It's the most wonderful time of the year...

First of all, did anyone else notice Dwayne Roloson diving to save Vanek’s third goal last night? He looked like Wiley Coyote trying to catch the road runner. Hilarious.

There are two games left in the Sabres season. That’s it, just two. Then we’re faced with the gut wrenching, nerve-wracking, deliriously exciting race for the Cup. Or, if the Sabres don’t make it to the run, we’re stuck with a month of games we pretend not to care about. Really, we’re just jealous that we didn’t make it, but as loyal fans we refuse to root for anyone else and we have to pretend we’re uninterested in who wins. Lucky for us, the Sabres have been rallying like only they can do, leaving us with an unavoidable feeling of hope that the Sabres might just make a valiant effort to bring the long-awaited Cup victory to Buffalo. If we get just one more point, or Carolina loses one of their three remaining games, we clinch a playoff spot and secure our future, at least for the first round. Even with Enroth in net, I can’t help but feel like this might be our year to really make ourselves known. Enroth has been 3-0-1 since Miller’s mysterious injury, and the NHL named him the 3rd star of the week.

I do wonder whether Enroth can keep up at this pace since Ruff obviously has no intention of playing Lalime with so much on the line, but being a Buffalo fan means having blind faith so I trust Ruff knows what he’s doing. Miller is due to be evaluated on Thursday and Ruff hopes he can play in at least one of the last two games, but with no one really speaking about his injury one can’t help but wonder about the rumors swirling that his injury may be more serious than the team and management are letting on. If Miller is, in fact, seriously injured then it would make perfect sense that no one is releasing the information. If opposing teams don’t know which goalie they’re facing, it’s harder to prepare. If Miller is even a remote possibility in their minds, they’d be fools not to be fully ready to face one of the best goalies in the league. Consider also that Vanek is at #17 in the league with 70 points and we’re shaping up to be a formidable opponent, just in time to head into the most important time of the season.

So, with just two games left in the regular season, I ask this simple question- can the Sabres do it? Call me crazy, but I say absolutely.