mjd1001

That was ****. It was a perfectly fine hit. To start a fight over a hit like that is B.S. Your guy got hit and it looked perfectly legal, don't go after the guy that hit him...make fun of your teammate in the dressing room after the game for being lit up like that. Maybe i'm missing something, I need to see the replay again, but it looked like the l hit was 100% legal..nothing even close not to. And honestly, it was a good hit but he wasn't even 'lit up', why the reaction to that?

Aube Kubel, when is he coming back? I seem to remember for not being a huge guy and being pretty fast..he is one that liked to drop the gloves with when needed. I think I read in the past he had fights in games vs both Sam Lafferty and one against Connor Clifton too.

I need him to score. Can Cozens get an empty netter so he has one at least? Seriously though, he hasn't made a bad play without the puck today, but he's been taken off his feet a few times tonight by Chicago, and still isn't producing at all. If McLeod and Krebs were your #2 and #3 centers (in either order) for a few games and Cozens was benched or allowed to bang away on the 4th line wing, I don't think this team would be worse for it, not a single bit.

I still like the Blackhawks uniforms a lot, like top 10 in the league for me, but I don't like them as much as I used to. As a kid and even a teenage, I thought they were the best in all of sports. The colors, the colors of the feathers, when I looked at that logo there was something about it that was...almost 'magical' (as much as it can be for a logo). I still like them, but I just don't have the same 'feeling' for them as I did in the past.

I don't now if he was tired or it was a long shift...it just looked somewhat like Samuelsson was tired. Even flipping the puck along the boards wasn't a great play but it wasn't terrible...just...he got caught from behind, didn't put anything on the flip around the boards, got knocked off his feet by a smaller guy...didn't skate hard to the front of the net. Its like he didn't make a mistake, and wasn't even super lazy...it just looked like everything he did was done with 80% effort when it called for 85-90% effort.

Through 2 periods, Peterka now leading forward in ice time (13:31) Dahlin now way up on everyone else on D (15:54) Jokiharju led all D in time on ice in the first, but only had about 5 minutes total in the 2nd. Dahlin with almost 9 minutes of Ice time just in the 2nd (8:47)

Other than not being able to do anything on the Powerplay, that Tuch, Thompson, and Peterka line are producing like a legit top line. 10 goals between them in 6 2/3 games.

Just watched the replay of the last Chicago goal.... Biggest problem was Samuelsson with the puck behind the net, he has time but just throws it around the boards into a 'gaggle' of players, including 2 blackhawsks. He was chased from behind and hit, and the guy that hit him took Samuelsson out of the play and then beat him up back to the boards. So, the problem there was he made a lazy pass, and then got hit, and the smaller guy hit him, knocked him down, and then beat him to the skates to continue the play. None of that would have mattered if Clifton controlled the puck, it looked like it came right to his stick but jumped over his stick...kinda bad luck. Finally, Krebs kinda had the goal scorer tied up, but let him go for 1/2 second when Samuelsson got back into the play. Krebs released him 1/2 second before Samuelsson could pick him up, and he had just enough time to get the rebound. To me that goal is 60% on Sameulsson, 20% on bad luck, 20% on UPL (for the rebound) and Krebs/Samuelsson again (for not deciding who should tie up the scorer) Its really a hard goal to diagnose, even from 2 different angles and going frame by frame.

out of town, Washington and Jersey playing an exciting game. 10 goal so far, shifts of momentum, lead changes, even a fight.

Just go back to the PP set up where all you do is feed Thompson on the side to take one timers over, and over, and over. Can it be much worse? Of course, that would require the gain the zone and control the puck long enough to even try that....

and now a PP opportunity just minutes after allowing a goal? When it rains.... I mean, at some point if this PP drought goes on long enough, can it become a momentum killer? I think if the team is having a good period 5-on-5, and they get a PP and fail miserably at it again, does it have any kind of negative impact on their psyche/confidence?

UPL needs to make that save. Levi had 3 that were on him against Columbus...1st one I think goes on UPL.

Nice contrast between the Sabres and Blackhawks uniforms. Makes the game easy to watch. Krebs right now IS playing, overall, better than Cozens. Complete game.

I saw on ahl.com that not only is Rochester 0% on their PP, but they have had 21 opporutunities? They are 0-for-21, can that be true? That would mean combined the 'organization' (apologies to Jacksonville) is 0-for-39 on the powerplay. It seems almost impossible.

Samuelsson with only just a bit over 4 minutes, and 7 shifts. A little less ice time due to 'accountability'? Or random chance?

Cozens led all forwards in ice time in period 1, and had the most shifts. Jokiharju tops among D-men in both ice time and number of shifts.

Even if you aren't a great coach....watch video of every single entry and set up of the top 5 teams in the league on the PP. What are they doing that you aren't? Whatever it is..there have to be SOME tendencies.....just find out what they are and try them. I posted this earlier...my wife and I went for a quick walk and a trip to the store...I rushed back because I wanted to see the beginning of the game. So we got back right in time at 6:55pm. Um...I forgot it was an 8pm game, not a 7pm game. Rushed home early for no reason (no jokes about the way the sabres are playing, rushing home at ALL to see them is for no reason)

I actually think he was just in the wrong place and they fell, nothing wrong....Kinda feels stranger saying something about Cozen without it being too negative.

What happens first? Cozens or Quinn score any goal? Or the Sabres score a Power play goal?

Honest question...when you hear a penalty against the other team, do you think its a good thing or something you dread thinking we know the outcome already? I'm almost seriously at the point I enjoy 5-on-5 more than the PP.

At least the sound is synced and perfectly fine on commercials. Glad to see that got the important stuff right.

4 in 7 for Tage and getting good chances. He's heating up after a slow first couple games.

That might be a new thing during a really bad game, or on an off day.....have everyone show a picture of their preferred location/view to watch the game. If the season gets any worse, we might have to start doing things like that.

When Foligno had that hit on the near boards, did Dunleavy call him "Mike Foligno"? Maybe not, I'm 'half' listening to the game, but I thought I heard Mike Foligno

Anyone ever watch a Rangers game or a Devils game on MSG out of NY city? do they show the shots? Wondering if it is just a Sabres thing...or an MSG network thing?