The hard questions

I think it’s about time someone around here starts asking the hard questions. 

Who’d be better, Max or Gerbe?  Timmy or Tim?

I get people think Gerbe and Tim Kennedy need more time in the minors where they would play consistent minutes.  I also get we can’t buy out contracts mid-season, but this broken record says dump Max.  This is like real estate, you drop the price enough and someone will take it.  I think the Sabres have proven what they can do with draft picks.  As for Timmy Ho, at this point, I think the Sabres are prepared to keep him on IR for the rest of the season.  My dad  broke a rib a few months back, so I get it hurts.  blah, blah, blah.   We all know it’ll be 2 maybe 3 games back and then another injury.  So, get a few draft picks for Max, keep Timmy on IR and pluck (no offense Goose) Gerbe and Kennedy out of Portland. 

What took so long to get injury updates?

Update: Goose and Gerbe are a go for tonight.  Peters and Max to warm the pine in the press box.

Today we found out Rivet is now day to day, Goose could play tonight, Gerbe is close and Timmy won’t play anytime in the near future.  No update on Kaleta.  I’m very excited to hear we should be seeing Gerbe soon.  With Timmy out for near future, he should see a spot in the line up. 

Private to Chris Butler,

Great Job!  I know you’ll be heading back to Portland soon, but want to make sure you know, from the fans in Buffalo, just how well you filled C Riv’s big shoes.  You should be proud and I’m sure there will be a spot for you in the line up in the future. 

See you soon,

Chaz 

I'm back and I'm fighting mad!

 Goose, I really hope you weren’t being literal just now.  Between your chin and your thumb, I’m afraid for you.

You really think Peters is a heavy weight in this league?

He’s a fuckin’ joke.  You know it and I know it.  All the heavy weights in this league know it.  He’s BY FAR the worst fighter in the league, and we’re proud  forced to say he’s on our team.  This best be the last year he gets some ridiculous contract. (read: a contract) Patty Kaleta can easily fill the shoes left behind by Peters.  Easily.

Is it really tennis elbow if it happens playing Wii Tennis instead of watching the Sabres game?

Err…I don’t know the answer to this question, but if anyone does my friend Shaz, yeah, that’s it Shaz, would really like to know.

Do we win tonight?

How the hell would I know!  You act like I have ESPN or something.  What I do know is Semin is out and Ovechkin is in.  The question should really be “Is Miller “out” or in?”  I think we’ll see Brashear pummel Peters with that, deservedly, shit eating grin on his face.  Ovie will score with 2 seconds left, the Sabres, as a collective team, will show-up for the game will follow the system to Lindy’s liking and ultimately win the game in a shoot out.  Mean while, Chaz, errrr, Shaz will continue to perfect her backhand. 

I believe the following two search terms accurately sum up my Tuesday morning feelings.  Don’t piss me off and where was I last Friday?

Three words

Well, that sucked.

My first thought was to post this Saturday morning, but then I decided to go shopping…in Rochester but I didn’t want to jinx the Sabres.  Apparently, I shouldn’t have worried, cause they sucked AND managed to win.  I know, I know, I should be happy they won, but really it’s the Islanders and they were up 2039-1.  It should not have taken a shoot out. 

Last night, my parents and I were watching this craptacular game while eating dinner.  Robi came on during the intermission as was fully engaged in his rant about shooting when the following exchange occurs

Mom: “It’s a lot easier said then done.  You should put on a pair of skates and try it.” 

Chaz:  ”Aaaaaaaaaaa, Mom, Robi played hockey…for the Sabres.” 

Mom: “Well, he’s old and I’m so he needs a reminder of what it feels like to play!”

OK, Mom, OK.  I’ll let it drop.  If only I’d known that would be the best part of the game.  Oh, wait, Pommers scored.  That was pretty good too.

Oh, and how can I forget to mention that Goose is now on IR.  IR, people.

A time for reflection and questions

Does this happen to you? 

