No Chara tonight

[The REAL Sabres]

Thank you Eric Cairns!

The Eastern Conference leading Ottawa Senators will be without one of their top defenceman when they take to the ice this weekend.

Zdeno Chara hurt his hand in a fight with Eric Cairns on Tuesday and will not make the Senators road trip to Buffalo for Friday's game, or Philadelphia for Saturday's contest versus the Flyers.

Things turned ugly at the end of the second period of Tuesday's game as a number of Penguins and Senators players converged between the two benches. The crowd culminated with Chara and Cairns exchanging punches after Cairns apparently speared the Ottawa defenceman.

On Thursday, the league announced that Cairns was suspended for three games without pay for his role in the fight.

"Things just heated up at the end of the period and I wanted to stick up for my teammates,'' Chara said after the game. "Cairns got on the ice and we exchanged a few words and I got speared twice. That's why I reacted the way I reacted."http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=159767&hubname=nhl

[Millertime27]

Yes, I heard this also......

Maybe we will be able to get more shots on Emery

[smashingt2312]

Yeah chara takes up like half the rink so this is good.

[GrapeDRINK]

Ottawa - Chara = Beatable

[SHINEdown30]

rather have chara on the ice to see if we can really beat them.......because we will be facing them in the playoffs sooner or later!

[CupCrazy]

rather have chara on the ice to see if we can really beat them.......because we will be facing them in the playoffs sooner or later!
I'd rather we get a win NOW and put an end to this slide the Sabres are on. A win is a win and a win against Ottawa would be a big morale booster.

GO SABRES!!!