GAME DISCUSSION THREAD GDT: Buffalo at Philadelphia 11-21-13 at 7:00 PM EST

[26CornerBlitz]

BUF (5-17-1) at PHI (8-10-2) – NOV 21 – 7:00PM ET – MSG-B, BELL TV – WGR-AM

 

Sabres visit Philadelphia to face surging Flyers

 

ADAM, McNABB RECALLED, EXCITED TO BE BACK

 

Sabres In :90 (11/20/13)

 

Ted Nolan Press Conference (11/20/13)

 

Luke Adam Interview (11/20/13)

 

Brayden McNabb Interivew (11/20/13)

 

Mikhail Grigorenko Interview (11/20/13)

 

Digital PressBox Game Preview: 11/21/13 at Philadelphia

 

Sabres vs Flyers Game Notes PDF (11/21/13)

 

Special significance to Berube-Nolan matchup

 

ADAM, McNABB, GRIGORENKO IN FOR SABRES

 

Dunleavy: Sabres-Flyers Preview (11/21/13)

 

Ted Nolan Interview (11/21/13)

 

Brayden McNabb Interivew (11/21/13)

 

Cody McCormick Interview (11/21/13)

 

Luke Adam Interview (11/21/13)

 

BUFFALO SABRES

 

Projected Lineup (after pregame warmups)

 

63 Tyler Ennis – 19 Cody Hodgson – 28 Zemgus Girgensons

26 Matt Moulson – 9 Steve Ott ("C") – 82 Marcus Foligno

72 Luke Adam – 25 Mikhail Grigorenko – 21 Drew Stafford

32 John Scott – 23 Ville Leino – 8 Cody McCormick

X: 65 Brian Flynn, 78 Corey Tropp

 

6 Mike Weber – 10 Christian Ehrhoff ("A")

20 Henrik Tallinder ("A") – 57 Tyler Myers

44 Brayden McNabb – 4 Jamie McBain

X: 3 Mark Pysyk

 

30 Ryan Miller

1 Jhonas Enroth

 

Lineup News & Notes

 

Buffalo scratched Mikhail Grigorenko in Tuesday's 4-1 loss to St. Louis. Grigorenko's conditioning reassignment to

Rochester/AHL was denied by the NHL.

 

Weekly Transactions

 

Buffalo reassigned Johan Larsson and Rasmus Ristolainen to Rochester/AHL on Tuesday, while Nikita Zadorov was

returned to London/OHL. Luke Adam and Brayden McNabb were recalled on Wednesday.

 

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

 

Projected Lineup (pending morning skate)

 

19 Scott Hartnell ("A") – 28 Claude Giroux ("C") – 93 Jakub Voracek

10 Brayden Schenn – 40 Vincent Lecavalier – 17 Wayne Simmonds

24 Matt Read – 14 Sean Couturier – 9 Steve Downie

36 Zac Rinaldo – 18 Adam Hall – 37 Jay Rosehill

X: 12 Michael Raffl

 

44 Kimmo Timonen ("A") – 5 Braydon Coburn

8 Nicklas Grossmann – 32 Mark Streit

29 Erik Gustafsson – 22 Luke Schenn

X: 41 Andrej Meszaros, 75 Hal Gill

 

35 Steve Mason

29 Ray Emery

 

Lineup News & Notes

 

Philadelphia scratched Hal Gill, Andrej Meszaros and Michael Raffl in Tuesday's 5-2 win vs Ottawa. Marc-Andre

Bourdon (concussion) and Chris Pronger (concussion) remain inactive.

 

Weekly Transactions

 

None.

[Huckleberry]

I'd rather see grigorenko in place of leino

[kishoph]

The 3 games under Nolan the Sabres have averaged 28 SOG's against (33,22,31), what a difference from seeing 40-50 against under Rolson.

Sabres win this one by 3 goals. GO SABRES.

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SABRES & ENTERCOM BUFFALO PARTNER FOR TURKEY DRIVE

 

The Buffalo Sabres today announced that they will partner with Entercom Buffalo for a Thanksgiving turkey drive this Thursday, Nov. 21, to benefit local food pantries. The turkey drive will take place from 7-9 a.m. in the parking lot at the Entercom Buffalo offices, located at 500 Corporate Parkway, Buffalo, NY 14226.

 

For every 20-pound turkey dropped off, the Sabres will give away two tickets to an upcoming game to the donor. Tickets (maximum of four per person) will be distributed immediately at the drop-off site for games against Montreal (Nov. 27), New York Rangers (Dec. 5), Ottawa (Dec. 10) and Winnipeg (Dec. 17).

 

All proceeds from the event will directly benefit the Buffalo City Mission and the Food Bank of Western New York.

[Trettioåtta]

Grigo's development has been so ###### up. At least Ruff seemed to have an idea of when/why he sat Grigo. I'm also a bit confused by Nolan's blank slate idea. Grigo has yet to play a game for him...

[Gramps]

Lots of agitators in that Philly lineup - surprised that Flynn is playing in place of Scott.

[Two or less]

Grigo's development has been so ###### up. At least Ruff seemed to have an idea of when/why he sat Grigo. I'm also a bit confused by Nolan's blank slate idea. Grigo has yet to play a game for him...

 

Grigorenko will play tonight.

[26CornerBlitz]

After listening to Nolan's Presser yesterday, I'm still scratching my head for a sensible rationale on why they're moving Girgensons to the Wing. What he was saying did not compute for me.

