Buffalo Sports musings..
Ryan Miller player of the month for October in the NHL. Not shocking that he is givin the honor but why? Because the team played well and he happened to be in the net for 10 of the games? Yea he is probably the best goalie in the shoot out (Although not against the Thrashers) some stats if you will. ( Mind you I think Miller is a good goalie, just not top 5 in the league)
Miller's stats
11th in goals against with atleast 5 starts. 8th with atleast 7 starts
11th in save % with atleast 5 starts. 8th with atleast 7 starts
manny fernandez 1st in save % 1st in wins(tied with miller) 2nd in goals against. Hmm
A stat you can't argue against.. Miller has the hottest selling jersey in the league according to nhl.com, well besides the fact that the Sabres are one of only 2 teams that changed sweaters this year.
And another thing about the Sabres.. It appears I have an anti-Sabres bias which may or may not be true. I do consider my self a big fan, Iwent to roughly 10 games last year plus one in each of the first two rounds of the playoffs.( Both OT victories I might add) But this is what I'm a little soured. I was unable to afford or attain a ducket for the Eastern Conference Finals round against the Hurricanes. Yea i'm not exactly heavy in the pockets but I was willing to spend some dough for a ticket. But the fact is it was nearly impossible. And not because of all the bandwagon mediocre fair weather rich fans.. It was because tickets were $100 for regular joe sabres fan but $17 for season ticket holders who can afford to pay for 41 some odd games and have the free time to go to those games apparently. The arguement is made that it's smart business for the Sabres. And I know its based largely on success of the team but a close look inside the numbers shows this
$17 for 50 games 41 regular season games 9 playoffs= $850 .
9 playoff games. $40 for 6 $100 for 3(ECF) total=$550
They would have made just for those 9 playoff games $550 These numbers are even conservative. My idea would have been to give the "Loyal" season ticket holders a discounted price for the first two rounds which is a more than fair proposition. Then force them to pay full price beyond those two rounds. Then maybe I would have a crack at this tickets and they could be hypothetically a bit cheaper since the roughly 10,000 season ticket holders (willing to buy p-off tickets) would be paying substantially more and me paying a little less but the Sabres still bringing in much more revenue.
On another note, The Bills didn't lose this week.. by default and my Sunday was much less tense and more comfortable. Plus I was nursing a hang over.. Losman has been givin a "bode of confidence that he'll be the starter" and will be for the foreseeable future. He should be given another 5 games although I did say at the beginning of the year to only give him half the season.
One last note, The Bills are only 2 games back with 9(5 home) to play. Letss goooooooo
PS
The Mets need pitching a 2b and a LF next season.. yikes
Miller's stats
11th in goals against with atleast 5 starts. 8th with atleast 7 starts
11th in save % with atleast 5 starts. 8th with atleast 7 starts
manny fernandez 1st in save % 1st in wins(tied with miller) 2nd in goals against. Hmm
A stat you can't argue against.. Miller has the hottest selling jersey in the league according to nhl.com, well besides the fact that the Sabres are one of only 2 teams that changed sweaters this year.
And another thing about the Sabres.. It appears I have an anti-Sabres bias which may or may not be true. I do consider my self a big fan, Iwent to roughly 10 games last year plus one in each of the first two rounds of the playoffs.( Both OT victories I might add) But this is what I'm a little soured. I was unable to afford or attain a ducket for the Eastern Conference Finals round against the Hurricanes. Yea i'm not exactly heavy in the pockets but I was willing to spend some dough for a ticket. But the fact is it was nearly impossible. And not because of all the bandwagon mediocre fair weather rich fans.. It was because tickets were $100 for regular joe sabres fan but $17 for season ticket holders who can afford to pay for 41 some odd games and have the free time to go to those games apparently. The arguement is made that it's smart business for the Sabres. And I know its based largely on success of the team but a close look inside the numbers shows this
$17 for 50 games 41 regular season games 9 playoffs= $850 .
9 playoff games. $40 for 6 $100 for 3(ECF) total=$550
They would have made just for those 9 playoff games $550 These numbers are even conservative. My idea would have been to give the "Loyal" season ticket holders a discounted price for the first two rounds which is a more than fair proposition. Then force them to pay full price beyond those two rounds. Then maybe I would have a crack at this tickets and they could be hypothetically a bit cheaper since the roughly 10,000 season ticket holders (willing to buy p-off tickets) would be paying substantially more and me paying a little less but the Sabres still bringing in much more revenue.
On another note, The Bills didn't lose this week.. by default and my Sunday was much less tense and more comfortable. Plus I was nursing a hang over.. Losman has been givin a "bode of confidence that he'll be the starter" and will be for the foreseeable future. He should be given another 5 games although I did say at the beginning of the year to only give him half the season.
One last note, The Bills are only 2 games back with 9(5 home) to play. Letss goooooooo
PS
The Mets need pitching a 2b and a LF next season.. yikes
posted by Buffalo Sports Dude at 4:40 PM
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