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  4. GDT: Buffalo at Tampa Bay 7:30 pm ET, 1/12/2017

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    Hopefully, he's not coaching their outlet passes. "Just bang it off the wall, as long as the puck isn't in your end they can't score no matter who posses it!"

     

    Hopefully he's coaching things they still need work on.  He was particularly good at checking a much faster player (McJesus) in the EDM game.  He needs to share the secret of how he did that.

    I have a bad feeling about this.  Tampa just seems to have the Sabres' number.

     

    Not anymore.  This is the New Sabres.

    With shrader abandoning us are you in line to be the next 'wet blanket'?

     

    :P

     

    Yeah, he moved up in the depth chart from 2WB to 1WB

  6. GDT: Buffalo at Tampa Bay 7:30 pm ET, 1/12/2017

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    Posted · Edited by Doohickie

    Sexy center lineup there.  :flirt:

    That's what we've been projecting since Jack was drafted.

     

    I agree. Oh how the mighty have fallen, but I would much rather see Fedun-Falk in there than Gorges. They at least have some transition skills in their game.

    Gorges was never a might Sabre.  At this point I think his mightiest contribution is as a player-coach to bring the younger guys along.  And at this point, they're pretty much ready to fly from the nest.  Gorges is a good depth guy, but not a top pairing guy anymore.  I think even DD is realizing that.

    It's more efficient. No roller coaster. Just stay on the tea cups and be miserable.

     

    Edit: Damn it. Sorry, NS. I blew it.

     

    You were so close, too.

     

     

     

    Not.  :nana:

    Huge game. Can jump over Tampa with a win. A loss and last game means nothing. They dug themselves into this hole, they have to get out now.

     

    I hope they're going with playoff-level intensity from here on out.  If they do, they can make the playoffs.  If they make the playoffs they'll probably be burned out after all that intensity, but at least they'll make the playoffs.  Somehow I see that as a point of closure where the transitional guys (Gio, Moulson, Gorges, Franson) can say they accomplished their mission and will be content to move on to the next world, taking the Ghosts of the Tank with them.

  7. Brewing goaltender controversy? Sabres get points with Nilsson in goal

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    Somewhere on the internet, someone muses that Cal Peterson may be looking at the Sabres goaltending depth and decide to play out college and sign as a UFA  somewhere with an easier path to the NHL.

     

    Unless Lehner or Nilsson really seizes the starting position by the nads, there's a decent likelihood that within a season or so both of the current roster goalies on the Sabres will be gone.  Peterson could very well end up in the NHL as early as next season.  It's not like we have a cemented starter.

  8. Around the NHL 2016-2017

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    http://sabrenoise.com/2017/01/12/buffalo-sabres-rasmus-ristolainen-latest-victim-of-nhl-ineptitude/

     

    Apparently Risto has 0 votes for the norris race  :blink:

     

    I get him not being in the all star game, and don't mind it at all seeing he'll get some rest and the format is the way it is.

    but 0 votes ?

     

    I hope the team has the same attitude I've adopted:  Individual accolades mean nothing.  Winning the Cup is everything.

    When the Sabres are a top team, their top players will be recognized.

  11. GDT: Buffalo at Tampa Bay 7:30 pm ET, 1/12/2017

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    Yeah, that's against the Tank Teams though.  This is a New Sabres squad. 

     

    Seriously, at some point there's gotta be cutoffs between tanking, rebuilding, and something approaching a finished product.  I know the team still has a ways to go and the rebuild isn't complete, but at some point we'll be somewhere between a rebuilder and a contender.  I hope we hit that transition on Dec. 31 and can go on a run now to prove to the rest of the league (and ourselves) that the New Core has arrived.

  19. GDT: Buffalo at Tampa Bay 7:30 pm ET, 1/12/2017

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    Posted · Edited by Doohickie

    I HATE THIS TEAM.  I posted this on 12/29 when the Sabres blew a 2-goal lead on the Bruins.  Since the first of the year though..... not so much.  I actually like to watch the team.  They've captured 7 of 8 points in 2017 and just as importantly, they're playing inspired hockey.  Please, Sabres, don't take me back to I HATE THIS TEAM.  I love watching you now, don't ruin it!
     
    The Sabres are getting healthy, while the Lightning are suffering from the injury bug.  Starting goalie Ben Bishop is out.  Several others are too, and TB is dipping into the AHL to fill out their roster (and no, their Peca and Dumont are not related to the former Sabres).  The Sabres know what that's like, they know how other teams can take advantage of a banged up roster, and now it's time to take it out on the Lightning.  Kick 'em while they're down, Sabres!  Also of note:  If we beat TB in regulation and push their losing streak to 5, we pass them in the standings.
     
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    Likely starting goalies are Anders Nilsson and Andrei Vasilevskiy.

    Doohickie's pick is Matt Moulson.  Look for Matty Mo to score a goal or three!
     
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  23. 2016-'17 Lineup

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    It seems like Bailey/Carrier/Baptiste/Fasching show glimpses of being Very Good Players, but their consistency is lacking.  I kind of get the impression that every time they're sent down, they use that as an opportunity to work on aspects of their game that were found wanting in the NHL, and when they return to the Sabres, they're that much better for it.  They're not top players in the sense of a Reinhart or Eichel, but they may each prove to be a very valuable part of a highly competitive team.

     

    Early in the season someone complained that some of these guys didn't make the NHL roster and wondering if they'd ever break in.  My response at the time was that injuries happen and they'd get their chances.  Unfortunately, that's come to pass.  Fortunately, bringing those guys up isn't so much of a downgrade anymore.

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