Presenting your new team!

I'm taking a break from non-stop laundry and packing (I procrastinate in almost all aspects of my life) to watch the game and to also post about this.

Chompgate is over and done with, but was not lacking in the national attention department. ESPN thought it was good enough to cover, and I guess Perez Hilton did too... albeit late but still.

The most important thing about this is not coverage, or the picture...


... but instead the fact us as the fans have been left in the dark about the team name change. Buffalos. We're going new wave by ignoring grammar rules too. Buffalo Buffalos. I like it, but next time, TPTB @ HSBC, can you let us know? It'd be muchly appreciated.

And back to the game against the Rangers. Go Sabres Buffalos!

What to do...

Let's see, how can I talk about "the bite"? Twilight reference? Already used for something else, and Amy's got it covered. Hmm. What about players acting like girls in elementary school getting in a "fight"? Dani already did that. And the puns have all been used.
Wait, I got it! Where's Jeff Finger when you need him? ... okay not as good as I thought.
Dang! It looks like I'm gonna have to have a Semin drumming-style encounter with someone to create a fun line for blogging. Or maybe not be so lazy after games. Ehh, who knows.

What I do know is that embellishment or no embellishment, biting is absolutely ridiculous. Yeah Ruutu, you may not like the friendly, everyday facewash, but biting? Really? I just can't believe that it's happened in the league, and it's obviously happened again. Peters probably should have had his hand there, but there's no reason to chomp down like it was some kind of awesome treat or something. We'll have to see what happens, if anything... the fun of the NHL!
EDIT: It seems like there's gonna be a hearing held by the league for good ol' Sharkko.

Though, I have to say, the rest of the Sens look concerned about poor Petey. Now they won't get their texts back as fast, oh no!


Oh right. The game. I expected the Sabres to curl up and not play. Game at home, against the Sens who are in epic fail mode... etc. Despite the 32 seconds of ~Spezza~, and being outworked in the 2nd period, they held on and didn't let the Sens win the game. Miller made some great saves in the 3rd to make sure the game was staying the way it was.
And I'm declaring my love for the Ellis/Gaustad/Pominville line. Random but it's awesome. Much love to you on the first goal and your effort.
I also am glad Rivet is back. Not that it's a good thing that no one else does it, but when he's in the lineup, he makes sure that no one goes near Miller. Otherwise, they're gonna pay. The amount depends on the infraction, but I digress... when he's in the line up and we're at home? Crazy.
Let's just hope that all of the good play can continue on to Friday against the Rangers... it'll be an interesting game for sure.

So despite being a Buffalonian all my life, I have never been to Chef's. It's sad, I know... I'm not a huge Italian food person and my mom cooks almost every night, so when we go out to eat, it's usually Tully's or something of the sort. Anyway, I'm finally going there today and I'm pretty excited. I can kind of chew now after getting my teeth out, so I'm sure this is going to be fun, ha.

And, I have to go back to school early Saturday for the wonderful SAB e-board winter retreat. Everyone else comes back on Monday or Tuesday. Awesome. Seeing my mom, sister and I are going dress shopping early Saturday in the ROC, we're leaving early. Most likely, this is a so-long 'til next week... you know my posting habits now so it's all good :)

Deja vu, I think.

Who knew holiday breaks were so busy? Not me evidently, as I didn't realize that different family parties every day from the 24-28 needed so much attention via cleaning, preparing and the like. I'm exhausted.

But not enough to ignore the continuing Sabres saga. Watching the Caps game was just unbelievable. Most of it has been talked about, but it was so frustrating to watch. Goose was totally right when it all relies on the players, and they had to change it themselves.

Then tonight, things were shaken up. Despite a small lull, there was actual control of the game. The guys played smarter, the players that are supposed to be our scorers scored, Ryan Miller was solid in goal, etc. What worked tonight? The traded stalls? Demotion to the 4th line? Teammates getting on each other's cases? We won't know for sure, but it was good tonight. The only thing I'm worried about, and it definitely on the mind of other people, is that it was just one effort.

It's happened before, they look great one game, mediocre the next, and then a not good one after. New starts, 2009, all that can be used as a fresh start, but I just hope that it all can continue in a positive streak. I'm never going to stop watching this team, but it's not always fun. Otherwise, I'll associate the Sabres with the Cullen family.

You know them to be pretty and mostly good, but one papercut when you're opening presents and it's just plain UGLY.
(yes, Twilight. The movie was terrible, the book wasn't really that great either, but somehow I got sucked in. goshdarn it.)

I'm getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow (I'm absolutely terrified, not as much of the procedure but the recovery...) so I'll be laid back with the blogging thing. Not like I post more than once a week but whatevs. I guess I'll enjoy watching the Boston game on painkillers, hahaha.