Doohickie
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Zemgus has a ROR-like beard.
Put Brad May together with Rob Ray and we may need closed captioning.
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Robin looks steady
Rebound control much better than usual.
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Calling it: Casey Nelson will have a goal and an assist.
Brad may not speak English well.
I see what you did there. Nice try.
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Don't know if I want to go in a debate with all the Lehner haters, but I have a lot less confidence in Nillson than Lehner.
Rebound control aside, I think Nilsson is way more out of position than Lehner.
Well you get your wish. Lehner in (per PHam)
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So Falk's on our top pairing, eh? Mixed feelings. He might actually do better there than Bogo. We'll see.
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Well so far this year I'm average only 27 miles a week. Gonna have to step it up a bit. I got my longest ride of the year in today, 45 miles on the breakfast ride with these jokers.
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That's stupendous.
Risto is developing a nasty streak that I love. He was all over Zetterberg last night.
It seems like the bigger the star, the more of and ass he is to them.
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Must win.
Is a Nelson call-up confirmed? I was hoping for Burgdoerfer.
Per SabresPR on Twitter:
Roster Move: The Sabres have recalled defenseman Casey Nelson from Rochester (AHL).Possible D Pairs
Bogo - Risto
Falk - Franson
Fedun - Nelson
WelpI'd put Falk and Fedun together and let Nelson play with Franson.
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Move McCabe to IR and bring in Casey Nelson.
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He was pictured leaving KBC in a sling.
Ooh. Not good.
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ROFL, thats from last night. This was pure soberness! trust!
Stella? I like Stella.
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FACK YES! such a GREAT WIN, it feels damn good.
Had to record this overtime live because i just felt we gonna get this game and we did, whoohoo!
So here it is..
Nice bottle collection. You're either a heavy drinker or a slob (or possibly both).
But I'm not judging.
Imagine if that trait rubs off onto Jack.
I'd say if anything it's rubbing off on Samson. He still has some growing to do, but he's got that same determined intensity as O'Reilly. It also appears that he's starting to heat up in front of the net again, definitely a good thing.
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One move? Franson for Crosby.
:angel:
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I think we'll see a nice game from the Girgensons line, they have a good matchup.
Interesting that Larkin is on the third line. Last year he was the wunderkind, but Mantha is establishing himself on the top line. I think they have a similar skillset, and Larkin is probably more talented, but Mantha is just a little more NHL savvy at this point in their careers. That said, Kane had better make sure he's aware of Larkin defensively because that kid's got some wheels.
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Foligno has had a good season imho. He works hard and I think he deserves to be on the second line right now. In the long run though I don't want to see Foligno and probably not Carrier there either. At least once Nylander is ready. Both are probably bottom 6 guys on a good team.
And I hope we keep them both going forward, when the Sabres are that good. They're okay as placeholders on the top 6 but I don't think anyone sees either one of those guys as top 6 down the road.
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And now Nilsson is out with the flu. I wonder if maybe Lehner started the Toronto game because Nilsson was starting to feel sick.
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My wife's a Detroy-It fan (and we used to live there), so I watch my share of games. He's basically doing exactly what Hossa does for Chicago. Power play specialist, extra guy out with the goalie pulled, designated goal scorer. He's doing well with it. (Kind of what Moulson was doing for the Sabres while Jack was out.)
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Sick still.
He didn't travel with the team on the last trip. His first two games back after being sick were back-to-back. This is the same bug, I think, that kept Carrier out a few games and they mentioned he lost 13 pounds from it.
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Yes, but only in that we should have held on to more of our 2015 draft picks. I'd rather have a lot more young talent right now than the duds Murray was targeting the last 2+ years.
Yeah, this part. But understand, most of those draft picks still wouldn't be contributing.
I think it's an interesting question, but also one that's really hard to answer (which is probably why it's interesting). Would we even be asking the question if the acceleration of the rebuild had been more effective? For instance, if Kane was scoring 30 while finishing Eichel's feeds and Bogo was locking down a quality 2nd pair, and Lehner was establishing himself as a top-5 goaltender...are we sitting here wondering if trying to push it along was the wrong choice? I don't think the strategy to get better faster was inherently the wrong one, but rather, Murray simply had the wrong targets when executing the strategy.
See, here's the thing: Every time you commit to a player (either trading for or signing to a contract), you take a gamble. You may look at a player and have a valid evaluation based on past performance, but that doesn't guarantee future performance. So even if you think it was time to start building in earnest, we've had a few setbacks, primarily injury-driven. So had Kuli not gotten injured on a door in the rink, had Bogo not suffered his injuries, they both might be playing at a level higher than we've seen to date (i.e., if they weren't banged up). It's a game of chance and when a lot of these trades were made they were acclaimed by the members of this forum mostly, but no one , not Murray, not us, not the players, could have looked forward in time and seen the injuries and how they would have affected the players even after they started playing again.
I'm not saying that the team's current state compared to expectations is purely because of injury, but they've played a major role in disrupting the flow of the season for the team.
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Not sure they actually have... not full blown this year but still stankish...
The original post mentions the draft picks moved in trades that brought in the younger veterans in an effort to help us win now- Kane, ROR, Bogo, Lehner. From that standpoint we're post-tank because GMTM has expended future assets for current players. That was a sign that GMTM has ended the tank, the fact that the Sabres still suck notwithstanding.
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They need to find a "Rene Robert" to make the top line lethal.
He's already in the system. Can't wait to see the Reinhart - Eichel - Malfoy line in action.
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Gah. Frustrating.
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Let's go Sabres.....
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Too little, too late? I hope not.
Sabres: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:
Leaves: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick:
GDT: Sabres at Habs -- 1/21/17, 7:00 pm
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Lehner! :worthy:
I like the Sabres' physical play tonight.
Eich's gotta learn positioning along the boards.