Game Thread ..... @ Buffalo, 10/20/06

[Canesluver]

So.... we'll be facing an un-beaten team.

Big deal. We did that in Round 2, when Jersey roared-in on a 15-game winning streak. Hopefully the boys have banked enough confidence in the last few wins to remember they're a very good team.

Guys just need to remember that they can beat the http://www.letsgocanes.com/chat/themes/default/smileys/gnu.gifhttp://www.letsgocanes.com/chat/themes/default/smileys/msn_snail.gif

:lol:

Puck-drop at 8:00PM

LET'S GO 'CANES!!

[apolinar]

Canes need to do it for themselves first, then us fans second. Because I would love nothing else than to have this win to listen to buffalo fans ignore the loss, come up with an excuse about injuries or someone's broken shoelace, the snow etc, and to see a youtube video of them beating us when the scoreboard says different. If we lose, at least play an honest hurricanes game

[caneshockeychick]

The Canes just need to bring it big into Buffalo. They've been good for these last 3 games and need to continue that play.

BTW, did anyone notice the booing in the TB game? I was wondering who they were booing.

[nccanes]

I've heard booing in Tampa at their FIRST home game. They boo'd an unsuccessful power play. I'm sure they did it on Monday -- until they got so bored they started popping their Thunderstix. :lol:

[parkwoodcaniac]

This is going to be the toughest game so far, in Buffalo after they beat the crap outta Philly. They better bring their A+ game.

[aldamon]

This is going to be the toughest game so far, in Buffalo after they beat the crap outta Philly. They better bring their A+ game.
I watched the 1st Period on Vs HD and said to my wife the Slugs were going to destroy the Flyers in the 2nd. They couldn't get the puck out of their zone and the Slugs missed an open net at least 3 times. So I go in the other room for intermission and never come back because, well, it's a Slugs game and I hate them. I could still hear it though and all I heard was "Score!"......."Score"......."Score"......."Score"........ Needless to say, I turned it completely off for the 3rd.

[corylav]

Luckily, if we can't pull it of this time, we have the built-in excuse of "we're missing three forwards and one to three d-men from our lineup."

Man ... I hate the Sabres.

[parkwoodcaniac]

and boy are those Sabre Fans gonna rub it in good if we loose...

[SouthernHockeyChick]

and boy are those Sabre Fans gonna rub it in good if we loose...

They can beat us every single game this season and it's still our name on the Cup as the 05-06 Champs. Personally, I'd be worried about my team getting such a hot start, if I were them. They'll probably run out of steam before April.

Maybe Wes and Hedi stayed out to rest one more game so they can be in top form to kick the Sabres' ass.

[parkwoodcaniac]

I hear ya', we really have to show our presence on the ice. I think the slow start this year was not suprising to many, they only had two months to rest if you can call it that, all the Cup celebrations, appearances, ect. The Oiler's are just about in the boat as us. We will pick up the tempo and kick some major *ss.

[Scandinavian]

The Canes just need to bring it big into Buffalo. They've been good for these last 3 games and need to continue that play.

BTW, did anyone notice the booing in the TB game? I was wondering who they were booing.
yeah..i read on their boards (i was bored) that they were actually booing the team too, and then popped their thunderstix:lol:

[Scandinavian]

Canes need to do it for themselves first, then us fans second. Because I would love nothing else than to have this win to listen to buffalo fans ignore the loss, come up with an excuse about injuries or someone's broken shoelace, the snow etc, and to see a youtube video of them beating us when the scoreboard says different. If we lose, at least play an honest hurricanes game

:lol:

[Caniac]

Looking at some of their boards, they've gotten real cocky.

EXCELLENT. :spin:

[nccanes]

Because it needs to be said


BEEP BEEP

[CanesChic]

I'm sitting RIGHT behind the Sabres bench for this one, folks. Anyone have a blow up Cup that I can take with me and sit right there on my lap and just grin??? :laugh: Is it inappropriate to say na-na-nah-boo-boo??

[corylav]

Worth noting: We knocked off last year's final unbeaten, the almighty Sens, as I'm sure you all remember. Perhaps LA will do us a favor and beat Minny before Friday so we can dish out the punishment to the last of the unbeatens.

[Fghtr4jc]

Ironically, Ottawa was 6-0 as well, come on Slugs, we're bringing the salt!

[StormChaserBH]

I'm sitting RIGHT behind the Sabres bench for this one, folks. Anyone have a blow up Cup that I can take with me and sit right there on my lap and just grin??? :laugh: Is it inappropriate to say na-na-nah-boo-boo??

"I can't hear you, I've got http://www.carolinahurricanes.com/images/homepage/ring1.jpg in my ears" works well too!

[apolinar]

Canes chic you are one brave chica. Love that you got a seat with all the buffalo fans saying "it's impossible for a canes fan to get in here Friday!" i guess that has been exposed as a wishful thought as well. Represent girl!

[SoCalcaniac]

CC- you gotta wear your Canes jersey...... and fully represent. ;)

The unbeaten streak ends on Friday.

Beep. BEEP.

[KaniacFever]

I'm sitting RIGHT behind the Sabres bench for this one, folks. Anyone have a blow up Cup that I can take with me and sit right there on my lap and just grin??? :laugh: Is it inappropriate to say na-na-nah-boo-boo??

Nice. You are very brave. And the cup thing would be hilarious, but i'm afraid you might get shot. Anyway, have a great time, wear that Canes sweater, and represent our boys. Be very loud so they can hear you. Oh and when its quiet, start yelling "Let's go Canes" and they will be quiet cause last night I thought in the 1st period they were pretty tame and quiet.

[aldamon]

I'm sitting RIGHT behind the Sabres bench for this one, folks. Anyone have a blow up Cup that I can take with me and sit right there on my lap and just grin??? :laugh: Is it inappropriate to say na-na-nah-boo-boo??

Wrap up your arms and legs with bandages and write "excuses" all over it in marker. Add crutches to complete the effect :laugh:.

[CanesChic]

I LOVE the suggestions! Last time I had these seats back in March, I swear that Drury was pretty startled when the Canes scored and I jumped up and started cheering like a wild woman. A couple of the Slugs even looked back outta the corner of their eyes like, "who is the nutjob behind us ready to get herself killed and better yet, when she gets shot - will this bench be in the collateral damage line of fire???" :laugh:

[puck_it]

i'm going to point out that stillman hasnt done anything so far this season.

[VandyCane]

I'm actually somewhat glad that last night's game against Philly was so lopsided. At this point the Sabres think they are on top of the world and that we stink. I'll be glad to bring them back to earth on Friday. :evil: :D

[mjohann]

i'm going to point out that stillman hasnt done anything so far this season.

Are you kidding me! I saw him on opening night in uni.

[caneshockeychick]

Joke of the day?


What do you call a lazy bison?



















A Buffaloafer (or a slug? :laugh: )

[apolinar]

This is what buffalo will become friday night. the last one is particularly good to kick around for tenderizing.

http://www.exoticmeats.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=478
http://www.exoticmeats.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=339
http://www.exoticmeats.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=339

They also have Buffalo Jerky! doesn't that just roll off the tongue?

How bout some buffalo on a sabre?
http://www.salecarvao.com/images/gaucho.jpg

[SabresFan29]

and boy are those Sabre Fans gonna rub it in good if we loose...

