With the Sabres holding an abominable — sarcasm — 2-3 record through five games, I’m reading an awful lot about how Lindy Ruff needs to be removed from his post as head coach. After all, he ruins all European players (except Thomas Vanek and most of the other Euros he’s coached) and the 18-year-old kid… Continue Reading
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Why I’ll Pick The Devils and Why The Sabres Aren’t That Team
Game One of the Stanley Cup Final(s) is this evening and I was tantalized by someone proffering the question, “How far are the Sabres from the Devils, anyway?” Where to begin? From an overall perspective, I get it. Last year, the Devils spent the first half of their season urinating on themselves before almost scrubbing… Continue Reading
Good Friday edition of The Late Nick Mendola (Seas2Ep28): Requiem For a Team
AB Podcast Twenty-Eight: Requiem For a Team, 2012 Buffalo Sabres What do the 2012 Buffalo Sabres have in common with “Lost” and Dennis Green? Plenty. Email: nick@fcbuffalo.org… Continue Reading
The Late Nick Mendola, Seas2Ep15
AB Podcast Fifteen: Mario Williams, Lazar Hayward and the Bracketologist Masquerading As a Hero! Email: nick@fcbuffalo.org… Continue Reading
Top Three Lines: Buffalo Sabres 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2
1) Question: Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville account for what percentage of the reason the Buffalo Sabres aren’t the leading candidate for the No. 1 overall pick in the NHL Draft? (If you’re looking for an answer, I’ll hazard a guess of 79.4 percent) 2) It would be excellent if this happened more than twice… Continue Reading
Top Three Lines: Carolina Hurricanes 4, Buffalo Sabres 2
1) It’s no surprise that Lindy Ruff keeps trying to prop up Ryan Miller — who again was ordinary-at-best tonight — because the only way to consistently win hockey games without good center play is with an A-plus goaltender. 2) Really, you can’t even adopt the “Where’s the leadership?” line because Thomas Vanek and Jason… Continue Reading
Top Three Lines: Buffalo Sabres 4, Edmonton Oilers 3
1) The Sabres won by seizing the control young Edmonton laid for the taking after Buffalo took a 3-2 lead and credit Drew Stafford for being everything the Sabres thought he became last year… at least for a night. 2) Thomas Vanek is having such a good season that he could’ve been a star on… Continue Reading
Top Three Lines: Buffalo Sabres 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 4
Two lines are officially not enough for me to describe why the Sabres won or lost. For more thoughts on any game, hit up my Twitter feed. 1) Thomas Vanek had three goals in his last 14 games and now he has four in his last five after the brace tonight, but it was Zack Kassian’s… Continue Reading
Vanek speaks out on new owner Pegula
(WECK 1230) — New Sabres alternate captain Thomas Vanek used his official web site to express his excitement over the franchise’s new owner. “He really is the best thing that could have happened to the club and the fans, you simply can’t put it any other way. He’s got some grand plans, but at the… Continue Reading
Heart and Desire?
(WECK 1230) — “Heart and Desire” was a team motto for the Buffalo Sabres in the past, a phrase co-opted with hope by a coaching staff and dismissed by many who watched them. Maybe, just maybe, the true meaning of that phrase was latent, only to emerge when the beaten-down boys were battered even further…. Continue Reading
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