Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

[moose141]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

Incredible start to the year, Ennis has really stepped his game up. Eight goals in ten games? Stellar play there.

[johnnyrocks]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

ahh Luongo is fantastic in season mode, but c'mon LUU!! GET IT ON WITH THE PLAYOFFS! haha.

And holy Buffalo, great job.

Am I smelling a president's trophy?

[Block M]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

Incredible start to the year, Ennis has really stepped his game up. Eight goals in ten games? Stellar play there.

It seems with these top six forwards, someone is always on a hot streak. Pominville and Vanek usually regularly, and now Ennis is starting to join those two with his goal scoring touch. That's good news for the Buffalo Sabres.

ahh Luongo is fantastic in season mode, but c'mon LUU!! GET IT ON WITH THE PLAYOFFS! haha.

And holy Buffalo, great job.

Am I smelling a president's trophy?

Yeah Luongo is a safe bet to be a stat leader in some category every update.

As for the Sabres, we had hot stretches last season and also had average/miserable stretches. If we limit those bad stretches hopefully we can stay in the Presidents Trophy mix.

[Putte]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

I just read trough the thread and awesome work so far! Looks like you might have a good season ahead of you.

[Block M]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

2013-2014 Block 2 Update: 13-4-3, 1st in EC

Carey Price stopped Buffalo cold with a 5-0 shutout. Leave It To Carey BUFFALO, NY - The Sabres were 10-2-1, held 21 out of a 26 possible points and led the NHL. Carey Price was unimpressed. Price blanked the high-scoring Sabres with a 33 shot shutout as Montreal had no trouble scoring and blew away Buffalo 5-0. While Buffalo still leads the NHL after twenty games this encounter with Montreal will most definitely leave an impression on the Sabres. The Canadiens are not far behind Buffalo sitting in 4th with 23 points. Derek Roy On The Block? Rumors suggest that Sabres captain and long time first line center is being shopped around after refusing to sign anything longer than one year contract in the offseason. With so many free upcoming free agents this could be the last season for Roy in Buffalo regardless of a trade. NHL Standings November 11th, 2013    Team Pts    Team Pts 1 26 29 2 23 24 3 23 23 4 24 23 5 23 22 6 21 20 7 20 20 8 18 18 9 18 17 10 18 17 11 17 17 12 16 17 13 16 15 14 13 15 15 12 13 NHL Stat Leaders November 11th, 2013 G   Brian Gionta, Montreal 15 A   Mike Ribeiro, Dallas 21 P   Tyler Ennis, Buffalo 26 GAA   Antti Niemi, San Jose 1.64 S%   Antti Niemi, San Jose .942 W   Semyon Varlamov, Colorado 11

 

October 25th, 2013 F Philadelphia Flyers (5-5-0) 2 Buffalo Sabres (8-2-1) 1 Goal Scorers Tyler Myers (2) Lapierre Loss Al Montoya (2-1)	October 27th, 2013 F Washington Capitals (4-7-0) 3 Buffalo Sabres (9-2-1) 4 Goal Scorers Kyle Cumiskey (2) Nielsen Tyler Ennis (9) Cammalleri, Cumiskey Derek Roy (4) Myers, Vanek Alexander Sulzer (2) Persson, Vanek Win Ryan Miller (7-2)
October 28th, 2013 F Buffalo Sabres (10-2-1) 4 Boston Bruins (6-4-3) 1 Goal Scorers Mike Cammalleri (3) Hodgson, Myers Alexander Sulzer (3) Lapierre Patrick Kaleta (1) Lapierre, Foligno Mike Cammalleri (4) Ennis, Montoya Win Al Montoya (3-1)	October 29th, 2013 F Buffalo Sabres (10-3-1) 0 Montreal Canadiens (9-1-0) 5 Goal Scorers N/A Loss Al Montoya (3-2)
October 31st, 2013 F Buffalo Sabres (10-4-1) 2 Tortonto Maple Leafs (6-8-0) 3 Goal Scorers Kyle Cumiskey (3) Roy Cody Hodgson (4) Cammalleri, Ennis Loss Ryan Miller (7-3)	November 2nd, 2013 - OT F Buffalo Sabres (10-4-2) 1 Anaheim Ducks (5-8-0) 2 Goal Scorers Dennis Persson (3) Pominville Loss Ryan Miller (7-4)
November 4th, 2013 - OT F Buffalo Sabres (10-4-3) 3 Phoenix Coyotes (7-9-1) 4 Goal Scorers Thomas Vanek (5) Pominville, Myers Tyler Ennis (10) Cammalleri, Cumiskey Tyler Ennis (11) Cumiskey, Nielsen Loss Ryan Miller (7-5)	November 6th, 2013 F Buffalo Sabres (11-4-3) 5 Colorado Avalanche (11-6-2) 1 Goal Scorers Cody Hodgson (5) Cammalleri, Ennis Kyle Cumiskey (4) Hodgson, Ennis Frans Nielsen (3) Erhrhoff, Gerbe Jason Pominville (7) Vanek, Roy Derek Roy (5) Pominville, Vanek Win Ryan Miller (8-5)
November 8th, 2013 F Winnipeg Jets (10-4-3) 1 Buffalo Sabres (12-4-3) 4 Goal Scorers Thomas Vanek (6) Roy, Regehr Mike Cammalleri (5) Hodgson, Ennis Cody Hodgson (6) Regehr, Ennis Tyler Myers (3) Pominville Win Ryan Miller (9-5)	November 10th, 2013 - SO F Carolina Hurricanes (8-6-4) 0 Buffalo Sabres (13-4-3) 1 Goal Scorers Thomas Vanek (Shootout winner) Win Ryan Miller (10-5)

