1. Hockey, as in REAL HOCKEY, played for points, is about to return, you guys. Towards the end of the preseason, I found myself losing interest. I can’t bear this fake hockey anymore. I want to be able to throw myself with abandon at the new season. I’m totally sick of the whole, “Well, they’re not really playing an NHL roster,” preseason conversation. I’m sick of other team’s minor leaguers, and I’m sick of talking about our minor leaguers. If Tyler Myers, and Nathan Gerbe, and Tim Kennedy really want me to care about them, well, it’s time for them to make the team and become honest-to-Lindy-Ruff, big boy Sabres. I’m in the mood to freak out (both good and bad) about REAL, grown-up hockey! WOOOOOOO!
2. I don’t even know how to begin dealing with the name of Patrick Kaleta’s charity foundation. “Helping Individuals To Smile,” has totally beaten me. He’s a good kid, that one.
3. You know who I’m a little worried about? Steve Montador. I thought he looked like a big pile of poo in the game against Toronto at HSBC. Everyone is all “Fire Hank Tallinder!” (fine by me), and “Fire Toni Lydman!” (not-so fine by me), but what about Steve Montador? Why does he get a free pass to constantly fail to keep the puck in the zone?
4. I will be very disappointed if Lindy and the Gang don’t keep Tyler Myers up for his nine NHL games. I don’t care if it is Weber’s turn. Hell, even if they think Weber is the better option right now, I still say let Myers play out the nine games. Remember how Chris Butler kind of snuck into the line-up and then stole our hearts? Even if they’re pretty sure Myers isn’t NHL ready right now, it will be good for him to get a real taste, and I think it’s worth it to see what he’d do. By my calculations, the Sabres don’t have to make the final decision about him until October 29th, and I hope they use every minute of that time to size him up. I’m totally rooting for him. Until October 29th, I’ll be marching around my living room, holding a picket sign and chanting, “MYERS! MYERS! MYERS!” (Unless he starts to consistently suck and then I’ll change my chant to “MYERS! MYERS! MYERS!….should go back to juniors for another year…”)
5. They said it couldn’t be done, BUT THEY WERE WRONG!
THIS IS NOT A DRILL. THIS IS A PEAR SHAPED LIKE A BABY.
I want a baby-shaped pear so badly.
Can we get some video of your living room protest? That would be priceless… ;-)
I want a pear-shaped baby!
I’m pretty sure that’s supposed to be a Buddha shaped pear.
Ok, so maybe next time I should check out the links first, but I still say it looks more like a Buddha. Note the crossed legs and folded hands and general Eastern meditation pose.
Because you mentioned Steve Montador and I am too lazy to think of anything new, I now rerun my earlier post from when you first blogged about Montador joining the team.
Mike in Idaho July 1, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Bad news, Sabres fans, but Montador kind of sucks. I ended up watching a lot of Bruin games in the second half of the season and playoffs and I think he was the Bruins’ worst defenseman. I’m afraid Montador for Spacek is not going to make the Sabres better.
Mike, you totally get to say “I told you so.” Totally.
Sharpie, I know my babies from my Buddhas! (But I agree, that pear looks like a little buddha.)
I want two baby shaped pears. I deserve it!
Molly, you get as many baby-shaped pears as you want. You’ve totally earned them.
I want a pear baby too!