Tired

I'm so tired of the Sabres telling us that they lost because they didn't battle hard and they didn't start off well.

Guess what guys- YOU are the only ones who can control how hard you battle and how quickly you get it going. Hockey games are 60 minutes long. Everyone knows this. So why do you only show up for 23 minutes? Or 43 or 58?

GET. IT. TOGETHER.

Luckily for me, I'm in Louisiana hanging with my sis and eating delicious food and doing other things with my life than watching a losing team play like losers who don't care about playing well or winning. And on a night like tonight, that's actually a good thing.

I'm not giving up on the Sabres, but I'm pretty annoyed with them right now. Let's say we're taking a "break". It's not me, it's them.

what the?

Tonight might have been the first Derek Roy-less Sabres game I've been to since 2003 (before he was a Sabre). Crazy stuff. I miss my boy! (and I was stupidly excited to see the little interview him him on the website yesterday!)

So yeah.. about the game. WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED, BOYS?!

The first period was sweet. They came out hard and had a ton of shots and managed 2 quick scrappy goals. And I thought we might have a shot. Haha yeah right, this is the Sabres, remember?

Then they all forgot how to play hockey. No one was skating hard, no one was hitting (except Gerbe and Ennis- what the?), they were passing the puck to the Flyers.. it was ugly.

I thought Gerbe was decent tonight. He was all over the ice, hitting guys and scampering around like a maniac, but to no avail. He was trying though, which is more than I can say for some of the Sabres.

I still cannot stand Tim Connolly's play. WHY IS HE STILL A SABRE? I have said this over and over again- and tonight I heard at least 3 other people comment on the worthlessness of Connolly. UGH.

Stafford wasn't too good tonight, and neither was Pominville. These guys need to step it up.

Mike Weber looked like he was going to kill someone tonight. He is an intense looking dude. I was really noticing him- he was right in front of my face all night (our seats are in row 2, section 116, so right inside the blue line- where he is for faceoffs and such for 2 periods so he was standing out for me tonight.) He's taller than I thought.. and again, I wanted to see him bust someone's face. He and Carcillo might've made a nice bout.

Goose and Hartnell was a sweet fight. Then Hartnell gave away his stick while he was in the penalty box. I saw it happen- craziest thing ever- some kid comes over and he just passes it over the glass. WHOA. That was pretty cool, even though I can't stand him. Points for him.

I sat next to a random cute guy at the game. He and his buddy were Flyers fans (gross), but he was wearing a Winnipeg Jets Teemu Selanne jersey- random! SO of course I asked him about the jersey and he said he's been a Selanne fan forever. Cool, cool. And I asked if he actually liked the Jets or just Teemu to which he replied "I'm a Coyotes fan". Good for him. We sort of had a conversation, but I felt like he didn't want to talk to me. (he seemed impressed when I actually knew something about hockey..) It was entertaining enough- and he was cute-- and not rude about cheering for the flyers- he was cheering but being cool about it-- so yay for that.

Time to move on- unlike half of Buffalo, I'm not living in the past. Briere is gone- yes, I know- he scores on us all the time, that bastard- now GET OVER IT! Next game-Hurricanes.. bring it on! (no more Ray Whitney though, which is sad. I enjoyed seeing him!) I may be in attendance at the next game.. we'll see. Till then..

and so on and so forth

Well.. 2008-09 is in the books. Someone had to win, and it wasn't the Red Wings. It was a good series and a good game though. The Wings just couldn't pull it out this time.

I can't watch much more because it's going to become a Cros-fest here any minute- oh wait, Malkin won the Conn Smythe? Good for him. (thankgoodnessitwasn'tSID!)

Well I can hear people chanting "Geno! Geno!". That's a bit strange
Alas, it wasn't the first time and surely won't be the last that *my* team didn't win the Cup- (Stanley, Kelly). It sucks but oh well. It's still so pretty.

Wow mad booing for Bettman. I read a cool article from The Hockey News about how they should change the presentation of the Cup. I like his ideas.. what do you think?

I'm outta here. Time to go translate some 100 year old family letters and poetry.. written in French!

And it's official.

In typical Buffalo fashion- the Sabres officially lost a playoff spot in game #81. URGH. Boys, if you had a few more games like last night... a little earlier in the season, we wouldn't be here?! I know that you know that but yeesh. Or maybe a WIN or 2 over Atlanta would have been enough to turn the tables. Only 4 points.. (if the Rangers win again) 4 points.. ahhh so few yet SO MANY.

Alas.. there have been some fun games to watch this season, and I have certainly BEEN to more than a few Sabres games live this year. *including some absolutely HORRID performances* but some were good. I'll probably do a game recap sometime in the coming weeks.

I didn't see last night's game, nor will I see Saturday's but they are on the DVR and I plan to watch them Sunday or Monday. :)

Goodbye Sabres.. it's been an interesting ride. Perhaps next year. It all goes back to the motto of Buffalo- Almost but NOT QUITE.

*sigh*

Good thing I already have backup teams in place- the Devils, Red Wings and Blue Jackets(WOOOOOOO!!!) ---and I'm not a bandwagoner, I've liked all of those teams for longer than I've liked the Sabres, actually. --

I guess we'll file that one under boys will be boys then..

So I was going to watch the game real-time, but we actually went to a St. Bonaventure basketball game with some ppl from church so by the time I got home it was the 3rd period. But I did dvr the game so..

This is a sorta but not really "live" blog. I am watching the game on a dvr-delay but I know that late in the 3rd the Sabres were losing so basically I'm watching the game for something to do and only sort of paying attention.

Ah the Sabres scored- that's an intersting line: Mair, Gaustad and Kotalik? Well it worked. 1-0 Sabres.