Did anyone come here and rub the opener in your face? Serious question, i didnt see it happen but I wouldnt doubt that it did.

This should be a really good game, Buffalo has 16 goals in their last two games (both at home aswell) however I have the feeling that this will be much closer. Both teams have plenty of time to rest up for the game aswell, should be a high flying game.

Go Sabres!

I'm actually somewhat glad that last night's game against Philly was so lopsided. At this point the Sabres think they are on top of the world and that we stink. I'll be glad to bring them back to earth on Friday. :evil: :D

Sorry, but the boys arent on a high horse. They are the best team in the league (record wise) and they beat the worst team in the league (record wise)...a blow out was sure to happen, and please, its the Flyers. They know it was one game and they moved past it last night. Lindy also knows how to hold the reigns if he has to, and he isnt afriad to do it.

I also highly doubt that anyone on the Sabres thinks that you "stink"

[nccanes]

Did he say "in here"? I think he just meant that Sabres fans in general: locals, internet, radio/XM callers, etc.

[SabresFan29]

Did he say "in here"? I think he just meant that Sabres fans in general: locals, internet, radio/XM callers, etc.

ahh right you are, I assumed he ment in here, sorry

[dakuwan]

I think its going to be a good game too, especially in light of how good the opener was. Both sides are going to play hard with our recent history and give us all something special.

I wish we had our full squad available but Id much rather test our depth now than later in the season/playoff race or playoffs themselves. One of the biggest parts of a championship caliber team is having the depth to deal with injuries.

I do remember when Ottawa was the big bad early in the season last year steamrolling all opposition till we broke their streak. It would be nice to do the same again this year. :D

[goalie33]

DID SOMEONE SAY

OVER HERE?!?!?

[puck_it]

Are you kidding me! I saw him on opening night in uni.

its almost like he just dressed and showed up. totally didnt notice his play that night.

[Caniac]

You'd think he was just out there for a ceremony or something since he did so damned little.

Gah, acting like his shoulder hurts or something...

[CanesChic]

He does so little I forget who we are talking about...what's his name again??

[caveman]

This might be an early season WAR between two teams that believe they can win the Cup. The first game took a shootout to decide. In game 2 of the 4-game season series, both teams want to make a statement, and I think there will be hits, speed, skating, and the bad blood will simmer a little hotter.

The home crowd is a huge lift for Buffalo. They have chants, they openly love their team with a passion that borders on insanity. (Well, if you lived in Buffalo...) The new Buffaslug jersey is outselling everything else out there.

But the Canes are finding their Road Groove.

I smell another shootout.

[agentpreppie]

As long as Cam is laughing during the game..... I'll be happy guy.

[SabresFan29]

This might be an early season WAR between two teams that believe they can win the Cup. The first game took a shootout to decide. In game 2 of the 4-game season series, both teams want to make a statement, and I think there will be hits, speed, skating, and the bad blood will simmer a little hotter.

The home crowd is a huge lift for Buffalo. They have chants, they openly love their team with a passion that borders on insanity. (Well, if you lived in Buffalo...) The new Buffaslug jersey is outselling everything else out there.

But the Canes are finding their Road Groove.

I smell another shootout.

Atleast overtime, if this game ends in regulation I will be EXTREMELY surprised. Cam and Miller are both on fire right now,

[SouthernHockeyChick]

As long as Cam is laughing during the game..... I'll be happy guy.

Same here. Only, I imagine I'll have to be a happy girl. :beatup:

[SouthernCaniac]

Stillman is so busy doing jackshiite that lavi sent him ahead to fill the locker room with ice for a couple cases of champagne. We're arrogant like that, ya know.

[Zamboni]

This has been a long week already. How did we fans get through the off season? I need my hockey fix, and Friday can't come soon enough.

GO CANES!

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Yes really, what is up with the schedule this year? We have a kazillion back to backs (or 3 games in 4 nights) and then this 4 day break, or whatever. Columbus is playing 1 game in 10 freakin' days. WTF? Seems like there were games in clusters like this last season but they blamed it on the Olympic break. What gives this year?

I'm going to die waiting on Friday to get here. And then, I won't get to watch the game until I get home after 11:30. ARGH!

[CANESFREAKinDET]

Yes really, what is up with the schedule this year? We have a kazillion back to backs (or 3 games in 4 nights) and then this 4 day break, or whatever. Columbus is playing 1 game in 10 freakin' days. WTF? Seems like there were games in clusters like this last season but they blamed it on the Olympic break. What gives this year?

I'm going to die waiting on Friday to get here. And then, I won't get to watch the game until I get home after 11:30. ARGH!

You aren't gonna be the only one to see it late. :( My family decides to go to Wiard's Orchards (an awesome awesome place with like 6 Haunted Housey things, in addition to apples, pumpkins, cider and doughnuts) Friday night. My best friend agrees and I'm here all depressed like "You guys can't go with me on SATURDAY? It HAS to be Friday?? The one game I want to be home for??" :fire: :lol: They're like "Friday, woman, don't argue".

So I'm stuck DVRing. BLAH. I hope I get to make it into the chat for a little while 'round 11 or 12 MAYBE. Even if it might be from my friends house. I'll be rushing home to check who won anyways on her computer. I know it'll be the Canes but hey. :smoke:

[puck_it]

I arrive home from my game to find a slug on my door. a buffa-slug presumably. yes, its been taking care of. :evil::smoke:

[IceSaber]

Salt?

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Stillman is so good a doing nothing that Nic forgot who he was!

Forward Cory Stillman, who underwent shoulder surgery this offseason and is not expected to be available before late November, returned to the ice briefly after Wednesday's practice to test a new pair of skates. Defenseman Niclas Wallin jokingly introduced himself to Stillman when he saw Stillman suiting up to take the ice after the team practiced.

[caveman]

Dear god is it really still only Thursday!? This is insanity.

C'mon clock, do your thing. Tick already. TICK I SAY!

[puck_it]

Salt?

UM, YEAH!

[Staalgurl4ever]

Let's get revenge on the Sabres.

[aldamon]

My family decides to go to Wiard's Orchards (an awesome awesome place with like 6 Haunted Housey things, in addition to apples, pumpkins, cider and doughnuts)

I was thinking that sounded like a cool place to go this Fall until I realized it's in Michigan. LOL. That'd be a bit of a hike from Durham.

[apolinar]

here's what we look forward to if we beat the slugs:


The traditional "Escargots à la bourguignonne"
First prepare the "beurre d'escargots"
Butter of Escargot "a la Burgundy"

1 kilogram of butter (about 2 lbs)
25 grams of salt
5 grams of black pepper
150 grams of garlic
35 grams of shallot or scallions
90 grams of parsley
Garlic, shallot and parsley are chopped very fine. The whole is well mixed.
About 23 Buffaslugs

(Personal proportions can be modified. For example some people prefer have more shallots)

In each empty shell, place a little of this butter. Then push a cooked buffaslug into the shell. Fill the remaining space in the shell completely and smoothly with butter. Usually 5 grams are used for a shell (a tea spoon). Put in the oven (200 °C or 390 °F) just enough time needed to melt the butter. Serve immediately in special plates with holes. (Buffaslugs are picked with a special little fork).

