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About the Sabres - 12-22-08

A preview of the Sabres.

(Winter Classic photo fetish strikes yet again.)

Record: 16-13-4

Leading Scorer: Thomas Vanek, 30 points (24 goals, 6 assists).

Last Game: 4-3 overtime loss at Montreal Saturday. Clarke MacArthur had a goal and an assist for Buffalo.

Last Game against the Penguins: 4-3 win in Pittsburgh, Dec. 8. Ryan Miller (above) made 29 saves in the win. The Penguins lost despite two goals from Ruslan Fedotenko.

Sabres Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring: Derek Roy. He has points in nine consecutive games.

Ex-Penguins on the Sabres: Patrick Lalime, G.

Ex-Sabres on the Penguins: Philippe Boucher, D; Miroslav Satan, RW; Andre Savard, assistant coach.

Useless Sabres Trivia: Penguins defenseman Philippe Boucher was a first-round draft pick of the Sabres in 1991. He his one of four former Buffalo first-rounders to have eventually suited up for the Penguins. The others are Tom Barrasso (1983), Wayne Primeau (1994) and Mike Ramsey (1979).

Best Sabres YouTube Video We Could Find: Former Sabres goon Rob Ray had some interesting theories on crowd control:

Notes:

-The Penguins bussed it to Buffalo. Is "bussed" a word?

-No word yet if this guy drove them and "altered" the bus:

-Marc-Andre Fleury and Ryan Miller are expected to start in net.

-Ryan Whitney is ready to play tomorrow against Tampa Bay. Pascal Dupuis is doubtful for tonight.

-Sabres forward Maxime Afinogenov isn't exactly optimistic about his future in Buffalo.

-Buffalo forwards Paul Gaustad and Patrick Kaleta are dinged up.

-Sabres forward Jason Pominville is a blogger:

-Tonight's game is on Versus. You'll need to go to your old roommate's cousin's co-worker's step-brother's house to watch it.

-Our live blog begins approximately 7 p.m. Please tune in.

(Photo: Miller-Dave Sandford/Getty Images)


Posted Dec 22 2008, 12:22 AM by Seth Rorabaugh

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Dagens hockey 081222 16:01 | Dagens Hockey wrote Dagens hockey 081222 16:01 | Dagens Hockey
on Mon, Dec 22 2008 10:02 AM

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Disgruntled Goat wrote re: About the Sabres - 12-22-08
on Mon, Dec 22 2008 1:02 PM

Main Entry: 2bus

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): bused also BUSSED; bus·ing also bus·sing

Date: circa 1909

intransitive verb

1: to travel by bus

2: to work as a busboy

transitive verb

1: to transport by bus

2 a: clear 4d <bus dishes> b: to remove dirty dishes from <bus tables>

"Seeked" however is still not a word.

dps2002 wrote re: About the Sabres - 12-22-08
on Mon, Dec 22 2008 4:02 PM

Sudden thought:  Might this be some tactic on the part of Coach Therrien to motivate his players?  Something on the lines of "You've played so badly lately that you don't deserve to fly on a plane"?

Or is this more of a cost-cutting measure?

a Habay wrote re: About the Sabres - 12-22-08
on Mon, Dec 22 2008 5:11 PM

the weather was potentially inclement dps, so instead of risking it they chose to bus it on up to buffalo