Daily Links for Wednesday, November 16

by Andy Boron on Nov 16, 2011 6:00 AM EST in Daily Links

Amidst more fallout from Miller-Lucic the Sabres will face the Devils for the first time.

Devils, Sabres set to meet for first time - NHL.com
Tonight's official preview.

Sabres' Hecht Cleared For Contact; McCormick Sits - WGR 550
The Buffalo Sabres got on the ice for their first practice home since their latest trip to Boston and Montreal.

Miller suffering whiplash, headaches; Sabres' goalie disappointed in NHL, Bruins' comments - Sabres Edge
Ryan Miller, lip quivering while he talked for nearly 10 minutes today, said hes suffering from headaches and whiplash following the hit from Bostons Milan Lucic on Saturday.

MILLER TALKS - Buffalo Sabres - News
Ryan Miller spoke to reporters today at First Niagara Center for the first time since the NHL decided not to suspend Boston’s Milan Lucic.

Around the NHL:

NHL GM Meetings: Protecting goalies, Flyers’ stalling, hybrid icing - Puck Daddy
About two-thirds of the GMs leaned toward supplemental discipline for such incidents, according to NHL senior vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell. Sabres GM Darcy Regier left with the impression it would be called differently in the future.

Shanahan’s Lucic ruling rings hollow to many - SI.com
If the Brendan Shanahan era was the dawning of a new day in NHL player safety, some clouds obscured the sun on Monday when he found no reason to take further action against the Bruins’ Milan Lucic, who freight-trained Sabres goalie Ryan Miller on Saturday.

NHL's Shanahan talks concussions, goalie protection - NHL.com
Brendan Shanahan sat down for a Q&A to discuss concussions and goalie protection.

Are The Bruins Once Again The NHL’s Bullies? - The Hockey Writers
At some point in every generation the hockey world's view of the Boston Bruins shifts. They are no longer looked upon as scrappy blue-collar players, and instead take on a new persona. The Bully.

NHL's Thanksgiving Day float paints inspiring picture - NHL.com
As the NHL's float for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is going through its final bit of preparation -- a touch of paint here, some leaves there -- assorted Care Bears, Sonic the Hedgehog and Mr. Peanut casually stroll past in a workshop that is something out of a dream.

Hockey Hugs: Sweet Stamkos, leaping Kessel returns, Jovo no robo - Puck Daddy
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evidence

of a concussion is found in the words of Ryan Miller stating, I assume with a straight face, his team ‘has my back’.
Seriously,people.
WHAT on-ice evidence of that exists on film anywhere? He’s been told what to say.
I am not mocking Ryan. If he were a wimp he would have never ventured out in harms’ way and just played it as a breakaway; the safe move. Full marks to him.
IF the Sabres, with this current roster of players,cannot do something to the B’s on 11/23 to make them say that it isnt worth running our players at will…if there is no proportionate response from Darcy’s Angels against what was done to Miller…forget the season. We can beat all the CBJ and Ottawa’s we want, get 100 points,blablabla, the bully waiting at the entrance to the playground is smirking at us for a reason.
We cant handle them. Oh, about those platitudes…
When Miller went down, did we "make them pay for it " on the PP? No.
That doesnt work. Nor does ,“we were 4-1-1 against them last year, etc”. As Marv Levy once said, nothing is more irrelevant in sports than “who had the lead at halftime?”
i.e. the regular season record before the real season begins.
What a man does at the crisis point, under pressure, is when his true character is on display.That is why Darcy’s Angels ran and hid with their guaranteed contracts (Myers, Gaustad, Stafford etc.) for the rest of the game.
The new owners are watching,guys….so are the fans.
Prove you aren’t cowardly lions.

by boonies191 on Nov 16, 2011 7:41 AM EST reply actions

ya

by justin1 on Nov 16, 2011 8:40 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

2 part Calder question for the people

How many game’s do you think it might take for Enroth to get considered for the award, would he get proper consideration if he wasn’t billed as a teams #1a starter?

It’s obviously almost impossible for him to keep up his current numbers, but he really has played quite exceptionally and while it’s way too early to speculate, why not do it anyway…

by VFN FTW on Nov 16, 2011 10:37 AM EST reply actions

I’d think he’d need at least 60 games to have any realistic shot…They tend to like forwards for the Calder.
Anyway, it’d be the kiss of death. See Raycroft, Andrew; Mason, Steve. With that track record, I don’t want Enroth winning the Calder.

by Philaster on Nov 16, 2011 10:51 AM EST up reply actions

Agreed.

And with the high-profile forwards who are having good seasons (Landeskog, Nugent-Hopkins) he’d probably have to put up crazy good numbers while playing so many games.

Save Jenrry Mejia!

by Ogre39666 on Nov 16, 2011 4:55 PM EST up reply actions

The last three goaltenders to win it before Raycroft did ok (Nabokov, Belfour and Barrasso)

"I could have conquered Europe, all of it, but I had women in my life." - King Henry II of England

by Calvert on Nov 16, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions

So...

Do we think Weber is going to keep playing for the time being? Or back to the press box?

by JSCoope on Nov 16, 2011 10:56 AM EST reply actions

If it were my choice, he’d stay in the lineup. Problem is you just can’t keep Myers on the shelf for more than maybe another game, so who sits? Grags has been rough but has picked it up the last few games and his offensive upside really leaves him hard to take out of the lineup right now. Sekera has been up and down, but again, we know Ruff favors his offense. Weber gives us a quality penalty-killer and good balance in our lineup. I guess the issue is no one on the back end is really playing that great. Leopold has arguably been our best at both ends of the ice, but he isn’t exactly lighting the world on fire either.

"Starting today, the Buffalo Sabres' reason for existence will be to win a Stanley Cup" - Terry Pegula

by willgarr15 on Nov 16, 2011 11:05 AM EST up reply actions

Myers & Tropp in; Gragnani and McCormick out

Weber stays for now. McCormick with undisclosed injury suffered in Montreal.

http://sabres.nhl.com/index.html

by lassathrax on Nov 16, 2011 12:12 PM EST up reply actions

It’ll be interesting to see how the defensive rotation is managed going forward.

by Philaster on Nov 16, 2011 12:40 PM EST up reply actions

I much prefer seeing how the D handles going backwards (har har).

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by TheTick on Nov 16, 2011 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Thanks

Interesting. Glad to see Tropp again, but not obviously happy that it is because of injury. Grags out, perhaps that means some more PP time for Ehrhoff…he has been quiet and I was shocked to see Grags on the 4-on-3 PP in OT Monday instead of Ehrhoff.

"Starting today, the Buffalo Sabres' reason for existence will be to win a Stanley Cup" - Terry Pegula

by willgarr15 on Nov 16, 2011 2:50 PM EST up reply actions