Variations : The following is an extract of a letter received from Jean-Paul Boucher, professor of Cuisine in Dijon who also provided several other good recipes below.

"One or two recommendations that will permit variations in enjoyment :

In the traditional Butter of Buffaslug "a la Bourguignonne" add 0.1 liter of the aperitif Anise or some grains of Anise.

Enjoy yourself : You can also add 100 grams to 150 grams of mustard that will give a delicate aroma. Try the escargot with mustard with grains. Without meaning to advertise for anyone, the one address I found for strong mustard with grains is Ets. FALLOT 212000 BEAUNE.

These two tricks, aside from the aroma that they bring that will also facilitate the digestion of Buffaslug for those who have a delicate liver."

[Zamboni]

The traditional "Escargots à la bourguignonne"


Well, the special little fork is a nice touch. But the last (and only) time I ate excargots, I ended up extremely sick.:sick:

Some road kill should be left in the ditch rather than sauteed in butter .

[aldamon]

Check this out:

http://www.geocities.com/snakes_of_sa/slug.html

Africa is in the Southeast Division, right?

[itsmillertime]

you guys are gonna get housed on friday. cam ward will show what he really is and you will go home broken

[agentpreppie]

you guys are gonna get housed on friday. cam ward will show what he really is and you will go home broken

"housed"? "go home broken"? C'mon, just say "All your base are belong to us" and be done with the crappy English like taunts.

[Scandinavian]

you guys are gonna get housed on friday. cam ward will show what he really is and you will go home broken


...that's nice...and mature

[dakuwan]

you guys are gonna get housed on friday. cam ward will show what he really is and you will go home broken

A goalie that took his team all the way? A Conn Smythe winner? A Stanley Cup winner? A classy guy? Im confused. .:rolleyes:

[SoCalcaniac]

you guys are gonna get housed on friday. cam ward will show what he really is and you will go home broken

We like our posters to be literate, please, thanks.

[nccanes]

I'm lovin' it. :lol:

[puck_it]

socal... wow.. you win!

[apolinar]

It's funny, they feel they need to invade our threads. All we need to do is send one caniac behind the bench. And it's even.

[goalie33]

you guys are gonna get housed on friday.

THE SABRES SIGNED HUGH LAURIE?!!?

[StormChaserBH]

And I thought he meant they were offering to billet our team juniors-style instead of making them stay in a hotel? :shrug:

[HartfordSouthEndHitMan]

I'm sitting RIGHT behind the Sabres bench for this one, folks. Anyone have a blow up Cup that I can take with me and sit right there on my lap and just grin??? :laugh: Is it inappropriate to say na-na-nah-boo-boo??

that's not gonna be pretty

[nccanes]

And I thought he meant they were offering to billet our team juniors-style instead of making them stay in a hotel? :shrug:

:laugh: :laugh:

[apolinar]

hooo! I feel a rap coming on! Thank yooooooou Millertyme! A Rap for you,
Courtesy of the Jungle brothers

Girl, Ill house you
Girl, Ill house you
Girl, Ill house you
You in my hut now, my hut
Girl, Ill house you
Girl, Ill house you
Girl, Ill house you
You in my hut now
When youre in my hut
You know whats up
Let your mind be free
Relax your body
Jump, jump... a little higher
Jump, jump until you get tired
House your body
House your body
House your body to the bass
House it all over the place
Dont let nobody in your way
Tonights your night, todays your day
Afrika wont steer you wrong
(say what? ) house music all night long (4x)

[HartfordSouthEndHitMan]

hooo! I feel a rap coming on! Thank yooooooou Millertyme! A Rap for you,
Courtesy of the Jungle brothers

What is this, Myrtle Beach's finest?

[apolinar]

No! Dixie Stampede is myrtle beach's finest not. :evil:

[CanesChic]

It's funny, they feel they need to invade our threads. All we need to do is send one caniac behind the bench. And it's even.

Let's call bets that they will be dumb enough to buy us drinks too. :laugh: I'll take my Miller LITE with Salt, please. :evil:

[apolinar]

You know, I never would have believed I would say it, but there was one excellent thing that came out of losing to Detroit in 2002, and it was this quote from Former anchorman goalie and fan favorite of the Buffalo Sabres, Dominik Hasek, stepping up to the microphone during the Stanley Cup Celebration, full well knowing that many a Buffalo fan was watching and was happy for him having won the cup (Like Boston Fans Watching Bourque in an Avs uni or St. Louis fans seeing Weight in a Canes Uni lift the cup):

“I am, and always will be, a VRrred Ving forever.”
And without swinging came that verbal slap to the face to all sabres fans everywhere.

[CANESFREAKinDET]

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I remember that!!! I was watching that whole thing, on the phone with my friend, and Dom has always had a lot of quotes that are "inside jokes" with us. I remember when everyone was begging for him to come back even when he said he wanted to retire...and when he was still deciding, he kept saying over and over..."I luvv you, Detroyt...no presshure". Of course, that only made the fans pressure him more...:laugh:

He still cracks me up when I watch him on interviews up here.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

I'm lovin' it. :lol:

C'mon, now! When they make our point for us, it's really no fun at all!! :laugh::laugh:

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Well...*sigh*...it's worked so far.....


This team is going to get slaughtered tonight. We simply can't compete with the likes of Buffalo. Staal is a cake-eating slug himself who's never going to score another goal. Williams got his 3 for the season already. Cole can't even stay on his skates. Brindy looks lost. Belanger and his hair should just go on back to LA. The defense is a bunch of amateurs. Cam couldn't stop an actual Buffalo from going in the net. We're doomed, in this game and the season. It's over.



*gags* That better work cause it SUCKED!! :lol:

[nccanes]

OMG SHC, those are getting better each time. "cake-eating" Staal and "Belanger and his hair" :lol:

[Scandinavian]

Cam couldn't stop an actual Buffalo from going in the net.


...let alone a slug :lol:

[IceSaber]

It worked all last year - that was a doozy, too...

And CC, I wouldn't take that bet - I'd almost guarantee you'll get a drink bought for you...

Wear something bright - we'll be looking for you behind that Sabre bench (here's hoping a few Sabres players are distracted as well!)

[CaptPantalones]

6-0 Sabres

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Awww, they're envious of Staal's dancing ability. How cute! :lol:

[SoCalcaniac]

We seriously need people with brain cells posting on our site, thanks.

[VandyCane]

You know it's funny when SHC's "insult mojo" is 100x better than anything a Slug fan has been able to write! :laugh:

[apolinar]

Yes! Eric Staal working to clone more Eric Staal's! more staals in the NHL I always say!

You know, People reposting stuff from Sabresfan.com would hurt if it wasn't copied. Be original we've seen it before.

[Scandinavian]

5 1/2 hours.....tick tock tick tock :(
i'm so bored, no work today...and no car

[caveman]

you guys are gonna get housed on friday. cam ward will show what he really is and you will go home broken

Aha! That is what Buffalo should have done last year instead of having a paper thin defensive corps of paper tigers -- bring Housley out of retirement to skate the blueline with Teppo in old-school Winnipeg Jets style.

It's funny, that thing called "depth". Our GM made a plan "B" for injuries on the blueline. With Kaberle, Wesley, and Hedican out we still bring out NHL players. (Yes, Tanabe counts. I suppose.) We see a weak point and make a trade to bolster it.

