Sabres-Bruins Game 1

by tripl21 on Apr 16, 2010 2:38 AM EDT

Three seasons and we are finally back in the promised land...the POSTseason, the playoffs (playoffs?), the quest for Lord Stanley. Call it what you want, our beloved Sabres are back where we know they belong. We have the world's best goalie and NHLs longest tenured head coach at the helm. Lets make this a run we wont forget.

I will be naming an unsung hero of the game. To do so I have created my own award known as the SHGMIT (Should Have Gotten More Ice Time) award. This will be an award given to the Sabre who excels with less ice time then the avg. Sabre.

The game 1 SHGMIT goes to... Mike Grier. Grier roughly played 15 and a half minutes of ice time (while the avg. ice time for a Sabre was around 16 minutes)and registered 2 SOG, but a number that sticks out is the 7 hits he registered. He was a wrecking ball out there, and his physical presence was quite noticeable. I remember in the off-season when two of my friends sarcastically said, "Great we got Mike Grier back." Well you know what, Darcy's acquisition looks damn good right about now. Grier also made a hell of a play in the last minute to force Chara to hook him and seal the victory. Lets keep getting after these Bruins.

Patrick Kaleta gets the honorable mention for the SHGMIT tonight by wreaking havoc on the ice and getting under the skin of an extremely large goon (think starts with a C ends with an A). His ice time was even more limited due to his 10 minute misconduct. By the way, Grier had more shots tonight than some guy named Alex Ovechkin, maybe you've heard of him. GO SABRES!

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Grier

I agree totally. Mike has been the teams unsung hero all year long. With a bit of offense and great positional play he has waxed the naysayers and adds to Darcy’s track reord of getting guys under the radar that make a difference to the team. Grier is a classy guy who always works hard and to me should be team captain.

by Number11 on Apr 16, 2010 8:12 PM EDT reply actions

Great Idea

This is fantastic tripl21. I wholeheartedly agree with your pick as well. Grier was a beast on Thursday night and now we all know why Darcy and Lindy thought he would be a good fit for this team.

D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Apr 16, 2010 10:06 PM EDT reply actions

Torres gets my vote

Just for the headlock on Chara! Nice to see some nasty from someone other that Gaustad or Mair.

Rookies are like teabags...you don't know what you're gonna get until you put them in hot water. -Harry Neale

by weswed51 on Apr 16, 2010 10:36 PM EDT reply actions

Torres definitely caught my eye Thursday as well. He was very physical out there, constantly mucking in the corners, and running Bruins’ defensemen behind the net. I was surprsied he only played about 8 minutes because it seemed like he was involved in every scrap. I was really excited about this acquisition not only because he was our leading scorer at the time but this guy really leaves it all on the ice, and he is the exact kind of guy you wanted suited up in your lineup for every playoff battle.

"Just when I thought you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!" -Harry (Jeff Daniels)

by tripl21 on Apr 17, 2010 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions