some thoughts on the devils game

• derek roy--congrats on having your name up-top in the league for scoring, does that mean you can float in ot and let one of the league's premier snipers skate into the slot uninhibited?...dude...that was lame at best, but really abhorrent for a "leader" on this team
• andrej sekera--ummm...the puck in your own face-off circle is very important...especially in overtime
• ryan miller--single-handedly got the team a point...please, leave the ambassador role for the off-season...this sabres team is gonna really need you......again
• attendence--a sell-out?...really? (shakes head)
• cody mccormick--nice work dropping them with a big dog, way to show some passion
• pat kaleta--easy there, you're smarter than that
• drew stafford--how many times have we seen staff play like puke, have a kick-ass game after a talking to from lindy ruff, only to see his game deteriorate back down to puke a few games later?
• thomas vanek--was knocked on his ass numerous times while battling for the puck, but just kept fighting,..."got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight" (bruce cockburn)

3rd period/ot faceoffs

• over the first two periods, the buffalo sabres went 19-11 in faceoffs
• from the third period on the sabres went 2-12 on the dot...
• the sabres did not win a faceoff from the 6:10 minute mark on
• tim connolly lost all five of his faceoffs, including both in ot
• derek roy lost six of seven
• rob niedermayer lost his only faceoff
• paul gaustad won his only faceoff

if this team, as a whole, played with emotion, i'd like them more...they'd probably win more...and am pretty sure that the fan-base would develop an emotional attachment with the team...right now the buffalo sabres look lame