What makes you think Boston gave a **** in those games, even the wons they won?

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"Go out and run 'em."
- Lindy Ruff, 23 Feb. 2007

Amen. And amen.

One good thing about playing the Bruins in the first round: if they beat them, it will excellent practice for the Washingtons, New Jerseys, and Pittsburghs they'd have to face later -- 'cause, just like those teams, they have size up front and a goalie who can close you out . . .


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“This is a good building to play in,” Roy said. “It’s kind of quiet.”

-- forward Derek Roy, following the Sabres' 2-1 OT win over the Atlanta Thrashers on Jan. 14, 2010, a game where the home team drew just over 11,000 fans {the ninth time in 22 home games they failed to draw 12,000}

Well didn't Lalime start in at least two of the games against Boston??

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Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

...im not following. Boston doesnt have anything close to the scoring threat that Washington or Pittsburgh have. they also are not nearly as good as New Jersey in any way shape or form.

I dont get the pessimism. yes, there are no easy games in the playoffs and yes, no team should take another team lightly but the tone of these threads would make someone think that the Sabres are going to get destroyed in the playoffs which is will not (should not) be the case. this team didnt get to be 3rd in the East by getting lucky bounces all season.

now, im not saying that they are a lock for the Cup by any means, but it seems that every thread here a doomsday thread.

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"Go out and run 'em."
- Lindy Ruff, 23 Feb. 2007

I disagree. Philadelphia owned New Jersey this season. 5-1 record and it didn't matter who was in net.

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Did you watch them play? Bostons games against buffalo were some of the best they played all year.

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Boston can be shaky defensively, great at times, sucks at other times.

Rask is the x-factor. Can he steal a series, or will he fold under the big lights carrying the load?

Boston doesn't have the offense this season to come out on top in a 7 game series if Miller continues to play this well, and our best offensive players (Poms, Vanek, Rov) keep this momentum up. I say its not gonna be easy, and see a lot of 1 goal games, but ultimately we get the win.

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"I can't really hear what Jeremy says, because I got my two Stanley Cup Rings plugging my ears...." -Patrick Roy in reference to Jeremy Roenick's trash talking

and this is what scares me. a team that doesnt care. of course the playoffs are a different animal, but a team that takes nights off is prone to taking nights off ANY time. its a bad habit to get into.

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Every team takes some nights off, not just our beloved Sabres.

To think every team in this league can just play their best through 82 games without taking a night of is ridiculous.

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I think Lalime played 1 and Enroth played a game against hte Bruins.

I think Miller has 2 regulation wins an a SO loss, and an OT loss.

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If your having goal problems, I feel bad for ya son....we got 99 problems but Vanek ain't one!

Yeah, Boston's offense will not beat Miller 4 times. Buffalo in 6.

id make sure my team was the hardest working in hockey. bag skate for any wasted effort.

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2 wins, 1 OT loss, 1 tie with Miller in net. You can't count the shootout as anything but a tie since that's what it is in the playoffs. Even the OT loss is suspect since playoff OT is 5 on 5, and we're not great 4 on 4.

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I really hate this kinda spin.

Face it, Boston played the Sabres tough all season long and were awfully banged up most of that time. They played 38 different players this season. Thirty-eight. They have some health back (sans Savard) and are not going to lay down. And as others have said, don't write off Rask, as he is the only netminder in the league with better numbers than Miller (I know, less games, blah, blah, blah).

You are trying to talk yourself into the idea of Sabre dominance over the Bruins. Ain't gonna be that easy.

And there are no ties in the playoffs.

if this series ends in any less then 7 games, ill be shocked.

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Egh, I'm right and I have no problem with it. The fact is there are no shootouts and four on four overtimes in the playoffs so you can't really think of the two extra time losses as anything beyond end of regulation ties if you want to transfer their result to an indication of how this series might go.

Boston had very few goals scored and very few goals allowed so they pretty much played everyone tough, the sabres are no different in that respect.

I took the Sabres in six, which isn't exactly dominance. I have no desire to talk myself into anything being supremely confident that the outcome will be the outcome regardless of what I say or do. History has shown this has been the case 100% of the time.

There is a reason one of these teams finished third and the other finished sixth. If it were the NFL playoffs I might be a bit more nervous about the potential outcome, but over the course of a seven game or less series with the ability to adapt night in and night out to the same opponent, I see the Sabres faring very well regardless of what the season series might tell you.

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So the season series has bearing on this outcome at all?

What they did in the season means jack squat, yes it means nothing. You could dominate your opponent in the season yet fail to win in the playoffs.

This is the playoffs, clean slate for all teams, throw all season stats out the window, they don't mean anything now.

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