Buffalo is an incredibly skilled and deep team. But what happens when a couple of defensemen go down with injuries this year, Sabres fans? Those who do not learn from their mistakes are doomed to repeat them. You might win all 82 regular season games but if you don't have 8 D-men good luck once the going gets tough. Paetsch is still in your top 7. Teppo is 38 years old. (Love the way he plays but he's still 38.) Spacek plays a full season about once every 4 years. We're going to see Jeff Jillson this year, aren't we? Losing McKee this off-season will hurt more than you might even think when it really counts.

Right now we're showing a bit thin up front, with Stillman out for quite a while, and Ladd and Letowski out. But you know what, that's why we picked up a bunch of folks to send to and from Albany. It's an 82 game regular season, and then the real wars begin. Wars of attrition.

I'll say it. Buffalo isn't tough enough to outlast the warriors of the NHL.

You took us in a game 1 shootout (without Stillman and Kaberle; with Hedican hobbled). Hell you might even take us tonight.

But your team doesn't have what it takes to survive 82 games and 16 wins when it counts. You know it. I know it. Everybody knows it.

Buffalo -- this year's 2005-2006 Ottawa Senators. This year's 2003-2004 Detroit Red Wings.

Enjoy that President's Trophy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidents'_Trophy) albatross you're skating for. You're skilled, you're fast. You're just as deep as you were last year. But that's not enough. You can put up 9-goal games against the Flyers of the league all season long. But you've peaked in week one of the season, baby. You've shown your cards, all of 'em. They're nice. They're a full house, sure. But when the chips are down, that's not four of a kind. That's not a royal flush. And when you start losing the wrong cards (again) you'll have what, two pair? Hell, a straight beats that.

And please tell me you're not doing the rotating captaincy again. If so, face it, you're doomed. DOOMED.

[SabreSpace]

Howdy folks from SabreSpace.com (http://www.sabrespace.com). Big game tonight as we are still trying to wash the bitter taste out of our mouths from last season.

You've already seen us once this year, but keep in mind both teams are playing much better. Keep an eye on Pominville... that guy is really improving fast.

Visit our message board if you have the time - we have posted a link to yours!

[Zamboni]

CL, loved your interview on XM! You make us all proud.

Thanks again to hyena for uploading it.

[nccanes]

Why is it that all the opposing fan sites come here? Aren't there are few other Canes boards. Why not the official one? (Does that one still exist).

I did have to LMAO because in the Game thread from that SabresSpace website has people wondering "what the hell" BEEP BEEP means. :lol:

Sssssshhhh. :lol:

But yeah - just another place that slams us fans and talks about how they took over our arena. yawn. Someone talking about Game 5 and how it wasn't so hostile (uh yeah - that's after the debacle of Sabre fan behavior at Game 1 and how there were RPD every 10 yards and babysitting the Sabre fans in the parking lot for every game after that, lol).

[caveman]

Howdy folks from SabreSpace.com (http://www.sabrespace.com). Big game tonight as we are still trying to wash the bitter taste out of our mouths from last season.

You've already seen us once this year, but keep in mind both teams are playing much better. Keep an eye on Pominville... that guy is really improving fast.

Visit our message board if you have the time - we have posted a link to yours!

The blog on your site is really good, especially a recent post about Drury keeping people grounded. But (as all forums) fans from one team probably shouldn't read fans from another team's message boards :)

I agree. I can't stand Staal and his diving crap.

Now please note, that unlike Flyers fans I am not calling for him to get plowed through the boards from behind. I'll settle for him going home with no points and another notch in the L column.

That said, I certainly wouldn't mind Campbell "Umberger'ing" him 2 minutes into the first, but I doubt it's gonna happen.

I really expect that someone will be dumb enough to run Miller and it will be gloves off.

It's just not productive! Well, maybe at least one:

Am I missing something here? Why the hell are they saying "BEEP BEEP"?

Please. Nobody break the silence. Let them wonder...

But this might need a nomination for "funniest thread ever":

http://www.sabrespace.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6957

Scroll down... scroll down... the interview describing #10 Buffalo Sabre "Swedish Chef"...

[nccanes]

LOL Caveman - just posted the same thing. It's like our double secret handshake. Who knew!? :lol:

[StormChaserBH]

You've already seen us once this year, but keep in mind both teams are playing much better. Keep an eye on Pominville... that guy is really improving fast.


Agree with that one... would love to have Pominville on our team.

[SabresFan29]

Agree with that one... would love to have Pominville on our team.

You could have, along with the 28 other teams. He was waived last season and no one took him. THANK GOD

[SabreSpace]

But your team doesn't have what it takes to survive 82 games and 16 wins when it counts. You know it. I know it. Everybody knows it.

Buffalo -- this year's 2005-2006 Ottawa Senators. This year's 2003-2004 Detroit Red Wings.

This is just plain silly. Yes, injuries do occur and crap happens. Yet, it still took a freak staph infection the day before game 7 and a come from behind win in the 3rd period for you guys to nip us at the buzzer.

If anything, it showed how incredible our depth was last year to lose so many players, yet still be within a gnat's ass of playing for the Cup.

[Canesluver]

yawn




O.K.!! Game on in less than 3 hours!! Lucky undies are nice and warm on my behind, and I am READY to roll!

LET'S GO 'CANES!!

:nanner:

[SabreSpace]

yawn


Sounds like you aren't going to make it. Hope you have TiVo. ;)

[CanesChic]

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

OMG! I love it. I've been mentioned as the lonely Canes fan incapable of rattling anyone.

*sigh* How little they know.

[SoCalcaniac]

Why is it that all the opposing fan sites come here? Aren't there are few other Canes boards. Why not the official one? (Does that one still exist).
I don't have any friggin' clue. I wish I did, because I'm about done with these dopes.

If anything, it showed how incredible our depth was last year to lose so many players, yet still be within a gnat's ass of playing for the Cup.
Let me guess, you're the kook who did that YouTube proclaiming the Sabres are the 2006 Stanley Cup Champions? Good Grief. Let it go. Build a Bridge. Get a grip. And while you're at it, go post on your own message boards. :rolleyes:

Like CL said- YAWN.

Meanwhile, Phil Esposito just smacked down a guy who was calling to tell him and Todd Lewis to 'stop taking calls from Carolina fans who don't know anything about hockey and don't deserve a team' Phil was classic and shut the guy up - the guy had no snappy comeback he just hung up. :lol: then Phil says "it irritates the hell out of me when people say people in the south don't know hockey, they damn well know hockey".

2 more hours til game time, and it can't come soon enough.

Oh, and I forgot, in honor of E, BEEP BEEP.

[caneshockeychick]

^Funny how they tell Phil That when he's a major support of TB Lightning hockey. I believe he still works with them in some capacity after being the GM. Phil lives in Tampa, FL for chrissakes!!! That's more "Southern" (as far as geography goes) than NC is.

EDITED TO ADD: BEEP BEEP

[caveman]

Yet, it still took a freak staph infection the day before game 7 and a come from behind win in the 3rd period for you guys to nip us at the buzzer.

Actually, it took people wearing red sweaters putting more pucks behind Miller than your folks put past Ward for us to win in that game. Also, I wasn't aware that Rod's goal with 8:38 on the clock was "at the buzzer". Or that 2 goals was a "nip".

