[Lefty Noob]

What's happening to the Buffalo Sabres? Their 0-4-5 in their last nine games!

[blueandwhite]

They are not the 2006/07 team.
i though, after briere and Drury jumped ship, this team still had the talent to keep it afloat -campbell, Miller, Afinogenov, Numinen(who is out with the heart ailment), Spacek, Connolly, Vanek, hecht, Pominville- and Ruff still coaching. but they are tanking.
Different vibe, different season.

[Seahawker 562]

at least most have been very close, so their not terrible like the kings

[blazinsabrez61]

hey guys its ben a while. well just finishing watching another disappointing game the sabres would lose to make their winless streak 10. that means that out of a possible 20 points, they have, what , 4 or 5 to show? horrible. im a little depressed, but now isnt the time to give up at all. its about midway in the season and the sabres have PLENTY of time to get their act together. it seems that injuries are really hurting them right now and i cant wait til everyone gets back.
there really isnt that spark like there was last year. i always thought the sabres would come back to win, and now they cant, not even in overtime or a shootout. wheres the hope, the excitement, the thrill of watching sabres hockey? i rly miss briere and drury now, if only they would have known how much of an impact them leaving would have made on the team
still, theres lots of talent. numminen (hopefully coming back soon), finny, roy, connolly - theyre missed deeply by the team and the fans. this would have been a big win, but now, we have to look toward atlanta friday, and then toronto saturday, a monumental game to say the least.
so a little upset, but im keeping the flame burnin this sabres team is not done yet, and im not giving up until i see them in the playoffs, no matter if they're 8th or 1st. GO SABRES!!

[blueandwhite]

Originally Posted by blazinsabrez61

hey guys its ben a while. well just finishing watching another disappointing game the sabres would lose to make their winless streak 10. that means that out of a possible 20 points, they have, what , 4 or 5 to show? horrible. im a little depressed, but now isnt the time to give up at all. its about midway in the season and the sabres have PLENTY of time to get their act together. it seems that injuries are really hurting them right now and i cant wait til everyone gets back.
there really isnt that spark like there was last year. i always thought the sabres would come back to win, and now they cant, not even in overtime or a shootout. wheres the hope, the excitement, the thrill of watching sabres hockey? i rly miss briere and drury now, if only they would have known how much of an impact them leaving would have made on the team
still, theres lots of talent. numminen (hopefully coming back soon), finny, roy, connolly - theyre missed deeply by the team and the fans. this would have been a big win, but now, we have to look toward atlanta friday, and then toronto saturday, a monumental game to say the least.
so a little upset, but im keeping the flame burnin this sabres team is not done yet, and im not giving up until i see them in the playoffs, no matter if they're 8th or 1st. GO SABRES!!

I think drury and briere care very little what an impact there leaving had on the sabres - they were thinking $$$$$$$ (drool, drool).
I thought numminen was gone for the season?
and vs. toronto? the way we've been playing this year, beating us won't be a challenge - winning will be a cakewalk.

[blueandwhite]

okay just saw your reply to the numminen post, so we have that discussion over there.

[blueandwhite]

extends to their 8th consecutive road loss after last night's loss to Phoenix.
6-2.
No stars with hat tricks - everyone was scoring (Doan, Derek Morris, Niko kapanen, Peter Mueller, Daniel Winnik, Jovanovski for the Coyotes, Gaustad and Vanek for the Sabres).
Thibault vs. Bryzgalov.
33 shots to 21.
Buffalo got 21 shots off all game - no wonder they lost by so much.

[Oli Jokinen!]

Old man Numminen? He isn't a good defencemen really.

[blazinsabrez61]

ok so much for a winless streak.
how about a win-full streak, if i can even say that?
def the sabres are one of the streakiest teams, and this only proves the point. all u sabres fans, fair weather or hard core, i have this to say:

NEVER GIVE UP ON THE SABRES.
NEVER NEVER NEVER.
UNTIL THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT.

the sabres organization has made such big strides up until now and yea they have a ways to go but theyre making HUGE progress and it looks like theyre connecting. drury and briere, start whining, because ur only going to wish u never left the great team that is emerging from buffalo.

[Lefty Noob]

Huge progress indeed. It's like a completely different team out there right now! Who deserves the most credit for the turn around?

[blazinsabrez61]

definitely miller would, hands down. there is no sole offenseman that has pulled the team together, but rather there has been contributions from different players on different nights that helped put some goals on the board. miller has been PHENOMENAL - he has only allowed 12 goals in 5 games which also includes a shutout and an overtime loss to atlanta that resulted in 5 goals against. he is solid and consistent every night and i think his play is beginning to spark the offense. because, as they all say, DEFENSE IS THE BEST OFFENSE.

[Oli Jokinen!]

If you got defense, you got no one scoring. But if you got offense, it is a HIGH scoring game.
So you need it all except for goaltending if you got O and D.