Mair undergoes successful hip surgery.

My expression was the same as his in this picture after I found out about his surgery from Tamara. An 'aw hale naw!' is appropriate for this. I don't understand why he underwent surgery, as for the past two weeks he's seemed completely okay practicing at the Pepsi Center. Now I understand a lot of the players don't like to say there's anything wrong unless the pain is unbearable, but from what I saw, there was nothing out of the ordinary. All I can hope is he makes a fast recovery!

(He is slated to be out for about six weeks, according to Darcy. So the second week of the season. Not too shabby! Please come back soon Adam, to protect some of the guys!)

"Let's be professional here."

That man right there gave the boys a shutout tonight. That's what I like to see to put a little spark back into the team. Nicely done Ryan! *round of applause* He made some key saves to keep the Kings off the board, and played wonderfully. I think that play radiated off the rest of the boys, so that's good to see at home.

Quick things to note:
- Gauthier needs to get punched in the balls. Actually, something worse. I hope he doesn't get away with that sucker punch that he had on Patty K. He didn't even have the balls to fight Petey sometime after that hit. Bastard.
- "Buffalo Bloggin' with...Jason Pominville. *pause* As Jason Pominville."
- Chris Butler looks like the female version of this girl I go to school with. No freaking lie. I noticed it during his postgame interview. Pretty creepy.
- Dreeeeeew, Roysie, and Ryan get my three stars of awesome tonight.
- I love that Thomas passed the puck to 'Buts' (teehee) who then threw it at the net so Mairsy could score. Giving the new kid a point, loves it.
- Speaking of Thomas, when they were showing clips of the Winter Classic and they showed the Buffalo bench, my mom's like 'Thomas, you tard. You lived in Austria and you couldn't handle the cold?' when we saw he was wearing his hood thingie, haha. So all night I was going 'Thomas, you tard!' (But I said it out of love, okay. Okay Thomas? I love you.)
- And speaking of Mairsy...hey, let's go out to dinner sometime...with your wife, and we can talk about the SPCA, all right?
- I'm pretty sure the PA announcer said 'Number twenty-four...Chris Butler.' instead of 'Number thirty-four.' Nicely done.
- What the hell was with the lines all night? I never thought I would see a line of Peters-Roy-Stafford. EVER.
- Ryan's postgame interview? I need a GIF of his facial expression when Rayzor said 'Let's be professional here.'

I am falling in love with Adam Mair, aka, Shelby loves her hockey players blond apparently.

It's true. After reading about that whole incident yesterday after the Sabres loss to the Sens on Monday, and then reading what Mairsy had to say about it this morning made me think 'Why haven't I've paid more attention to him before now?!'

I know that him and his wife are big supporters/helpers with the SPCA (an animal lover? A man after my own heart!), so that gets a big A+ from me. I love a man that can take care of animals and help them survive after being abandoned and abused. He fights for their rights just like fighting on the ice for the Sabres (and putting one in the back of the net every once and awhile).

I love that he was being a smart ass in his interview this morning. It shows he can make light of a situation such as the one he was in. I love guys that can make a situation light hearted.

Oh Adam,

There are so many things I could say to you. I have a picture of you on my wall; sitting next to Goose (or positioned next to him) for your 'Kids Escaping Drugs' poster. I will now glance over it every time I get the chance to, or when I leave my room. I may have to keep an eye out on you a lot more often now when you're playing. Of course, you cannot turn into my favorite Sabre because one of your teammates still has a tight hold on my heart. The blond hair, the blue eyes, the sort of longish hair that sometimes curls under his helmet as he skates along the ice...

*sighs* Hello. Is that orange juice in your car? Can I have some if it has Thomas Vanek backwash in it? No? Damn.

Anyways, you see my dilemma here. Besides, M.J. over at My Safety Is Harvard would not appreciate me busting a move on you, so I will have to decline your utmost love...but you will move up my list of favorite Sabres.

Love,
Shelby

Oh yeah, and about me liking blond hockey players, it's no joke. Thomas Vanek, Adam Mair, Tyler Ennis (I have a mad crush on the guy), Jordan Staal, Tim Kennedy (he sort of has blond hair, right?!), and the list could go on. Then again, while I like the blond hockey players, my girlfriend has brown hair. Yeah, I guess blond is strictly for the hockey players.

Everyone's talking about it, so I'll just follow suit.

If you're behind the times in the Buffalo Sports scene, then check out the following video:



As you can see, Adam Mair tried to get into a tiff with Chris Neil, though he is yelling at Jarkko Ruutu in the video. Pretty much all the blogs I read have taken note on what happened last night, and I guess it's being reviewed by the league. I honestly don't see what is so bad about this altercation. Mairsy DID NOT fight Ruutu in the hallway. Sure, he grabbed his undershirt, but a huge fight did not break out. The commissioner was in town, yes, but nothing is going to happen from this until the next Sabres/Sens game when they can deal with things on the ice - in a fight. If Mairsy gets a fine for this then okay, but if he gets suspended...well, I think the league needs to chill out. Like the Michael Peca incident. They were overreacting with this one, and if the league suspends Mair as well, then they are surely overreacting on issues not that serious unlike other issues at hand.

On a better note, I'd like to welcome Caroline to the blogging world! Go read! (Even if there is only one entry, but go go go!)