Sabres @ Minny

by Steve

Whoa its Sabres season too! The Sabres are 5-0-1, meaning one overtime loss.. I guess and shockingly have the same record as the Bills. Has that ever happened before? The season, at this point, pretty much won't start for a lot of people until after the bills season ends but I'll try to update the comings and goings at 1 Seymore Knox Plaza from time to time.

The Sabres are in the midst of a campaign-esque trip through a couple swing states in the mid west tonight going @ Minnesota and Saturday @ Colorado. Both interesting games, mostly because the Wild are 4-0 and Colorado is seemingly always good.

Problem is no Rivet for 2-4 weeks with a knee scope and Gaustad Hecht and Connolly are still out. Some how the team continues to scrap win games and add to their point total. They have yet to lose in regulation and a big part of the early success has to be attributed to the goaltending, especially Lalime. T-bo sucked last year, and this dude is giving Miller a much needed breather between back to back games and tough road trips.

Also they are doing this without a goal from Afinogenov, Roy or Paille. I don't know maybe the defense and goaltending are that much better or it is the play of their only potential superstar, gulp, Thomas Vanek.

This dude is scorching the Earth right now. Seven goals in 6 games and he had the SO game winner against Boston. I'd be shocked to say this before the season or last year but I think he'll continue to pound the back of the net and carry this team on his back for stretches. Maybe I'm blowing my load a bit prematurely but he has looked great thus far. Perhaps finally he will earn that huge contract he got before last season.

Any way, Paetsch will be stepping in for Rivet, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Weber around before too long.

Sweet RJ video: