Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The Final Stretch

Well we are comming down toward the end of the NHL season and here are the standings for each conference:

Eastern Conference:
1. Boston Bruins 2. Washington Capitals 3. New Jeresy Devils 4. Philadelphia Flyers 5. Montreal Canadiens 6. New York Rangers 7. Buffalo Sabres 8. Florida Panthers 9. Carolina Hurricanes 10. Pittsburgh Penguins.

Western Conference:
1. San Jose Sharks 2. Detroit Red Wings 3. Calgary Flames 4. Chiago Blackhawks 5. Dallas Stars 6. Anaheim Ducks 7. Vancouver Canucks 8. Minnesota Wild 9. Columbus Blue Jackets 10. Edmonton Oilers 11. Los Angles Kings

I think that the East will finish the way it is but eighth place will go back and forth with Florida, Carolina and Pittsburgh but with the Panthers just making it. Out in the west I think it will come down to the last couple of games untill we find out who will make it in. All it is in the West is just a few points seperating the 5-8 spots.

Note: top eight teams in each conference make the playoffs.

Monday, January 26, 2009

The Weekend

Well it was another busy weekend in sports expecally since there was no football!!! OMG!!! In college basketball the Orange lost another one this time to the Louisville Cardnals. In hockey it was the NHL all-star weekend in montreal. The final ended up being 12-11 east in a shootout. The first shootout since the 2003 all-star game. Former Yankee skipper Joe Torre ripps A-Rod and G.M. Brian Cashman in his new book. I think he has some guts for doing that despite being with the team for a decade.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Title Games

Well this is it. Confrence Championship weekend is comming up and there is two great matchups with the Ravens and Steelers in the AFC and the Cardinals and Eagles in the NFC. My prediction is that the Steelers will come back in the second half of their game and win it 35-24 even though the Ravens have one of the better denfenses in the league. In the other game I see the Eagles taking a early lead and keeping it to beat the Cardinals 24-10. Just yesterday Colts head coach Tony Dungy retired after his seventh season with the team. I think it is a sad thing for a coach like himself leaves the game after being in the league for such a long time as he was but the future looks bright for him. Heck he may even join Obama and help him fix things out. Well good luck Tony and have a happy retirement.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Recap

Its been a while since i have done one of these so first off happy new year. Things are really starting to heat up now in the NFL after this weekend with the Cardnals, Eagles, Ravens and Chargers comming up on top. This weekend will be intresting with old foes the Eagles taking on the Giants in New York and the winner of that facing the winner of the Arizona-Carolina game.

Well there were big upsets in men's college basketball with UNC and UCONN both losing games to Boston College and Georgetown. While Syracuse has had big wins over Seton Hall and USF. And out of both games Andy Rautins had seven three pointers which where huge for the orange.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

so

I was at practice, swimming and I was thinking to myself. "When the Sabres season ends what am I going to talk about?" So as a result I decided not only to voice my opinion about the Sabres but as well as the New York Yankees and the Syracuse Orange.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Cheerleading

Well i decided to make this one more of a poll type of post.

Here is the question:

Do you think Cheerleading is a sport?

Personally I don't think so because they are just 0ut there cheering on the people who are out there doing something. All the do is just stand there and watch just like the people in the stands but it looks like that they are not even into the event. It seems like they would rather be somewhere else besides at that event.

Friday, December 5, 2008

end of the week review

Well this past week for Sabres hockey wasn't as good as i hoped for.

12/1- Nashville vs. Buffalo

Buffalo was playing well in both the first and second periods killing off penalties and out shooting Nashville in the second period. Both goalies, Ryan Miller and Pekka Rinne played solid, facing 35 shots and not allowing a goal on those 35 shots in the first 40 minutes of the game. The third period started out fine but play by the defensemen started to become sloppy and that is what led to a goal by Nashville which was scored by Jason Arnott. A couple of more minutes went by and then former-Sabre J.P. Dumont scored on another sloppy play by the defense and by Miller. And in the end it was Nashville winning and shuting out the Sabres 2-0.

12/4- Buffalo vs. Florida

The first period was fine for both teams both playing well on both offense and on defense. The second came along and the Panthers just start going mad with a couple of break aways with one resulting in a goal by Keith Ballard. The defense just looked horrible with these breakways, it looked like they weren't evening trying at all. The lone goal for Buffalo was scored by Ales Kotalik and the Panthers ended up winning 2-1.

Well a couple of things need to get changed. One is the play of the defensemen, what the heck are they doing out there? It looks like there not even trying. Another thing is the power play need to start producing out there. If the Sabres keep playing like this I don't think it will be much longer until not only Lindy gets fired but also Darcy as well.
Hey the good news is that they just called up Mike Weber from Portland so hopefully he puts a new feeling onto the locker room that is needed right now.