[That Aud Smell]

After listening to Nolan's Presser yesterday, I'm still scratching my head for a sensible rationale on why they're moving Girgensons to the Wing. What he was saying did not compute for me.

 

he didn't really offer one, did he? i heard him say that he likes him at center, likes him at wing, but foresees him being an absolute beast on the wing in ~3 years or so (and therefore a better fit there?).

[nfreeman]

For the record: I hate the Flyers.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

For the record: I hate the Flyers.

 

Noted in the record for the ... well I have noted that in the record so many times that I have lost count ...

 

;)

 

For the record. So do I and the Bruins, too.

[SwampD]

For the record: I hate the Flyers.

This made me laugh.

[LTS]

After listening to Nolan's Presser yesterday, I'm still scratching my head for a sensible rationale on why they're moving Girgensons to the Wing. What he was saying did not compute for me.

 

I get the feeling there is a ton going on in the front offices at this point in time and it's making it difficult to provide clear direction. If this is still happening a month or two from now I will be more concerned but we're early on in the new process and there are a lot of moving parts.

 

There could be something with Grigorenko as to why they have not played him. I mean something more than what we know. My other thought is that they really want to know what veterans on this team are going to be the kind they want to build around and which ones they want to move. Playing Grigorenko isn't going to help the cause of moving any of them for any value. If Leino is scratched constantly then his trade value goes down even further. After all, if he can't be in the lineup on a crappy team how good can he be? At least with him on the ice there's a chance people chalk it up to the rest of the team or the culture, etc.

 

I'm just going to be patient and enjoy the ride for now.

 

And I hope they beat the Flyers.

[bunomatic]

I get the feeling there is a ton going on in the front offices at this point in time and it's making it difficult to provide clear direction. If this is still happening a month or two from now I will be more concerned but we're early on in the new process and there are a lot of moving parts.

 

There could be something with Grigorenko as to why they have not played him. I mean something more than what we know. My other thought is that they really want to know what veterans on this team are going to be the kind they want to build around and which ones they want to move. Playing Grigorenko isn't going to help the cause of moving any of them for any value. If Leino is scratched constantly then his trade value goes down even further. After all, if he can't be in the lineup on a crappy team how good can he be? At least with him on the ice there's a chance people chalk it up to the rest of the team or the culture, etc.

 

I'm just going to be patient and enjoy the ride for now.

 

And I hope they beat the Flyers.

 

This.

 

GO SABRES !

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SABRES & ENTERCOM BUFFALO PARTNER FOR TURKEY DRIVE

 

The Buffalo Sabres today announced that they will partner with Entercom Buffalo for a Thanksgiving turkey drive this Thursday, Nov. 21, to benefit local food pantries. The turkey drive will take place from 7-9 a.m. in the parking lot at the Entercom Buffalo offices, located at 500 Corporate Parkway, Buffalo, NY 14226.

 

For every 20-pound turkey dropped off, the Sabres will give away two tickets to an upcoming game to the donor. Tickets (maximum of four per person) will be distributed immediately at the drop-off site for games against Montreal (Nov. 27), New York Rangers (Dec. 5), Ottawa (Dec. 10) and Winnipeg (Dec. 17).

 

All proceeds from the event will directly benefit the Buffalo City Mission and the Food Bank of Western New York.

 

@BuffaloSabres

$50,000 in turkeys. Amazing! Thank you #Buffalo! #Sabres #TurkeyDrive

 

[billsrcursed]

Wow, that's awesome! ^

[Sabres Fan in NS]

*Turkeys away*

 

That is awesome. I hope those are freezer trucks ... no one wants turkeyarrhea for Thanksgiving.

 

 

Edit:

 

I predict a big road win for the good guys tonight.

[IKnowPhysics]

I predict a big road win for the good guys tonight.

 

Turkey karma?

[sabills]

@BuffaloSabres

$50,000 in turkeys. Amazing! Thank you #Buffalo! #Sabres #TurkeyDrive

 

 

I went down there, it took me an hour to drop off my turkeys. Worth the wait, and very cool that there were so many people. Danny Gare was there greeting people in a jersey, which was pretty awesome, too.

[dudacek]

I'd rather see grigorenko in place of leino

Grigo's development has been so ###### up. At least Ruff seemed to have an idea of when/why he sat Grigo. I'm also a bit confused by Nolan's blank slate idea. Grigo has yet to play a game for him...

 

 

Grigorenko will play tonight.

 

But, but, how can he play?

He's having conditioning issues!

[26CornerBlitz]

I went down there, it took me an hour to drop off my turkeys. Worth the wait, and very cool that there were so many people. Danny Gare was there greeting people in a jersey, which was pretty awesome, too.

 

Cool. Thanks for giving. :thumbsup: What game did you get?

 

‏@BNHarrington

Emery will be in goal for #Flyers tonight. On your toes, Miller! #sabres

[dEnnis the Menace]

One of the only teams that if we lose against them, I will be genuinely angry.

 

I hope Grigo plays tonight.

[Huckleberry]

Leino will be bought out, only value he might have is making us stay above the cap floor next season.

[Ghost of Dwight Drane]

I went down there, it took me an hour to drop off my turkeys. Worth the wait, and very cool that there were so many people. Danny Gare was there greeting people in a jersey, which was pretty awesome, too.

 

Butterball = Gold game

 

Topps = Bronze

 

Market in the Square = Value game

[G-Daddy]

Better keep those turkeys frozen so no one gets sick on Thanksgiving! Go Sabres!