LOL.........its because we were more relieved we didn't have to listen to the bloody announcers anymore!

Coming this ll close and thinking about them (announcers), I barely slept. I plan on a nap today. I hope you die hards out East get one too!

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Women are Angels
And when someone breaks our wings....
We simply continue to fly.........on a broomstick...
We are flexible like that ....

I napped yesterday pregame in preparation.

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Well, we've got two wins, a SO loss, and a reg loss - two more wins and another SO or OT loss, and I'll be right!

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

I'm fine with it. It's not like we're playing poorly, and it's not like shootout performance has any bearing on anything, it's just obnoxious to not get that extra point.

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Yotes had been playing better when I first posted this.
Still on track for 9 of 14, but 10 are still possible.

I just want this WC trip to end. I hate no RJ, the late games, and no HD.

I concur, but they have to do one thing before they come back and that's prove they are good enough to hang with San Jose in thier building, it's gonna be a very tense and crazed atmosphere. Win or lose as long as they put in a good effort and keep it close I think it's a huge plus. We need to come out of the gate like a thoroughbred horse at the Derby by putting them in the hole early and keeping them on their heels all game with tough physical forchecking.

I think we can hang with San Jose just fine.

Basically you shut down one line and you're golden, it's the same as trying to shut down Ovechkin.

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I highlighted what I loved most with your post.....

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Miss you Schony!!
Women are Angels
And when someone breaks our wings....
We simply continue to fly.........on a broomstick...
We are flexible like that ....

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

Let's be honest this road trip was not great could have been worse but still not at all what we hoped for. But on the bright side glass half full outlook not "blind optimism" the offense showed great signs of progress. Even though the defense has leaked out some weaknesses I still think it's not all that bad who better to fix the problem than Lindy Ruff or maybe Darcy needs to make a change either way I feel like it's no time to panic. We still have a 7 point lead on Ottawa and a 3 games in hand. Lindy will right the ship this team is good and I truly believe they think that also. Still one game left let's hope for the best.

Yeah, it wasn't great, but it wasn't a total collapse. If we beat the Canucks I think we salvage it.

these trips are bound to happen. its tough on the west coast. it doesnt have me very concerned. of course, i dont like losing games.

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I am still laughing periodically at a comment someone left on some fan page update on Facebook. I think it was Kaleta's. "This is the beginning of the Sabres' skid to miss the playoffs." Something like that.

I think people forget how far into the season we are.

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‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

I agree Timbo,

These boys are flat out tired. You can see it in them. They're trying out there, but the fatigue of 7 games in 14 nights on different sleep schedules/time zones is a major factor. I agree though, that the scoring has been finding it's legs, and if we can maintain this heading back home where we'll be playing against other divisional teams, we should look good heading into the break. I hope the guys who need the rest take good advantage of the time off.

Out of our boys heading to the Olympics, the only one I'm concerned with in terms of becoming burnt out come playoff time is of course, Miller. I hope he's played only as needed and not over worked. Yes, I know folks cheering the US will want him in nets, but for those who are also Sabres fans, we need him fresh, alert and on his game for the stretch run.

My take on the last 2 weeks, we're roughly 50% for this trip. If we win tomorrow in Vancouver, it will give them a boost heading home and boost thier confidence.

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

Alex said it best in the GDT last night (I'm paraphrasing):

Win against Trashers
Unsettling loss to Islanders (played three bad periods)
Blowout win against 'Yotes
Thrilling comeback fell short against Ducks (they never quit)
Strong back-and-forth game against Kings
Nabokov stole win for Sharks (Sabres really controlled that game)

The only unhappy game throughout this whole trip so far is horrible showing against the Isles.

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the sabres might have controlled the game the first 40 but in the last 20 it seemed that the sharks were in control.

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Driver of the FIRE LINDY RUFF Bandwagon since 2008.

Well, I was drinking and dancing during the last period so I missed most of it hahaha

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From here on out we play 14 playoff teams and 18 non playoff teams.

Of those playoff teams 1 is the Sharks, 1 is the Capitals, 2 are the penguins, and 2 are the devils. The other eight are seeded 6th or worse.

We made it through the difficult part of our schedule already basically. Now we get to beat the shit out of the likes of Carolina, TB, Florida, Toronto and Boston

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Overall, I've been pleased with their play throughout this trip. Most trips like this, you're happy to come back .500.

Obviously you'd like more points than that, but as long as they keep playing the way they're playing, they'll be ok.