It seems as though every Christmas I sit back and reflect on all of the past years.  This year was no exception.  As I watched my nephews hungrily rip open all of their gifts, I heard “this is the best gift ever!  Thanks Grandma/Grandpa or Aunt ‘isa!”  It’s times like these I think back to when I was their age.  Sitting on the floor of my Grandfathers house in Quebec, opening gifts.  While I wouldn’t trade my nephew’s for the world, I sometimes wish I could go back in time and enjoy the time with my Grandparents or cousins more then I did back then.  I even wish I could spend more time with my parents when they were young and healthy.  I looked around this Christmas and wondered if it would be the last my nephews had with Grandpa, or the last for my cousin Lynda?    We just never know…

A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to have my brother/sister-in-law drop off my nephews for a night.  After dinner, we sat in the living room, basking in the glow of the Christmas tree.  O, being two, was very interested in the various ornaments on the tree…

O: ‘isa, what dis?

‘isa (Chaz): That’s Grandpa’s cardinal.  Isn’t it a pretty bird?

O: Yup, red.

‘isa (Chaz):  Hey O, who’s this?

O: That's baby Jaime...in a diaper.

 Ah, the innocence of youth.

Now, for the questions!

• Am I really supposed to be at work today??  I was the 4th car in the lot and now there’s 6.  I’ve been here almost 3 hours.
• Grrrrrrrrrreaaaaaaaaaaat!  A freezing Rain Advisory.  That’s always fun.
• Do I have indigestion or am I excited for tonight’s game?  My sister-in-law did cook dinner last night, so only time will tell on this one.     UPDATE:  I was excited for the game.  Yeah!!!!!
• Why won’t they just tell us Goose has a concussion?  Doesn’t all the evidence point in that direction?  He took a puck to the face and is now on a restriction of “light exercise” only.

Happy Holidays!

I hope everyone has  a wonderful holiday, no matter what holiday it is you celebrate!  I will be celebrating the next few days with my family.  having two young nephews really re-invigorates the whole holiday season.

I know I haven’t been around a lot over the last week and I could give you lots of valid excuses why.  The truth is, I’m just not into hockey right now.  I know there are games on and I know I should be watching them.  Instead I find myself saying, “Meh, there’s a rerun of Numb3rs on…I think I’ll watch that instead.”  It’s a sad world, but it’s currently my world. 

Any ideas, on how to get this turned around?  I’m going to take the next few days off to think about it.  Hopefully the ghosts of past (Biron), present (Goose) and future (Gerbe) will visit with inspiration for me to return to my non-scrooge hockey ways.  At the very least it will be a noise bunch.

When I’m right, I’m right

As soon as my plane landed in Newark yesterday, I made my way around the terminals looking for a bar/restaurant with the Devils/Sabres game.  There must be some sort of contract between the Newark Airport and ESPN because there wasn’t one TV showing the game….not one.  This made my decision to drive home, much easier.  See, I had a 3 hour layover, the flight was delayed an hour and there was a 90 minute line between gate and actual departure.  So instead of getting home at 3 am, I chose to drive it.  Thankfully diebeige kept me company with updates on the game.

When I first started talking with diebeige, it was 1-1.  First goal by Staffy.  Hmmm…Staffy has been on a streak, but still, it’s Staffy.  Where’s Roy, Vanek etc? 

Second goal is by Kaleta.  Glad to see he’s back and remembers his name.  (ahem, Timmy?)  Rut row, I love seeing goals out of our “lower” lines, but we can’t win this game without Roy, Vanek etc.

Third goal goes to…GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE.  

HHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNKKKKK!!  Umm, again, how do you expect to win when our “role” players are the only ones scoring? 

Private to the dudes driving a Gray Charger with VT plates down I80 in NJ,

Sorry to scare the shit out of you.  I was honking cause Goose scored and not because there was something wrong with your car.  I guess honking for the Goose is only logical in Buffalo.  Who’d a thunk.

Chaz

Does anyone have a picture of FrankenGoose?  I’m really hoping the lacerated chin doesn’t look that bad. 

