Because of the All Star game followed by the long stretch of the opposition’s broadcast team, I feel like I haven’t seen the Sabres in a MONTH. Rick Jeanneret is back! WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! And they are wearing their new jerseys!
I mean, I know that we have technically been watching the Sabres, but it wasn’t the same.
After the 1st (2-0, Sabres)
Well, the first period did nothing to take the edge off my giddiness. That period had it all. Staffy being foxy. Rivet punching everyone. Organized power plays. Mike Robitaille! Rob Ray! TEPPO NUMMINEN!
I’m love love loving this game so far. (But Hockey Gods, I FULLY recognize that it could turn bad at ANY moment. Please do not mistake my enjoyment for obnoxious “we’ve got this in the bag” presumtion.)
After the 2nd (3-0, Sabres)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
I LOVE the Sabres tonight and I am STUNNED by the Leafs. The Leafs are really bad at hockey.
How old is Chris Bulter? He talks like a grizzled vet. I love him.
After the 3rd (5-0, Sabres)
That was a SUPER fun game, beginning to end. Toronto SUCKS ASS.
The Sabres are never going to lose again!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Kate, I just said, “I missed Rob Ray so much!”
I didn’t even REALIZE how much I missed them, but I feel like it’s Christmas morning.
Staffy is DEVOURING brains these days.
Devouring? He’s got Brittle Timmy and T-Van serving him up brain smorgasborgs!
Phil, Ha! It’s like Old Country Brains Buffet out there.
It beaut-i-mous!
It is! This is a gawgeous game that we’re watching tonight!
I didn’t even REALIZE how much I missed them, but I feel like it’s Christmas morning.
I’m hugely jealous of you all. I did not miss Pierre.
Oh NO! Poor Meg! It was giving me the creeps just knowing that Pierre was there tonight!
THAT GAME KICKED ASS!
Shut outs are delish…
The Sabres are never going to lose again!
Goddamnit Kate! You’re going to anger the Hockey Gods! You just jinxed the next game, WHICH I’M GOING TO!!!
(does a Sabres dance, holds hands together, and prays to the almighty gods “Our father, who art in HSBC, Miller be thy name…”)
Why were you getting opposition broadcasts? Was Jeanneret sick?
(In Minnesota, we would LOVE to have only the other team’s broadcasters. Every moment spent listening to our TV team has been clinically proven to kill brain cells and heighten homicidal impulses.)
Sam: Rick and Harry are contractually obliged to get a few games off, and those four west-coast games were it. During that time, we didn’t hear from them, or Kevin, or Maria, or even ROB. We got all of the west-coast feeds.
The only feed I loved other than our own was the Phoenix feed. Why? Because they spent hardly any time talking about their own team and just kept talking about how good we are and how much of a better team we are than the Coyotes. It was amazing. :)
Glad you all got Rick last night, my wife was quite mad that we had to watch the game on TSN via the NHL network. She really liked the outcome though!