[bthomp05]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

Way to send a message to your player.. Excellent work as always.

[Block M]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

2013-2014 Block 3 Update: 15-9-6, 2nd in EC

A lot of Buffalo's struggles are being heaped upon the shoulders of long time net keeper Ryan Miller. Not Getting It Done BUFFALO, NY - The Buffalo Sabres were red hot to begin the year going 8-1-1 in their first ten games. After a 2-5-3 mark in their last ten that hot start is just about negated as the defending champions, Winnipeg, have overtaken the Sabres in the standings. Buffalo started the block by losing seven straight, pushing three of the losses to overtime or a shootout to manage just three points. To make matters worse star defensemen Tyler Myers was injured in the November 16th overtime loss to the New York Islanders and will be out a month. Despite snapping the losing streak with back to back victories over Edmonton and Minnesota the string of bad luck continued when Myers' replacement, Brayden McNabb, suffered an MCL sprain and will also be out for nearly a month. This string of injuries has promoted D Drew Schiestel to the main roster. Goalie Ryan Miller was in net for six of the seven losses and was pulled in favor of Al Montoya after the terrible stretch. Montoya was the net minder for the only victories of the block prompting some fans to call for a permanent change. NHL Standings December 1st, 2013    Team Pts    Team Pts 1 36 40 2 34 36 3 33 34 4 33 35 5 32 32 6 31 31 7 30 31 8 29 31 9 29 30 10 26 29 11 26 28 12 25 28 13 25 27 14 22 23 15 20 20 NHL Stat Leaders December 1st, 2013 G   Rick Nash, Columbus 21 A   Brad Richards, New York 26 P   Brad Richards, New York 36 GAA   Cam Ward, Carolina 1.73 S%   Cam Ward, Carolina .942 W   Semyon Varlamov, Colorado 16

 

November 12th, 2013 F Buffalo Sabres (13-5-3) 2 Montreal Canadiens (12-4-1) 5 Goal Scorers Tyler Ennis (12) Hodgson Kyle Cumiskey (5) Nielsen Loss Ryan Miller (10-6)	November 14th, 2013 F Buffalo Sabres (13-6-3) 3 Toronto Maple Leafs (10-10-0) 4 Goal Scorers Thomas Vanek (7) Pominville, Roy Tyler Myers (4) Regehr, Pominville Nathan Gerbe (1) Hodgson, Myers Loss Ryan Miller (10-7)
November 16th, 2013 - OT F Buffalo Sabres (13-6-4) 2 New York Islanders (11-7-1) 3 Goal Scorers Tyler Myers (5) Regehr, Roy Mike Cammalleri (6) Ennis, Cumiskey Loss Al Montoya (3-3)	November 18th, 2013 F Buffalo Sabres (13-7-4) 0 New York Rangers (13-6-0) 5 Goal Scorers N/A Loss Ryan Miller (10-8)
November 20th, 2013 - SO F Buffalo Sabres (13-7-5) 3 Ottawa Senators (7-14-1) 4 Goal Scorers Cody Hodgson (7) Cammalleri, Regehr Cody Hodgson (8) McNabb, Ennis Brayden McNabb (1) Ennis, Hodgson Loss Ryan Miller (10-9)	November 22nd, 2013 F Buffalo Sabres (13-8-5) 0 Ottawa Senators (8-14-1) 1 Goal Scorers N/A Loss Ryan Miller (10-10)
November 24th, 2013 - SO F Chicago Blackhawks (14-9-0) 4 Buffalo Sabres (13-8-6) 3 Goal Scorers Cody Hodgson (9) Cumiskey, McNabb Jason Pominville (8) Vanek, Roy Thomas Vanek (8) Pominville, Roy Loss Ryan Miller (10-11)	November 26th, 2013 F Edmonton Oilers (9-14-1) 2 Buffalo Sabres (14-8-6) 7 Goal Scorers Nathan Gerbe (2) Ehrhoff, Stafford Riley Boychuk (1) Kaleta, Nielsen Mike Cammalleri (7) McNabb Drew Stafford (1) Nielsen, Gerbe Maxim Lapierre (5) Ehrhoff, Boychuk Tyler Ennis (13) Hodgson, Cammalleri Jason Pominville (9) Ehrhoff, Roy Win Al Montoya (4-3)
November 28th, 2013 F Minnesota Wild (10-11-4) 2 Buffalo Sabres (15-8-6) 4 Goal Scorers Mike Cammalleri (8) Hodgson Cody Hodgson (10) Cammalleri, McNabb Jason Pominville (10) Roy, Vanek Mike Cammalleri (9) Cumiskey, Ennis Win Al Montoya (5-3)	November 30th, 2013 F Buffalo Sabres (15-9-6) 2 New Jersey Devils (16-10-2) 5 Goal Scorers Thomas Vanek (9) Pominville, Nielsen Robyn Regehr (3) Roy, Pominville Loss Al Montoya (5-4)

