Posts Tagged ‘Ennis’

Take Your Negativity And Shove It

Friday, October 21st, 2011 11:10 am

I’m fighting back against that reflex, that everything is going to go wrong and while it is difficult, something that has been beaten into me for two decades, I’m going to appreciate what my eyes are seeing on a nightly basis. I’m also not going to repeat my mistakes from the 2006-2007 season where after winning ten in a row, I was irritated after we lost our eleventh game. It was silly, I couldn’t win and really, isn’t the whole point of being a fan to enjoy it? Really, I’m so used to focusing on the problems, the weaknesses of a team that it’s difficult for me to write about a great team without sounding like a 12 year old girl gushing about Justin Beiber. But here are some thoughts about the Sabres 5-1 start to the season:

SabreCast 3.23 – Do We Have What It Takes?

Sunday, March 20th, 2011 9:19 pm

The Sabres had another okay week, going 1-1-1 against Carolina, Atlanta, and Nashville. In this episode we talk about those games, read some listener feedback, and discuss whether the Sabres have what it takes to secure their position in the standings.

SabreCast 3.22 – The Pegula Factor

Sunday, March 13th, 2011 9:29 pm

The Sabres had a decent week, claiming the 7th place spot in the Eastern Conference while going 2-2 against Pittsburgh, Boston, Philly, and Ottawa.

SabreCast 3.16 – Climbing the Ladder

Sunday, January 30th, 2011 6:21 pm

It appears that the Sabres may have turned the corner, but have they done it in time to make the playoffs? In this episode, we discuss the team's recent success and what they need to do in order surge to the top eight.

SabreCast 3.15 – Just Getting By

Sunday, January 16th, 2011 5:41 pm

This week, the Sabres went 1-2 against Philadelphia, Carolina, and the New York Islanders. It wasn't a great week and frustration with the team is starting to build. This week's episode is a bit all over the place with no planned main topic.

SabreCast 3.14 – Second Half Preview

Sunday, January 9th, 2011 5:57 pm

We're officially halfway through the season, so this week we take the opportunity to look ahead and talk about what it will take for the Sabres to make the playoffs.

SabreCast 3.10 – New Ownership

Sunday, December 5th, 2010 8:06 pm

The Sabres went 2-0 this week, posting shutouts in games against Columbus and Ottawa. We also got some very interesting news this week indicating the Sabres might be sold, which is the topic for our main discussion.

Climbing Our Way Out of Hell

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010 5:43 pm

It's been a trying first quarter of the season to be a Sabres fan. I purchased NHL Gamecenter at the beginning of the season so I could catch every game from my current location in Northern New England and felt like I had been taken by the NHL like Peter was by that volcano insurance salesman in an episode of "Family Guy." I was left to brainstorm of bandwagons that I could join on to make the purchase somewhat less fiscally irresponsible (I've ALWAYS loved the Flames, I swear!) before grudgingly acknowledging that Bettman had won yet another round. The team had played over a month without winning a game at home, had put up a 3-9-2 record, found itself in dead last in the league and the talk had grown louder than a whisper that Lindy's time in Buffalo was up (more on that later). The problem wasn't just that they were losing- every team hits rough patches, although the beginning of the year certainly focuses more attention upon that- it was how they were losing. That always seems to be the complaint about this collection, especially in a market as hockey educated as this one. While Tim Connolly's dogging it could go undiscovered for months or years in a place like Atlanta, Tampa or Sunshine (the alligator infested swamp the Panthers stuck their arena), it was only a few weeks before someone hung up the most fitting banner seen at HSBC in years. Their performance was an affront to all those that paid money to see them play, to those who tune in every game and whose days are better or worse based on their performance. We were all beginning to settle in for the longest winter imaginable, one in which the Sabres were irrelevant.

SabreCast 3.07 – Getting Better, Sort Of

Sunday, November 14th, 2010 8:33 pm

In this episode we break down what the Sabres are doing well and what they still need to do better.

SabreCast 3.04 – Who is This Team?

Sunday, October 24th, 2010 6:08 pm

The Sabres pulled off a much better week going 2-1 against Atlanta, Ottawa, and New Jersey. Unfortunately, the Sabres still did not win on the road and only managed to beat two of the worst teams in the Eastern Conference. In this episode, we try to figure out if the Sabres are really getting better or if they just beat some bad team.

