This Will Hold Over Until I Can Really Post (I'm Still Alive!)

“WHEN MILLSIE SEES IT, HE'LL MAKE THE SAVE.”

- Sabres right wing Jason Pominville after goalie Ryan Miller stopped 30 of 31 shots in a 2-1 win over Boston.
He was talking about when he shoots at Ryan's net.

Postgame: 1-19-10

Unfortunately, there is no picture of Jason Pominville's epic fail from last night so this will have to suffice. Sucks right?

I know I didn't post a postgame to the Coyotes game because it was Thomas' birthday. By now you know they won 7-2, blah blah blah, it was a pretty awesome game. Last night's was first a disaster and then turned totally awesome and then a giveaway by you know who made it a 5-3 game when the Sabres could have tied it up!

Now I won't talk about what happened to patty as to not upset Tamara, but what HAPPENED to the confidence of this team in front of him? The last game he played was against Colorado and he played super well to get to a shootout. They were doing well in back-to-back situations with him and then they decide not to show up for this one in the first period? Hockey is a sixty minute effort...you boys missed that memo once again. The comeback almost happened and then it didn't.

I'm also already sick of having to watch the other team's feeds during this road trip. I know the Canucks one won't be too bad (I'm biased though, forgive me) but if you can't even get the Sabres names right, you shouldn't be broadcasting. You can't be like 'Oh, that guy. Number...twenty-one for the Sabres has the puck now.' Nuh uh, you just can't. They give you guys a list of players for a reason so that you can call the game and know who everyone is. I know they tend to make mistakes from time to time but last night was pretty bad. Even a friend of ours who is a huge Ducks fan hates the announcers for them.

Los Angeles is up next tomorrow; another late night for us Sabres fans. Hopefully it will turn out better than it did yesterday and we wake up after four or five hours of sleep happy this time.

Ugh.

Not that this post was going to be pretty in the first place, but I'm up two hours earlier than desired because my moms car is possessed. 

Anyways.

I can guarantee my second born child (my first one was lost in a bet about Dany Heatley being traded) that the specific player who is, in my tired eyes, entirely responsible for last night will not get blamed. Instead, everyone else will. You know...a defenseman, several defensemen, Tim Connolly, Patty Lalime, Michael Peca. 

However, it may be very hard to blame Jason Pominville until they locate his body- what with the Pacific Ocean so close by. I'm not sure who Miller rooms with on the road, I think it's Yo Yo, and I'm sure he's prepared with something along the lines of ' oh, no officer, Ryan was with me all night.'

Early on, I was mostly angry with Mr. Butler for his leading to Patty sitting on the bench (where he should be warming up a spot for Jason). And, not that it should be a surprise on this team, even in such a high scoring game, goaltending was again not a problem- for either of them. Clarkie was kind enough to defend Patty right away:

MacArthur was not happy to see Lalime depart.

"Guys were [mad]," he said. "We let Patty down. He's doing his job every day and we give up some real high-quality chances early on."

As I just discovered on the Sabres site, even Patty had something to say while SITTING ON THE BENCH:

"Lindy told us that we had a chance to come back," Lalime said. "We were already on a power play, so he said 'Let's get one here, because you never know what can happen.' We showed a lot of character after being down 4-0, so you have to look at the positives. Everyone in this room never gave up and kept playing hard."

Is anyone going to talk to Jason? Probably. And he'll blame the system, and the idea that we just couldn't tie it will live on.

This is why Team USA doesn't want you either, jerk. 

Ladies and Gentlemen.

Jason John* Pominville gave an interview of one minute and 41 seconds and did not, repeast DID NOT, mention the system. 

This scares everybody, including him.

Oh nos!

* Actually his middle name (or so Wikipedia says, why would they lie?)

Patty-esque, Not Miller- esque

I will admit, I was very nauseous about last night. There were several moments during the game where I said outloud " I'm going to vomit." I didn't which is good. 

When I first heard Patty would be playing this weekend, I was excited, but then I thought " he's either going to get the Pens or a division rival? And he hasn't played in a week?"

Then I heard it was the Pens, and I got scared. Nothing against Patty, but it's the Penguins, and it was the second of a back to back game, when the Pens had been off since Thursday (and went shopping in the Galleria?). 

BUT

Fuck Tamara. 

Pens fans laugh that it was our back up goalie. Well, cup defenders, why did you only score one goal on our awesome, dominating back up goalie?! Not to mention, how did Jason Pominville score on your starter!?

Other than the attempted vomiting, I was a mess during the game (and I don't just mean the damage on my bank account to SEE Patty play, you're welcome). There's probably cuts and bruises all over Shelby from gosh knows what. She even covered my eyes during parts of the shootout, specific parts that is. 

I think last nights game deserves a top fives! no?

Worse!

5.) 23-ish years ago, Troy and Tina Crosby had sex. 

4.) I had to look up Sidney Crosby to get the names for number 5. 

3.) Craigory almost killed Patty. But, in our heads, it shall remain Tyler Myers.

2.) Jay McKee HAS to be on the Penguins. I mean...grrr!

1.) Abortion wasn't very popular in 1987. 

Honorable Mention: Derek Roy and Jason Pominville do shit for 65 minutes, so we put them on the shootout? C'monnnn!

BEST!

5.) Goose had the opening faceoff, Goose won faceoffs, Goose would take faceoffs and then go right to the bench. Thank godddd that man is back!

4.) Patty got second star! It's not first star, but he was a heckofalotbetter than anyone else, haha!

3.) Patty did AMAZING, even when his captain went all heave ho on him. 

2.) On top of doing amazing, this is a major confidence boost for Mr. Patty. It reminds me of my DARE class in 5th grade in which self confidence was measured with a balloon. 

1.) SIDNEY CROSBY DID NOT SCORE ON THE SHOOTOUT! Huzzzzah!

Also, I've been noticing that a lot of people have been saying Patty plays like Ryan. No no, my friends. Many people like to pick on his age, which means he's been in the league longer, which means IF ANYTHING (not saying it happened, just saying if it had to work one way....read that a few times over before you comment on it) it's the other way around. 

And another thing, Mr. Miller. Patty brings his A-Game when he wears the beanie and sits on his little chair. He bounces around, he leans over the wall to watch, he OPENS THE DOOR FOR PLAYERS TO GET OFF! What do you do? You leave the bench early, and hug Patty the same way my brother hugs me. Shame on you! Brush up on your social skills, you're gonna be doing this a lot more now. 

On an endnote, a guy in a Pens Hossa jersey made a comment about my Patty jersey. My first response was ' ohh, a Crosby jersey, how original.' Only to see what it really was.

And that, my friends, is worse.