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Mc Donalds,Weselseweg 1 A,VENLO.5916 RD.Holland.http://www.mcdonalds.nl/templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=1483Where is it?When you enter the restaurant turn directly right. Head down the corridor and you'll find the toilets on the left.What's it like?Every little boy in my generation will have imagined themselves with a light sabre. I saw my first Star Wars film aged six. I'm sure real world technology will catch up with film worlds by the time I'm 75. In the meantime I'll have to make do with this McDonalds in Holland, which has definitely made the light sabre the centre of its design scheme. The green poles of light come out of the floor and you certainly think twice before putting your hand near them.This place was fantastic, and must have been refurbished recently. Granite counter tops, and open stylish layout make this McDonalds one of the best I've met in a while. This was a pretty urgent stop on the way towards the German boarder and the service was slick and the hot

Jochen Hecht signed a $14.1 million four-year contract extension. That means he will wear Sabres uniform through the 2011-12 season. He is in his fifth season with the Sabres and has two goals and four points in five games this season. He was also named captain for the month of October. The Sabres acquired Hecht from the Oilers in June 2002 in exchange for two second-round picks in the 2002 draft. He was originally selected by the Blues in the second round of the 1995 draft.

E così, dopo l’entusiasmante partita di Baseball, è arrivato il turno dell’NHL. Avevo perso ormai ogni speranza di poter assistere a una partita di hockey perché tutti mi dicevano che è quasi impossibile trovare i biglietti. In effetti è stato più o meno così, visto che si trattava di una partita di pre-season, equivalente a un nostro Trofeo Birra Moretti, e siamo riusciti a trovarne in extremis 4 per una cifra non troppo modica, 40$. Arrivati allo stadio siamo andati alla ricerca dei nostri posti. Fila 319. Saliamo. 316…317…318… E scusa, il 319 dov’è? Ma vuoi vedere che… Leggi bene il biglietto. Toh guarda, c’è scritto “stand”. In pratica erano biglietti per stare in piedi nell’ultimissima fila dello stadio, il posto più dimenticato da Dio e dagli uomini dopo il Darfur. La cosa bella è che non eravamo gli unici, quindi vuol dire che c’è gente che consapevolmente paga per stare in piedi.Fortunatamen

The Oilers offered restricted free agent Thomas Vanek a 7-year $50 million deal today, but Sabres' GM Darcy Regier has said that he will match that offer. The Austrian Vanek scored 43 goals and 84 points last season, a 36-point increase from his rookie season. It seems kind of insane to offer Vanek so much so early in his career for such a long period of time, but Kevin Lowe has driven the value

Let me just start this out by saying I have yet to watch the game. By the time I got home there was about 10 minutes left in the third and what I saw was pretty dissappointing. This is Mike Fisher I am sure most of the Sabres fans recognize him. He played great last night getting a short handed goal and helping the Ottawa Senators defeat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2. Also, a random note Mike Fisher

This is going to be the series to watch, no doubt. There is a lot of bad blood between these 2 teams, as the clip shows. I can just picture Bryan Murray calling Lindy Ruff a 'fucking ath-hole' at some point in the next week or so. Could this possibly be the roughest series in the playoffs? I hope so.These teams match up well. Both like the wide-open style speed game, but can slow it down and shut the opposing team down when necessary. This looks to be a high-scoring affair regardless.Season seriesOttawa takes it with 5 wins and 3 losses. The Sens outscored the Sabres 33 - 25 in those games and outshot them 276 - 254. The biggest difference between the 2 teams this season was on the power play. The Sens were 15-for-50 while the Sabres' PP was a whole lot less efficient at 6-for-44. Wow.MentalityThe Sabres are considered by most to have not brought their 'A' game to the ice in this post season...yet. They are steadily improving, but not there yet. That was really evident against the

