brag: just got Sens vs Sabres tickets

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Miller does exactly enough to keep his team in the game and keep them winning. That's really all that matters.

Emery is going to need to play better than he ever has as he's going to be facing the leagues best offense.

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If the Sabres' offense is better than Ottawa's, it's a very marginal edge. And Ottawa makes up for that with their better defensive game, including a shutdown pairing of defence that Buffalo can't match.

Emery doesn't need to play better than he ever has -- if he plays as well as he played against NJ, the Sens win. If he plays the best hockey of his career, it's going to be Ottawa in a sweep.

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Coaches do something called "reviewing game tapes". I know. I know. It's crazy. They actually watch the other teams and then formulate a plan of attack.



This defensive pairing you're talking about has already been ironed out. It's in the bag. I feel sorry for the Sens coaches because they have to deal with trying to figure out how to shut down 4 complete and offensively potent lines plus work out penalty kills.

I think Ottawa is potentially going to be spread too thin and they're most likely going to be spending more time in the box than Buffalo.

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Well Ottawa coaches will be watching the same tapes and see how the Rangers managed to completly neutralize that 'incredibly deep Sabres attack' for at least half the games in their series. And Ottawa's D-men 1 through 6 are >>>>> NY Rangers D.

And the Sabres PP is terrible, btw. If Ottawa managed to contain one of the best PP teams in the league (that would be Crosby and co.) they'll handle Buffalo's PP easily.