Maple Leafs @ Sabres: LOOK OUT HERE I COME!

by PPP on Dec 18, 2009 2:00 PM EST in Maple Leafs Game Previews

Thaaaat's what she said. Now that that is out of the way, I will be hitting the road within an hour for an epic sports and gambling weekend that will likely see me cripplingly ill for the second Christmas in a row. The good news is two-fold of course:

Presents cheer me up!
I am healthy by New Year's Eve

I have only heard good things about...well, the price of beer at the HSBC and the wings at Duff's. I have been to Buffalo so I am well aware of the post-apocalyptic wasteland into which I will be entering but I think that our mix of flamethrowers, flashlights, silver bullets, gold bullion and crucifixes should prepare us for anything that the masses might throw at us.

The last time the Leafs were in Buffalo Grabovski scored that late equaliser to send the ~~home~~ invading hordes into rapture. I can only hope for a repeat. Hope really is all we have considering the Leafs are 5-9-2 at Alphabet Arena since the lockout with 39 goals for and 56 goals against. Narrow that down to a Friday night and the Leafs are only 3-4-1 with a 22/26 split. Take out the 2005-2006 season and the Leafs are 3-2-1 with 18 goals for and 15 against. YES!

Basically, it's a coin flip whether I'll be drinking to celebrate or drinking to numb the pain. Either way, the vendor in my section wins and that's important because living in Buffalo means he wasn't born on third thinking he had hit a triple but he was born on the bench with a couple of strikeouts to his name.

Anway, onto the actual game, Stalberg has been called up and will be on the ice while Luke Schenn is back in the lineup ready to reap a harvest of souls as part of his return to the lineup after three games spent stewing at the thought that Garnet Exelby might actually be better than him. I actually feel really good about this!...

Miller has also stoned the Leafs in two previous meetings this season, allowing only two goals. Toronto has now lost seven consecutive times to the Sabres dating back to last season.

Oh for the love of Christ...Go Leafs Go!

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TWO PREVIEWS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE

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by Chemmy on Dec 18, 2009 2:03 PM EST reply actions

Its weird because this one seems more like something you would write, and yours seems like something PPP would write… I’m only saying this because that means its opposite day, which means we will have the opposite result from when we usually play the sabres.

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by Shield on Dec 18, 2009 2:14 PM EST up reply actions

PLAYOFFS!!!1

Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.

by nhlcheapshot on Dec 18, 2009 2:21 PM EST up reply actions

Now that’s a rationalization I can get behind.

Next thing you’ll tell me Tomas Kaberle will be wearing Ian White’s moustache tonight.

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by clrkaitken on Dec 18, 2009 2:21 PM EST up reply actions

Duelling previews!

leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.

by stucky on Dec 18, 2009 3:15 PM EST up reply actions

that might be the best picture of Grabovski ever taken

and yes, i am counting the pineapple murder

Puns, Innuendo and Bad Spelling, Yes We Got That

by JaredFromLondon on Dec 18, 2009 2:03 PM EST reply actions

What about

this one?

by general borschevsky on Dec 18, 2009 3:16 PM EST up reply actions

close third

Puns, Innuendo and Bad Spelling, Yes We Got That

by JaredFromLondon on Dec 18, 2009 3:18 PM EST up reply actions

i likey

i still haven’t seen the stabbing of pineapply pic though! please be sharing.

Grabo's virtual linemate.

by Sergei Puckizin on Dec 18, 2009 5:13 PM EST up reply actions

dis one

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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 18, 2009 5:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

outstanding. thank you sir.

i should clarify: i hadn’t seen it except for the black-and-white colouring book version!

Grabo's virtual linemate.

by Sergei Puckizin on Dec 18, 2009 5:45 PM EST up reply actions

I hope Stalberg stays up. That would be a great sign about our farm system. Having both he and Gunnarsson make an impact would be fantastic.

by birky on Dec 18, 2009 2:14 PM EST reply actions

I think our great home grown ontario produce is a great sign of our farm system.

Moustache Fever, not to be confused with swine flu.

by Shield on Dec 18, 2009 2:18 PM EST up reply actions

Good Things Grow

….. in Ontario!

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by nhlcheapshot on Dec 18, 2009 2:23 PM EST up reply actions

Vik

So where does Stalberg play?

