Pegula on Schopp and Bulldog 3pm Monday

Keep Ruffin it Lindy!

Since June 21, 1997, we have had the blessing of a coach who represents Buffalo perfectly. Tough, hard working, and committed. Just thought it was noteworthy that with Jerry Sloan's resignation from the Utah Jazz today, Lindy is now the longest tenured coach in all of North American Professional Sports. Congrats Lindy and thanks for the great work!

Did you know? "The Sabres are 10-3-2 against backup goalies and 3-11-2 in games in which they faced the starter. Two of those wins came in shootouts."

Craig Rivet Question -
I hope this is the right place to put this. Has anyone heard anything about Craig Rivet's surgery? Has he had it? If so, how's his recovery. I saw it mentioned right after the season and nothing more. The Sabres Team Report from Yahoo! continues to say that he is planning to have it. Thanks.

Joe DiPenta scored a shorthanded goal with less than two minutes remaining in regulation to lift the Portland Pirates to a 3-2 win over the Albany River Rats in an American Hockey League game played tonight in front of 3,495 at the Times Union Center.

The victory marked the Pirates 10th consecutive win, equaling the franchise record established in 1996-97.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the fourth-fastest start by a team since 1979-80, and the fastest since Detroit scored three times in the first 1:48 of a 12-0 rout of Chicago in December 1987.

An item in today's in the Daily Herald, a suburban Chicago newspaper:

"Center of attention: Defenseman Brian Campbell enjoys the fact he still gets booed by Sharks fans every time he touches the puck in games at HP Pavilion for leaving as a free agent. "Wait until Buffalo," Campbell said.

That game Dec. 11 will be Campbell's first back in Buffalo since he was traded by the Sabres to the Sharks when they knew he wasn't going to re-sign with them as a free agent."

What do you think? Will he be booed in Buffalo?

"Max looks like he got a second life," Kovalchuk said. "In Buffalo, he took a beating by the coach. He’s one of the hardest workers. Every day, he’s smiling."

Not much else to say about it, found it kind of interesting that Kovy would say that. I dont know if I see that as a quick shot at Ruff or Sabres or not? I doubt it because Kovy's always been a "good guy" but still found this quote interesting...

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said every team in the league will play all the others at least once next season. The announcement came Saturday before Game 1 of the finals between Pittsburgh and Detroit, two teams that did not meet this regular season.

Despite the Versus extension there remains the possibility of a shared cable agreement with the NHL, but any ESPN deal likely would come with a rights fee and more compensation for Versus.

ESPN Senior Vice President of Communications Chris LaPlaca said via e-mail that he did not think ESPN was "engaged in negotiations at this point, in light of NBC extension and current Versus deal. We would be very happy to talk with the league in the future should the opportunity arise. In the meantime, we do have a digital rights agreement with the league and our recent hiring of Don Cherry to join Barry Melrose on SportsCenter gives you an idea of our commitment to the sport on that platform."