Hockey! Sabres! MIIIIIIIILLLLLLEEEEERRR!!!!

Finally, my first hockey post of the season. I love hockey, and so should everyone. There are so many awesome things in hockey. Sweet dangles, amazing saves, sick wrist shots, big hits, and fights. Especially fights. As I said, hockey is awesome. I'm glad people are starting to realize it.

Anyway, my favorite team is the Buffalo Sabres. It's depressing that they've never won, but they are still the most consistently good team that I like. Last year, behind Ryan Miller's amazing goaltending, they won the Northeastern Division. They then lost their best scorer in the second game of their first round series against the Boston Bruins, and couldn't find any offense for the next couple of games. Last year also marked the debut of Super Rookie Tyler Myers, who is sure to be a fixture of our defense for years to come. Oh yeah, Miller won the Vezina Trophy for best goalie and Myers got the Calder Cup for Best Rookie. Miller should've won MVP as well, but that's for another day. Let's look forward to this season.

The Sabres picked up some new personnel this summer, strengthening their Defense and grabbing a big center with veteran leadership. The new defensive players are Jordan Leopold and Shaone Morrisonn (what a ridiculous spelling) which adds some much needed depth. They shipped away Tallinder and Lydman, but picked up players as good or better than those two. On offense, the big acquisition was Rob Niedermayer. Sure, he's old. But he is a big Center who can play both ways, which is what the Sabres needed (and could use some more). Unfortunately, Tim Connolly is still on the team. He is a joke of a number one center. He is always injured, plays small, and chokes in the playoffs. He tries to make fancy plays instead of doing what is easy and will work more often. Also, the Sabres return Thomas Vanek, who, when healthy, is a great sniper and can go on wild scoring tears. He is the Sabres' biggest weapon (which is not a great thing, but we'll take what we can get).

And then there's Miller. He is ri-god-damned-diculously good at goalie, and kept the Sabres in a ton of games. Having him in net gives the Sabres a psychological edge, as they feel like they can score once or twice and win most games, and if things aren't going well offensively they know that they have Miller there to keep them in it.

So the Sabres got better this off season, but it remains to see how much better they get. Hopefully its past the first round of the playoffs. I'm not asking for too much.