tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600406388399941785.post7540692793233339807..comments2023-10-15T09:00:18.650-04:00Comments on Bleu, Blanc et Rouge: A Fanatic's Source for Hockey: Pathetic Effort Leads to Another Sabres' LossBleu, Blanc et Rougehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106339760805230270noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600406388399941785.post-37858740130982212172007-05-15T14:25:00.000-04:002007-05-15T14:25:00.000-04:00To road apples,I partly agree with you. There will...To road apples,<BR/>I partly agree with you. There will always be bad calls and missed calls.Senators power play has been excellent,sabres power play awful. My beef is with 5on3 power plays,I hate them. They give too much power to the refs. I want the big games too be decided on the ice by the players.Thats not what 5on3 power plays are about. p.s. the lydman shot in game 2 was a goal.If it hit the crossbar than the rebound angle is wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600406388399941785.post-54638156637428805442007-05-15T13:44:00.000-04:002007-05-15T13:44:00.000-04:00The refereeing has been shoddy but the difference ...The refereeing has been shoddy but the difference has been on the ice. A confident, physical and focused Ottawa team is dismantling a Sabres team that looks adrift right now. Ottawa is playing better than Carolina was at this point last season, by a lot<BR/><BR/>The most damning thing in my eyes. (and this may sound strange) is that the Sabres lack of intensity has made Chris Neil moot in this series. Who would have thunk that. He has almost had to restrain himself from doing anything that might get the sabres on the same page. <BR/><BR/>As for the refereeing it worries me more from a general fan's perspective. Poor officiating takes a way confidence in the game and that hurts more when it comes to the casual or first time fan.<BR/><BR/>Worst thing is, my cousins are coming in from Chatham and if the Sabres lose I will have to wear a Sens jersey all day AND buy the beer. THE HORROR. I may have to post a picture of my shame.Patrick S. Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196948267615403263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600406388399941785.post-5001800483382938582007-05-15T13:08:00.000-04:002007-05-15T13:08:00.000-04:00Barry, you're letting your fan-dom completely colo...Barry, you're letting your fan-dom completely colour your perception. There were bad calls...but had Ottawa lost any of those games they'd have a beef as well (<B>Brian Campbell</B> drilled someone leading to <B>Daniel Briere's</B> tying goal). If the Sabres had a merely below-average powerplay for the series - let's suppose 1 PP goal in each game and no shorties given up - this could be 3-0 Buffalo (they of course didn't deserve anything last night but it would have been the proverbial "stolen game" for <B>Ryan Miller</B>).<BR/><BR/>Hockey is weird sometimes - although last night was <A HREF="http://aquinorob.blogspot.com/2007/05/power-outage.html" REL="nofollow">dreadfully close on the scoreboard, the game wasn't nearly so</A>. History will (likely) see this as a sweep, and the Senators will definitely have deserved the series, but a bounce here, a powerplay goal there (anywhere!), and WNY's citizens aren't lining up for a plunge off the Peace Bridge.Ricighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01040033457688653140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600406388399941785.post-45743616835739549952007-05-15T10:58:00.000-04:002007-05-15T10:58:00.000-04:00The Sabres weren't even trying . Good. why should ...The Sabres weren't even trying . Good. why should they? I followed sabres all season long and turned off game at the end of second period game 2 I have not watched scince. Free go- ahead goal to senators on 5on3 powerplay on 2 nothing penalties.Versus commentator "that was just wrong...wrong" All it takes is one less than honorable ref, to make a couple of bad calls at a critical time to change the whole flow of the<BR/>game.The message to sabres---" this is the senators year not yours".I say NO MORE 5on3 power plays during playoffs,its bush league and gives controll of the game to refs instead of players. It's a sad end to a great yearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600406388399941785.post-45771014176428740612007-05-15T09:26:00.000-04:002007-05-15T09:26:00.000-04:00comeback?i doubt it.i'm still stunned.<A HREF="http://aquinorob.blogspot.com/2007/05/one-of-these-things-is-not-like-others.html" REL="nofollow">comeback?</A><BR/><BR/>i doubt it.<BR/><BR/>i'm still stunned.Ricighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01040033457688653140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600406388399941785.post-70273020366093798462007-05-15T08:24:00.000-04:002007-05-15T08:24:00.000-04:00If you want some sort of consolation, it will get ...If you want some sort of consolation, it will get better. This is the position Ottawa was in during '03-'04 and we were at the brink of the Cup Finals with the New Jersey Brodeurs knocking us out with 2 minutes left in the 3rd period of game seven.<BR/>But look at us just a couple of seasons later. We learned from the experience. It is obvious that after last year's exit to your team that we've learned that more effort is required. Every game is an elimination game.<BR/>It will be hard to accept in the off season, but next year you will be better. You will make the playoffs, and you will get back to the dance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600406388399941785.post-84257142345310355092007-05-15T07:43:00.000-04:002007-05-15T07:43:00.000-04:00sigh.15 shots on Emery.Gee, that is pathetic dude....sigh.<BR/><BR/>15 shots on Emery.<BR/><BR/>Gee, that is pathetic dude.<BR/>Even my Habs could've done better :)Bleu, Blanc et Rougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03106339760805230270noreply@blogger.com