Letter to the Sabres

Good Evening Sabres,

Right now, I thought I’d be watching your game.  I’m actually home for the week, so there was no need to rely on the Internet, or some shady bar.  Unfortunately, I’ve found that DirectTV and Comcast are acting like assholes and refusing me the privilege of watching hockey.  I now know how I a lot of fans felt the first year the NHL was on Versus.  In case you were wondering it sucks.  I mean, 5-1 vs the Red Wings and I can’t see it? Stone hands Stafford, MacArthur and Patty Kaleta score in one game and I can’t see it?  That’s cruel, NHL, downright cruel.

The Bruins won!

Ok, so I shouldn’t be THAT excited, but after the Sabres loss to the ‘Canes any revenge is sweet.  I will say the tribute to Glen Wesley was something else.  Now, I’m not a huge fan of Glen’s.  Don’t get me wrong, I understand what he has contributed to this organization, but I have no vested interest in the touchy feely aspect of retirement ceremonies.

Before I get into my thoughts of last nights game, I need to apologize.  Apparently, my cellphone is not made to take pictures in the dark.  I promise next time it will be my real camera.

So, here’s my thoughts on last nights game – in order of occurrence

Aw, how nice of them. I'm glad to be here!

I pulled into the RBC Center and could not believe my eyes!  There.was.tailgating.  I will fully admit, there was tailgating before the Winter Classic in Buffalo, but we were at a football stadium.  I can not count the number of trucks there were with coolers and those little hibachi grills.  I wonder if they know it’s not “normal” to tailgate for HOCKEY?  I think it was my I heart Buffalo hockey shirt that kept me from getting a nice, roasted hot dog. 

While I was waiting in line to enter the arena, I called Diebeige to discuss the tailgating.  The call didn’t last long, because I had to put my cellphone and purse on a tab to be checked while I went through the metal detector.  (Yes, you read that correctly.)  I’m used to a lot of travel, so usually a metal detector is no big deal, but for hockey?  They must be afraid someone is going to shoot Cam Ward or some other under performing member of the team.

That guy in white...yeah, he's wearing a Sabres jersey.

During the pre-game skate, Aaron Ward who obviously loves this state and city knew some of the people sitting in front of me.  They tried really hard to get his attention, and when he finally saw them gave them a head nod and a smile.  I thought it was nice, even if they were decked out in ‘Canes gear.

It was really cool to see Marc Savard pick up about 5-6 pucks and chuck them over the glass for little kids.  Even if those kids were wearing ‘Canes jersey’s.  He did this twice.  It was cool and the kids were really excited.

You are SO hot, if only you'd turn around.

While waiting for the ceremony to begin, I decided to take in the data scrolling by on the jumbo-tron.  To be honest with you, I didn’t get it at first. 

Oh look, its an advertisement for “The Godfather”, but wait, that says “The Hogfather?”  WHA??  Then I caught another that said “The Hog King” with a picture of Simba.  Huh?  The next thing I saw was this -

Meet Stormy - the hog.

The ‘Canes mascot is a pig.  A pig, people.  Because when I think of a hurricane, my first thought is a pig.  I do get the state food around here is BBQ, but that just makes the pig mascot cruel.  I mean, seriously, this is almost as bad as when my mom told my 4 year old nephew that Babe was about bacon.

In other, only in the south news, both Zamboni’s are outfitted as John Deere’s.  No, really, this picture actually came out.

Told ya I was tellin' the truth.

Next, it was onto the retirement ceremony.  It started out super cool with showing Glen getting dressed in his ‘Canes jersey again.  Then he came down the tunnel, all by himself, for one last lap around the ice.  Before taking his lap, he stopped by the Zamboni doors and grabbed his two sons, also dressing in miniature Glen gear, and the three of them circled the ice.  It.was.awesome.  You could tell as they would come up to some of the wires that he was telling his sons to be careful, there’s a wire.

Here the are taking the first pass around the rink.

When they got to the podium at center ice, the announced all of Glen’s special guests.  There were two in particular from his days in Boston.  Derek Sanderson and Ray Bourque.  Unfortunately they announced that Ray had a family emergency and was unable to make it.  During his speech, Glen thanked Ray and told him all of his thoughts and prayers were with him right now.  I don’t know what has happened with/or to Ray, but my thoughts and prayers are with him now.  He is a class act and an awesome player.    It was also very difficult to watch Derek come out onto the ice.  For someone that “flew” around the ice for years, it was very sad to see the state in which his body now stands.  It was obviously painful for him to walk and just as painful for me to watch. 