But keep focusing on the fact that, apparently, the universe itself rose up to smite your team. That's what having 2 captains gets you. One team, one cup, one captain.

You can have your mocked up videos showing your fake championship in a world where 6 defensemen is deep enough. I'll be over here in the real world where it's a certainty that the grind will wear you down, and you'd better have horses in the stall.

It does show an amazing amount of depth that you hung in there so long, given the injuries keeping people out of the lineup. But it shows that this exact amount of depth, the same exact amount of depth you've got this year, basically, wasn't enough. We had people in the lineup skating on hips without cartilege. With shoulders that will keep them out 6 months into this season.

Maybe Buffalo fans are too busy making fantasy videos that they ignore the fact that when we lost players to injury and looked ahead to the playoffs, we made deals instead of excuses. That they ignore that if, say, one of the 80 or however many defensemen they lost to injury were playing, perhaps the entire series changes. Maybe Briere doesn't score the OT goal in game 6 and the Canes win in 6, because Fitzy wouldn't have been on the ice at the time to get the primary assist. Who knows.

[nccanes]

Meanwhile, Phil Esposito just smacked down a guy who was calling to tell him and Todd Lewis to 'stop taking calls from Carolina fans who don't know anything about hockey and don't deserve a team' Phil was classic and shut the guy up - the guy had no snappy comeback he just hung up. :lol: then Phil says "it irritates the hell out of me when people say people in the south don't know hockey, they damn well know hockey".

DAMN! I missed it. I LOVE Espo's retorts to things he doesn't agree with....no doubt about it! :lol: Sorry I missed it.



Oh, and I forgot, in honor of E, BEEP BEEP.

Woo hoo -- thank you ma'am.

Anyone hear Chuck on 850? Hedican will go tonight, told Lavi he was feeling great. Expected to play major minutes. Since tomorrow is a back to back, Gove (the non-tater picker, who I might add has large nostrils, just sayin') may play tomorrow.

[CaniacKikiBB13]

I see we've got yet another troll...yipee. :rolleyes: Though I have to admit that the whole Beep Beep thing had me cracking up. Nccanes was right - LGC secret handshake in the house! :lol:

Anyways, great news about Hedican. I'm glad to hear that he's ready to go!

With that being said, let's show 'em how it's done. Buffalo's long overdue for an ass whoopin'...GO CANES!!! :D

[caneshockeychick]

GAME ON!!!!

LET'S GO CANES!!!!!!!

[StormChaserBH]

WALKER, Carolina ranger!!

[caneshockeychick]

^I like it :)

WAY TO GO WALKER!!!

WOOOO WOOOO WOOOO




AND A BIG BEEP BEEP FOR THEM ALL!! ;)

[caneshockeychick]

Ooops!!

oh well, Cam needs to stand up a bit more. Be big in the net.

Unfortunately, no John and Tripp for me here tonight. Buffalo feed down here in FL due to Philly playing FL...ugh!!

I just keep repeating to myself....2 more weeks, 2 more weeks and I'll be back in good ol' NC for good.

[AppstateCanesFan]

I was listening to the hockey channel on XM this afternoon and it about made me sick listening in to all of the Buffaslug fans calling in and telling us how much we suck and how they were going to destroy us tonight and show us for the team we really are. Well looks like we're giving them a run for the money so far, hopefully Walker and the rest of the gang will put up a few more of those goals on these cocky #@(&*#*&(#@@.............I haaaaate buffalo so bad now


p.s.

Stanley Cup Count

Hurricanes : 1
Buffalo : 0

[caveman]

Well, kinda seems like this game has to go into the break 1-1, and so it does.

Man, I so want the Canes to win this game, so I can tell some certain Sabres fans "This is how you do it when you've got 5 players out of the lineup. Any questions?"

[Caniac]

Oh and Buffalo Super Bowls: 0-3

WIDE RIGHT

[Serendipity]

Hey, now. The Bills are 0-4 in Super Bowls. Don't short change us! :D

[caneshockeychick]

^^actually I think the Bills are 0-4 in Superbowls (all in a row too right?);)

Lost to the Giants, then Redskins and the Cowboys twice...

[Caniac]

Even better. :spin:

[caneshockeychick]

Nice penalty kill...1:00+ of 5 on 3 and the slugs didn't score.

Go Get'em Canes!!

[caneshockeychick]

WOOO WOOO

STAAL!!!!


Yep, ItStaalGood!!!







Wanna thank the Slugs for that one too!;)

[caneshockeychick]

And they say we dive...

[caveman]

BELANGER!! "BEST TRADE EVER!" What a goal...

Damn I love when Miller looks up at the rafters after a goal. LOVE IT.

[Caniac]

I just love his tears.

[nccanes]

I'm so glad Ken Adams finally left the broadcast booth, I was fixin' to go up and kick his ass out of there myself. Seemed like everytime they chatted with him that Buffalo would score. And frankly, in a close game like this - I don't really want to hear from Pops. :lol:

So far so good - answer back on the 3rd goal was major. Belanger had a great shift on that one.

[Serendipity]

I hope they can keep up the pace in the 3rd. Come on Canes!

[nccanes]

yeah - lets see the killer instinct in the 3rd. and just for good measure...BEEP BEEP.

[caveman]

Jebus... be still my heart, this has been insane action to start the 3rd!

[caveman]

Yes! Tripp said the word "groin"! $50 to me! Everybody pay up...

[caveman]

How is what Vanek did to Cam Ward on his way to the front of the net not pretty clearly goaltender interference? Cam's at the edge of his crease, Vanek kicks his left leg right out from under him with his right foot. Bah, oh well. Just gotta get that one back, c'mon Canes!

[nccanes]

Not really blaming Babs (and to be honest, when I saw it go in i didn't watch the replays),but I have another window open with the Super Stats and it shows (because of the slight delay) that Babs had played 00:00 minutes short handed up until that PK. He's now got :39 in PK time. Ugh.

Major challenge to come back at this point (the crowd is loud, but seemingly only when they are ahead) - lets see what they're made of.

[goalie33]

More deflections.

:mad:

[caveman]

Wow, looked like that puck deflected down off of something and bounced off the ice and back up over Cam. Sucks.

[nccanes]

blah

[AppstateCanesFan]

I think we need to start a thread that is titled "Trade Tanabe Now", or maybe a poll or something

[caveman]

Damn, 2 posts in this game.

[caveman]

I think we need to start a thread that is titled "Trade Tanabe Now", or maybe a poll or something

Maybe we can get that bag of pucks back from LA ;]

[caveman]

blah

I don't feel too bad, we still have the ECF banner and Cup from last year, and last time I checked, all those folks still live in Buffalo.

And we just scored when 2 men down. Nice job, slugs PP.

[goalie33]

5-on-3 shortie!!!

[SoCalcaniac]

Can our Hurricanes announcers stop talking about Friggin Buffalo? On and on and on. Enough already. Finally, this crap is over so we don't have to talk about them for a while. :rolleyes:

[nccanes]

I think we need to start a thread that is titled "Trade Tanabe Now", or maybe a poll or something

I always get confused when we bash Tanabe -- is this another one of those 'blame him' just for fun. I didn't see him being the issue today. He's plus 2 with 10 mins of ice time.

