Buffalo Boy's Blog

I'll comment about this one. I will give this team credit, when it was on the line this team clawed and fought down to their last out. Tonight. Despite the odds, this team didn't give up.

Despite the win, the New York Rangers spoiled things and did exactly what I have been predicting for the better part of the last three weeks. Eliminated the Buffalo Sabres.

No matter what happens in the last game of the season I can see it coming after that game. The following lines will be spewed and we as fans and media need to take it for what it is, useless banter.

"Well we fought to the end and really I think if we have this group back next year we can make this thing work"

"We have the right guys in the dressing room to do the job"

and more crap will spew out similar to that.

Don't buy it folks. This team needs a change. The players need to be changed. Not the coach. If anything the last few games have shown that it is the players and not the coach that needs changing at the end of the this season. The players proved that they are capable and have spent the majority of the this season short changing themselves and the fans.

How many games has this team blown third period leads, come out and had lack luster efforts in games that really meant something, played soft on defense.

Tonight they showed that those games that they left us wondering their minds went and how they could play that bad were all BS. They had it in them and they chose to lay back sell themselves short.

We need some leadership in that dressing room and there should be several players that just don't come back.Lindy however, will be back. Tonights game showed that if this team plays the system, they can play with anyone.

They didn't make the playoffs and the rightfully so. For their effort some players are going to have to face the reality that no matter how tight knit they say they are, this team has to see some faces go bye-bye.

I just hope the fans, media and management don't buy into the crap at the end. of the season a few nights from tonight.