They unveiled the gifts to Glen.  There was the normal replica of the banner being lifted to the rafters.  There was a framed copy of the score card of his first and last games.  Which is amazing they could find the first game.  Then there was a painting of Glen’s life in hockey.  To the left was him in a Bruins jersey, left and center was the Whalers jersey, and the entire right side was Glen in the ‘Canes jersey.  Tucked behind the Whalers and Bruins jersey was Glen in a leafs jersey with only the top portion of the leaf in view.  Just the way I thought it should be.

This is the real one, but he has a framed replica to take home.

I stood with baited breath as Glen walked up to make his speech.  As I’ve said before, I’m a total sap.  While I really couldn’t care they were retiring his number I knew if someone started to cry it would be all over for me.  SO, the show Glen standing at the podium waiting to give his speech with a tear running down his left cheek.  GREEEEEEEAAAAAAAAT, buh-bye Chaz.    You could tell he was attempted to hold back tears by the hitch in his voice as mine freely flowed down my face.  It was a very touching speech with some humorous parts.  His comments about moving to Mayberry could not have been more true. 

We were crying together.

Before Glen left the ice, he was prompted to take one last swing around the ice and he obliged, but not before stopping to shake the hands of every single ‘Canes player and Aaron Ward.  Then he took one last trip around the ice and disappeared down the Zamboni tunnel. 

Final lap around the arena.

It was then the final tribute to the Wesley family was made.  See, it was announced the National anthem would be sung by Glen’s Daughter, youngest son and wife.  While it was obvious his son was very nervous, I thought a tremendous job was done by all.  The three part harmony at the end was a total thumbs up.  During the whole thing, Glen was not to be seen as this was their time to shine for everything they did for him. 

Daughter, Son, Wife

It was a class act all the way around and I’m glad to say I was there, even if I was wishing a Bruins victory. 

Next, it was puck drop time! 

Truthfully, there was nothing that made the actual game really special to me.  The ‘Canes fans that sat around me were definitely homers in that their team never took any penalties and the Bruins were always guilty of something.  Now, I can understand this mentality, I just don’t share it.  I can watch a play and swear like a sailor when DRoy takes a diving penalty.  Admit it, he dove.  Anywho, this got old quick. 

I was really shocked when the ‘Canes scored first.  I thought to myself they just might be able to pull this off.   I also caught a glimpse of a really neat feature the ‘Canes have on their scoreboard.  When a goal is scored, the jumbo-tron is split screened and the left side contains a picture of the goal scorer, regardless, of which team they play.  It also posts how many goals they have for the season and the number of assists for each person credited with an assist.  It might be a small detail, but I thought it was super cool detail.  From then on it was the Bruins show.  It seemed like every 2 minutes in the third period the ‘Canes lost another player.  I was glad to see a few made it back to the bench since There’s not much to say since the ‘Canes laid a stinking turd on a night they were trying to honor Glen Wesley.  I don’t know about you but I usually don’t consider stinking turds to be complimentary. 

In other news -

My blog is apparently famous for one bad post I did about Scott Parker, former Avalanche and currently out on parole out of a job since he refused to report to Lake Erie.  117 times, he has been searched.  I doubt there are that many people that really care about Scott, so I think he must be googling himself.  There’s nothing new on my site about you?!?!

How about them Sabres!  I predict a 3-1 win and they have to prove they can score 4.  I only wish I’d seen Drew score 2 goals.  That would have been awesome.

Chaz and Diebeige take on the Sabres

Diebeige and I would like to send out condolences out to anyone that was impacted by last evening’s tragedy. Lucky everyone we know are safe and accounted for, but there are many people in Western NY that can not say that today. Our thoughts are with you.

Pre-game – I have NEVER been so happy to see Kevin Sylvester before in my entire life. After weeks without Sabres coverage, Kevin means I’ll get the joy of RJ. That said, I will most likely NEVER be that happy to see Kevin Sylvester ever again.