It was a good game between 2 good teams and Buffalo had the extra umph and bounces in the 3rd.

Too bad we couldn't squeek a point out of it though.

[dboonisalive]

Wow, hate to see ticky-tacky calls mar a classic like that. The Slugs are a great team, I'll give 'em that. Therefore, they didn't need the end-of-game assistance from the refs.

Canes looked quite good, mostly. A few lapses but a lot of tenacity. Now I get to watch the game again with SHC, who is due back from work directly.

[dboonisalive]

nccanes, I agree. I'm far from a Tanabe apologist, but I think I saw him block a damn shot or two tonight. This one ain't his fault.

[nccanes]

Let us know if they win on the replay dboon! ;)

[Serendipity]

5-on-3 goal was awesome. They really had a shot there at the end, but you can't play like crap for 15 minutes and expect to come back in the last 5. Having to kill off the rest of the 5-on-3 really hurt their chances at the end.

You have to give credit to the Sabres. They are good and will be real pesky this season. I really hope they lose one soon though; I can't take anymore fawning.

[goalie33]

I always get confused when we bash Tanabe -- is this another one of those 'blame him' just for fun. I didn't see him being the issue today. He's plus 2 with 10 mins of ice time.

It was a good game between 2 good teams and Buffalo had the extra umph and bounces in the 3rd.

Too bad we couldn't squeek a point out of it though.

As a super-vocal critic of Tanabe, I agree on all counts.

[Caniac]

I actually said outloud to Mrs. Caniac "wow, Tanabe isn't sucking tonight" several times...

[livinthedream]

Sucks that we lost, but a hell of a game to watch, between two well-matched teams. I give a personal star to Commodore, dude was on fire tonight.

[Staalgurl4ever]

I probably didn't expect us to win anyway. But with the loss tonight, is the team going to have confidence tomorrow against the Islanders?

[Serendipity]

I actually said outloud to Mrs. Caniac "wow, Tanabe isn't sucking tonight" several times...

I agree...not the problem tonight. But I still wanna dump him :evil:

[livinthedream]

I probably didn't expect us to win anyway. But with the loss tonight, is the team going to have confidence tomorrow against the Islanders?

I'm no trained eye but I didn't see anything tonight to be ashamed of.

[caveman]

I probably didn't expect us to win anyway. But with the loss tonight, is the team going to have confidence tomorrow against the Islanders?

C'mon. It's the Islanders.

[Caniac]

I mean come on, it's the Islanders.

They'd have less confidence vs. the Mighty Mites.

[caveman]

you can't play like crap for 15 minutes and expect to come back in the last 5. Having to kill off the rest of the 5-on-3 really hurt their chances at the end.

You have to give credit to the Sabres. They are good and will be real pesky this season. I really hope they lose one soon though; I can't take anymore fawning.

Word. We let them carry the play in the 3rd for all but the last minute.

And to quote Denny Green: "If you want to crown them, go ahead and crown their asses! They are who we thought they were."

[caveman]

i think you guys need to get rid of cam ward and your entire defense. nice trade gettin rid of the next pronger by the way

If Jack Johnson turns into a 6 foot 6 inch albatross for teams chasing the Cup, so be it. But I doubt he will. (Particularly the height part.)

You need to go help Miller lovingly caress his left goalpost. *wave*

(And I wonder if you even know our franchise traded the "first" Pronger... my guess is no, or you would have said "another" Pronger. So good luck learning some of the game's history, chump: we traded Pronger to the Blues for Brendan Shanahan. And Shanahan went with Brian Glynn (who?) to Detroit for Keith Primeau, Paul Coffey, and a first round pick. Primeau was in turn traded to Philly for Rod Brind'Amour and Jean-Marc Pelletier. Brindy led us to a Cup. So far so good.)

So, head back to whatever hole you crawled out of and hang with your own kind until you get some original game. Then you can come and play. Until then you're just embarassing yourself and your fellow Sabres fan.

[kermelbar]

I really hope they lose one soon though; I can't take anymore fawning.

Indeed. As if they're going to go undefeated the whole season.

When the Slugfans try to get all high-and-mighty about it, I just like to point to the big silver shiny thing, namely hyena's great pic of the names on the Cup. You know that has to just stick in their craw. And I like it.

[AppstateCanesFan]

Even though we lost tonight we gave an amazing effort and were right there, maybe one or two more lucky bounces and we would have gotten that one. I think our new 'Canes are amazing and bring a lot to the team, I'm glad we've got them. We'll get 2 points back tomorrow night and hopefully we'll start another winning streak, maybe it'll even go farther.

[PennsyCanesFan]

If you don't feed the troll, eventually it will starve to death...

[AppstateCanesFan]

Oh yeah I don't so much get into this whole undefeated streak their on and how they're going to win the cup next or whatever, has everyone already forgotten the house that Ottawa was last year and how they should have already been awarded the cup after the first 10 or 15 games? Don't worry Buffalo will get there's, it'll be all about, how it always is, who's hot at the end.

[Caniac]

If you don't feed the troll, eventually it will starve to death...

Or it gets banned with the quickness. :D

[CaniacKikiBB13]

I blame it ALL on injuries. That team could've NEVER beaten us otherwise. No way. The Carolina Hurricanes are the REAL October 20th Champions. :lol:

[PennsyCanesFan]

Or it gets banned with the quickness. :D

Yeah, that too. =D

[Caniac]

OH YEAH

AND I THINK STILLMAN (DIDN'T DO ANYTHING) BROKE A SHOE LACE!

[AppstateCanesFan]

Ah well their coach still has a girly name

[livinthedream]

You know what really pisses me off? I heard they had champagne chilling in the locker room. How cocky is that? :lol:

[AppstateCanesFan]

Too bad they'll never get to drink it out of the Stanley Cup

[AppstateCanesFan]

*cough* Brett Hull Shoots *cough* he scores *cough*

[PennsyCanesFan]

*snicker* His foot was in the crease! It doesn't count!


ha ha ha...

[AppstateCanesFan]

Oh yeah I forgot the Sabres are the "Real" Cup Champions from that series too

[nccanes]

Word. We let them carry the play in the 3rd for all but the last minute.

And to quote Denny Green: "If you want to crown them, go ahead and crown their asses! They are who we thought they were."

Now THAT made me laugh! :lol:

[SoCalcaniac]

I probably didn't expect us to win anyway. But with the loss tonight, is the team going to have confidence tomorrow against the Islanders?

Is the glass always half empty with you ? good friggin grief.

[HSCaniac]

Kind of off topic, but can anybody send me in the direction of the Ric Flair "That's another Carolina Hurricanes Goal" .mp3?

[AppstateCanesFan]

wooothatsanothercarolinahurricanesgoal.com

[Caniac]

I should register that. :D

[livinthedream]

Too bad www.beepbeep.com (http://www.beepbeep.com) is already taken.

[VandyCane]

Kind of off topic, but can anybody send me in the direction of the Ric Flair "That's another Carolina Hurricanes Goal" .mp3?
Try this link:
http://www.carolinahurricanes.com/images/video/multimedia/arena/flair2_high.wmv

You should be able to convert it from video to an audio file.

