Yeah, I would have liked to have seen Miller stop at least one of the two Hossa shots or the Kovalchuk shot, but you complained about me saying that. I don't understand how you can come back and basically say the same thing about Lalime and not admit bias.

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Obviously the team thinks Enroth isn't NHL ready or they would have brought him up. Unfortunately we just have to deal with Lalime. He was fairly decent and made some good saves last night. No doubt, he is past his prime and I'm a little disappointed they extended his contract for a year. It's only a year, I'm pretty confident in saying that we will see Enroth backing up Miller next season.

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So it’s all on Lalime now.

I see.

Well, that just explains the last couple of games then, doesn't it? We lost because he was on the bench since the preseason, wasn't involved in the snooze fest against the Devils, the last game against the Hawks or the game the night before last against the Habs. Makes sense to me in a way, you know, considering he's a bad luck charm or something. Maybe he's a bad omen? Yep, let's blame him because it just makes sense.

Let me echo sabresalltheway; IT WASN'T LALIME'S FAULT. FOR FUCK SAKES. You could put Grant fucking Fuhr in the net last night or Hasek and if we lost, it'd be the same rants. Jesus christ I swear to fuck....

The last couple games, we sucked worse than a shop-vac in wood shop class. Period. Last night, the effort was there by some players, others did their best pylon impressions. We didn't get some lucky bounces, bottom line it just wasn't in the cards.

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He's a middling AHL player who had the good fortune of a drunk arbitrator. - The Squanto re: Tim Kennedy

Miller? Why are you bringing up Miller? Really? Do you want to start this argument?


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Oh, and I never admitted to not having a bias towards Miller. I told Phil that I am overprotective of him when he called me Schony, whatever the fuck that was supposed to mean. And don't get me started on the Kovalchuk shot. My point was that it was dumb of you to come down on Miller because he got beat by a perfect shot from Kovalchuk in overtime, after stopping 34 out of 35 shots while his team couldn't score a goal.

Enough with your snarky remarks about how you guys think I am too defensive over Miller. This isn't anything new. I responded in slesh's Montreal vs Buffalo thread about it but you must have overlooked it. You think I am the only person here who might have a bias towards a specific player? Fall back.

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Hockey Night in Buffalo

As others have alluded, Patty is a backup, no more, no less. The team needs to play above average hockey to win if he's in goal. The same can be said for most backup goalies in this league. Giving breakaways to Hossa, turning the puck over to Kane for a 2-on-1, and missing the net on point-blank feeds don't qualify as above average hockey. I think his W-L record reveals much more about the team in front of him than it does Patty himself.

I'm not the first guy to defend Lalime, but he played ok. If we can get that from him every night, I'll be completely fine with him.

Lalime is definitely a guy you like cheering for and you like seeing perform well.

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Miller isn't responsible for defensive collapses.

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Ryan Miller made the Hindenburg blow up. True story.

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so the thread title reads "out out of buffalo"....

just sayin

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