[moose141]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

Seems like you hit a rough patch, but just keep the faith. Miller's a world class goalie and he can turn his game around hopefully. I wouldn't trust my franchise in Al Montoya, at the very least.

[bthomp05]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

Seems like you hit a rough patch, but just keep the faith. Miller's a world class goalie and he can turn his game around hopefully. I wouldn't trust my franchise in Al Montoya, at the very least.

I totally agree with Moose here, when my Leafs had a bad stretch I kept my faith in Lehner and now they are on a 5 game winning streak. KEEP THE FAITH IN YOUR GOALIE..

[Block M]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

I totally agree with Moose here, when my Leafs had a bad stretch I kept my faith in Lehner and now they are on a 5 game winning streak. KEEP THE FAITH IN YOUR GOALIE..

I totally agree with Moose here, when my Leafs had a bad stretch I kept my faith in Lehner and now they are on a 5 game winning streak. KEEP THE FAITH IN YOUR GOALIE..

Well I'll say this, I've already played the next block (report is half done, up tonight possibly) and I did give Montoya a shot. BUT it's hard to put a guy making over 6mil a year on the bench so we'll see how it plays out down the stretch.

[Block M]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

2013-2014 Block 4 Update: 21-12-7, 1st in EC

It's a strange sight seeing Derek Roy in anything but a Sabres uniform. Sabres Deal Roy In Surprise Move BUFFALO, NY - As of December 11th, Derek Roy is no longer the captain of the Buffalo Sabres. After many weeks of rumors, suspicions were confirmed as it was announced Derek Roy was headed to Florida in exchange for RW Scottie Upshall and Florida's 2014 1st round selection. At the press conference announcing the trade Buffalo GM Block M stated there were several reasons the move was made. "First and foremost, we believe that Joel Armia is ready to be a full-time NHL'er. Thus, we could afford to deal away a player that has been a key center on our team for quite awhile," said Block M. "So when this deal was brought to my attention it made all the sense in the world. We shed salary and get a solid player and a first round selection in return. Also, it appeared Derek may have been souring on Buffalo as an organization and city so all parties involved get what they want. " When asked who will be the new first line center, the GM didn't hesitate. "Cody Hodgson has proven to this entire team he is ready to be a leader," stated Block M. The thing is though, Cody Hodgson was injured with a leg injury on December 2nd against New Jersey, the first of three straight wins to round out Roy's Sabres career. He will be out several weeks meaning you won't see the new look of the Sabres just yet. The New Captain RW Jason Pominville will pick up the 'C' and become the new captain of the Sabres. RW Tyler Ennis will replace Pominville as one of the two alternate captains. Move Over Miller? Backup goaltender Al Montoya received all ten starts in the most recent block as Buffalo pulled even with Winnipeg atop the NHL with 49 points. Montoya's 6-3-1 record leaves lots of questions in net for Buffalo. NHL Standings December 24th, 2013    Team Pts    Team Pts 1 48 49 2 47 49 3 44 44 4 44 44 5 43 43 6 42 42 7 42 41 8 40 41 9 40 41 10 39 41 11 38 40 12 37 40 13 35 38 14 32 37 15 32 25 NHL Stat Leaders December 24th, 2013 G   Rick Nash, Columbus 24 A   Alexander Ovechkin, Washington 37 P   John Tavares, New York 48 GAA   Cam Ward, Carolina 1.94 S%   Jonas Hiller, Anaheim .934 W   Ondrej Pavelec, Winnipeg 19

