What a day!

Today was trade deadline day. I was pretty excited to see what would unfold. I was pretty pumped about the Vermette trade only because I think he's pretty nice looking. With him no longer being a Sen I'm free to admire him. hahaha
Sabres signed Connolly for 2 more years.....whatever. I know there are a lot of people out there that are really pumped about this news. Me not so much. But whatever. If he stays healthy then I'll be happy.
Mikael Tellqvist was acquired from Phoenix. This made me quite nervous. I can understand wanting to having a backup goalie with nhl experience, but it makes me think Miller isn't coming back for the rest of the season. HEARTBREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dominic Moore also jumped on the Sabre train from Leaf nation. Oh my God I just typed Leaf Nation. Ew.
Sad news of the day is Al Kotalik going to Edmonton. I'm gonna miss you Al. All the times we shared @ Chefs while you ate your pasta and I laughed your hats and spice girl glasses. I hope you coached everyone in shootout before you left.
In even sadder news.....Max Afinogenov is still a Sabre.

GOOD NEWS.....Buffalo beat Montreal tonight 5-1. Patty was 1:06 away from a shutout. SO CLOSE! What a great game tonight though! I didn't get to see the 3 stars of the game but my personal star goes to the Goose! How adorable was he after his shorty?! He was freakin giddy on the bench! LoL
Thomas Vanek made his return wearing his "Silence of the Lambs" mask. Glad he's back out there.

Dear Sabres,
Please play this well next weekend when I actually get to come watch you. K thanks!
Love,
Rachael

Hanging out in Buffalo

Got into town tonight for CFCIII! After dropping our stuff @ the hotel we went to Pearl Street to catch the game. That was the plan at least. We couldn't even find a place to park! Clearly we went @ the wrong time. So we headed to Jack Astor's for dinner and the game because it's a favorite of both Lu and I. I LOVE the Baja chick tacos.....which are no longer on the menu. Bummer.

We ended up catching the end of the game here @ the hotel downstairs. Half of the room was watching the Sabres game while the other half was watching to Leafs game. The guy sitting next to me leaned over and said "Come on Sens!" during the shootout. HOW DARE HE! Jinx! When they lost he was like "I didn't mean it." Well thanks sir. I blame you for everything. How about that shot Thomas took to the mouth?! OUCH!!! I hope he's ok. From the looks of it I wouldn't be surprised if he had a broken jaw. Ugh I hope it's nothing that bad!

So now I'm just sitting here chilling in the hotel. (Which is beautiful! I've never stayed here before and I love it! Totally coming back!) I already tried on my catwalk dress just to make sure I still liked it. I even practiced my 20's style makeup. Hahahaha what a loser. I'M CLEARLY EXCITED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!

In closing I leave you with this......

How did I miss this?! What exactly is going on here? LoL

R

From what I DID see...

I had to work tonight until 8:00 so I knew I was going to miss a good chunk of the game. Sadly I missed this.....

Drew's 9th goal of the season! WOOHOO!!!

I also missed this...

Really Rutu?! Really?! Mair was right. You really are a joke. What kind of goon won't drop the gloves and decides to bite instead? I really don't even know what to say about how ridiculous this is. Andrew I hope you listen to Mike Robitaille's advice and get a rabies shot!

So after I miss all the fun stuff already I get in the car to drive home and listen to the game on xm. Sabres are winning 3-0. Them BAM! Sens score. BAM! Sens score. Those didn't matter though. Vanek put the game away with a pass from Stafford and an empty netter to put them on top 4-2.

The Sabres have had a great start to Two Thousand and Roy! Let's keep it up boys!

R

Christmas Vacation Day 1

This is officially my first day of Christmas vacation!!! No dance classes for 2 weeks! WOOOHOOOO!!!! Not that I don't love my job but I'm TOTALLY pumped to veg out for awhile.
So I've decided that I'm going to blog everyday of my vacation. I've been pretty lazy lately so I'm really going to catch up with you guys! Plus there's so much snow here that you can't get out to do much else!

In Catwalk for Charity news.....I got an email yesterday reinforcing that the event was 21 and over only and that they will be checking your photo i.d at the door. So everyone that I said "maybe you could sneak in" to I'm taking that back. Annnnnnd I got so excited that I already bought my dress. I'm trying to decide if I want to post a picture of it or not? However, it's chocolate brown and totally perfect! Now I must start accessorizing it!

