WildCard Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Ahem....Yooooooouuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrr Buffalo Sabres will head on over to Vancouver tonight to take on Ryan Miller and the Sedin Sisters in a battle of what was and what will be. Buffalo enters the contest with a 1-1-1 record, and will look to rebound after losing to the Flames 4-3 in OT last Tuesday night. Buffalo looked dominate at times and flat out miserable at others, with some of us wondering if DD will ever figure out how to utilize his players. Credit the Sabres though, as the Flames had a 4 man advantage for most of the night, leading to what eventually was a 5-3 OT winner where one Flames player boarded Reinhart while the other simple crossed his arms and said 'play on' The Canucks are...3-0? Off to what is undoubtedly an anomaly of a start, Vancouver sits atop the Pacific division, and is coming off a recent 2-1 win against St.Louis. Haley Sedin scored in OT to lift the Canucks to victory, and Markstom made 23/24 saves. The Canucks have yet to play an away game this year, and putting two and two together, are undefeated at home thus far. Look for Lehner and Miller to get the starts tonight. Honestly not sure about the Canucks goalie. Game Preview DD Post Practice Presser Practice Report Johan Larsson was absent from practice for a maintenance day, but Bylsma said he should be ready to play against the Canucks on Thursday. Buffalo:Forwards:23 Sam Reinhart - 90 Ryan O'Reilly - 21 Kyle Okposo63 Tyler Ennis - 27 Derek Grant - 12 Brian Gionta82 Marcus Foligno - 28 Zemgus Girgensons - 44 Nicolas Deslauriers26 Matt Moulson - 73 Nicholas Baptiste - 52 Hudson Fasching Defense:4 Josh Gorges - 55 Rasmus Ristolainen29 Jake McCabe - 47 Zach Bogosian77 Dmitry Kulikov - 6 Cody Franson 34 Casey Nelson Goalies:40 Robin Lehner31 Anders Nilsson The lines will likely change. I will update them accordingly There, no bad ju-ju Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksndmonster Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 :) I love it. I read it out loud to myself in my best smarmy radio voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Sabres win.Let's try and keep ROR under 25 mins tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyldnwoody44 Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Who's this bum.... I miss the high ankle sprain GDT ;) Go sabres!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Who's this bum.... I miss the high ankle sprain GDT ;) No you don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Ahem....Yooooooouuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrr Buffalo Sabres will head on over to Vancouver tonight to take on Ryan Miller and the Sedin Sisters in a battle of what was and what will be. Buffalo enters the contest with a 1-1-1 record, and will look to rebound after losing to the Flames 4-3 in OT last Tuesday night. Buffalo looked dominate at times and flat out miserable at others, with some of us wondering if DD will ever figure out how to utilize his players. Credit the Sabres though, as the Flames had a 4 man advantage for most of the night, leading to what eventually was a 5-3 OT winner where one Flames player boarded Reinhart while the other simple crossed his arms and said 'play on' The Canucks are...3-0? Off to what is undoubtedly an anomaly of a start, Vancouver sits atop the Pacific division, and is coming off a recent 2-1 win against St.Louis. Haley Sedin scored in OT to lift the Canucks to victory, and Markstom made 23/24 saves. The Canucks have yet to play an away game this year, and putting two and two together, are undefeated at home thus far. Look for Lehner and Miller to get the starts tonight. Honestly not sure about the Canucks goalie. Game Preview DD Post Practice Presser Practice Report Buffalo:Forwards: 23 Sam Reinhart - 90 Ryan O'Reilly - 21 Kyle Okposo 63 Tyler Ennis - 27 Derek Grant - 12 Brian Gionta 82 Marcus Foligno - 28 Zemgus Girgensons - 44 Nicolas Deslauriers 26 Matt Moulson - 73 Nicholas Baptiste - 52 Hudson Fasching Defense: 4 Josh Gorges - 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 29 Jake McCabe - 47 Zach Bogosian 77 Dmitry Kulikov - 6 Cody Franson 34 Casey Nelson Goalies: 40 Robin Lehner 31 Anders Nilsson The lines will likely change. I will update them accordingly There, no bad ju-ju Glad to see Baptiste & Fasching both in the lineup, but where the #### is Larsson. If he got some bad Alberta lutefisk, I'll be ######. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODO Hockey Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Thank god. Enough said. :worthy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 04.00 am game start, going to pass on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Miller is backing up Markstrom tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsb Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Welcome back Mr. GDT man :worthy: :worthy: :worthy: :worthy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 We have GDT depth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallawaySabres Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Lehner needs to be MUCH better if Sabres have a chance of surviving these injuries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Lehner needs to be MUCH better if Sabres have a chance of surviving these injuries Word. It was widely said here and elsewhere: For the team to contend for a playoff spot, Lehner will need to be consistently good and occasionally great. So far? Good for the most part, a few flashes of greatness, and periodically bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Lets hope these guys didn't go to the Roxy last night. Vans on a bit of a roll, playing great defence and coming from behind to win. Sabres taking baby steps trying to hold leads. Everything points to a loss but I have faith. Hopefully we see the team we saw in edmonton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_sauve28 Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 I'm going to try and watch at least two periods tonight. Grabbing a nap today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Ristolainen needs to be better. Jake McCabe has been the best defender with Kulikov starting to close in. Risto has been meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Ristolainen needs to be better. Jake McCabe has been the best defender with Kulikov starting to close in. Risto has been meh.Ive been very pleased with Kulikov so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTS Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 04.00 am game start, going to pass on this one. Go to bed now.. get up early! Go Sabres! I'm in for watching most of this tonight... maybe even all of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthEbriate Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Rainy day road trip for the annual Vancouver pilgrimage begins shortly! Disappointed there won't be an Eichel or Kane sighting, or Miller to score on either. But I am looking forward to Larsson vs. Sedin. Their Swedish top line vs our shutdown team of Foligno-Larsson-Gionta-Gorges-Ristolainen should be fun. Very different from the speedy top lines they've been facing. Interested in how do we do against their cycle. (And in other news, the Seattle group bought more land for their stadium. So... maybe in five years they can get a basketball and hockey combo together. It'd be great for the NHL to set up another close border rivalry. Although I do worry about Seattle sports fans and hockey. Hockey has beautiful sounds -- and yelling throughout the entire game as they do here for football/soccer would be really, really annoying. But they are silent during baseball games.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_sauve28 Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Rainy day road trip for the annual Vancouver pilgrimage begins shortly! Disappointed there won't be an Eichel or Kane sighting, or Miller to score on either. But I am looking forward to Larsson vs. Sedin. Their Swedish top line vs our shutdown team of Foligno-Larsson-Gionta-Gorges-Ristolainen should be fun. Very different from the speedy top lines they've been facing. Interested in how do we do against their cycle. (And in other news, the Seattle group bought more land for their stadium. So... maybe in five years they can get a basketball and hockey combo together. It'd be great for the NHL to set up another close border rivalry. Although I do worry about Seattle sports fans and hockey. Hockey has beautiful sounds -- and yelling throughout the entire game as they do here for football/soccer would be really, really annoying. But they are silent during baseball games.) have fun! Wish I could go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Sabres win 4-2 and in an infuriating move DD plays Grant 15 minutes in the win taking 5 of six points out west. Loser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Moulson is due. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Balls Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Vancouver is 3-0, but 0-0 in regulation. All three wins have come during bonus hockey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norcal Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Lets Go Buffalo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Git em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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