The Winter Classic

Now that picture sums it up, I think.

I enjoyed the game on a snowy reception TV at the girlfriends house, which ironically is the way it should be enjoyed. I recorded on the DVR in HD. So I can check that out later. But I think the game looked neat, the game itself wasn't pretty, but many January games aren't. That Buffalo New Jersey game wasn't pretty and they didn't have to skate through snow and sleet. The Sabres picked up a point and are 0-2-2 in their last 4. But who cares this was great for everyone. Should they do this more often, ehhhh, maybe. But you could do this game once a year in Buffalo and it would sell out every time. Imagine if the Sabres got used this condition and created a home field advantage. It would be a interesting way to spice things up.

People complain about all the Sidney Crosby love, but who cares, thats what leagues do and play up their stars. He is very marketable and he is also very talented. Ryan Miller is turning into a very marketable player. Especially with that Amp Energy Drink ad, which was great and kinda came out of nowhere.



You're mama ween. Thats a good one.

Anyway, my eyes a success for the NHL. The Sabres, ehh, gotta put the puck in the net.

Winter Classic Preview

DROP.THE.PUCK

That is all I have to say, the Sabres have scored 1 goal in the past two games. And I'm pretty sure they were all looking forward to tomorrow afternoon. They were like, eh, were 5th in the conference, we were just hot no big deal. The energy they will feel will be amazing I bet. 70k+ cheering for them and the Lets Go Buff-a-lo chant, will be quite loud I bet. I just hope they can score so we can hear a goal horn.

Well there is a game I guess involved in all this and its a rematch from Saturday, where Ty Conklin shut out the Sabres? What, how? I missed the game, and from the recap I'm glad I did.

"We just seemed to lack any jump throughout the team," coach Lindy Ruff said. "I don't know if it was the amount of games or playing back-to-back, but it was almost a collective push. ... It was an effort tonight that lacked a lot of energy."

That to me sounds like a team, not caring and just wanting to get through a game they feel as meaningless. Its something I think we feared that the team would kinda go through the motions til New Years. And just want to come out flying on National TV. I think we'll get some effort come Tuesday. 2 days off. Big game. Loud crowd. We'll see the Sabres we saw during the Flyers games.

Well we'll see the same two teams this time and I'm guessing Miller and Conklin in nets, with Conklin winning his last 4 games and he has experience in these types of games. So outdoor NHL games means Ty Conklin in net. But Ryan Miller played in one in college. So not so fast Ty on the advantage.

The game itself is hard to really predict what will happen. Will the wind play a factor, will there be snow to deal with. Who knows. Who handles the cold better, will speed be negated and it will just be a slow game. Or will wind aid speed and guys go faster then normal. Hard to predict. But it should be fun and good to watch on tv. At the stadium, it might be interesting, with people going, wow hockey rinks are small. I think I'll know where I'll be but who knows, it could change. But I know I'll watch it since there is nothing else on. And stuff is closed on New Years Day.

I hope the Sabres win and in fact blow out the Penguins, which I doubt will happen, the NHL doesn't want a blowout, they would love a 6-5 shootout. And so would I.

Enjoy everyone.

More neat time lapse

Well now they have the time lapse up til this morning up. Since I'm a dork I really love this stuff.

Getting excited for the Outdoor game

I was generally excited before about the New Years day game. But it seemed so far away. Now its only 6 days away. And I'm really excited.

Then I saw this and got to "can't wait for it" zone.



And this is just neat