Sabres-wise.....how pumped was I about the 5-0 win and another shoot-out for Ryan this year?! It's games like that where I'm always sitting at home thinking, "wow....why didn't I buy tickets for this game?" Another thing I'm excited about? Lil' Roy! Clearly someone has defiantly got behind #9 because he is on fire! More power to ya Derek! Keep it up!
Can someone please tell me though.....has Thomas Vanek become invisible? I'm counting on you TV to pull off something big against the crown jewel and happy feets tonight!

Lastly.....

Why is it that every time Ronan comes to sing with the BPO they announce that my favorite Sabres will be playing with him 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE SHOW?!?! WHY?!?!?! Maybe Santa will bring me tickets to go see Drew Stafford rock out with the orchestra? Secretly I want him to walk out on that stage with the wig and the mustache. I wonder why Ryan ins't playing this year too? Probably staying home to watch "Christmas Vacation" again?




R

"I play on expert bitch!"

Today has been such an exciting day! We have a new president! Obama '08! Yes We Can! Almost equally exciting....4 Sabres are included on the NHL AllStar Fan Ballot! Starting Nov. 12th you can vote for Ryan Miller, Thomas Vanek, Derek Roy and Teppo Numminen. Holler!!!



So while parusing some random youtube videos today I came across this piece of awesomeness. It reminded me your favorite guitar hero AND mine......

Seriously though, check this out and tell me that Drew DOSEN'T do this on his days off! How else would he prepare for Invisible Children's first tour? Or maybe he just likes to relive his time on the Warped Tour with his new bffs "Everytime I Die?" Either way....it's freakin funny!

Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween Sabre fans! I'm going to totally ignore the fact that last night's game was terrible. It was a trick! A trick I tell you!!!

While surfing the blogs this morning I came across the BEST picture I have seen in a long time. Check out the gem that MJ over @ My Safety is Harvard posted....

For posting the above, MJ is clearly the queen of blogs. Happy Halloween girl! You made my day!

Of course I can't let this spooky day go by without posting some pictures of others in costumes right? Do you think any of the guys will be opening their doors to trick-or-treaters tonight?
If anyone ends up on Ryan's doorstep tonight looking for some candy, (or a soyjoy bar) make sure you give him a hug for me. I'm thinking he had a pretty rough night. It's ok Ryan! Everyone has their crappy games, and boy was last night yours! I still love you though!

If anyone goes trick-or-treating themselves I'm pretty sure it's going to be Andrew Peters. Lucky for the kids I don't think Andrew can walk too far in those heels so there will be plenty of candy left for everyone in his neighborhood!

Moving along to my favorite philanthropist and my favorite Austrian. All that comes to my mind is "Who wears short shorts." :O)

Last but not least we have Pommers. This year Pommers has decided to go as the King of Pominville. Like Andrew, I don't think JP will have too much time to spend trick-or-treating. It's tough work ruling the land of Pominville! Although I think the population has dropped since last season? ;o)





Happy Halloween to all of my fellow sabres bloggers!

R

Ya know I still love him!

Tonight's game was pretty much the most boring hockey game I've ever watched. The Wild skated circles around our guys. They really showed us! The Sabres better be sitting in their locker room thinking about how the Wild really deserved those 2 points......



What did you just say?



Holy crap on a cracker the Sabres came back to win 4-3!!! AMAZING!!! I'm pretty sure the Wild are having a "wait......what?!" kind of moment right now.



Drew Stafford scored his 2nd consecutive goal tonight while Thomas Vanek remains the team hero. Derek Roy finally crawled out from under his rock to save the day and score in OT.

Buffalo is now 7-0-1 with 13 points which ties us with the Rangers.



PS....

Dear Ryan,

Everyone makes mistakes. Even though you're damn near perfect mind, body and soul it's ok that you put the puck in your net. Anybody could have done it. We all have extra things on our minds that get in the way every now and then. I'm sorry I've been giving Drew so much attention lately. You will always be my #1 Ryan. Everyone still loves your Ryan. Everyone.



R

My vote for Sabre Pigeon goes to....

DREW STAFFORD!

I've been sitting quietly while everyone trash talked my drew. Sitting silent listening to all the hideous comments like "get him off the Vanek and Roy line!" TONIGHT WAS YOUR NIGHT DREW! What a sick goal to pull the team back into the game! Hell yeah Staffy! Hell yeah! I knew your time would come!

With all my Drew loving I must NOT forget to mention what a stellar game Ryan Miller had! He totally robbed the Bruins blind on more than one occasion! There's nothing I love more than seeing Ryan so pumped after winning a shootout!5-0-1! Cue the win song! I came to get down! I came to get down! So get out your seat and jump around!

Oh! And this just in.....Thomas Vanek is still a superstar! Way to fake out Fernandez TV!

R