# OFFICIAL '07-'08 BUFFALO SABRES SEASON THREAD

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**Created:** [October 5, 2007, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-07-08-buffalo-sabres-season-thread/36504 "2007-10-05T09:43:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-07-08-buffalo-sabres-season-thread/36504/789 "2008-01-02T08:50:39Z")

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> [@Nikuk](#):
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> lol @ all the hate.
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> It was Crosby’s show, NHL fans should’ve been aware of that from the moment it was announced.
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> The idea is to sell / grow the league… and Sid the Kid is the poster boy. He is the face of the league. Accept it & learn to love it. He is that good, so its not as if it weren’t justified.  
> Is he over hyped? Sure. Thats what marketing is about.
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> Overall the game shown well for alot of casual fans, or people that may have been flipping channels and found themselves watching guys playing hockey in the snow.
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> It would’ve been nice if there were more scoring - to differentiate the “new” NHL which is faster paced, from the old NHL where every game was low scoring and “slow”.
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> Still, the OT, big hitting, Crosby’s highlight reel, the inclement weather, the shootout… all great points for the talking heads to cover.
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> … When Crosby stepped on the ice for the shootout, I told the wife “he wins it, storybook.”  
> Everybody (~8 people) asked me how I knew? Was it fixed? Blah blah blah… Told them simply that “this whole event was about him. The league wants him to do now what Gretsky did in the 80s & 90s.” Buffalo was chosen because we had the facilities, and we were a huge name last year. **If** we had retained some big marquee names (Drury / Briere) then we would’ve had a little more sackriding, but thats about it.

He will never be a gretzky in my book. I would put him on part with maybe mogilny. The reason i say that is because all those marquis players from the past proke these records when you could have your jaw broken in front of the net trying to get in a good position to score and still put it in the net. Players are protected today and still can’t touch the great one’s numbers.

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