[caveman]

When 96 Rock was "96 The Cup" they hosted a bunch of downloads on their servers and they are still there:

http://www.curtismedia.com/audio/96rockdownload/thecup/

[c-girl]

Sucks that we lost, but a hell of a game to watch, between two well-matched teams. I give a personal star to Commodore, dude was on fire tonight.

Heck, yeah!!! Gotta show the love for Commie tonight. Several great defensive plays and, man oh man, that goal he made!!! Shorthanded, at that! I thought all the defensemen played smart tonight except for a couple of Gleason turnovers. Even Tanabe did better than usual.

It was a heckava game, well played on both sides and the Canes have nothing to be ashamed of. Playing against a hot team on a winning streak and the Canes have how many injured players? Great effort.

[KTinaY]

Bottom line is we scored on a 2 man disadvantage when the Slugs couldn't even score on a 2 man advantage. We stayed in the game until the very end fighting against a team that most media has declared unbeatable. We did all this with all the injuries that we have. I am not upset about tonight’s game at all. I actually think that the Slugs (team and coach) are probably not happy at all about tonight’s game. The Slug fans are probably still in la la land and don't realize that their team didn't out play us; Ryan Miller didn't outplay Cam Ward. For the most part all was equal tonight.

Just my thoughts on the game for whatever it is worth.

Goodnight.
Tina

[kermelbar]

Because it seems we get mostly trolls here, I thought I'd copy a Sabres fan's post from an NHL thread at another forum I post to (the overall forum is entertainment, not sports, so it's a tiny group of us in the NHL thread), just because it's probably good to remember that not all of the fans up there are thugs and putzes. (Hope it's OK to do this -- I know some forums don't allow content from or linking to other forums.)

Oh, my Lord. I hope something wipes you guys out before the playoffs, Canes fans, because I'm telling you right now that I cannot handle another playoff series with you. Our teams are so similiar and so evenly matched that it's like torture watching them play. *Great* hockey though. And I think I'd say that even if we lost. That was an amazing game.

I told her the Sabres could sit out the '07 playoffs. =.)

[RIO]

ARG!! We were so close! Good game though. Too bad we didn't get at least a point for the effort.

[goalie33]

Not to be contrary, but am I the only one who saw Commodore as personally responsible for two goals against? He was just chillin' in front of the net while Afinogenov camped out on the back post.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Just got home...haven't watched it yet, but I saw the score and heard some details.

We shouldn't feel bad about this one. First off, we lost to a great team. I despise the team, their fans, their coach and their god-awful jerseys but they are a great team (with no depth who will go stone-cold come April, I hope, but great, still).

Secondly, we hung with said great team despite a lot of injuries. Sabres fans can't go getting all high and mighty over this win or they totally nullify their own whiny complaints about their injuries last year. They didn't play our real team.

Third, we still have the Cup.....here in the SOUTH....and that still kills their fans. :evil:

Oh well....off to watch the game cause I hear it was worth it!!

[CANESFREAKinDET]

I will be sitting down and watching this game when I get home from my friend's house (the Haunted Houses and Orchards were AWESOME), but I'm with RIO.

Too bad we couldn't have gotten a point. :( But it sounds like it was a good game, with a lot of scoring too, can't go wrong with that!

Ah, I'm also with SHC. We still have the Cup, which still kills the Buffanuts. :smoke:

I'll drink to that, and tomorrow's game against the Islanders! w00t! :D

[SouthernHockeyChick]

OK, 14;48 in the second, tied 1-1, so I'm obviously not blaming anything on it but so far....the officiating is REALLY suspect.

And the Crosby and Turco NHL commercials were awesome!!! :lol:

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Wow. Nice of them to call Whit for hooking and ignore that HUGE Sabres slash just before. :roll:

I'm not seeing where we've checked out of the third like some people mentioned. Buffalo can make you look bad. I don't see where we've slacked off effort one bit.

OMG. So, BRINDY gets called for holding the stick? How about Vanek holding HIM on the way into the zone?!?

Wow. Some crappy calls, IMO. All game long, both ways but this end of the game 5 on 3 REALLY hurts.

So, not much sound out of the fans until they're in the lead, huh? Nice to see they're as gutless at home as they are here.

[HartfordSouthEndHitMan]

Wow. Nice of them to call Whit for hooking and ignore that HUGE Sabres slash just before. :roll:

I'm not seeing where we've checked out of the third like some people mentioned. Buffalo can make you look bad. I don't see where we've slacked off effort one bit.

OMG. So, BRINDY gets called for holding the stick? How about Vanek holding HIM on the way into the zone?!?

Wow. Some crappy calls, IMO. All game long, both ways but this end of the game 5 on 3 REALLY hurts.

So, not much sound out of the fans until they're in the lead, huh? Nice to see they're as gutless at home as they are here.

Hell of a game. Not sure why you think it was quiet in that building - the MSG feed up here maybe has more crowd noise? I don't know. What I do know is that this rivalry just keeps on getting better and better.

Ward looked VERY shaky last night. I think pulling the plug on Gerber may have been premature. He's a solid netminder and one of the reasons why the Canes were so deep last year - having two top-of-the-line goaltenders is key for a dynamic team.

[goalie33]

Ward looked VERY shaky last night.

So did Miller. What about it?

I think pulling the plug on Gerber may have been premature. He's a solid netminder and one of the reasons why the Canes were so deep last year - having two top-of-the-line goaltenders is key for a dynamic team.

Gerber wanted to be a starter and wasn't going to sign here. No one pulled the plug on him. Even if he did want to sign, it would have been for a single year only, since we'll have to pay Cam Ward next season and can't afford $7 million for a pair of goalies.

BTW, have you seen Gerber play this year? He's not exactly looking Roy-like, either. All of Cam's stats are better than Gerber's, even including last night in the averages.

On the upside (and downside), Cam leads the league in saves.

[caneshockeychick]

Gerbs is 1-3 w/the Sens right now with a 3.31 GAA. His save % is .898. He also lost against the Sabres. I'm not sure he'd be doing any better with the Canes at this point in time. Emery's stats with Ottawa are better than Gerbs are right now.

Ward is 3-3 w/the Canes with a 2.97 GAA and his save % is .905. I'm sure all is good in the Canes world right now regarding goalies. I know I'm okay with it. For now ;)

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Not sure why you think it was quiet in that building -

Spoken like someone who has never been to a game at the RBCC.

[VandyCane]

I think we played well but not great last night. I realize that Buffalo's tempo can make teams look silly and we hung in there, it just wasn't our best night. We did not make Ryan Miller work hard enough out there. Our neutral zone play was so-so although I realize that Buffalo forced us to play that way. I also thought our power play was hap-hazard again and Cam was good but not awesome.

Now that I got the negatives out of way...Scott Walker continues to make me happy. What a slap shot! Given the injuries and the cobbled together lines I thought we hung in there pretty well. And the shorthand 3 on 5 goal is why I love this team. They never quit even though they could have easily thrown in the towel. That's the Canes never-say-die spirit I want to keep seeing out there.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

OK, even OUR FREAKING NEWSPAPER has more quotes from Sabres players than Canes! WTF is going on?!? Did the Sabres buy the planet during the off-season? Cause from my seat, the whole world seems to be one big Buffalo Sabres advertisement lately! GEEZ!


