Buffalo Boy's Blog

Last nights loss happened and really its a sigh of relief. It probably was the most important game Buffalo had to play and play well. They are now in 10th and catching Washington will prove to be more difficult than getting to 8th place. Essentially though, in order to get to 8th, Buffalo is going to have to catch Washington.

You can see the Capitals coming together as a team and Alexander the Great (not Mogilny) is leading the way. They have what Buffalo has been lacking. Leadership. Sure Buffalo is slowly finding guys to lead the way but its too little too late. The good news is Pommers looks ready to take that role full time. Another guy seems to think he can come back and fill a role too. 

The big idea of bringing back Teppo is the thing that really bugs me. With all due respect to Teppo and his teammates and I know that they have been all saying all the right things, its a delicate situation and the guy has been through a lot but bringing him back at this point, is not what this team needs. It would be horrific for the team and probably not much better for Teppo.

First of all the guy is 39 and hasn't played a shift all season. He had open heart surgery last off season and who knows if he is able to play period, never mind at a level high enough to help.

The Sabres just traded away their fastest defenseman and best skater in Campbell and then you are probably going to end up sitting a faster skating, healthy, younger guy for a 39 year old, status post open heart surgery, slow footed defenseman?

I have all the respect in the world for Teppo for the time he has given this organization but realistically for the good of the team, don't come back as a player, come back as a coach or something useful. All I see are bad things happening if this comeback comes true especially if it happens this season.

Now if you want to give it a go next season in training camp and you make the team, go for it but not now, not in the last 8 games of the most important time of the season. While you are in training camp mode trying to get your timing back, every other player on the team and in the league will be in playoff mode and when you are in a situation like that, only injuries can occur and with what you just went through, Id rather not see anything bad happen. So Im saying this out of respect and admiration Teppo, don't do it yet!