Restating the Theme
by Ryan How important is it that Thomas Vanek hit the net? The importance of a win on Saturday night is obvious. With a truly dreadful start to the 2010 season, the Sabres needed to win a road game on...
View ArticleAnd Twins Make Three
by Ryan I wanted to talk about Thomas Vanek in depth before tonight’s game, but it’s not going to happen. In short: I think what happened on Saturday is an obvious example of not only how good Vanek...
View ArticleEtymology
by Ryan If there’s one thing I will always be proud of it’s this post. Not the sub-par photo manipulation skills, but the perfect combination of Greek mythology and utter boredom that created the...
View ArticleThe Titan and the Trainee
Mikhail Grigorenko will play some hockey tonight in Buffalo. Thomas Vanek will probably play, too. The Grigorenko news may cause some to utter nasty French words up in Quebec, but around these parts...
View ArticleRoostCast 88: Atlas Radio
In this episode, Ryan is joined by The Defenseman for an emergency Thomas Vanek podcast recorded minutes after a Sabres win in Boston. They talk about how good Vanek is, how bad Tyler Myers is and...
View ArticleTitan Thursday
You try to avoid superlatives and hedge your emotions. You try not to overreact and say things you will regret. You try—tough as it may be—to be rational. Eventually, the evidence becomes overwhelming...
View ArticleStart Menu
This year’s Buffalo Sabres are the greatest NHL94 team of all time. They have a good goaltender and a top line that scores at a remarkable rate. If you’re playing without line changes on, every game is...
View ArticleAtlas on the Market
Trading Thomas Vanek is not a good idea. Joking about it on Twitter is one thing, but actually advocating for it is a completely different pile of silliness. Trading Vanek away doesn’t bring the team...
View ArticleFrozen Meh
Welp. The Sabres won on Saturday night, with Thomas Vanek scoring both goals to beat the best team in the Northeast. I’m honestly bummed I can’t deliver the Atlas narrative to you on this one. Vanek’s...
View ArticleAtlas in the Apple
by Ryan To say that last night’s game was a big win would be a huge understatement. When you control the flow of a game against a team like the Rangers while Clarke MacArthur is a “top scoring line...
View ArticleA View From The Roost: Atlas Keeps Rolling
By Chris Sometimes I look back at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft and wonder if the Sabres made the right move. The first round of that draft is arguably the deepest in recent memory as, five years later,...
View ArticleLaletdown Game
by Ryan Ah, the comfort of the expected. Heading into the game you knew all the factors against the Sabres; the short rest, injury troubles, the likelihood of starting the backup goalie. Throw in the...
View ArticleA View from the Roost: All Around the World
by Ryan Thomas Vanek is in a special place right now. It’s the kind of place that goal scorers go to every once in a while; where everything is illuminated by red lights and there’s always open ice....
View ArticleAtlas ‘Simplified’
by Ryan When will they learn? Take a look around the league and tell me what you see. What teams are defined by one player, one face bobbing above a uniform’s crest? What names are thrown around when...
View ArticleAtlas Analyzed
by Ryan I really wanted to talk about statistics today because there were some great posts by other bloggers over the weekend. First of all, Die by the Blade had a good summary of Buffalo’s struggles...
View ArticleHomeric Hymn to Atlas
by Ryan Everyone knows that Thomas Vanek leads the league in goals thus far, and everyone knows how well he’s been playing. Still, when I look back on the past year and see how much has changed I can’t...
View ArticleA View from the Roost: Atlas Comes Home
by Ryan The bucket may say so, but Thomas Vanek wasn’t the best player on the ice tonight. Sure you could make a case for him, but there were plenty of other guys who played just as well. Drew Stafford...
View ArticleCut the Cord
by Ryan I want to be mad at Thomas Vanek, I really do. After all, he’s the one who made the catastrophic mistake with thirty seconds left in overtime. It’s a play you will see a hundred times a season,...
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