I Wonder What Kaleta Did To Vanek?

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Buffalo Sabres winger Patrick Kaleta returned to practice Thursday, although he had bit of a black eye and a cut on his right cheek -- from a check absorbed at the hands of teammate Thomas Vanek during Wednesday night's public scrimmage in First Niagara Center.

"It happened. It's over with. You practice hard and I'll be the first one to back him up on the ice whenever he needs it," said a smiling Kaleta. "It is practice and stuff but it happened. It was a good hit. He felt bad about it. All in all, he smoked me."

Kaleta was turning with the puck in front of the net but had his head down and took a strong shoulder-to-chin shot from Vanek that drew ooohs and ahhs from the crowd. He was woozy and had to be helped from the ice.

"If you start smoking guys like that, I'm pretty sure it will be better off for our team," Kaleta said. "I just gotta stay out of the way."

Coach Lindy Ruff said he expects Kaleta to play in tonight's preseason game in Washington.

Kaleta ready to go after getting 'smoked' by Vanek - Sports - The Buffalo News



No Audio, but you can see the hit here:

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[IPostedWhat]

I wonder if Shanahan is going to suspend Vanek?

 

[dash]

Kaleta has been racking up points in the pre-season, Vanek is trying to remove the competition.

 

[DChero]

I wonder if Shanahan is going to suspend Vanek?

He's out for the next two scrimmages. No word on any fines.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Kaleta has been racking up points in the pre-season, Vanek is trying to remove the competition.

LOL, Kaleta has been playing well Dash maybe you're right he was just sending a message "This is my house baby!"

It was an unusual hit for practice though.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Maybe he did it because he's a real hockey player and Kaleta is a diving, cheap-shotting douche.

 

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Maybe he did it because he's a real hockey player and Kaleta is a diving, cheap-shotting douche.

Hey Lindy, I'm brawling...

 

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Ah, memories....