Sabres add much need size and toughness

            Amazing on how 48 hours can change the way a team can look. In this case it’s the Buffalo Sabres. On June 30^th @ 11:59pm; Buffalo was rightfully considered a small and soft hockey club who at times refused to protect their best players.

            Now less than 36 hours later; it’s the complete opposite and it’s all because of two acquisitions made by the hockey club. Despite not playing a how lot of minutes during the year, just the presence of 6’8 270 John Scott has changed the way teams would play them. Then on July 2, the team trades top six forward Derek Roy to Dallas for defenseman Adam Pardy and checking centerman Steve Ott. Some of you will say well the Sabres already had Patrick Kaleta (who plays similiar to Ott). The fact is Ott plays that way every shift in shift out, and is a much much more effective player than Kaleta. Ott will standup for his teammates; Kaleta will do it occasionsly.

            Consider this; you have a bottom six that consisted of Kaleta and Cody Mccormick; now add in Ott and Scott; even the Boston Bruins, New York Rangers and/or Philadelphia Flyers have to pay more respect to the Sabres size and toughness. As we stated yesterday the days of running Jason Pominville and Ryan Miller are now over; it might start being the other way around.