Game Discussion Thread GDT: Tampa Bay at Buffalo 10-8-13 at 7:30 PM

[26CornerBlitz]

TBL (1-1-0) at BUF (0-3-0) – TUE OCT 8 – 7:30PM ET – NBCSN, TSN2 – WGR-AM

 

Sabres PR Game Preview: http://sabresdigital...3-vs-tampa-bay/

 

NHL.com Game Preview: http://www.nhl.com/g...w?id=2013020041

 

10/07 – Buffalo's Ron Rolston speaks with the media following practice on Monday.

 

10/07 – Buffalo's Mike Weber speaks with the media following practice on Monday.

 

10/07 – Buffalo's Marcus Foligno speaks with the media following practice on Monday.

 

10/07 – Buffalo's Jhonas Enroth speaks with the media following practice on Monday.

 

10/07 – Buffalo's Kevin Porter speaks with the media following practice on Monday.

[Corp000085]

NBC sports network. Driiiiiivve!!

 

 

Let's go buffalo!

[deluca67]

This may be the Sabres best chance for a victory over the next couple of weeks. It would be no surprise if the Sabres ended the month of October with no victories over non-Florida based teams.

[PASabreFan]

I was excited about gameday until I heard about NBCSN.

[wjag]

I was excited about gameday until I heard about NBCSN.

 

I might be one of the few on here that doesn't mind Doc. I don't get exercised by the studio staff either.

[PASabreFan]

I might be one of the few on here that doesn't mind Doc. I don't get exercised by the studio staff either.

 

It's the whole Doc-Eddie-Pierre dynamic. But… maybe they're not doing this game. Dave Shrader is OK.

[K-9]

"You don’t want groin stuff to pop up."

 

If EVER there was a cry for help from Miller, this was it. Noureen must be flown in for the conjugal ASAP. Can't have this lingering for any length of time.

 

GO SABRES!!!

[bcsaberks]

It's the whole Doc-Eddie-Pierre dynamic. But… maybe they're not doing this game. Dave Shrader is OK.

Exactly. Doc is tolerable. Pierre is nauseating. Mute button.

 

Looking forward to Foligno's energy.

[K-9]

Please tell me Foligno immediately replaces Stafford on the top line. Please.

 

GO SABRES!!!

[CallawaySabres]

Please tell me Foligno immediately replaces Stafford on the top line. Please.

 

GO SABRES!!!

 

Until this so called NHL team actually learns how to pass (which I am pretty sure you need to do in this league), everything else is meaningless.....

[Rox11]

Sulzer over McBain, please ...

[bunomatic]

Gots to say it. Hats on backwards. Shoelaces double knotted. Yesterdays underwear :sick: . GO SABRES !

[qwksndmonster]

Until this so called NHL team actually learns how to pass (which I am pretty sure you need to do in this league), everything else is meaningless.....

I've seen some pretty dang good passing between Hodgson and Vanek. With Foligno opening up some space for them we could see a lot more goals.

[darksabre]

I've seen some pretty dang good passing between Hodgson and Vanek. With Foligno opening up some space for them we could see a lot more goals.

 

It will be good to have him back on the top line over the Big Cheesy.

[nfreeman]

RR spoke, in his presser from yesterday that the OP linked to, about missing Foligno and Vanek and the "straight line" forechecking that each of them brings.

 

I would not be surprised if Stafford starts getting healthy-scratched again once those 2 and Leino return.

[26CornerBlitz]

@BNHarrington

#Sabres just beginning morning skate. Miller and Hodgson both on the ice.

 

@BNHarrington

Early lines have Ott with Vanek and Hodgson and 82-63-21 reunited. Also 28-25-65 and 32-12-36. #Sabres

 

@pham1717

Looks like Enroth in goal. Miller backs up

[That Aud Smell]

So RR is taking his turn at trying to re-capture lightning in a bottle with Foligno-Ennis-Stafford. Good luck to him, them, and us.

 

Oh, and Ott on the first line. Love the road captain, but yeesh.

[Kristian]

RR spoke, in his presser from yesterday that the OP linked to, about missing Foligno and Vanek and the "straight line" forechecking that each of them brings.

 

I would not be surprised if Stafford starts getting healthy-scratched again once those 2 and Leino return.

 

Please, please let it be so.

[26CornerBlitz]

‏McBain with Risto :unsure:

@BuffaloSabres

#Sabres D pairings this morning: Ehrhoff-Pysyk. Weber-Myers. McBain-Ristolainen.

[qwksndmonster]

I like those pairings. Give Pysyk the big minutes with Ehrhoff to further his development. Give Myers and McBain both stay at home guys. And maybe Weber can teach Myers how to be a 16th as manly as his beard.

[LTS]

The only saving grace is that I walk away from my TV during intermission so I will never hear that dolt Milbury speak. The guy belongs nowhere near a production studio. He's best left out on the back porch of some wayward retirement home left to his own musings.

 

As far as announcing? It's national TV so I always expect the announcers to play to the populace and those story lines. It will be the same over the top drivel and superficial insight into anything that is really happening.

 

Go Sabres. All hockey is good hockey.

[26CornerBlitz]

Great to hear the news:

@BuffaloSabres

Marcus Foligno says he feels 100% and ready to go tonight. #Sabres #GameDay pic.twitter.com/UgOgsbHr2p

[nfreeman]

@BNHarrington

#Sabres just beginning morning skate. Miller and Hodgson both on the ice.

 

@BNHarrington

Early lines have Ott with Vanek and Hodgson and 82-63-21 reunited. Also 28-25-65 and 32-12-36. #Sabres

 

@pham1717

Looks like Enroth in goal. Miller backs up

So RR is taking his turn at trying to re-capture lightning in a bottle with Foligno-Ennis-Stafford. Good luck to him, them, and us.

 

Oh, and Ott on the first line. Love the road captain, but yeesh.

 

I would've preferred Foligno with Hodgy and Vanek, and Ott with Ennis and Stafford, but at least we're now getting a bit of edge on each of the top 2 lines. Hodgson-Vanek-Stafford could've played the entire season together and not created a single sustained forecheck.

 

Frankly, by the end of this game, I'm hoping to see the 2nd line morph into Porter-Ennis-Ott, with Stafford dropped to the 4th line.

 

I like Griggy-Girgy-Flynn as the #3 line.

 

‏McBain with Risto :unsure:

@BuffaloSabres

#Sabres D pairings this morning: Ehrhoff-Pysyk. Weber-Myers. McBain-Ristolainen.

 

If McBain doesn't improve tonight I suspect we'll see Sulzer next game.

 

Any word on Tallinder?

[Taro T]

I would've preferred Foligno with Hodgy and Vanek, and Ott with Ennis and Stafford, but at least we're now getting a bit of edge on each of the top 2 lines. Hodgson-Vanek-Stafford could've played the entire season together and not created a single sustained forecheck.

 

Frankly, by the end of this game, I'm hoping to see the 2nd line morph into Porter-Ennis-Ott, with Stafford dropped to the 4th line.

 

I like Griggy-Girgy-Flynn as the #3 line.

 

 

 

If McBain doesn't improve tonight I suspect we'll see Sulzer next game.

 

Any word on Tallinder?

Unfortunately, RR likes Girgensons - Porter - Flynn. I doubt the other line lasts beyond the 1st.

[TrueBlueGED]

Unfortunately, RR likes Girgensons - Porter - Flynn. I doubt the other line lasts beyond the 1st.

 

Porter is the new Hecht, minus the offensive ability (aka 34 year old Hecht rather than 28 year old Hecht). We've all accepted this by now, right?