 

December 2nd, 2013 F Buffalo Sabres (16-9-6) 4 New Jersey Devils (16-11-2) 2 Goal Scorers Jason Pominville (11) Unassisted Drew Stafford (2) Unassisted Thomas Vanek (10) Roy Tyler Ennis (14) Cammalleri, Nielsen Win Al Montoya (6-4)	December 6th, 2013 F Montreal Canadiens (16-9-2) 1 Buffalo Sabres (17-9-6) 4 Goal Scorers Robyn Regehr (4) Armia, Ehrhoff Patrick Kaleta (2) Lapierre, Boychuk Jason Pominville (12) Vanek, Roy Robyn Regehr (5) Roy Win Al Montoya (7-4)
December 9th, 2013 F Buffalo Sabres (18-9-6) 5 Carolina Hurricanes (14-13-6) 2 Goal Scorers Robyn Regehr (6) Pominville, Ehrhoff Mike Cammalleri (10) Armia, Schiestel Patrick Kaleta (3) Lapierre, Schiestel Drew Stafford (3) Nielsen, Gerbe Jason Pominville (13) Vanek, Roy Win Al Montoya (8-4)	December 12th, 2013 - OT F Buffalo Sabres (19-9-6) 4 Washington Capitals (19-4-1) 3 Goal Scorers Mike Cammalleri (11) Lapierre Jason Pominville (14) Armia, Myers Tyler Ennis (15) Nielsen, Regehr Jason Pominville (15) Vanek, Myers Win Al Montoya (9-4)
December 14th, 2013 F Buffalo Sabres (19-10-6) 1 Philadelphia Flyers (15-15-3) 3 Goal Scorers Jason Pominville (16) Nielsen, Vanek Loss Al Montoya (9-5)	December 16th, 2013 F Ottawa Senators (11-19-3) 1 Buffalo Sabres (20-10-6) 6 Goal Scorers Patrick Kaleta (4) Cumiskey, Cammalleri Frans Nielsen (4) Pominville, Vanek Scottie Upshall (6) Stafford, Gerbe Thomas Vanek (11) Pominville, Myers Nathan Gerbe (3) Ehrhoff, Cumiskey Christian Ehrhoff (2) Gerbe, Stafford Win Al Montoya (10-5)
December 18th, 2013 F Toronto Maple Leafs (20-13-1) 4 Buffalo Sabres (20-11-6) 1 Goal Scorers Nathan Gerbe (4) Unassisted Loss Al Montoya (10-6)	December 19th, 2013 F New Jersey Devils (18-14-3) 1 Buffalo Sabres (21-11-6) 3 Goal Scorers Kyle Cumiskey (6) Myers Tyler Ennis (16) Armia Riley Boychuk (2) Persson, Lapierre Win Al Montoya (11-6)
December 21st, 2013 - SO F New York Rangers (20-14-2) 4 Buffalo Sabres (21-11-7) 3 Goal Scorers Tyler Ennis (17) Ehrhoff, Cammalleri Robyn Regehr (7) Pominville, Nielsen Mike Cammalleri (12) Ennis Loss Al Montoya (11-7)	December 23rd, 2013 F Tampa Bay Lightning (19-17-2) 3 Buffalo Sabres (21-12-7) 2 Goal Scorers Robyn Regehr (8) Cammalleri, Ennis Tyler Ennis (18) Nielsen, Cammalleri Loss Al Montoya (11-8)

[johnnyrocks]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

Great trade imo, Florida getting a 1st excellent choice imo.

Florida may have 44 points right now and is 4th place, but I think near the end of the season, you'll get a high-good draft pick along with a decent player you've picked up from Florida.

And what the heck is wrong with the Canucks.. last place.

[slowpokemcgee]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

And what the heck is wrong with the Canucks.. last place.

Probably headcase Luongo losing his mind.

[johnnyrocks]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

Probably headcase Luongo losing his mind.

Haha, but he's pretty much domintant in season games, and loses his mentality in the playoffs...

[gerg1234]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

I just read through this dynasty! Amazing work! I want to do a Hartford Whalers dynasty, but I know nothing about making these awesome HTML style tables.

Keep up the good work!