Period 1Unreal. The Rangers score the first goal of the game at 17:10 after being outshot 11-4 up to that point. Nylander deked Miller out of his jock. MSG came alive for the first time since the pregame.That put the momentum in New York's favor, especially considering that Henrik Lundqvist was stopping everything that Buffalo threw at him.Period 2 Now a shootout occurs. The Sabres score just over a minute in (Kalinin) and then again just over a minute later (Pominville). The Rangers don't fall apart after that. Almost 2 minutes later Paul Mara scores from the point on the power play. 2-2. But the Sabres come alive again and score 2 goals in a span of 3 ½ minutes (Hecht and Drury)If you are not watching this game you are missing a beauty. Leave your yard work for tomorrow dammit!Call me nuts, but this is how the Sabres should have been playing all along. Their speed is making the Rangers look slow, and their "trap' absolutely useless. I've been wondering if the Sabres have

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As for the Islanders, I hope for their sake that their game plan was predicated around stealing Game 1 on the road. Because their plan of take no chances, never have the defense pinch, and wait for Buffalo to screw up and hope your goalie steals a game is no way for them to win a series. They can win a game that way, but not the series. Hell, who am I kidding? They can't win the series. That statement, by Kevin on Bflo.blog, pretty much sums up the Sabres 4-1 victory of the Islanders last night. Technorati tags: Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, Stanley Cup, NHL, Hockey Sponsored By: 2007 Buffalo Calendars 2007 Calendars with Buffalo images, ships in 2 days.

The Buffalo Sabres’ 2-0 shutout of the Washington Capitals clinched the Presidents’ Trophy.  While Detroit creamed Chicago  7-2 and is tied in points with Buffalo, the Sabres have more wins.  Buffalo still has one game to go tomorrow, against the Flyers, but Detroit has wrapped up their regular season. The Sabres’ franchise-record 53rd win was enough to lock up the team’s first Presidents’ Trophy title and home-ice advantage throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs that begin next week. Buffalo will wrap up the regular season Sunday at Philadelphia. As a bonus, Tim Connolly scored a goal in his first game back since sustaining a concussion in last year’s playoffs. Source: SI.com - Pro Hockey - Recap   Technorati tags: Buffalo Sabres, Presidents’ Trophy, playoffs, home ice advantage, NHL, hockey Sponsored By: Images by Mike in WNY Custom Buffalo themed gifts here, personal or business, bulk discounts availa

Here I bash the Leafs this afternoon pregame and then they come out and shut the Buffalo machine down tonight. Why can't the Leafs play like this all the time? They looked like the Canucks in a sense, playing so tight defensively. But they also forechecked hard and stayed on the Sabres players. In the beginning of the 3rd, their brains farted for about 5 minutes, and that insanity took over again, coughing the puck up, scrambling, giving up 2-on-1's, breakaways. Andrew Raycroft stoned Buffalo though. When Antropov tipped a McCabe point shot at 5:04 of the 3rd, you had to wonder if it was going to be deja-vu all over again. But it didn't happen. The Leafs shut them down the rest of the way in convincing fashion.Unreal..The 7th-11th seeds in the East all won tonight, making last night's Leafs meltdown that much more difficult to accept. What a race.Coach's Corner was good tonight. Don Cherry tackled the 'fighting issue' in the way that you knew he would. And yes, Ron MacLean is an

I’m selling tickets for a friend of mine on eBay.  Click here if you are interested. Buffalo Sabres vs. Ottawa Senators 2 Tickets for a ”Bronze” Sold Out Game 100 Level Preferred - Section 118 - Row 13 13 Rows Up from the Ice - Great View!!! Free Local Pickup/Delivery!!! The Games is Wednesday, February 7, at 7:00pm. BUY it NOW only $199 for 2 Tickets!   Technorati tags: ebay, tickets, buffalo, sabres, ottawa, senators Sponsored By: 2007 Buffalo Calendars 2007 Calendars with Buffalo images, ships in 2 days.

