Carmel Corn

Holy crap, we have the lead!!! (Crow sandwich is tasting like turkey tonight)

Pound for pound, Clifton hits like Michael Peca.

Big Johnson lowering the boon!

Shoot the puck....you never know! Thanks Erik (K) for the deflection!

Pen's shift....both Acciari and Carter crash the net...seems so easy for them to do that. Little Johnson skates well enough to play forward....maybe he should while we have this forward deficit.

Yes....and so they'll dress all 3 goaltenders.

Undisciplined icing there....by Power

PP goal (finally)!

Perhaps he's already lost the room?

Well, DG did say during his on-ice interview that Dahlin was going to get his ice time no matter what (7 D). Tough break for sure and an incredibly accurate shot. Last year's team could overcome a 2-0 deficit with 1 period to go......I don't feel that way about this year's team.

Benson on the PK....perhaps a compliment to his defensive abilities.....yes I know Tuch and Greenway are not an option on this PK.

We do.....unfortunately it's in front of our own net 🙃

Trying to remember over the years who were some of the Sabre players more prone to missing the net.....for some odd reason I cannot get Gilles Hamel out of my head. Maybe that's why Zhitnik missed so many shots on goal....he was seeing "double" nets? (I will see myself out the door now).

So......we screen our own goalies better than the opposing goalies 🙃

Not this year (unfortunately).

Sounds like a lot of Pen's fans at the game (based on Sid's goal)

And/Or Rousek, Biro and of course.....Krebs?

IDK - the roster has had little change in the forward ranks, so I'm less convinced than you are. The PP is a train wreck this year and I am skeptical it is a chemistry issue vs. simply a bad strategy/design. I do agree that certain older guys should not be there, BUT as been discussed....there is insufficient forward depth to even consider that.

GMKA to Benson: "Hey Bensy.....we love what you bring to our team and want you to stick around for more. I personally need you to stay because I haven't done my job very well, where if this team had a good GM, then they would have sent you back so that you can develop properly. So instead, I need you to help save my bacon and let's hope we don't ruin you in the process."

Don't forget Alex Tuck!

I will agree he played with more energy last night, but IMHO he looked very lazy against the Hawks the game before.

IMHO - the fact that this is even a discussion topic is a failure on the part of GMKA. In general, I would suspect most would feel that what's best for Benson is further development to improve strength, speed, etc. In other words, maybe next year or the year after. The failure of management is that they are now in a tough position where he is clearly a top 6 player now.....when he shouldn't be. There should be other players/vets already forming our top 6, making Benson expendable to go back and save a year on his ELC.

The "Prevent Defense" strikes again!

It's professional sports....when the team fails to meet expectations, then the coach(s) is typically the fall guy. The Bills finally made a change and fired Dorsey, whether he deserved it or not. I personally don't buy the argument that Granato bears no responsibility here (vs. GMKA only). His roster is not significantly different from last year, yet his team is near the bottom of the conference and is already at a statistical disadvantage for making the playoffs.

"Tired"? Please elaborate. They played 3 nights ago....Maybe Dahlin, Power and Muel are tired, but the rest should be pretty fresh.