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A View From The Roost: Hello, Hockey
By Chris It’s good to have hockey back, even if the next few games are pretty meaningless. Case in point: Thomas Vanek, Tyler Myers and Ryan Miller all suited up for Buffalo on Saturday while Toronto...
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The Buried Life
By Chris It’s tough to feel bad for guys who make millions of dollars playing a game. It’s tougher to feel bad for them when it doesn’t sound like they feel very bad for themselves. This week’s issue...
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Rerun
Monday night’s game in Toronto never felt in doubt for the Buffalo Sabres. Sure, there was drama at the end and Ryan Miller currently leads the league with 17 disallowed goals in two games. Nazem Kadri...
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A Note on Faceoffs
I think the Philadelphia Flyers are bad in the faceoff circle. On Saturday, I watched on television as they allowed two goals off the draw to the Penguins in a 3-1 loss. The next day, I was sitting in...
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The Titan and the Trainee
Mikhail Grigorenko will play some hockey tonight in Buffalo. Thomas Vanek will probably play, too. The Grigorenko news may cause some to utter nasty French words up in Quebec, but around these parts...
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A Kiss Before I Go
Thursday night’s Sabres game should be used as a Rosetta Stone to figure out what’s been missing from so much of this season. There was a good, loud crowd at First Niagara Center, which gave an air of...
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RoostCast 95: Lake Fever
In this episode, Ryan is joined by The Defenseman to talk about Toronto mayor Rob Ford, Gawker, and crack cocaine. We talk about Ford’s past controversies and the journalistic ethics of Gawker, while...
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State-Run Sources
The Buffalo Sabres were aggressively targeting Max Domi in the 2013 NHL Draft. General manager Darcy Regier offered a pair of picks to the Columbus Blue Jackets for the 14th overall pick in the draft....
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Truckloads and Trash Bags
Canadians visiting Western New York make a habit of throwing garbage where it doesn’t belong. On Saturday they continued that proud tradition by first littering mall parking lots and later the ice at...
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The Keystone
About once a game, Jack Eichel does something fairly remarkable. He scored once, but most times it’s just a play no other Buffalo Sabre can make. The din of the First Niagara Center crowd intensifies...
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The Letdown Game
by Ryan It’s pretty easy to get excited after a game like this: Still, playing your best hockey of the year against the top team in the East spells one thing, especially when you play the next night....
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A View From the Lonely End of the Rink
What a view. People always seem to hate the nosebleeds, but the top row in the corner of the building was just fine tonight. Far enough away from the section of Leafs fans screaming a chant I never...
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You Might Be a Leafs Fan If…
Can you see that? Here, let me show you what was in front of me last night: Good God, I feel ashamed just typing that in. To be fair, he may not have gotten the Authentic EDGE, so he only wasted about...
View Article"Go Bills"
by Ryan I can handle insults, I really can. Living in Buffalo, you get used to the usual arguments about why you suck. The four Super Bowls, the Sabres in ’75, ’99, and their most recent stretch of...
View ArticleA Good Day to Die
by Ryan Good Friday is supposed to be a somber day of remembrance for most Christians. Instead, it’s one of the best, most exciting sports days of the year. Right now I’m eating tuna and watching...
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Going up North
I’m pretty sure they chartered a flight, but let’s keep up the banana slug jokes for the moment. The Sabres need to win the last three games for any playoff scenario to work. It’s as simple as that....
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Let’s Recap that Shootout, Shall We?
by Ryan Let’s forget about that first goal. The backhand, what else was he going to do? It should be trademarked as “The Move” by now. Yikes. (Pominville 40 feet high and wide) Wow. We can win it....
View ArticleKyle Wellwood is Busted, Earth Remains on Axis
by Ryan Let’s just say that Tim Connolly is flat out impressed with Kyle Wellwood’s ability to unjure himself. “I was playing indoor soccer and it (my foot) sort of cracked,” Wellwood told the Windsor...
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A Novel Idea
by Ryan Today is the big day: the NHL’s full schedule is released to the public. However, the Sabres weren’t the only team that had a “soft release” of the schedule on Wednesday. The Toronto Maple...
View ArticleMediocre Coach Supports Mediocre General Manager
by Ryan I had to whip out my thesaurus, because saying “Gretzky thinks Leafs are on the right track” seemed a bit generic. Here’s the all important paragraph: Fletcher spent nearly six years as an...
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They Should Call it the Mats-o-tron
by Ryan The first new thing hanging in the rafters in years. We’ve talked about it here before, but there are some big changes going on at the ACC over the next few years, and this is just the start of...
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Looking for Maple Love
by Ryan Tonight the Sabres open the preseason in Toronto. Exciting, I know. A few days ago I was looking through some things on the Leafs’ website and came across this strange ad: (click to enlarge)...
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Sabres Gameday
by Ryan Well, behind that is where you want to be, but you get the idea. This is just something to look over while you prepare for your fantasy hockey draft. We have a few spots open in our league, so...
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No Time For Previews
by Ryan A Friday night in Buffalo just doesn’t get any better than Sabres/Leafs. No matter what record the teams have, or who’s in the lineup, Sabres/Leafs is always the best ticket in town. It’s just...