19:20 – There are two 19’s on the ice. Connolly and Thornton. Umm, don’t even try to compare the those two. One’s made of steel and the other of glass

18:33 – Sekera!! Yeah!!!! I’m so happy your back.

16:58 – Um, I think Derek Roy may have been distracted by his boyfriend in the stands.

Wow! Pommers gets a decent shot on goal. He’s gonna score tonight, I can feel it! (Timestamp unknown folks. It happens when you aren’t used to this)

14:46 – Gerbe on a psuedo breakaway. Bummer, got checked.

14:09 – They keep talking about Butler and for some reason I have him and Weber mixed up in my mind. Every time they say Butler, I think, but they sent him back to Portland. Don’t worry I won’t have that problem with Gerbe.

13:18 – WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! MAIR!!!!!!!!!!!! 1-0 BUFF-A-LO The grinders get a goal!

12:11 – Diebeige and I are both cheering for Stonehand Stafford to score. (on the ice) Good god, hell is going to freeze over.

TV Time-out – Diebeige realizes she has a something to show me. It’s one of those re-useable bags. It has the Sabres logo on it. It’s blue and gold. Um, Sabres, remember it’s Blue and Gold make GREEN. The bag should be GREEN. Oh, Harry Neale how I don’t love you. “Rivet got the goal tipped by Mair.” Waaaaaaaa? How does that happen?

11:00 – GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! Harry Neale – “Stafford was in front of the net, do you think he got his stick on it?” RJ – “Whatever! ” We’re with RJ, who cares who scored, they scored! Although, congrats to Jaro! 2-0

9:23 – Diebeige is impressed with Gerbe’s hockey sense.

8:18 – Hot Damn, Claude Lemieux.

7:48 – Huh, Sabres have 12 shots on goal.

7:40 – Diebeige notes “You know a team is in trouble when they hook Tony Tone Toni.

6:31 – Pommer, Gerbe , Roy and Connolly on the ice. I wouldn’t be upset to see any of those dudes scores.

5:35 – DROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!! 3-0BUFF-A-LO That beauty was top shelf where Mama hides the cookies! 2 goals on the Powerplay! Your boyfriend must be SO happy.

5:19 – The telestrator draws a heart around the Sabres logo. Harry Neale and RJ begin discussing duty free. Diebeige and I share a common love of duty free. (alcohol)

2:24 – Icing on the Sharks…during their powerplay? Uh, I’ll take it.

2:00 – RJ – “Miller grabs it and hangs on it” Diebeige adds “in bed”. RJ “CheeChoo’s having a hard time scoring” Diebeige adds “in bed”. I think the wine is starting to set in.

1:20 – Marleau scores – Miller doesn’t see, neither does RJ, Chaz or Diebeige. Harry Neale’s take? It’s the best radio shot he’s seen this year. You could hear it but didn’t see it. 3-1

End of the 1st review: Solid period by Miller, Nabby…not so much. One bottle of wine has been polished off…number two coming up. 

Picture representing the first period:

Diebeige and the duty free booty

Thoughts going into second period -
Chaz:··· ····”Any thoughts going into the third?
Diebeige··· “Um, you mean second?”
Chaz:··· ····”Uhh, yeah, that’s what I meant.”
Diebeige ···”Maybe we hold off on that third bottle of wine.  Oh and my fantasy team is kicking your fantasy team’s ass.”
Chaz:  ······I’m going for that third bottle, thank you very much.

This is going to be interesting.

Start of the <strike>third</strike> second.

19:42 – Damn you Stonehands!  That would have been an awesome goal.

19:09 – Crunchy’s looking good tonight.  (in bed)

18:32 – Holy Shit we almost scored again!

What is it about become a coach that makes you look old?  I know Jeep isn’t old, but he kind of looks it.  ::sniff, sniff::  Does that mean I’m old?

17:17 – I think Nabby’s looking like shit.  Diebeige thinks Hecht has been as effective as the prayer method of birth control.

15:38 – Fuck I thought that was going in.  Thanks Crunchy!  You’ll be rewarded handsomely later.  (in bed and not by me…by DRoy…hmm, maybe)

14:25 – Hey, that fucker hit Crunchy.  Someone take his head off!

14:18 – Rob Ray says it’s a matter of time before he comes back.  We all have a good laugh at that.  Harry Neale calls him a Chippendale.  He did have a nice set of abs.

