Written on Friday, November 14th, 2008 at 1:46pm by Kevin | No Comments
Game Seventeen Open Thread: Blue Jackets at Sabres Tonight
Apparently, Columbus (a city in Ohio not named “Cleveland” or “Cincinnati”) has a hockey team! Who knew?
I have to sign off for the day thanks to SonTwo’s pukiness, as I am on kid-sitting duty for the rest of the day. So why not start the open thread a little early?
Updates, links, and Connolly jokes can be inserted in comments.
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I am a born and raised Buffalo fan since my birth in Niagara Falls in 1977. For reference, my first communion gift from my parents was a replica Sabres Home White Mike Ramsey jersey. I still have that jersey. After stints at Georgetown and the U.S. Army, I have settled in DC where my Sabres, Bills and Hoyas passion runs unabated (I have season tickets to all 3). I believe that while supporting my franchises is good, I believe supporting them with data and statistics is better. -
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Heh.
Kev said “insert”.
/Butthead
Question: What do Tim Connolly and hockey players have in common?
Answer: Nothing!
so 3 games in a row isn’t enough for you people?
Question: What’s the difference between Tim Connolly and my 7 year old daughter?
Answer: My daughter can take a check without going on IR.
So…Barry Melrose back to ESPN?
And the winner is….Matthew Barnaby!!
Did all of you get a Sabres Insider survey, and then the offer for discounted tickets? Where it appears you can’t just get tickets for one game?
Question: What’s the difference between Tim Connolly and hockey players?
Lipstick…
Im feeling a good night. Back at the bar from last year and the bartender is even hotter now.
hmm…so far, wrong feeling, 289.
3-freaking 0? Good lord, this sucks, Sorry to say, but Lalime needs to be pulled.
Also, is there any life in the crowd tonight?
i was just thinking that about the crowd. the entire atmosphere has seemed miserable all night.
also…since FJM is dead, my snark-meter is off -> @TheTick: i didn’t realize The Mullet was axed. wow. what a dysfunctional franchise.
Who knew a lime = tbone?
Miller in the second, anyone?
Easy, twoeightnine; keep your eye on the bartender.
And yeah, I agree, RobQ; even before Columbus started scoring, I was saying to Val that the crowd seemed quiet, almost dead.
Maybe they were looking for Peters v Boll?
And look at that, Timmy grew a pair and played hurt.
sorry but those goals aren’t lalime’s fault. lindy is making some piss poor decisions.
-way to scratch kaleta. we couldn’t use his intensity out there or anything. i’ve seen less standing around at a fucking funeral.
-apparently lindy’s giving up like he did against ottawa by not pulling lalime. remember what happened to legacy last game after you hung three on him on six shots?
the goals are the result of little/no backchecking, standing around, and breakdowns in the defensive zone.’
and i half expected modin to score without his stick.
susie – the schedule, the schedule! lindy gave it to the goalies at the start of the season. lalime plays tonight, those are the rules! wyan gets a west tonight.
like you, i assume, i’m hoping for a miracle, but the time to pull lalime would’ve been in the first to embarrass the team in front of the home crowd.
I wish it wasn’t just my eyes KJ. Unfortunately the place is so busy that our conversations last 15 secs. And to add to the fun one of my old “friends” is now sitting across the bar from me on a date.
That’s a bit weird, twoeightnine. Do you think this “friend” showing up at the bar was mere coincidence?
OK, Sekera needs to smack Nash around a bit on that play.
Definitely. She works in the area and there aren’t many bars here.
I don’t think Lindy was at fault on that goal.
Geez, the one night Miller does his hair and he has to go into the nets.
Well, that sucks anyway, twoeightnine.
susie@14 – mid-second…
I don’t wanna be pessimistic, but it might be too late. Oh well, these guys occasionally surprise us.
you know what? fuck you buffalo. home all night babysitting and all i ask for is a game that isn’t over in the first fucking period!
dicks.
notice every time kevin balls a team they beat the shit out of us?
if they play like this against the caps in december and i end up totally wasting 95 bucks, there’s gonna be some nudity in the arena.
Take shrinkage into account, Trevor.
FREAKING FINALLY!
Nice goal, better pass from Roy.
“Plower play?”
start of a comeback?
A 5 on 3 and no Vanek? Someone’s in the doghouse.
God DAMN!
Every time I think Buffalo is going to have a promising season (this goes for the Bills too) it turns into shit like this.
“oh, now we have a good backup goaltender”
“oh, now we have a strong D/run game”
You’d think I would know better by now. At least we get to see the “mini-sabres” beat the “mini-flyers” in those blue cross commercials.
take a mini-victory everytime you get one!
@ 33 – My boyfriend’s a Flyers fan. You better bet I point that out to him every time we see those commercials.
and let’s just give them back the comfy 4 goal cushion.
Well, the last 14 minutes of this game ought to be a real blast to watch.
Well we now know that susie is into s&m. And fuck it I’m getting as drunk as Lindy
We turned to Rachel Maddow for about a minute and it’s now 6-1 and Columbus has a power play? Jumping fuck Jesus, guys; I bet there’s more positive action in the Aud at this moment.
I don’t care if they have a game tomorrow night, Lindy ought to skate these fuckers ’til someone pukes tonight, right after the game. I had a coach that made us do that one game when we decided not to skate for most of the game. He told us that we were going skate hard one way or another, and since we didn’t feel like it during the game he’d take it on himself.
Max, Peters….. Can we please get Kaleta back in there.
Anybody think Lalime can get his save percentage up to 50 for tonight?
“a featherweight fight” – RJ
The Glenlivet is the only thing that has made the last 2 hours of my life worthwhile.
Worst performance in years.
I mean the Sabres were on the road playing a perennial playoff team with 3 All-Star defenseman….these nights will happen.
you dont think he does that
Let’s bring Portland’s top three lines up and start them behind the Connolly line (only one that was worth a crap last night).
LET’S GO BANDITS