Buffalo Sabres vs. Nashville Predators [Game Thread]
Nashville Predators at Buffalo Sabres, Dec 1, 2008 7:00 PM EST
Game #24
Buffalo Sabres (11-9-3, 25PTS) vs. Nashville Predators (11-10-2, 24PTS)
7:00 PM EST, HSBC Arena
TV: MSG-B (Buffalo)
Radio: WGR 550 (Buffalo), XM 207 (National)
08-09 Series : BUF 1-0-0
Opponent Blogs: On the Forecheck
This is one of those trap games that I talked about yesterday. The Preds aren't exactly one of the leagues weaker teams but they are a team that Buffalo should beat at home. Should and will are two entirely different things. This is a situation when the Sabres need to play within the system.
The Preds are currently in eighth place in the Western Conference just one point ahead of the LA Kings and Columbus Blue Jackets. Despite their winning record this season, Nashville is 6-7-1 on the road.
Plenty of roster changes for Buffalo tonight after a 3-2 loss to Montreal on Saturday. Ales Kotalik is ready to play and will be in the lineup for Buffalo. He will play on the fourth line with Peters and Mair but he will certainly get power play ice time. Andrew Peters is expected in the lineup against Nashville who plays a more physical style of play. That means that everyones favorite wipping boy, Max Afinogenov will once again be a healthy scratch. A late scratch from the lineup is Craig Rivet...his absence will mean an opportunity for Nathan Paetsch to be in the lineup.
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i have a feeling
this is Max’s last year as a sabre
which really sucks
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 7:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yep
I think you’re right
D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Roy was just robbed from point blank
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
that must have hurt
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
i was
worried there rayn almost lost that one
Joan
by Joan O. on Dec 1, 2008 7:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
wow
miller is confounding…he can make the hardest save look easy but the easy ones allude him
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 7:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
didn’t take long for them to tell us that fact after Saturday
D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They gave him another one
One of Staffords goals on Friday was given to Vanek
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
not that vanek isn't playing well but you should do an average cost
for every goal scored….I know a players value is measured by more than points but it would still be interesting
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 7:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I've actually thought about it and...
at some point I’ll actually get that done
D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I know
Peters adds some muscle to this team…but honestly what else does he do…
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 7:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Not much
The problem is that Nashville is a physical chippy team…without Kaleta they probably thought it was necessary to play Peters
D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah Rivet out is not helping either
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 7:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah
It slipped my mind that he was out
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
he has been on the ice but nearly invisible
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
man Peters couldn't keep a puck on his stick
even if they were covered in velcro
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 7:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
hahaha
I couldn’t have said it better myself
D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Miller
didn’t see it
D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Power Play
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
not bad
kind of what you would expect against a team we don’t see that often
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
damn what happend
I had to take my puppy out for a duece
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 7:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
LOL...
end of Period…Buffalo on the power play to start the second
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 7:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
another PP
D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
what happened?
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
yeah
not much to speak about this period yet
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
chances coming now
D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
hahaha quote of the night
“the fastest guys skating on the ice are the ones going to the bench for a line change”
gotta love harry
hahahaha
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 8:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I was thinking the same thing
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
whistles went away
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
now why did goose get the interference but that didn't get called behind the pred goal
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 8:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
My thoughts exactly
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Really picked up now
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
ya gotta think the first mistake is gonna loose this game
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 8:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
That's for sure
what was up with Ray-Roby-Harry?
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nashville
has been better this period so far
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 8:56 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Friggin MacArthur
What is he doing clearing the puck up the middle…they haven’t done that all night and than yet again a giveaway ends up in the back of our net.
D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
ya know its games like this
that make me miss Peca and Varada…man those guys could forecheck and get the puck out of the corners
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 9:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Holy Lucky
great save but why was he on his stomach to begin with?
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
upon further review
pretty good save!
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
J.P.
would be nice to have that guy…soft play at the line Vanek to try to clear it
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
miller should still be atleast the 3rd star of this game
unless there is a major meltdown
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 9:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
No Call?
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Another terrible third period
this is the second game in a row that they have been terrible in the third period.
D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
ahaha what
what was that visectamy quote???
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 9:09 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I have come to realize
that buffalo teams are like the hot girls in school right before the prom…they will tease you and string you along for a bit…but ultimately they will break your heart
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 9:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
don't blame the ice...both teams have to play on it
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 9:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
yeah
just a bad game…not bad ice
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think he said
“Without question that is a non-approved natural approach to having a vasectomy”
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Turned it up a bit
The Sabres are getting pressure now…it is probably too little too late
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
alright
good night all…in the words of charlie brown “Good grief”
by Lion Alum on Dec 1, 2008 9:21 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Good night
we’ll try again Thursday
D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Dec 1, 2008 9:22 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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