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Smoke and Turnovers
by Ryan That was… kind of predictable. You outplay a team for two periods and suddenly it’s a tie game going into the third. If you’ve been following this Sabres team for the past few seasons you could...
View ArticleThey Scare Easily?
By Chris Remember back in elementary school where if you acted up, the teacher would move you to the front of the classroom? You’d be shamed into behaving better because no one wanted their seat moved....
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Happy Winter Classic Day
by Ryan So I guess the Sabres play tonight or something. Probably the Leafs from what I’ve heard. It’s not that I don’t care about the game tonight, but any hockey game played tonight is going to be...
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The Little Things
by Ryan What do you mean we can’t move our lockers back?!? But… but… but… IT’S NOT FAIR!!
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Free With Qualifying Purchase
by Ryan Are you a Sabres Insider? If not, you may be missing out on the Great “We F#$ked Up” Jersey Giveaway! That’s right, the Sabres are trying so hard to sell these tickets they are willing to give...
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The Return
By Chris Remember us? It’s been awhile since the Sabres have touched home ice as they’ve just wrapped up a six-game road trip. Face off against the Leafs from HSBC Arena is at 7:30 p.m. tonight and...
View ArticleNiklas Hagman Cannot Be Stopped
by Ryan It wasn’t pretty, but it was pretty awesome. We’ll have a game preview up in a bit, but let’s hope he doesn’t do that tonight.
View ArticleA Different View
by Ryan Over the last few seasons I’ve gone back and forth on Sabres/Leafs games. It’s obvious that they are very expensive compared to most other games, but if you’ve ever been to one you know they...
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Overheard and Other Things
by Ryan A few more things about the game last night. – During the second intermission I saw this unfold in the restroom. Down three goals, a twenty-something Leafs fan decides to defend himself the...
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McPlayoff Hopes
by Ryan I’ve been saving that video for far too long. Also things I’ve been saving? Awkward pictures of Marlies! Yup, not even a little creepy. In any event, the Leafs are at the same position they...
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Skinning the Pog
by Ryan You thought it was happening all over again, didn’t you? The Sabres weren’t showing up and Miller was bailing them out, but it would only be a matter of time before Blake sets something up,...
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Strung Out
by Ryan Buffalo – 7-1-1 We’re going to have the same rule as Wednesday for a while. Tonight’s game against Toronto should be a bigger deal than it actually is. Dominic Moore plays his first game...
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Blowing in the Wind
by Ryan No pictures of string/thread/twine tonight, we all know that hope is long gone. A commenter made a great point about the Leafs and mediocrity today, and I wanted to talk about it quickly before...
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Still Kicking
By Chris Tonight, the Sabres beat a team they were supposed to. Tomorrow, they face the hottest team in the league in the Carolina Hurricanes on the road. For Buffalo, it’s win or die. And even a...
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Miller and the Predictable Leafs
by Ryan I honestly don’t have much to say about last night’s game because it really did feel predictable. I’m no genius, but one of the only teams the Sabres have been able to beat consistently is the...
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Preseason Fun
By Chris I’m only going to the Sabres game tonight because of the word “tweet.” That little codeword knocks ticket prices in the 200 level down to $20, so it was too good a deal to pass up. My...
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A View From The Roost: The Means, Not the End
By Chris It really doesn’t matter that the Sabres won last night. It doesn’t. A preseason game is just that, a game before the real ones count. The result is ultimately insignificant but the way they...
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Saturday Afternoon Caption Contest
by Ryan I always seem to run these when no one is around, so here we go: Points!
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Monsters, Miller and Omniscience
By Chris The rivalry isn’t what it used to be, but the Monday after a Bills-Dolphins game is always better if the Bills win. The same can be said when the Sabres play the Maple Leafs. Maybe the players...
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Somewhere, Punch Imlach Is Smiling
By Chris Ryan Miller was solid again tonight with 38 saves. With his third shutout of the season, he’s been the league’s best goaltender this year, hands down. It’s still a bit of a mystery as to why...
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Remember Them?
By Chris It’s another Sabres-Leafs match-up tonight. This time, the puck will drop north of the border. Ryan Miller will get the start against Jonas Gustavsson, who earned his first NHL shutout against...
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Dress Down Day
by Ryan It’s Friday, it’s snowing, and the Leafs are in town. There’s not more I need to get excited about hockey tonight. The Sabres have to lose to Toronto sometime, but I’m really hoping it’s not...
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Sticks and Stones
by Ryan “I really don’t like them. They’re a rival. They’re in our division. They’re constantly talking about how they’re going to rough me up every night. I love nothing more than to win against them...
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Wants and Needs: Toronto Maple Leafs
By Chris At 3 p.m. today, the Sabres’ roster will be set for the stretch run and the playoffs. Until then, general manager Darcy Regier should be working the phones and looking at ways to improve this...
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A View From the Roost: 41-15
By Chris The score said a lot, but it was the shot total that really stood out. The Sabres outshot the Panthers 20-2 in the second period and allowed only three shots against in the third. That’s more...
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Let’s Send Him A Nice Gift Basket
By Chris Reports are out that Marc Savard is willing to waive his no trade clause to go to a division rival. The problem? He wants to be a Maple Leaf or a Senator. There’s got to be a way to convince...
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