Ew the 'Hawks scored. At least it was Patrick Sharp, who is on my fantasy team.

Blah. WHY is Chris Butler sitting? He has earned a spot. He is playing better than several of our veterans.

MMmmmm Sharpie. Oh sorry, I was distracted there by a closeup. Sorry feeling very hormonal and it just needs an outlet sometimes.

Who am I kidding? I know the Sabres lost this game but it's been so long since I've watched hockey on tv that I feel like I need to see it through. We'll see how long it lasts. (probably till I get bored of writing this entry.)

EEK that second goal was nasty. Poor Lalime. He just can't catch a break. He really is a better goalie than the numbers would make it seem.

Awww a little *squee* in HeatherB's direction for the piece on Hank. *aside to Heather: I've got it on the DVR, want me to dvd it for you?* Wow his kids are adorable and it was way too cute the way he was talking about sledding with them!

Why is the color so off on this broadcast? Is the lighting in the United Center all whacked out or something?

Why do the Sabres suck on the power play? Seriously. To paraphrase Harry, you need to "sniff out those rebounds" boys.

Can we get over Soupy already? I'm done. I've been done since last year before he left us. Enough Already.

Oh Patty Lalime- I'm sorry dog but Havlat just undressed you with that 3rd Chi goal. He picked his spot and ripped it in. :( It burns us!

Is anybody else annoyed by the Blackhawks goal song? I like ours much better.

How gross is that lung cancer commercial? Puke city. Ha that commercial followed by a Tim Horton's commercial.. that's just wrong.

ugh this game is just lame. What happened to our bustin New Year's boys? Where did they go? I'm currently searching out pictures of Patrick Sharp (there aren't very many, what is UP that with?) because I want him to be my Hockey SAB because he is SO VERY LOVELY but I haven't decided who he looks like yet.. besides what I'd like to see every night before I close my eyes. HAHA how lame was that? I thought it was kinda funny actually. It's good to make yourself laugh at least.

Just caught a close-up of Royzie and it looks like he shaved. Guess what? NO points for Mr. Roy tonight. He is just futhering my theory. Derek, don't you read my blog? Haven't you noticed this trend, because I surely have. Yep. You lose.

Okay I am done rambling because I have nothing to say about this game. The boys aren't able to get anything done and it sucks. I may or may not finish watching but really... you have 6 minutes (in a row) of PP time and NOTHING? NOTHING? ARGH! Lindy was probably not happy after this one.

Yeah I'm off to internet-stalk Sharpie and find him a celebrity look-alike. Later peeps.

ugh

The Sabres reeked Friday. Well that's not entirely true. When they had the puck they were pretty good. Leclaire was sick and they couldn't get past him. But when they didn't have the puck, they ran around like chickens with their heads cut off. IDIOTS!

I didn't see last game because I was in Hamilton watching some AHL hockey which was worlds better than the crap the Sabres have been feeding us. It was the Bulldogs and the Amerks. And Hamilton won, woo! I never really liked the Amerks (since I was a Syracuse Crunch fan before I was a Sabres fan) so my dear boys Pommers, Royzie and Miller were dead to me until they became Sabres. Now I don't really care about the Amerks anyway but it's less of a quandry.

Today is round 2 of that series and then a skate with the team. Woo! Not that I know any of the guys who play for Hamilton, but my friends do so that's cool.

And it's supposed to lake effect snow tonight. Gross. I wouldn't care except I'm driving back from Canada and my friends have to get back to Ohio tomorrow so it needs to chill with that. Driving + lots of snow falling very fast= SUCK!

game day

MAN Rayzor is feelin salty tonight. I think he and Harry are about to rumble.

Royzie is killing me tonight. He keeps almost doing good things but not quite. What is WITH him this year?

Taking a penalty in Overtime= NO NO BAD DEREK!

And the Sabres lose in OT. To the Thrashers. Again. (well the other was a shootout but same idea.) I don't like these guys. They aren't that good but they always play up to the Sabres and Buffalo doesn't respond. Most of the game was pretty okay but this always seems to happen against them. Grr.

That's really all I have. I missed the first period but yay for Mac getting a goal- it was a good move adding him to my fantasy team, and Royzie, though he sorta sucked, had 2 pp assists so that's good as well. I am currently leading in both of my leagues. yay! But my goalies are dropping like flies. Manny Legace should be back soon, but he's been out, Marty is done for a while, Nabokov just got hurt till I don't know when.. ARGH! Osgood is the only one still chillin, and hopefully I don't lose him too- he's on BOTH of my teams!

My sis gets home sometime on Sunday so I'll be spending the weekend in Watertown, probably without internet, unless they can magically connect it tomorrow- I should have scheduled it, but I didn't think of it. SO if you don't hear from me until Monday, don't be afraid.

what the f

I had a totally shitty day at work, in the stupidest way possible. Then I came home and found out my grandmother is not doing well at all. My Dad is flying to Louisiana to see her tomorrow. My relatives are pretty worried so that's not good. :(

Then the Wings lost. Yuck. I watched half of the 1st period, half of the 2nd and a minute of the 3rd. meh. I figured Dallas would win one at least. Turco was out of his mind tonight! Probably not any more though. Go Detroit! :)

I'm about to hit the sack, but I DO have a SAB for you, inspired by tonight's game..



I give you Loui Eriksson of the Dallas Stars, and actor Orlando Bloom.

Separated at Birth?

Pretty good, eh? ANd ole Loui is growing this little mustache/beard thing kinda like Orlando has bustin in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies for the playoffs, and they look even MORE alike, but I didn't see any playoff beard pics of Loui and I didn't feel like diggin. Plus I think those 2 pics are pretty on. :)

'night!