This is such an apt title for the last decade. From someone who's watch all of it and paid serious attention. The bad times started with that hit, and have continued because of a lot of factors, Pegula being the most critical one.
-2004 puck in the net thing -2022 Coleman kick in -Jay Feaster sells low on Iggy -The Honda Center Losing Streak -Doug Riseborough trades Gilmour for nothing
0:38 Miller “struggled” (i.e was 3% worse than the average goalie at stopping pucks on a rate basis). More highly-touted goalies have done worse in fewer games on better teams.
The Sabres are hosting their sister team in the Mike Keenan coached Vancouver Canucks, Messier’s first year with the team. Nine minutes into the third, with the Sabres leading 6-1, Canucks Enforcer Gino Odjick rams Sabres netminder Dominik Hasek in a fashion carbon copy as to how Lucic rammed Miller, the difference? Richard Smehlik and Darryl Shannon immediately went after Odjick and another brawl ensued, this was a brawled filled game. What’s most interesting is not only the response from these two teams but what happened after. Those 97-98 Sabres started off slow, for many reasons Sabres fans already know but managed to turn it around and finished as one of the top teams of 1998, ultimately playing in their first Conference Finals in 18 years and these Sabres…well, we know what’s happened to them. Lindy, you coached both teams and you’re back now. You need what to do.
No joke, today I was telling my brother about this incident. These past couple of years he's somehow gotten into the Sabres. Told him about how Lucic took out our Vezina winning, retired number in the rafters, best player for years goaltender and we did nothing. We've been cursed ever since. Appreciate every single one of your Sabres videos. Another great one even if it brings back some painful memories. That Bruins zoom meeting had me fuming.
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Pls do one on the Flames.
Theyre truly making baffling decisions. It seems like they want to be ass forever.
I thought for sure this was going to be about Ville Leino or Terry Pegula (or the referees from No Goal and No Goal 2) – great video!
This is such an apt title for the last decade. From someone who's watch all of it and paid serious attention. The bad times started with that hit, and have continued because of a lot of factors, Pegula being the most critical one.
The only person that is hated more in Buffalo than Lucic is Tom Brady.
My team is next… so many topics to discuss…
-2004 puck in the net thing
-2022 Coleman kick in
-Jay Feaster sells low on Iggy
-The Honda Center Losing Streak
-Doug Riseborough trades Gilmour for nothing
oh boy here we go
0:38 Miller “struggled” (i.e was 3% worse than the average goalie at stopping pucks on a rate basis).
More highly-touted goalies have done worse in fewer games on better teams.
I have had this conversation with many Sabres fans and pointed to that hit as the beginning of the downfall. Thanks for the vid
Sabres have yet to recover from lucheats
He still is living rent free in Buffalo heads
I was 5 the last time the Sabres played in the playoffs.
I just graduated from high school. I hate that I love this team sometimes
January 15th, 1998
The Sabres are hosting their sister team in the Mike Keenan coached Vancouver Canucks, Messier’s first year with the team. Nine minutes into the third, with the Sabres leading 6-1, Canucks Enforcer Gino Odjick rams Sabres netminder Dominik Hasek in a fashion carbon copy as to how Lucic rammed Miller, the difference? Richard Smehlik and Darryl Shannon immediately went after Odjick and another brawl ensued, this was a brawled filled game. What’s most interesting is not only the response from these two teams but what happened after. Those 97-98 Sabres started off slow, for many reasons Sabres fans already know but managed to turn it around and finished as one of the top teams of 1998, ultimately playing in their first Conference Finals in 18 years and these Sabres…well, we know what’s happened to them. Lindy, you coached both teams and you’re back now. You need what to do.
No joke, today I was telling my brother about this incident. These past couple of years he's somehow gotten into the Sabres. Told him about how Lucic took out our Vezina winning, retired number in the rafters, best player for years goaltender and we did nothing. We've been cursed ever since.
Appreciate every single one of your Sabres videos. Another great one even if it brings back some painful memories. That Bruins zoom meeting had me fuming.
And who's that yelling at Pat Kaleta at 9:16? Oh its just Kevyn Adams, current GM of the Sabres