IT’S PENUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!

Alright, we've all had a day to percolate the heartbreaking stuff from Saturday, so now we can all put the past behind us and look forward to the bananas on steroids game tonight. Lindy Ruff (what a name) and his minions will undoubtedly try and seek revenge on the 4-2 loss to us earlier in the season, so we should be weary of a motivated and explosive start by the visitors. The Sabres remain a very tough challenge despite their losses to the UFA market and their record this year.

Last week we bounced back against silly Philly following that loss to Atlanta, and this showed lots of character. We will have to repeat this same feat tonight to prove to the hockey world that this team is oozing character, and that neither the bounce-back last week, nor the beginning to the season is a fluke.

So far this season, we've been effective (for the most part) against offensive minded teams, so the match-up against Buffalo is shoe in. However they will still get their chances and shots on goal, and so the goalie (hopefully Jesus Price) will come out big. This team simply does not play at the same level without solid goaltending, and this has been the most common reason for dropping points with just minutes left in the game. Something hopefully Huet can remedy soon (and it is my opinion that he will), or the transition to Price will happen a lot sooner than anticipated.