12:30 – Diebeige and I have a good laugh over “Connolly couldn’t get it out.”  I’m sure that’s what they all say.

11:40 – Bad Rob Blake.  (Yet, thank you!)

11:33 – Alice finds the rabbit hole!  Powerplay goal! 4-1 BUFF-A-LO!

10:41 – Let’s go POMM-IN-VILLE!

10:21 – Fuckers, Marleau scores again.  4-2  We think it’s time Gerbe takes “things” into his own hands.

9:48 – Good news, there’s a penalty coming up and apparently we’re good at scoring on those.

8:55 – Vanek who?  Now, is when I image how good they would be if they were healthy.

8:15 – Crunchy!  Stops Greir twice.

7:17 – Hmmm, the Sharks are looking sharky.  (You know all circling their prey and shit.)

6:23 – Um, boys…WAY TOO MUCH TIME IN FRONT OF CRUNCHY.  We need to be at the other end rink. 

4:23 – Is it too early for 1-2-3-4 we want 5?

3:38 – I don’t like all these guys jabbing at Roy from behind.  He might not mind, I do.

:42 – Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, they scored! 4-3

Yes, it was THAT kind of period.

Onto the third -

My how the sentences get shorty as the wine consumption increases…  It’s just dawned on me how this game is just like college, except we’re all wearing clothes.

Diebeige and I are discussing our upcoming trip to Philly, NJ and the Islanders.  We are in the first row behind the Isles goalie meaning we will make it on TV.  We’re trying to come up with a good sign to hold…the problem…I had a great idea before I started drinking and now I can’t remember.  =(

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnndd, we’re underway.

19:27 – Wait, Nabby’s still in net?  I thought we took care of that problem already.

18:44 – Hey, Razor’s in!  Oh, oops, RJ’s mistake.

15:28 – Greeeaaaaaaaaaatt, Sabres are going to be short handed.  Dude, that’s a rip-off now that the refs know there should be a make-up call shortly.  “Briiiiiiiiiing, Briiiiiiiiiiiiiin, Avon calling?”

13:55 – Well, that sucks.  We’re tied.  4-4

13:32 – I think it’s time for a LET’S GO BUFF-A-LO!

12:57 – Fingers are MUCH slower after wine.

12:42 – It’s about time they started LET’S GO BUFF-A-LO!  Time to be the seventh man, or woman, in DRoy’s case, in.

11:24 – This is going to a shoot-out.  Mark my slurred words.

10:02 – Awesome hit, by a Sabre.  I’d fill in a name but the number was blurry.

9:42 – You have to be fuckin’ kidding me.  Really?  Where were the two D?  Oh, that’s right, just standing there.  5-4 SHARKS.

Side note: Sabres games are MUCH more fun when drunk.

Private to Crunchy:  YOU’RE KILLING MY GOALIE STATS. 

7:40 – POMMER, how did you not score?

6:48 – Dear Sabres, Must.score.N-O-W.

I loove Goose’s new commercial.  It’s probably not new to you, but it is for me.  And I think he’s looking foxy goosey.

5:13 – Harry Neale comments that Butler looks groggy.  We think Butler looks like he’s had two bottles of wine and we would know.

3:57 – Let’s go GERBE! 

3:26 – I love Gerbe!  He’s standing up to Thornton who’s a good 3 feet taller than him.

2:50 – Shooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot

1:30 – DRoy – that shot was weak, as WEAK as your claims to heterosexuality I say.

1:15 – 75 seconds to tie it guys.  Have I mentioned we still haven’t gotten our make-up call, REFs.

:50 – Well, this is sucking…big time.

:30 – I think I’m going to cry, we seriously need the points

:03 – RIVET SCORES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I don’t think I’ve ever been this happy!  5-5  Harry Neale with the words of the night:  We don’t know if anyone tipped it, and truthfully, I don’t think anyone in Buffalo cares.

Start of OT – Pommers tipped the tying goal in.  Didn’t I say somewhere he was going to score?  I love being right.

4:28 – DRoy how did you not score! 

2:50 – Gerbe!  Oh, bummer.  It would have been awesome if you scored the game winner.  Maybe next time, or in OT, kid.

1:55 – C Riv!  Man, we’re totally controlling OT. 

Hmm, generally very good cycling by the Sabres.

