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A View from the Roost: The Clincher
By Chris First, the positives: -The Sabres are capable of scoring. -The Sabres are capable of playing well in front of Patrick Lalime. -Patrick Lalime, contrary to popular belief, isn’t terrible....
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Pirate Invasion
By Chris It looks like the injuries to Thomas Vanek, Tim Connolly, Patrick Kaleta and Raffi Torres are a little more serious than we may have thought. The Maine Hockey Journal is reporting that the...
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Regier in Portland
By Chris With all of the movement over the last few days between the Sabres and the Pirates, the Maine Hockey Journal has been a great source for information. Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier was in...
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A View From the Roost: 41-15
By Chris The score said a lot, but it was the shot total that really stood out. The Sabres outshot the Panthers 20-2 in the second period and allowed only three shots against in the third. That’s more...
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A View From The Roost: Hello, Hockey
By Chris It’s good to have hockey back, even if the next few games are pretty meaningless. Case in point: Thomas Vanek, Tyler Myers and Ryan Miller all suited up for Buffalo on Saturday while Toronto...
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The Right Side of the Street
By Chris The product the Sabres have been putting on the ice hasn’t been as exciting as the boardroom negotiations that may or not be going on — but that pretty much changed this past weekend. A 5-0...
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Curly-Haired Brilliance
Sometimes words can’t flow as brilliantly as someone on skates. The thought occurred to me as Tyler Ennis made two grown men fall helplessly to the ice before tying the game at one on Monday night....
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RoostCast Episode 56: Pencils Ready?
In this episode, Ryan and Paul from Hockey Rhetoric ease into the Sabres’ postseason with a look at the roster. Vanek, Pominville and Roy are big topics. Boyes and Kaleta are not. The audio player is...
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Adrift
So I’ve been watching this Buffalo Sabres team for a while now, and I don’t think they are very good. The team has been bad for some time now, but I’m starting to come around to the idea that they...
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The Keystone
About once a game, Jack Eichel does something fairly remarkable. He scored once, but most times it’s just a play no other Buffalo Sabre can make. The din of the First Niagara Center crowd intensifies...
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by Ryan From John Vogl at the Buffalo News: The Buffalo Sabres general manager coveted defenseman Tyler Myers, the 6-foot-7 defenseman who could fill several needs with one large appearance. But the...
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Are We There Yet?
by Ryan Amazingly, I’ve yet to buy the right package to get NHL Network on my television. I know, I know, I’m totally missing out. I’ve only caught a few games during the World Juniors, and I didn’t...
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Take Two
by Ryan This is what we wanted to see. It’s hard to say much more than that, really. After what felt like a soft month of October, Buffalo faced their first big test in the month of November and fell...
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From Timmy to Tyler
by Ryan Sometimes you just have good timing. Just two days after I’m in the press box watching Tyler Ennis as a Portland Pirate he scores his first goal as a Buffalo Sabre. It took a lot of things for...
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