Vulgar Opinions: Sabres @ Devils (3-7-13) Stars and Black Holes

Patrik Elias is shooting.  Well…crap.

Stars:

1. Brian Flynn – Probably the Sabres best player which is…um…bad.
2. Thomas Vanek – Vanek had a solid night, ugly shootout attempt aside.
3. Tyler Myers – Thought he did a decent job of defending Kovalchuk.  Hasn’t looked like a train wreck in at least four games.  I don’t know.

Unsung Hero:

• None.

The Robert Wade Niedermayer Memorial Black Holes:

1. Drew Stafford - Do something Drew.  Do something.
2. Marcus Foligno – Do something Marcus.  Do something.  This is more management’s fault than anything.  I’m not sure how much you can ask of a kid 30 games into his career.
3. Drew Stafford again - Seriously, what’s his excuse?

Unseen Goat:

• None.

 

Leaderboard:

Awarding +3, +2, +1, +1, and minus the same for the stars and black holes:

1. Thomas Vanek (+29)
2. Ryan Miller (+22)
3. Jason Pominville (+14)
4. Christian Ehrhoff (+10)
5. Steve Ott (+4)
6. Brian Flynn (+3)
7. Ville Leino (0)
8. Kevin Porter (0)
9. Tyler Ennis (-1)
10. Adam Pardy (-1)
11. Cody McCormick (-1)
12. T.J. Brennan (-1)
13. Robyn Regehr (-3)
14. John Scott (-3)
15. Jhonas Enroth (-3)
16. Mike Weber (-4)
17. Andrej Sekera (-4)
18. Mikhail Grigorenko (-5)
19. Alexander Sulzer (-6)
20. Jordan Leopold (-8)
21. Nathan Gerbe (-9)
22. Jochen Hecht (-10)
23. Cody Hodgson (-12)
24. Tyler Myers (-12)
25. Patrick Kaleta (-14)
26. Marcus Foligno (-21)
27. Drew Stafford (-32)