Gameday - Sabres at Devils
Nov 3, 2008 NHL
The Sabres travel to the Rock tonight to take on the wounded Devils at 7pm. Martin Brodeur is out as previously mentioned, but I still haven’t seen any further details on just how long that will be. Brian Rolston, Andy Greene and a few others are already down. All this while the Sabres continue to get healthier, witness Tim Connolly returning to play 19 minutes last game.
Buffalo will be trying to put together two good game after playing two stinkers before the 5-0 drubbing of the Caps. If I’m able, I’ll update any lineup changes or injury news here throughout the day.
Tags: brodeur, buffalo, connolly, devils, greene, Hockey, injury, new jersey, NHL, rolston, sabres
Pre-UFA Player Movement
Jun 30, 2008 NHL
Free Agency starts tomorrow, but several names are already off the market. The rights to Gary Roberts and Ryan Malone were traded from the Pens to the Lightning, with both players signing new deals (Malone 7 years, $31.5 million, Roberts 1 year, $1.2 million). The Lightning also acquired the rights to negotiate with Brian Rolston of the Wild. Colorado re-signed Adam Foote and Jean-Michael Liles, taking away two more D-men for the Sabres to pursue. Lubomir Visnovsky was also traded to the Oilers, in exchange for Jarret Stoll and Matt Greene. I know there are still plenty of possibilities, but there are times I wish the Sabres were in the mix for some of this.
Tags: avalanche, buffalo, colorado, foote, greene, Hockey, lightning, liles, malone, minnesota, NHL, penguins, pittsburgh, roberts, rolston, sabres, signing, stoll, tampa bay, trade, visnovsky, wild
Better Effort, Same Result
Jan 9, 2008 NHL
The Sabres tied it late and forced a shootout, but lose again to the New Jersey Devils 2-1. The Devils got on the board first on the power play, as Mair and Kalinin whiffed on Andy Greene slipping down from the point and Elias nailed him with the pass for the easy score. It stayed that way until 2 minutes to go, when Buffalo scored on a rare 3 on 2 opportunity. Hecht drove toward the net and passed to MacArthur, who slipped it to Pominville for the wide open net. It was Jason’s 10th goal of the season. The Sabres dominated the OT session, but were unable to score. Vanek had the best chance, sweeping the puck toward the net while falling, but it hit the post and went out. Brodeur stopped 2 of 3 Sabres in the shootout (making a great save on MacArthur) while Miller was surprisingly average, letting 2 in for the loss. After the game, TV took the loss on himself, as he almost whiffed on his SO chance.
Still, this was a very fun game to watch with the Sabres play improving as the game progressed. You could feel the energy from Kaleta, MacArthur and Pratt (in place of Paetsch) as bodies were flying a heck of a lot more than usual. I think Kaleta knocked Vishnevski down 3 times on his first shift. I want to see the boys play like this (with this lineup!) against the Sens and see how many goals they score on a goalie who is not a future Hall of Famer.
Tags: B-Lo Sports, brodeur, devils, elias, greene, hecht, Hockey, kaleta, kalinin, macarthur, mair, new jersey, NHL, paetsch, pominville, pratt, Ryan Miller, sabres, vishnevski
