Vanek - Great Picture

Friday, July 18th, 2008

 I just love this picture.  Derek Roy looks genuinely pleased for TV.  Spacek looks suspicious - perhaps he’s trying to intimidate the refs, knowing how ridiculous some of the calls were last year.  Timmy was distracted by something shiny.  Spotted at Sabres.com.

Lines

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Now that things have settled a bit, I thought I’d look at the potential line combinations for this year.  Keep in mind I’m not 100% sure who can be sent to Roches…er…Portland to start the season.  Anyway, what the lines will most likely look like:
Hecht - Connolly - Pominville
Vanek - Roy - Afinogenov
Paille - Gaustad [...]

Spreadshirt Discount

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

You can use the code Spreadshirt227 to get five bucks off your Spreadshirt order (using the little swag link at the top).  That goes for any Spreadshirt store, so go to town on there, get your The Kaleta! shirts from 289’s store also.

What Would Jaro Do? Slogan Shirt

Friday, April 4th, 2008

There are several others available at my Spreadshirt shop, and there will be more with a helpful diagram of what Jaroslav Spacek might advise you to do with your time.
update:  Got a shirt with the instructions on the back now.

Gameday - Sabres at Canadiens

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Jaroslav Spacek will be back in the lineup after missing 10 games tonight, as Buffalo faces off against Montreal for their playoff lives.  Dan Paille is banged up but said he would play.  Carey Price will be the Montreal netminder for the 7:30pm start.  No info on who will be scratched to make room for [...]

Pittsburgh Holds Up Their End

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

…as did New Jersey, although they let Boston get a loser point.  Buffalo still has a shot at the playoffs with the losses by Philly (in a very rough game with Pittsburgh) and Boston.  The Sabres must take care of business tonight in Montreal, looks like Jaro Spacek might be back.  Great soundbite from him [...]

Gameday - Sabres at Leafs

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Buffalo must win tonight to keep the slim playoff hopes alive, as they visit the Toronto Maples Leafs tonight at the ACC, 7:30pm start time. Still no Kalinin, Spacek or Numminen, lineup will be the same as far as I’m aware. We’ll be seeing Andrew Raycroft in net, as the Leafs are out of playoff [...]

Patches Back, Funk Sent Down

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Just what the title says, Nathan Paetsch is back in the lineup, so Mike Funk is back down to Rochester.  Lindy Ruff was quite happy with his callup this time, but likes having Nathan’s ability to join the rush from the blueline back.  Dmitri Kalinin and Jaroslav Spacek are both skating on their own and [...]

Man-Games Lost to Injury

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

If you were wondering just how many games have been lost due to injury for your favorite team this year, James Mirtle has compiled the list (from data at one of the NHL’s sites) here.  You can see that teams like Boston and Carolina do have a leg to stand on with their playing of [...]

Gameday - Hurricanes at Sabres

Friday, March 14th, 2008

I narrowly resisted some sort of overplayed Hurricane pun, you guys should know that.  The Canes blow into Buffalo (okay, I lied) on a five game win streak while the Sabres remain 4 points out of the playoffs, having lost 4 straight and 6 of the last 7.  To make matters worse, the Leafs, Caps [...]