Sabres Fall After Deadline Day

Check it out, Connolly DID play last night

Ryan Miller had his hero’s welcome, but the rest of his team couldn’t propel him to a win in his first game back.  Hecht scored, Miller had 37 saves, but that about ends the good.  Oh, Ovechkin got nailed once or twice, that was cool.  Beyond that, too many giveaways, odd man rushes, you can’t do that against this team.  39 shots, way too many.  Miller was grumpy after the game:

“It’s frustrating,” said Miller, who didn’t play in Buffalo’s loss at Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. “It comes down to attitude. The attitude can’t be, ‘We hope we’re going to win, we hope we’re going to do our jobs so we don’t get yelled at.’ It’s got to be take control, dictate play, and trusting the system.”

You can hear comments from Miller and Ruff here.  I am interested to see what changes might be made for Friday’s game, as Torres will be here, but Goose will still be out.  Will there be callups?  Ennis, maybe?  Have to keep showing these guys that their jobs aren’t safe.  Darcy made his moves, now it’s up to Ruff and the on-ice leadership to make these guys sack up.