My guess he starts on the 4th line

Wendel Killer Joseph

by MapleLeafMole on Dec 18, 2009 2:31 PM EST reply actions

Doubtful

I mean, I don’t know what ol’ RW is thinking, but a guy of his speed, size & skill should be getting 2-3rd line minutes. Putting him on 4th line wouldn’t give them a good judge of whether or not he has what it takes to be up in the Bigs.

I know we all want to see him play with Kessel, but breaking up Poni/Kessel chemistry is probably bad news.

Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.

by nhlcheapshot on Dec 18, 2009 2:35 PM EST up reply actions

I just saw on the Score that Wilson expects him to work his way into the lineup over the next couple of games

"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky

by Karina on Dec 18, 2009 3:01 PM EST up reply actions

So he won’t be dressing tonight?

Wendel Killer Joseph

by MapleLeafMole on Dec 18, 2009 3:05 PM EST up reply actions

not sure, but that’s what it sounded like to me

"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky

by Karina on Dec 18, 2009 3:11 PM EST up reply actions

Guess we’ll find out the long way – by patience and waiting and all that .

Wendel Killer Joseph

by MapleLeafMole on Dec 18, 2009 3:12 PM EST up reply actions

alternate realities, eh?

Stempniak demoted, hmmm.

I agree with this “I’d rather him play with other players who can keep up with him, not slow him down.”

I see him starting on the 4th line, and if he’s outplaying anyone above him – he get’s bumped up

Wendel Killer Joseph

by MapleLeafMole on Dec 18, 2009 2:46 PM EST reply actions

GO LEAFS GO

really is what she said.
I mean, probably.
Somewhere.

by pevans on Dec 18, 2009 2:57 PM EST reply actions

Let's Kill Some Sabres Tonight

GO LEAFS GO

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by Marc Pilgrim on Dec 18, 2009 3:13 PM EST reply actions

I’m waiting for the David Danforth game preview… I still can’t accept that PPP killed him.

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Dec 18, 2009 3:15 PM EST reply actions

David Danforth

is one awesome person

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by Kevin Sellathamby on Dec 18, 2009 3:52 PM EST up reply actions

he was my hero

There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"

by Matt_Roberts on Dec 18, 2009 3:59 PM EST up reply actions

David Danforth is seven feet tall! Kills men by the hundreds. And if HE were here, he’d consume the Sabres with fireballs from his eyes, and bolts of lightning from his arse.

by birky on Dec 18, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions

quick, does anyone know how to get ahold of david danforth!?

There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"

by Matt_Roberts on Dec 18, 2009 4:12 PM EST up reply actions

I think these guys are trying to find him for us

There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"

by Matt_Roberts on Dec 18, 2009 4:13 PM EST up reply actions

or is this more what DD would respond to?

There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"

by Matt_Roberts on Dec 18, 2009 4:17 PM EST up reply actions

bah

There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"

by Matt_Roberts on Dec 18, 2009 4:18 PM EST up reply actions

you have to call him back from the dead.

"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky

by Karina on Dec 18, 2009 4:45 PM EST up reply actions

We could...

really use a big road win tonight, eh boys?

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PLAYOFFS!!!!1

by eyebleaf on Dec 18, 2009 4:12 PM EST reply actions

STALBERG!!!!1

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by nhlcheapshot on Dec 18, 2009 4:13 PM EST up reply actions

We could

I could actually see it happening tonite too

Fairweather fans can go to hell

by leafer1984 on Dec 18, 2009 4:13 PM EST up reply actions

i think we win 5-3

There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"

by Matt_Roberts on Dec 18, 2009 4:14 PM EST up reply actions

shit forgot miller is playing, make that 3-2

There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"

by Matt_Roberts on Dec 18, 2009 4:14 PM EST up reply actions

Fucking Ryan Miller stands in the way.

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by eyebleaf on Dec 18, 2009 4:14 PM EST up reply actions

Leafs Strategy: Jam the puck in front of the net and hopefully get an ugly goal.

Sabres Strategy: Put the whole team on Ryan Miller’s back. Play him every night ’til he dies.

Leafs Nation: A drinking team with a hockey problem.

by nhlcheapshot on Dec 18, 2009 4:19 PM EST up reply actions

I wonder if I can watch the Leafs pound Boston tomorrow night. I’ll be in Jam-Rock though. I’ll be slurring how much I hate the team in white and yellow to the poor bastard beside me.

by Farfetched on Dec 18, 2009 4:14 PM EST reply actions