Golisano needs a sense of humor

Jerry Sullivan and John Vogl both have blog posts up at The Buffalo News website that says Tom Golisano is annoyed that the PRESS is bringing up a line he spoke at a pre-season PRESS CONFERENCE.

Ummmm, yeah.

Memo to B. Thomas Golisano:

Get a sense of humor.

Seriously man, you made a joke, your team came up a little short, so you are taking some shots. What would you expect to happen given the way the season played out?

And if you told Darcy Regier to cut payroll at the deadline, then you really have to look in the mirror when analyzing how things went.

Glass half full

There will be plenty of time to pile on and point out all the problems with the Sabres. But, I would like to point out a few of the good things that happened for the Sabres this season:

- Chris Butler - It usually take a defenseman a little while to mature. But, Chris Butler stepped up big time in his rookie pro season out of Denver University and he has sped past Andrej Sekera and Mike Weber on the blueline depth chart

- Portland Pirates - Nathan Gerbe won the AHL Rookie of the Year, Tim Kennedy led all AHL rookies in scoring with 67 points in 73 games, Jhonas Enroth won three team awards including MVP, and the team made the playoffs in the first year of the Sabres being the sole parent club which will provide the future Sabres much needed exposure to playoff intensity.

- Thomas Vanek - Vanek has flaws, but he did finish tied for 5th in the NHL in goals with 40. Whenever you are tied with Rick Nash, Eric Staal, and Marian Hossa in an offensive stat, you are doing something right.

- Ryan Miller - Let me start off by saying that I really like Ryan Miller. But, I did question whether his big contract extension was warrented. Well, I really liked some of the things that Miller said at locker clean out day yesterday and I am starting to come around on Miller being worth the money.

3rd & 4th line guys - Matt Ellis, Adam Mair, Paul Gaustad, and Pat Kaleta gave everything they had on every shift this season. I know they aren't the most skilled guys in the world, but the Sabres would do well to take a cue from those guys moving forward as this market loves a gritty, blue collar team as much as a highly skilled squad.