I missed Monday’s game.  I will be at the home rematch Wednesday night cheering for the Sabres.  It should be a good game based on Kevin’s recap of the game on BfloBlog.  I was disappointed that I missed Miller’s phenomenal save on Mara and did a bit of web searching to find a video.  You can click the link below to view terrific video coverage of the shot on ESPN.         2           3 Video link: ESPN.com - NHL - Recap Technorati Tags: NHL, hockey, Buffalo Sabres, Boston Bruins, Ryan Miller Sponsored By: Images by Mike in WNY Custom Buffalo themed gifts here, personal or business, bulk discounts available

The Florida Panthers out shot the Buffalo Sabres 33 to 16. The Sabres won the game 2 to 1. This game was a nail biter from the git go. The Panthers hit the ice skating and shooting and never let up. Ryan Miller earned his money in this game. I was disturbed at times because the Sabres seemed to try too hard to finesse the puck into the net rather than just laying some shots on Ed Belfour. I also must acknowledge that this formula is working for Buffalo, but it is nerve racking at times while watching the games. The game had some skirmishes between the teams and I thought this was partly a result of some inconsistent officiating. There were some obvious calls that were never made. The Sabres seem to give away some good scoring chances to other teams too often when miscues occured as they got carried away passing the puck around looking for the perfect shot. Max Afinogenov scored the winning goal by being in the perfect spot to shovel a pass past Belfour. Max received the 1st st

Lightning may have struck twice in the HSBC arena last night, but it wasn’t enough for Tampa Bay to overcome the 7 goal second period by the Buffalo Sabres. I was in for a real treat last night, I had seats just inside the blue line, 13 rows from the ice, on the end where all 9 goals were scored.  The view was fantastic.  Even though the Sabres had the game well in hand, very few people left early. The game was an unusual one due to the bizarre 2nd period.  First, there was the Sabres scoring 7 goals and making it look extremely easy.  Second, the review of one of the Sabres’ goals took forever.  Third, the glass was broken and had a nice sized hole which caused the referees to end the period with 2:08 left and tack the time on to open the 3rd period before the teams switched ends. One of the highlights of the game, at least for me, is the sound that emanates from Max Afinogenov’s skates as he dances around the opposition while still

With 9 minutes left to play the Buffalo Sabres were losing 4-1 to the Boston Bruins.  Buffalo took control and stole the game by tieing the score with 3 goals in the last 9 minutes and winning the shootout. Here’s the relevant details: 3rd Period - 11:11MAXIM AFINOGENOV, Wrist Shot - Assists: DEREK ROY and THOMAS VANEK 17:30MAXIM AFINOGENOV, Wrist Shot - Assists: THOMAS VANEK and DEREK ROY 18:25ALES KOTALIK, Slap Shot - Assists: PAUL GAUSTAD and CHRIS DRURY Shootout - MURRAYSave BRIEREGoal AXELSSONSave AFINOGENOVSave BERGERONGoal KOTALIKGoal Sabres WIN!!!!!!!!!!! The Three Stars were - M. AfinogenovSabres - RWGoals: 2Assists: 0M. SavardBruins - C Goals: 1Assists: 2A. KotalikSabres - RWGoals: 1Assists: 0 Max Afinogenov willed himself, and his team, to win this game with 9 minutes to go! Advertisement: The Holidays are coming, Buffalo gifts here

If anyone is looking for a pair of tickets to this Saturday’s Sabres game, I am selling a pair for a friend on eBay. Buffalo Sabres vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 2 Tickets for a “Gold” Premier Game 100 Level Preferred - Section 118 - Row 13 13 Rows Up from the Ice - Great View!!!

A day has past, life moves on and so do the Sabres. The streak was nice and as long as they continue to play the type of hockey we’ve seen, this will be a season to remember. Below is a slideshow of photos from the game. Follow the jump to see the individual photos.

The league leading Sabres just did it again, knocked off the Carolina Hurricanes and are still undefeated.  Afinogenov kicked it into “max mode” and had 1 goal and 2 assists. Buffalo got their first lead of the game at 13:31 of the 2nd period with a goal by Afinogenov, assisted by Campbell and Roy.  The Canes tied it up a couple of minutes later at the 15:42 mark of the 2nd period. It wasn’t until 13:42 of the 3rd period that another goal was scored.  This is the one that put the Sabres in the lead for good.  Vanek scored it with assists by Afinogenov and Roy.  Spacek added an insurance goal at the 15:24 mark, assisted by Vanek and Afinogenov. Commodore added a Carolina goal at 18:45 of the 3rd, but it was not enough.  The Canes drop to 3-4-1 for the season with a total of 7 points. Max Afinogenov is the type of player that can make a big difference.  We’ve seen his moves in the past.  This season Max is playing more cons