January 2009

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RoosTV: Just Desert

By Chris on January 31, 2009

By Chris
We’re live bloggin’ Sabres vs. Coyotes. Feel free to drop your thoughts in the comments as the game moves along.
9:01 We open up the Coyotes feed with a heavy metal montage. As Dave Strader informs us, the song is called “Pain.” I don’t think I’ll be searching for it on iTunes anytime soon, but that’s just me.
9:02: Panger!
9:03: [...]

Tags: Live Blog, Phoenix Coyotes, RoosTV, Sabres | 5 Comments

Late Night in the Desert

By Ryan on January 31, 2009

by Ryan
There are more important things happening in Arizona these days, so it’s easy to forget that the Coyotes are sitting in the playoffs right now. No really, see for yourself. Eighth place and everything.
If you remember the last time the Sabres played in Phoenix, well, I’m sorry to hear that. The Backup Who Must Not Be [...]

Tags: Hockey, Phoenix Coyotes, Sabres | Leave a comment

Bruce and Ralph headed to Canton

By Jon on January 31, 2009

By Jon
It looks like Canton will be painted blue and red come August, as both Bruce Smith and Ralph Wilson, Jr. are headed to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
To those headed to the enshrinement: When Ralph is introduced, will you cheer?
Update: Just announced that the Bills will play in the Hall of Fame game against the Titans, [...]

Tags: Bruce Smith, Buffalo Bills, Hall of Fame, NFL, Ralph C. Wilson | 4 Comments

More Videos You Should See

By Ryan on January 31, 2009

by Ryan
If you thought Sabres fans took the 10-0 win against Edmonton well, you should see what they did in Calgary.

The song is titled “Goal-a”, set to the tune of The Kinks’ “Lola”. That’s some pretty solid inter-Province schadenfreude right there. And while we’re here, someone put that Beast Mode comic on YouTube, so here’s that.

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Still Better Than "The Sabres Show"

By Ryan on January 31, 2009

Think back to the person you were a decade ago. Now go back in time and tell that version of you that on January 31, 2009 you would watch Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky talking about the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl. How would that conversation go? Would the decade-younger you think [...]

Tags: Arizona Cardinals, Hockey, Phoenix Coyotes, Wayne Gretzky | Leave a comment

What to Watch

By Ryan on January 30, 2009

by Ryan
All I’ve heard about this afternoon is various cars in ditches and snow. If that’s the kind of thing that keeps you inside on a Friday night, there’s plenty of hockey to watch. The Sabres may not play until tomorrow night, but there’s plenty of action in the Eastern Conference that’s worth watching. If you [...]

Tags: Hockey, New Jersey Devils, Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 Comment

Ralph and the Hall

By Ryan on January 30, 2009

by Ryan
Every Super Bowl weekend the Pro Football Hall of Fame reveals with candidates will be inducted the following August. Recently this has been the only enjoyment Bills fans have gotten out of Super Bowl weekend, and this year looks to be no exception. Bruce Smith, Andre Reed, and Ralph Wilson are all finalists this year, [...]

Tags: Buffalo Bills, Chris Brown, Football, Ralph Wilson Stadium | Leave a comment

Links for the Afternoon

By Ryan on January 30, 2009

by Ryan
- Sometime last year we openly wondered where a lot of the Empire Sports people went. We knew about Josh Mora, but yesterday Chris had big news: he found Jim Brinson! It’s like an awkward high school reunion with early 90s production values…
- After the Tampa game I feared we wouldn’t see any interviews during the [...]

Tags: Hockey, Jim Brinson, Random, Sabres, The Aud | 9 Comments

On Tropp

By Ryan on January 29, 2009

by Ryan
Since we started the blog almost two years ago, we’ve done goofy things with each Sabres draft class. As the blog has evolved I look back on some of the things from the first few months and cringe at times, but through our “Facebooking the Draft Class” something interesting happened: I started to care more [...]

Tags: Corey Tropp, Hockey, Michigan State, Sabres | 3 Comments

Sabre For Life?

By Ryan on January 29, 2009

by Ryan
With the announcement of Henrik Zetterberg’s contract extension, the topic of long term contracts has come about once again. The growing trend in the NHL is to sign your franchise player to an extremely long contract, making them a “{insert team name} for life”. These deals, sometimes lasting ten years or more, are the new [...]

Tags: Expiring Contracts, Hockey, Sabres, UFA | 1 Comment

Mini Puck Madness

By Ryan on January 29, 2009

by Ryan
If you’ve been buying the Sabres Mini Pucks this season, God bless. For most people it seems the novelty of a player’s head glued to stuff has passed, but the Sabres still feel like we need to see who’s ready for purchase with each visit to Sabres.com. I think it’s pretty obvious that some pucks [...]

Tags: Hockey, Maxim Afinogenov, Mini Pucks, Patrick Lalime, Postage Stamp Post, Sabres | 2 Comments

The Fiery Descent Back to Earth

By Ryan on January 28, 2009

by Ryan
It seems Miller and Cammalleri have some history, so look for that to get beaten to death tonight.
In that case, consider the Sabres “history”.

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It’s hard to figure out what we saw tonight. Was it a defense showing signs of weakness? Was it a tired goaltender having an off night? A missed chance to steal points [...]

Tags: Calgary Flames, Drew Stafford, Hockey, Sabres | Leave a comment

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