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  1. GDT: 🏒 Buffalo Sabres @ New Jersey Devils 27 October 2023 7:00 PM MSG

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    11 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

    They view Comrie and UPL as below Levi level which will result in more losses. I don't think that is accurate. 

     

    6 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

    Not yet anyway. Levi I hope has more upside 

     

    I'm just curious: are you mainly referring to their stats?

     

    When watching Levi's movement, recovery, reflexes, awareness, puck-tracking, etc., Levi is way beyond UPL & Comrie

  7. GDT: Sabres @ Islanders - October 14, 2023 - 7:30PM, MSG-B/MSGSN/ESPN+📺WGR📻

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    44 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

    Benson does so much on the first goal by Greenway. When he gets the sticks lifts on the back check he immediately taps the puck into space for himself. The defender (A) who lost the puck turns towards that way and Benson is already pushing the puck under him the opposite way. This results in that defender finishing his turn to find Benson a full stick length away while the defenders momentum pulls him further away.

    Benson continues on the angle he has because it cuts the hands of the nearest islander who is in a full sprint backwards (the trailer), this gives Benson the body position he needs. After he has the step he continues towards the defender (B) who is facing him, at this point Benson has neutralized 2 islanders. Once that B defender drifts out wide enough for Benson, he cuts hard back towards the center of the ice and for a 2nd time cuts the hands of the trailing defender. At this point the only defender in a position to do much is the B defender who steps into Benson and allows the trailer to also get to Benson.

    However Benson has created space. The B defender has to slide to the middle and trailer is also in the middle. The A defender he turned around is still out of the play but has to slide out as Benson slides into the middle. Again we now have 2 players Benson pulled to the middle of the ice and the A defender he beat has to keep moving further outside to maintain his gap as Benson goes east west while being engaged. Once Benson fights through the double check he knows that there is space where he cut from and lays the puck into it. This forces that A defender to come all the way across the ice but there is no one to take the space he vacates except, Greenway. Greenway takes the pass from Mitts and again you see him cut the hands of the trailing defender and we get a goal. 

    It all happens because Benson gets 1 guy turned around, then attacks towards the B defender while cutting the hands of the trailer, once engaged with the other defender he cuts hard towards the middle and using his size, slips through the double check to lay the puck back across into space. When I talk about manipulation this is what I mean. His route is planned to move people and give him options. By turning the A defender, cutting the hands of the trailer and driving at an angle towards the B defender, Benson is forcing those players to react to him. 

    Not that I have anything to add, other than that it is amazing to see such a young kid with these killer instincts, and the skill to execute it in the NHL.

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  8. GDT: Sabres @ Islanders - October 14, 2023 - 7:30PM, MSG-B/MSGSN/ESPN+📺WGR📻

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    1 hour ago, Mango said:

    I hate that the Islanders sweaters seem waaaay too similar to the Sabres.  Other than the slug/goat head era this has been the case. It drives me nuts.
     

    And it’s a dumb name, “oh we live in Long Island, we’re Islanders. Oh and our logo is a map of the place we live. But also include other places like Brooklyn” The Long Island Cartographers would be a better name. Imagine if we were the Buffalo Buffalonians and our logo was an outline of all of WNY. So dumb. 


    Eff the Isles in the A. 

    But Brooklyn is geographically on Long Island... 🤔

    But 👍 in general to your post

  22. GDT : Sabres at Islanders 3-25-2023 5 PM - ESPN+/Hulu, WGR

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    1 hour ago, Zamboni said:

    Is it just me, or are there a couple posters who only show up in the GDT post game when the Sabres lose? 😂

     

    They played a nice solid road game. Props to Comrie 👍🏼
    I liked Cozens and Booosh tonight

     

    1 hour ago, Crusader1969 said:

    I wonder about that too.   They must be upset when they win cause they can’t post their endless drivel 

    It's easier for some crackpot theory (or "drivel", if you will) to gain traction/sympathy when the fan base is fragile and looking for answers. So nice to get some relief from that (which I find more insufferable than the losses themselves) 

     

     

    1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

    This was a ten times better defensive game by the Sabres. Maybe it's the opponent. The Isles are not an attacking style of team.

     

    59 minutes ago, French Collection said:

    You would think they would have watched some video of how poor the Sabres D zone coverage was and tried to exploit that.

    The Sabres coverage was 10 times better though.

    Perhaps Donny finally started talking about defense? This was a great opponent to get some confidence against, in that regard, as the Isles are not an attacking-style team, as others have pointed out...

    Also, they did it without sacrificing their owning offensive style. As many pointed out, without a stellar Varlamov performance, this easily could have been a blowout 

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