:26 – Shit!  Knee on Knee to Gerbe.  Gerbe! Gerbe! Gerbe!  I hope he’s alright.  How about we win this in the next 25 seconds for the runt, eh?

End of OT – Wait, ROY is going after Pickles?  Whaaaaaaaaaa.  Oh, DRoy, stop with the Bullshits and fucks.  We can read your lips.

Start of the Shootout!

For the Sabres – Up first, Alice.  No goal.  =(

For the Sharks – Next, Dan Boyle.  Come on Crunchy!  And Crunchy with the save!  =)

For the Sabres -  Stafford?  Whaaa?  And, no goal.  Quelle surprise kids.  =(

For the Sharks – Pavelski – Crunchy Save!!!!  =)

For the Sabres – Connolly for B’lo, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, no goal.  Dude, seriously.  =(

For the Sharks – Setoguchi – Crunchy save again!  =)

For the Sabres – Pommers!!!! WOooooooooooooo-hooooooooooooooooooo!  He scores!  =)  I’ve heard that clink before, but it’s usually when my head hits the toilet bowl.

For the Sharks – Marleau – Bastard scores.  =(

For the Sabres  – DRoy – He scores!!!

For the Sharks – Michalek – and CRUNCHY makes the save!  Sabres win!  Wooo-hoooooooooooooooooo!!!

That game was awesome.  Too much wine, you might say.  But me, nope never, it made a game they should have won in regulation tolerable.  It’s hard to remember their complete deconstruction after 4 glasses of wine.  Way to go BUFF-A-LO!

Winter Cleaning

As you’ve most likely noticed, I’ve done a little cleaning up around these parts.  See every once and a while, I get bored with the way things look.  Normally, that would mean rearranging the living room furniture.  Since, I’m living with the rents, rearranging the living room is generally frowned upon, so these parts got nailed instead.  =)

Now onto the subject at hand!  HOCKEY!

Is anyone else surprised Timmy made it through two back-to-back games?  I’m shocked as shit.  I really think we’re going to hear before Wednesday’s game that he’s broken is bicuspid. 

I really wish the Sabres (as a collective) would have stepped with half the effort of Crunchy.  Seriously, he did his best to steal both those games and was only successful once.  The Sabres gave the Wings WAY too many chances to put them away.  Crunchy shouldn’t have to stand on his head two nights in a row.  There should be a little lot of help.

I’m happy to announce that I’ll be seeing the Bruins in Raleigh.  It really all boiled down to Rick Nash being injured vs Marc Savard.  Cause, when I don’t care about either team, I look at the hotness factor of the teams.  That’s just how I roll.

Trades!

No, there haven’t been any yet, but they’re coming.  Admit it, you too can feel them coming. 

I’m sick and tired of hearing about Vinny Lecavalier.  Just ship him to Montreal already.  We’ve all been hearing about this for years, and now that Brad’s gone is there anything left for him in Florida?  (Other than the Sun?)  It’s like there needs to be something else to talk about now that Mats Sundin has finally landed in Vancouver. 

The rumor here is Drew Stafford for Ryan Kesler.  Before I dissect this one, there really needs to be a disclaimer that rumors from this website need to be taken with a 5lbs bag of salt.  My initial feeling on this surprise.  This is seriously telling the Canucks to bend over.  Maybe I’ve just been watch a little too much of Drew’s suckitude, but I think Kesler would be a serious upgrade.  The Canucks have slapped an “A” on him, so he must have some sort of leadership in the room. 

Truth be told I would love to see Darcy pull the trigger on a trade.  I think this team needs some sort of shake up.  We all know Lindy’s not going anywhere, so the only shake-up that can occur is on the ice.  The thing is, there are a LOT of trade possibilities that could happen.  If Timmy can stay healthy for a few weeks, we might be able to pawn him off on someone.  There’s Max, who no one will take until his freakin’ groin heals.  How about Staffy, Yo-yo or Paille?  This hasn’t even touched who could go on the “D” corps.  Do we all agree Chris Butler has made his case to stay in the big leagues?  That leaves Spotcheck, Hank, Teppo?  I think it’s safe to say that Teppo isn’t going anywhere, because he’s going to be just like Peca.  He’ll announce he’s retiring from the Stars Sabres and then immediately announce his new job with the Sabres. 