SabreCast 3.02 – Initial Impressions (Updated Link)

Monday, October 11th, 2010 8:01 pm

SabreCast 3.02 - Initial Impressions (with updated link)

A New Hope

Monday, October 4th, 2010 1:01 pm

No, the Sabres have a chance to be very good this season, and they will be very good. Nathan Gerbe will be wonderful to watch, as will Ennis. Thomas Vanek is still on the roster and will surely recover from a disappointing 09-10 season. Tyler Myers will avoid a sophomore slump and will become an anchor on our power play, a position he has already adjusted to deftly in the preseason. Mike Grier will bring it every night, so get your 2010-2011 edition of the "Doin' Work Son!" shirt, and maybe get one for Niedermayer, who will be sure to be doing work all year barring injury. Ryan Miller will make show-stopping, game saving stops. There will be overtime winners, 3 goal comebacks, shootout victories. There will be a four game winning streak, just as there will certainly be a four game losing streak. They'll have a win in the 8-1 range, they'll put out a performance like the 5-0 loss to the Islanders last year. But I feel they will be very good, and should be favored, perhaps expected to win the division again, given the talent on the roster- barring the unthinkable injury scenario that I won't even mention here but is certainly in the back of every Sabres fan's mind. It'll be a long season with many storylines ahead that cannot be predicted now. There will be great Mondays after the Sabres win both games of their weekend, there's probably going to be some bad ones where they drop both (made especially terrible with a Bills embarrassment on Sundays). For now, in early October as the long season starts, we should just soak in the enjoyment of hockey being back in our lives, and that chance of something special taking place every night we watch, whether that something "special" is Gerbe scoring between his legs or Lalime letting a puck past him at five miles per hour.

SabreCast 3.01 – Preseason Synopsis

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010 8:45 pm

The Sabres are just wrapping up their preseason games and have shaved down their roster to a slim 26 players. They need to be down to 23 before the start of the regular season. In this episode of SabreCast (which we are calling the first episode of season three or 3.01), we breakdown the final [...]

SabreCast 2.31 – Off Season Check-in

Monday, July 5th, 2010 8:02 pm

We talk NHL Awards, Draft, Free Agency, and what it all means for next season.

SabreCast 2.29 – Put On Your Rally Cap!

Sunday, April 25th, 2010 3:44 pm

The Sabres are currently trailing 3-2 against Boston. Unfortunately, the Sabres lost both games in Boston, but won an uplifting home game on Friday. In this playoff edition of SabreCast, we cover all three games in detail. In this episode of SabreCast, we cover… This week’s games (Games 3-5 against Boston) Listener feedback Upcoming game(s) [...]

SabreCast 2.28 – All Tied Up

Sunday, April 18th, 2010 6:04 pm

Playoff hockey is officially underway and the Sabres are matched up against the Boston Bruins. The Sabres won the first game 2-1, but fell 5-3 in game 2. In this playoff edition of SabreCast, we cover those two games in detail.

Playoff Beards and Playoff Chances

Thursday, April 8th, 2010 5:11 pm

My all-time favorite beard may be Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard, who posed for Playboy a couple years back, but in a very close second would have to be the Playoff Beard. Not shaving while your team is in the playoffs connects one to the team itself. Like wearing a jersey or having a flag on your car, but much more bad-ass. I have only been able to do the Playoff Beard once, the shaky playoff run in 2007 after winning the President's Trophy. Over a month of not shaving becomes noticeable for people like me, and after being compounded with a couple things (the Flyers finishing dead last, the Penguins being eliminated), I felt like the coolest cat on the Penn State campus. For those of us who have wives, girlfriends, or simply a job in which one interacts with people or wears a suit, growing copious amounts of facial hair is indeed a sacrifice, one made to show our determination for Buffalo to win a Stanley Cup.

SabreCast 2.26 – Can’t Wait ‘Til the Playoffs

Sunday, April 4th, 2010 8:20 pm

After another week of games, the Sabres are still looking to clinch the Division and still have a shot of moving into 2nd place in the Conference. The Sabres still have four games left in the regular season, but Matt and I can't help but look ahead. In our main discussion, we break down the playoff picture in terms of leadership, injuries, and rookies.

SabreCast 2.25 – The Sabres Are in the Playoffs

Sunday, March 28th, 2010 3:55 pm

The Sabres have clinched a playoff spot with their win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday. After a two season drought, the Sabres will again have a shot at the Stanley Cup and Matt and I couldn't be more excited!

SabreCast 2.19 – Grading the Sabres

Sunday, January 31st, 2010 4:20 pm

In this episode of SabreCast, we cover… This week’s games (Vacouver, New Jersey, and Boston) Listener feedback Hockey news (Toronto’s trades! Oh my!) Main discussion: Grading the Sabres Standings and schedule Don’t forget that we love to hear your feedback so please leave a comment, rate out show on iTunes, or leave us a voicemail [...]