Today we look over Derek Roy's 2010-11 Campaign.
Roy started out his season with a bang. Roy had 3 goals in the 1st 2 games(which led the league at one point). Roy was on track to probably what would've been his best year ever. On December 23rd, Roy played in his 35th game. And by that point, he was scoring at point-per-game speed. He had a point for every game he was in. But then, bad things happened.
In the game that night against Florida, Roy was carrying the puck down the ice. He was driven into the boards by Florida's Dmitri Kulikov. Roy left the game with an "undisclosed lower body injury." It turned out being a torn quad. That ended Roy's year. In 35 games, Roy had 10 goals, and 25 assists. You can do the math. After Roy got hurt, the Sabres play surged and they became one of the year's top Second-Half teams. This led many people to think that Roy was the reason that the Sabres were playing so bad. Hearing that aggravated me. Derek Roy was not the reason Buffalo was playing bad. With Roy scoring so much, everybody else on the Sabres sat back and cruised along, thinking that they don't need to score since Roy was. After Roy was hurt, the Sabres played better because the players on the team that should be scoring regularly finally stepped up and started pulling their own weight (Ex. Drew Stafford, Jason Pominville, Tyler Myers). Then, when Buffalo learned that Roy would return for game 7, all those fans who were trash talking him welcomed him back with open arms. It was unfortunate that Roy's game 7 return couldn't help the team.
In all I think Roy is a great part of the Sabres. I want fans to learn that.
Good night and thanks for reading!!
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