The Sabres are hot....Yes you heard that right.

Well that was a very quick turn of events, a couple games really made the difference for this Sabres club that now only stand 3 points behind the New York rangers for the 8th spot in the eastern conference. The Sabres are riding a 3 game win streak all division wins, 2 against the Canadiens and the other was a thriller against the Maple Leafs. What I'm seeing from the Sabres more than before is their will to win. All though that is a obvious thing you need to have in order to win, it just wasn't their with this Sabres team in the past weeks of the season which might be big in if the Sabres get in or not. Another bright spot in their win skid is their goaltender play. Ryan Miller has been having one of the worst seasons of is career but him and backup Jhonas Enroth have stolen a couple games for us including the last game against the Habs where Miller made 38 saves out of 39 saves including a big play on a breakaway robbing the Hab forward. I still can't believe how fast its turned the Sabres went from 15th all the way to 10th and a win behind the playoffs and then dropped to 12th without playing, that just shows how stacked the East is heck even the Islanders are right there (No disrespect Isles). Another thing that has been bugging me is and don't get me wrong I can totally understand this but it really gets to some Sabres fans when some fans have already given up and want the first overall pick. I totally understand that idea but to me the goal for every year is to win a Stanley cup thats why they wake up in the morning and put in all the dedication they do. Ryan Wolmerdof of getrealhockey.com the other Sabres writer made a fascinating point, if the Sabres make the playoffs they will most likely save Regier for another year and how good of a chance do we have at a Stanley cup. My response is all we need is a chance look at the Kings, yes we don't have some of the star power they had as a 8th seed but if we get in I think we can do some serious damage with our grit and toughness that we have shown this year. How bad do we want that 8th seed? Honestly I don't want it we need to go after the 7th and 6th seed because I won't lie, I am scared of the Pittsburgh Penguins but hey bring them on! At this point we are 6 points out of 7th, Not that bad for how we have played so it is a legitimate goal to get that spot or higher. Yes at one point we did have a serious chance at being the #1 pick but at this point already we are not that bad to get that pick so to me its all in for the playoffs, This city deserves some post season action as they have stuck by this team the whole season. I like how Ryan Miller put it in his post game press conference a few weeks back saying all we need is at the end of the season a chance to compete for a Stanley Cup, I loved hearing those two words out of a Sabre mouth (Stanley Cup) because that's the goal and not enough Sabres are looking at that but one that is and is the big reason we are in this is forward Steve Ott who believes in this team more than anyone to get in the playoffs and he has been huge for this organization. Sorry Derek Roy but we ripped Dallas in that trade, Hey I guess they owe us one after 1999....sorry still too soon? The Sabres take on Tampa Bay on Tuesday and will be big for both to stay in the playoff chase.