is the one that gets me ready for the playoffs: , except for that part at the 3 minute mark.
Buftex Posted April 15, 2010 Author Posted April 15, 2010 So awesome. Rangers bench knew they lost the series right there. Great moment.... but the greatest Sabres playoff goal, modern times, has got to be Pomminville in OT vs Ottawa:
Chef Jim Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Great moment.... but the greatest Sabres playoff goal, modern times, has got to be Pomminville in OT vs Ottawa: I know Darin mentioned this in another thread but the thing that stands out most in the clip is we need Jim Lorenz back.
LongLiveRalph Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Great moment.... but the greatest Sabres playoff goal, modern times, has got to be Pomminville in OT vs Ottawa: I was watching at a friend's house with about 15 people, everyone threw in $5 and picked a player to score the winner...I had Pommer!!! Needless to say that cash was gone immediately at the postgame trip celebratory trip to the pub.
Buftex Posted April 15, 2010 Author Posted April 15, 2010 I know Darin mentioned this in another thread but the thing that stands out most in the clip is we need Jim Lorenz back. For me, it is truly a case of not appreciating what you have, until it is gone... I only started appreciating Lorenz, with the advent of Center ICE, and being subjected to so many other broadcasts from around the league. Lorenz and Jeanerett were right up there... I wonder what Lorenz is up to, these days. I was hoping that they might get him to do a game or two, when Neale was on loan to CBC... I am not impressed by Harry at all... he sounds like the generic broadcaster they have on EA Sports NHL games... he offers zero insight, and really doesn't seem as familiar with the Sabres as one would think he should be.
Buftex Posted April 15, 2010 Author Posted April 15, 2010 GR55 update is saying Hecht is out for weeks now...not just days...Gerbe sits tonight... Raffe is on the fourth line.
Wraith Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 I was watching at a friend's house with about 15 people, everyone threw in $5 and picked a player to score the winner...I had Pommer!!! Needless to say that cash was gone immediately at the postgame trip celebratory trip to the pub. Similar situation for me. I had graduated UB a year earlier but was back in Buffalo for the graduation ceremony/party of a bunch of my buddies who had stayed for the 5th year. We had the game on at the party and it was so packed it was hard to keep your attention on the game. The way that goal set up, I could hardly believe my eyes. Talk about out of nowhere. That goal had everything needed to make it legendary.
CountDorkula Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 If the Sabres game is anything like the Coyotes V Redwings game then it will be crazy! Phoenix was rockin last night! It really got me pumped.
BillsGuyInMalta Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 GR55 update is saying Hecht is out for weeks now...not just days...Gerbe sits tonight... Raffe is on the fourth line. I like Hecht, but our offense can survive without him...especially now that Ennis is on the big boy club and making a name for himself.
Chandler#81 Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Great moment.... but the greatest Sabres playoff goal, modern times, has got to be Pomminville in OT vs Ottawa: Short-handed, overtime, playoff clinching goal! (Say that 5 times) I was watching it at a bar in Council Bluffs, Iowa. I exploded with glee, silencing the whole bar. I left shortly afterward. My all-time fav OT playoff goal still is Robert's in Montreal, first playoff season '73.
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