So, what do I think will happen?  I think the Sabres will send Hank and Staffy to the ‘Nucks for Kesler and a 3rd round draft pick.  We’ll then ship Kesler and Alice to the Rangers for Dru.  Now, before you haul off and start mailing me poisoned chocolates, lets examine a few things here. 

• The Rangers are banging there head on the salary cap.   
• Dru hasn’t been Dru since he left.  I was happy when Dru was in Buffalo because it was like watching the Avs Dru.  There was something with B’lo that brought his Mojo back. 
• He and his wife  are raising two small children in NYC.  There are a lot of great things about NYC, don’t get me wrong, but it’s sensory overload. 
• Hindsight is 20/20.  When I left MN, I told everyone how I hated it.  The truth was, at that time I did.  Now that I’m almost 2 years removed, I look back at my time there fondly.  Sure, there are things that I still don’t like about it, but there is a much longer list of things I do like.  I have a feeling Dru may feel the same way.  He may not have had his privacy when he was out and about, but I doubt people were knocking down his door day and night to talk to the druster.

Hell hath frozen over

Before I get into what I feel were last nights’ “good, bad and ugly”, I want you to know I won’t see Saturday’s game.  I will be getting pampered at the hair salon.  You can’t imagine how long I have been waiting for this, and I’m not upset I’ll miss the game.  I know that should be wrong, but right about now, it’s just not.  The experience this year has been like potty training a small child.  Some nights, they’ll make it through the night without wetting the bed but most nights not so much.

What’s totally awesome?  That Goose is on the Team USA Olympic watch list.  I think that rocks.

Now onto our regularly scheduled programing:

Hell hath frozen over moment 1. 

Twice in the last week I’ve agreed with Harry Neale.  Twice. 

1. “When a goalie misses a poke check, you know where the face-off will be.”
2. Staffy got ripped off.  That was totally a good goal.

I really don’t know what to do with myself, because this should never happen. EVER.

Hell hath frozen over moment 2.

I spent 48 minutes playing Wii Fit which makes me feel MUCH better about sitting on my ass watching the Sabres game for 2.5 hours. 

Hell hath frozen over moment 3.

After Goose ruffled the leaves feathers it was Alice and Max that came to his defense.  Alice and Max, folks.

Hell hath frozen over moment 4.

Pommer and DRoy scored two goals, each. Oh wait, the goals were against CuJo.

Hell hath frozen over moment 5.

YES, my fantasy hockey team NEEDS a shut out.  (Thank you Crunchy!  This fantasy lasted all of 5 minutes.)

Hell hath frozen over moment 6.

My mother said NOTHING when I told her of my hockey weekend out of town.  I think most of you know, I’m living with my parents while I save money and search for my dream  house.  I love my parents, but I’m going stir crazy.  A while back diebeige had suggested we meet up for a full on hockey weekend.  I’d gone back and forth because I am trying to save money here.  I’ve now gotten to a point where I seriously need to get the hell out of dodge for even a wee bit.  Anywho, I seriously thought my mother would flip a wingnut.  Its not so much her opinion that would bother me, but the fact I’ll hear about it 10 times a day, every day until I move out.  That gets really old, really quick.

Anywho, a few months ago, I mentioned I wanted to see a game in each NHL City before I die. 

Well, on this little excursion we’ll see the Habs vs Flyers in Philly 2/27, then we’ll cross the border and spend the night in NJ.  On Saturday we’re attending the 1pm Devils vs Panthers game and then head to the Island for the 7pm Sabres vs Isles game.  I can not tell you how excited I am.  ::happy dance::

To top it off, I’m being sent to Raleigh and Greensboro for work.  Which gives me Panthers/Canes and BJs/Canes or Bruins/Canes.  My initial reaction is Bruins/Canes but then I get the tug of Ricky Nash…hmm, BJs.  Anywho, that means I’m seeing 4 games in 4 different cities in February.  My new games in different cities total is 36.666666666666666666666666%.  Yippee!

As a side note, I was SUPER psyched to be seeing the Habs in Philly cause Tanguay is my favorite non-Sabres.  Did I mention someone killed his shoulder and the probability he plays in this game is next to nothing?  Did I mention this happens the NIGHT diebeige and I buy our tickets?  Nice, eh.

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