GDT: Kraken @ Sabres - Tues. 7 pm ET, Jan 9, 2024 MSG-B, ROOT-NW, ESPN+, Sportsnet+ 📺 WGR 📻

[Doohickie]

Greenway and VO skated in the optional morning skate, so I guess they're over their illnesses.

[LETSTUCHINGO]

16 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:

f'real. let go.

A thousand apologies for forgetting the "s"! I feel just awful.

[CallawaySabres]

First game I will be watching in a few weeks. Apologies in advance for the incoming 3-0 Kraken lead after the first 10 minutes 

[Taro T]

24 minutes ago, CallawaySabres said:

First game I will be watching in a few weeks. Apologies in advance for the incoming 3-0 Kraken lead after the first 10 minutes 

Nooooooo, noooooooooo, don't do it!  Please, for the love of all that's good and Holy, don't do it!

 

😛   😀😀😀

[inkman]

Will Borgen revenge game 

[That Aud Smell]

1 hour ago, LETSTUCHINGO said:

A thousand apologies for forgetting the "s"! I feel just awful.

and the apostrophe as well! (Let's)

also, i regret if you didn't read my post in the spirit it was intended.

[Getpucksdeep]

1 hour ago, inkman said:

Will Borgen revenge game 

Saw him pot his first of the year the other night vs VGK, chuckled.

Humor me for a minute:

GP, G, A, P, +/1, PIM, TOI, S
Borgen - 39, 1, 13, 14, +3, 22, 17:07, 44
Power -  40, 2, 14, 16, +4, 6, 23:14, 54

Borgen is 27, old fella.

 

Edited January 9 by Getpucksdeep
Fixed Powers shot total

[LETSTUCHINGO]

7 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:

and the apostrophe as well! (Let's)

also, i regret if you didn't read my post in the spirit it was intended.

A capital letter is used to start a sentence and "i" should be capitalized as well seeing how we a policing grammar and "I" is a proper noun.

[DarthEbriate]

5 minutes ago, Getpucksdeep said:

Saw him pot his first of the year the other night vs VGK, chuckled.

Humor me for a minute:

GP, G, A, P, +/1, PIM, TOI, S
Borgen - 39, 1, 13, 14, +3, 22, 17:07, 44
Power -  40, 2, 14, 16, +4, 6, 23:14, 198

Borgen is 27, old fella.

Done. Power for Borgen, straight up!

Wait. What is meesa sayin'?!

Power already has more career points in his 1.5 season (+8 games) than Borgen. Something tells me by the time Power is 27, the numbers will be a little more skewed in the Owen direction.

One note on the numbers above: Power has 54 shots this season, 198 in his career. 198 would be leading the league in shots this season.

[PASabreFan]

4 minutes ago, LETSTUCHINGO said:

A capital letter is used to start a sentence and "i" should be capitalized as well seeing how we a policing grammar and "I" is a proper noun.

[inkman]

19 minutes ago, Getpucksdeep said:

Saw him pot his first of the year the other night vs VGK, chuckled.

Humor me for a minute:

GP, G, A, P, +/1, PIM, TOI, S
Borgen - 39, 1, 13, 14, +3, 22, 17:07, 44
Power -  40, 2, 14, 16, +4, 6, 23:14, 198

Borgen is 27, old fella.

 

Still think he would have been a great pairing with 25 or 26. 

[Getpucksdeep]

2 minutes ago, inkman said:

Still think he would have been a great pairing with 25 or 26. 

Yup. Just give me a stay at home, I will beg.

[hockey]

3 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

 

Appy polly loggies (that's a Clockwork Orange line)

Any theft was purely coincidental and subconscious - think George Harrison's My Sweet Lord situation.

[PerreaultForever]

After a slow start to this season Kraken are back to playing the way they did last year which gave the Sabres a lot of trouble as they can and do match our speed but with a more aggressive and grittier approach. Should be a high energy game if we play well but with this team who knows.

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, inkman said:

Still think he would have been a great pairing with 25 or 26. 

As would Montour.   And if we had Carrier we would have a better 4th line. 

[DarthEbriate]

Somewhere in a galaxy far, far away, there's an alternate reality (probably on your local EA NHL 2014 GM campaign that you haven't played in 7 years) where GMTM went the GM Sheevyn "patience" route (no Kane/ROR trades) and you're rocking a lineup of:

x - Eichel - x
x - Reinhart - Rodrigues
Foligno - Compher - Armia
Carrier - x - Fasching

Dahlin* - Montour**
McNabb - Ristolainen
Zadorov/McCabe - Borgen

Ullmark

*Based on that lineup's growing pains, I'm guessing you still get Dahlin.
**You wouldn't have had SJ's 1st from the Kane trade to add for Montour, but it could've been done.

Throw in some Quinns, JJPs, Cozens, Mitts, and stir. (Naturally, in this alternate reality, Alex Nylander is a star and is surpassing his brother's career points totals.)

Now, back to reality.

[That Aud Smell]

2 hours ago, LETSTUCHINGO said:

A capital letter is used to start a sentence and "i" should be capitalized as well seeing how we are policing grammar and "I" is a proper noun.

i'm poetically licensed in two provinces and four states. i'm a veritable e.e. motherfu*king cummings.

also, i'm still cleaning up your typos.

[Weave]

3 hours ago, Getpucksdeep said:

Saw him pot his first of the year the other night vs VGK, chuckled.

Humor me for a minute:

GP, G, A, P, +/1, PIM, TOI, S
Borgen - 39, 1, 13, 14, +3, 22, 17:07, 44
Power -  40, 2, 14, 16, +4, 6, 23:14, 54

Borgen is 27, old fella.

 

Oof.

[Broken Ankles]

Sabres Live - Connor Clifton talking about how challenging it was playing his offhand for the first part of the season.  Then it was during a session in the sauna where EJ talks to him about moving to the other side.  Should we be happy that EJ is providing the tutelage we expected he might be, or disappointed that this change was not prompted by the coaching staff sooner.  Or both?  Dude sounded like he is happy paired with Mule, and believes the last few games is the type of player he will be moving forward.  Color me concerned about the coaches, especially the assistants.

[pi2000]

This game feels like it could be a turning point for the season.   

Do they win 3 in a row for the first time or continue with poor efforts on home ice after a win?

[That Aud Smell]

5 minutes ago, pi2000 said:

This game feels like it could be a turning point for the season.   

Do they win 3 in a row for the first time or continue with poor efforts on home ice after a win?

yup. this is a little big one. (actual big ones would require the team first be NHL .500.)

[Slack_in_MA]

8 hours ago, Spoonman said:

Daccord has like a 1.31 GAA during this span....

Hey @Shoot da Puck WE NEED YOU TONIGHT!

FWIW, Joey Daccord grew up about 20 min away and I remember him playing youth hockey as he's the same age as my older son. His father is a goalie coach.

That said, I hope we put up six on him early and chase him from the game.

[K-9]

Can we just beat these guys for once? It ain’t too much to ask. 

[MDFan]

7 hours ago, Mustache of God said:

3 wins in a row would be cool.

A lofty achievement for this crew.  May be asking too much, but we can hope.  

[WhenWillItEnd66]

Kraken are playing lights out, not a good feeling.... they play skilled, fast and heavy.  Something we 100% are not... I just hope we keep it close and entertaining.