"We didn't play that great in preseason," Sabres defenseman Brian Campbell said. "We didn't play that great in Carolina. I don't think we played that great the next game, at home against Montreal. We've been much better the last couple games than we were at the start of the season. The last 2 1/2 games, maybe. It's just a case of starting to play our system better. Things got a little rough there, like every team goes through."

Wait, when did it "get a little rough"? You're undefeated! If he really thinks things have been rough they really will be in trouble round about April.

[aftermath]

Imho, Ward played well, considering the quality of our opponent. Ask Esche how difficult it is to man the net against the Sabres. In a battle of two closely matched teams, the Sabres just happened to have luck on their side last night. The Buffalo goal post had to be the first star of the game.

I am not worried. The 'Canes will get even better with time--especially once everyone gets healthy again. We've already seen vast improvements. The end of October is quickly approaching, and Stillman's return is just around the corner. The Sabres are currently enjoying a healthy team, but we all know that could change in a New York minute.

Btw, check out this quote from the Sabres' own Teppo Numminen, regarding their "small crowds" at the beginning of last season. As Buffalo fans continue to brag about their "rich history" and their overwhelming, unfleeting support of the Sabres, it seems this support is strictly fairweather. Here's the link (6th paragraph):

http://www.newsobserver.com/796/v-print/story/501259.html

[Screamin'Weasel]

Good morning, Caniacs.

First off, let me get this out of the way: I am a Sabres fan and have been since the early 70's. I do not consider myself a troll, though: I just enjoy reading other teams forums from time to time. I usually register but rarely post on them, though. I post regularly on sabrespace.com (http://www.sabrespace.com/) (far better than the "official" one on the Sabre website) where I saw (and responded to) caveman posting.

Next, please allow me to state that I have never used the "injury defense" of last year's Sabre's loss to the Canes in the ECF. It was the most entertaining series of playoff hockey last season and possibly ever. Two very evenly matched teams, two great coaches and a full 7 games. That being said, I have to take exception to the following quote (sorry to single anyone out, but I saw similiar ones throughout this thread and on the boards leading up to this game).

Secondly, we hung with said great team despite a lot of injuries.

Stop. Did I just read that right? Using injuries as an excuse? I saw elsewhere on these forums where the Buffalo GM was bashed for not having foreseen 4 starting defensemen getting injured at once and trading better before the deadline to bolster the 7-10 spots on the defense depth chart. Shouldn't the Cane's GM foreseen the future and bolstered the depth chart in order to prevent a loss last night? Doesn't this make Canes fans "whiny complainers?"

Sabres fans can't go getting all high and mighty over this win or they totally nullify their own whiny complaints about their injuries last year.

Stop. I am sorry, but this is backward. I am not defending the Sabre loss in game 7 with an injury report but shouldn't this read more like: "The Canes fans can't use injuries as an excuse for this loss or they totally nullify thier ignoring injuries in the Game 7 win over the Sabres." If Canes fans can ignore injuries for a win, the Sabre fans can as well.

They didn't play our real team.

Classic. You beat the "real" Sabres in Game 7 but the Sabres beat the Mini-Canes last night.

Face it: these are two great teams and will play each other at least 3 more times this year. If nothing else, we can be promised 3 more truly entertaining games. Winning any game is fun, but it is more fun against a great team. We will all have wins over Filthy-delphia, the Cry-landers and the Maple Laughs, but games like last night are a hell of alot more fun.

[Caniac]

All those were said tongue-in-cheek.

Our boards were deluged with Sabres fans who did that very thing after the playoffs last year, hence our little bit of levity in regard to the injuries subject.

If you know SHC a little better, you'd pick up on that.

[SabresFan29]

Spoken like someone who has never been to a game at the RBCC.

I have, HSBC isnt quiet AND we have the tallest Arena in the league.

[caneshockeychick]

Meh....game over...moving on........

[SabresFan29]

Good luck on the Island tonight, hopefully you can show Snow how to build a real team.

[Caniac]

I have, HSBC isnt quiet AND we have the tallest Arena in the league.

Yeah everyone knows that the Sabres have the best of everything. Their arena is the loudest, it's the tallest, it has the biggest circumferance, their hot dogs are the best, their beer is colder, their ice is icier, the railings are painted better, the angle of their ramps is better, their parking is superior, their janitorial crew is top notch, their urinals ALL have fresh cakes in them, no spot on their concourse floor is slippery, they keep all cooked foods at higher than the proper temperature, etc. etc. etc.

It's a Sabres universe, y'all.

[goalie33]

I have, HSBC isnt quiet AND we have the tallest Arena in the league.

Tallest? Um, k. The Greensboro Coliseum had more seats than any arena in the league...that had nothing to do with attendance or volume.

I do find it pretty funny that they don't grasp e-peens OR irony in Buffalo, though.

[Screamin'Weasel]

Yeah everyone knows that the Sabres have the best of everything. Their arena is the loudest, it's the tallest, it has the biggest circumferance, their hot dogs are the best, their beer is colder, their ice is icier, the railings are painted better, the angle of their ramps is better, their parking is superior, their janitorial crew is top notch, their urinals ALL have fresh cakes in them, no spot on their concourse floor is slippery, they keep all cooked foods at higher than the proper temperature, etc. etc. etc.

It's a Sabres universe, y'all.
Have you even looked at the Sabres' new sweaters? We don't have the best of everything.

However, our blue lines are bluer than anyone else in the league.

[caneshockeychick]

^Well if history repeats itself, the "blueline" of the Sabres will be "black and blue" by the end of the season....

Ok, Ok, now I'm out:D

[StormShaman]

Good morning, Caniacs.

First off, let me get this out of the way: I am a Sabres fan

*plonk*

Bye now.

[apolinar]

I love the ignore list. It's like I'm in a sabres fan free universe.

Movin' on. We have an islanders team to face and their wang

[caveman]

Stop. Did I just read that right? Using injuries as an excuse? I saw elsewhere on these forums where the Buffalo GM was bashed for not having foreseen 4 starting defensemen getting injured at once and trading better before the deadline to bolster the 7-10 spots on the defense depth chart. Shouldn't the Cane's GM foreseen the future and bolstered the depth chart in order to prevent a loss last night? Doesn't this make Canes fans "whiny complainers?"

This was game 8 of the season. If come game 40 we don't like our depth and we look to have a shot at a playoff run, I can definitely see us making a deal or two to pick up some depth. (If we have anything to deal after last year's deals and the JJ deal.)

[SabresFan29]

Tallest? Um, k. The Greensboro Coliseum had more seats than any arena in the league...that had nothing to do with attendance or volume.

I do find it pretty funny that they don't grasp e-peens OR irony in Buffalo, though.


Wow, are you serious?? It has everything to do with volume

The fact that it is the tallest only has a relation to the volume in the Arena (its harder to fill a big Arena with noise then it is to fill a smaller Arena), not the capacity. The capacity has nothing to do with what we were talking about, so I dont know why you would go in that direction....Also, the RBCC has a higher capacity.

[StormShaman]

Wow, are you SLAP

*plonk* You too, baiter-boy.

[Screamin'Weasel]

*plonk*

Bye now.
Amazingly, at sabrespace.com (http://www.sabrespace.com/) we have no posters naming themselves from M:TG cards and dropping Mjolnir on Canes fans heads when they make legitimate posts. Perhaps we should start.

[Caniac]

Perhaps.