***Official Buffalo Sabres 2006-07 Thread*** - Page 14

cognito20 · #**131** 12-17-2006, 10:46 AM

OK, I'm beginning to have not-overly-pleasant flashbacks watching the Sabres power play recently. I grew up in Elmira, New York, while Brian McCutcheon (the current Sabres PP coach) was head coach at D-III Elmira College. I attended Cornell University while Brian McCutcheon was head coach there. Those two teams were good, competitive teams that could never take the final step to championship status partly because they had power play units that didn't perform quite up to standard because they got too cute. They'd pass the puck around for the entire 2 minutes looking for the one -perfect- shot (which is not always there) rather than take a number of -good- shots, which are almost always available. Sound familiar, Sabres fans? I suffered through it in the 1980s while watching EC, I suffered through it from 1990-94 while watching Cornell, and it's the #1 problem with the Sabres power play this year. Only the extreme skill of the players on the power play even makes it an average unit....the -system- frankly sucks. I know. I've had years of experience watching it. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

--Scott

CrazyPsycho · #**132** 12-26-2006, 08:30 PM

Sabres up 5-0 on the Caps halfway into the first. LOL.

MacGuyV · #**133** 02-20-2007, 09:41 PM

Man this thread died huh?
Rare chance to see a game tonight on vs...
I knew the Flyers were bad but I didn't know they were like 20 points worse than the next worse team.

CrazyPsycho · #**134** 02-20-2007, 09:53 PM

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Man this thread died huh?
Rare chance to see a game tonight on vs...
I knew the Flyers were bad but I didn't know they were like 20 points worse than the next worse team.

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Biding my time until the playoffs, nothing really noteworthy going on other than the injuries. Deserves a bump just because Peters scored.

True North · #**135** 02-22-2007, 09:35 PM

Peters just fought Ray Emery, the Ottawa goaltender. Emery and Biron were having a goalie fight, and Peters just stepped in and tied up with Emery. Never seen anything like it.

ftball0000 · #**136** 02-22-2007, 10:07 PM

wow, glad someone else saw it... AMAZING!!

True North · #**137** 02-22-2007, 11:25 PM

For anyone who'd like to see it, this is the Ottawa feed:

http://www.hockey-fights.com/videos/...ne%20brawl.wmv

MarkSummers · #**138** 02-22-2007, 11:52 PM

solid link. it would be great to see these teams in the playoffs again.

CrazyPsycho · #**139** 02-23-2007, 12:12 AM

Youtubed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49sqgSv5SE0

"Don't go after our f'n captain."

They play again Saturday night, should be fun.

bluef0x · #**140** 02-23-2007, 01:01 AM

Peters and Ruff are complete retards. It was the same exact hit laid on Umberger that Sabres fans loved. I'm more of a fan of doing something to Neil immediately and then giving nice, clean hits to their stars than to ignore the hit and goon up their stars with headlocks and cheap shots.

I was hoping Ruff would join the fight ala Scott Parker vs Witt.
That said, awesome [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Some good news that came from the brawl: it was the first thing on Sports Center.