Hey its the return of Martin Biron and Daniel Briere to Buffalo. Thats nice, its mostly a good marketing tool for the Sabres to jack up the price of tickets to this contest. Ooo Danny is back, we didn't pay him, so let the fans pay us, to see him again. Yay! MONEY! Though as a business person this is brilliant. Keep salaries low but charge higher prices. But still its an important two game set. Since both are tied in the standings and a sweep by one could put some cushion for later. And yes I and doing this preview for both games, since I'm lazy and I don't know if I'll have the time. So there.
So whats been going on with the Flyers?
Well as the weather got colder, so did the Flyers. Either teams were like this team still sucks and got shocked or started to play them better. Or the fact Simon Gagne is out of the lineup. But the Flyers are 2-6 in the month of December, compared to the Sabres 6-3 in December. And Philly has lost 4 straight, while the Sabres have won 4 straight. But the Flyers are much improved from the year before, due to the signing of Briere and the trades they made last year, including all the prospects from the Forsberg deal. But the Sabres and Flyers have similar standing. Both Scoring around 100 goals on the year and giving up around 90. The only difference, Philly started off hot and has gotten cold. While the Sabres started cold and have gotten hot.
Who does what on the Flyers
Well Danny Briere is not the leading scorer on the team. Mike Richards is, and maybe thats why they just signed him to a 12 year deal (why?) Mike Richards has 39 points on the year with 16 goals. Danny is second with 35 points and 15 goals. 12 of their 31 goals are on on the power play, so don't take penalties against the flyers. 8 of Knubles 10 goals are on the power play. Joffrey Lupul is also having a decent year. He has 27 points on the season. While old pal RJ Umberger is 4th on the Flyers with 22 points, so he is living up to his potential. Their defense seems to be playing better with no one a serious minus, besides Rory Fitzpatrick and Danny Briere. Obviously getting better goaltending from Marty Biron has helped out the Flyers. He has a .921 sv% and a 2.69 GAA. Hes faced more shots then Ryan Miller in 3 less games. So the Flyers give up a ton of shots.
Outlook
Well I think the Sabres will come out strong against the Flyers, wanting to show they don't need Danny, and this is a different team. Ryan Miller won't want to lose to Biron. But the potential loss of Roy and Connelly from these games could really hurt the Sabres. But who knows, they just might be jacked up for tonight, especially coming off a bad effort against the Islanders. I say look out for the Sabres in Fridays game, but the Flyers will be better at home on Saturday, though they have been struggling of late at Wachovia. I say we'll see a split this weekend.
So whats been going on with the Flyers?
Well as the weather got colder, so did the Flyers. Either teams were like this team still sucks and got shocked or started to play them better. Or the fact Simon Gagne is out of the lineup. But the Flyers are 2-6 in the month of December, compared to the Sabres 6-3 in December. And Philly has lost 4 straight, while the Sabres have won 4 straight. But the Flyers are much improved from the year before, due to the signing of Briere and the trades they made last year, including all the prospects from the Forsberg deal. But the Sabres and Flyers have similar standing. Both Scoring around 100 goals on the year and giving up around 90. The only difference, Philly started off hot and has gotten cold. While the Sabres started cold and have gotten hot.
Who does what on the Flyers
Well Danny Briere is not the leading scorer on the team. Mike Richards is, and maybe thats why they just signed him to a 12 year deal (why?) Mike Richards has 39 points on the year with 16 goals. Danny is second with 35 points and 15 goals. 12 of their 31 goals are on on the power play, so don't take penalties against the flyers. 8 of Knubles 10 goals are on the power play. Joffrey Lupul is also having a decent year. He has 27 points on the season. While old pal RJ Umberger is 4th on the Flyers with 22 points, so he is living up to his potential. Their defense seems to be playing better with no one a serious minus, besides Rory Fitzpatrick and Danny Briere. Obviously getting better goaltending from Marty Biron has helped out the Flyers. He has a .921 sv% and a 2.69 GAA. Hes faced more shots then Ryan Miller in 3 less games. So the Flyers give up a ton of shots.
Outlook
Well I think the Sabres will come out strong against the Flyers, wanting to show they don't need Danny, and this is a different team. Ryan Miller won't want to lose to Biron. But the potential loss of Roy and Connelly from these games could really hurt the Sabres. But who knows, they just might be jacked up for tonight, especially coming off a bad effort against the Islanders. I say look out for the Sabres in Fridays game, but the Flyers will be better at home on Saturday, though they have been struggling of late at Wachovia. I say we'll see a split this weekend.
1 comment:
woah woah woah, leave the sabres alone. They can't win all the time. The minute they have a rebuilding year you give up on them. Hey GCFB at least you have a professional hockey team and football team unlike your neighbors to the east.
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