Any suggestions on what I should use a ring tone?  There’s so many to choose from and it’s driving me crazy.

I feel the need to address some of the search terms that have led people to my blog in the last week.

To the 6 people looking to “Contact Jason Pominville,”

I hear sending items to:29 Squeeky Toy Way, Buffalo, NY will work.  I’ve also heard sending some beggin’ strips to grease the skids will help get a response. 

Chaz

To the 2 people who searched “Sexy Sabres,”

I agree.

Chaz

To the person who searched for “Buffalo Sabres Suck,”

You must be a Rangers fan or maybe a Sens fan.  Right now I agree, but I don’t always feel this way. 

Let’s go BUFF-A-LO!

Chaz

To the person who searched “Scott Hannans real name,”

Like all of us, Scott does have a real name.

Chaz

To the person who searched “Peters Sabres,”

Being males, they all have “peters.”  Searching naked sabres probably would have given you a better result.  Oh, wait, were you looking for Andrew Peters?  Nah, who’d search that….

Chaz

To the person who searched ” What is Patrick Kaletas nephews name,”

Uhhhh, I didn’t know he had a nephew, but I have two adorable ones!

Chaz

I could have been there…

Over the last few days, I’ve been kicking myself.  After Friday nights game, I decided that Saturday would be much better spent watching Frosty the Snowman with my nephews and once bedtime rolled around cuddling  with A or O.  So that is exactly what I did.  After O fell asleep, I tiptoed downstairs in order to take my nightly medicine and see the pain inflicted upon the Sabres by the Devils.  It was 4-2.  I was mad.  I could have spent the first period teaching my nephews about hockey, but I thought they’d rather poke their eyes out rather than see the game.  Argh.

You may remember a few weeks ago when I said this? Well, here I sit in my hotel room in Charlotte listening to the Canes take on the Habs. The same Habs that my favorite, non-Sabres, player plays on. Who’s a dipshit now? Yup, that would be me.

On Monday as I was preparing to head to the airport, I came acrossed two stories that literally had me in tears. Now, this could be due to the fact that there are currently a few of my family members that will most likely not make it through 2009, but I think it’s because I’m PMSing. The first was the Blackhawks getting on a bus and hiking 2 hours to attend the funeral of the GM’s pops. The second was the story of Don Sanderson. My only thought while reading this article was, “Timmy, don’t you see this REALLY could be you.” When I read both of these articles, I decided this would be my Monday night post. Over the course of a few hours while I attempted to migrate South for the winter  week, EVERYONE picked up these two articles. So, I scrapped that plan. Instead, I went out to all my favorite blogs listed over there on the right.   I quickly read this post by Katebits and thought, “Poor Goose!  At least they wear shin pads.”  About 15 minutes later, I read this post by Amy and thought, “Why would Gooses’ shin bleed? X-rays?  They wear pads, PEOPLE!”  I then opted to re-read Amy’s post and realized it said CHIN not SHIN.  ::headdesk::  I spent the next 10 minutes wondering what havoc Jeep wreaked on my poor Goose.  If he’s severely maimed for life…well, Jeep better watch his knees as he’s leaving the arena.  And that’s all I have to say about that. 

Tomorrow night, I will be in NJ during the first and second periods of the game.  My hope is a bar, somewhere in the Newark airport will be playing the Devils game allowing me to watch my beloved Sabres.  In my gut, I feel this won’t happen.  Since my flight lands in the ‘Cuse at 11:30 you’ll have to wait until Thursday for an update on how much they love the Devils in NJ.  =)  It’ll be Friday if you want a coherant update, but when am I coherent?  

I would also like to thank Carolyn for the suggestion of Dior Blackout Mascara.  I stopped by Sephora and picked me up some. 

Dior Blackout Mascara, where have you been all my life?  Why is it just now, I have discovered you?   

This is some seriously GREAT mascara people.  The next time I see D Roy, I’m going to suggest he try some.  It’ll work wonders on his llama lashes.