GDT: Sabres vs Wild Wed. 11/27 7:00 PM EST MSG-B, FDSN, WGR550

[PromoTheRobot]

The triumphant conquerors of the Western provinces return to vanquish the marauding band of Wildings that invade our waterside castle. Sir Tage of Thompson is expected to fight again after a successful round of bloodletting by leaches, performed by our finest barbers and alchemists. Dilly, Dilly! 🏰

Edited November 27 by PromoTheRobot

[Captain Caveman]

Who wants to sell me their gravy boat?

[LGR4GM]

Michael Russo:

#mnwild in Buffalo tonight. Depth starting to be strained with Lauko and Khusnutdinov joining Zuccarello on the sideline 

Second time in 3 games 4th line is expected to be Shore-Jones-Boyd.

[Pimlach]

We have seen successful roads trips fade into oblivion when followed by uninspired play on home ice. 

Lindy needs to continue to exercise these demons and make this team come out fired up and ready to win in front of the home town crowd.  

Wild are good so they boys better being their A game.  

Hope to see Tage back in the lineup.  Keep Kulich in the lineup for middle 6 and PP2.   UPL in the net.  

[Mustache of God]

Mangle Wild.

[LTS]

This is a good test of the team, even with the Wild injuries. Let's hope we see some inspired play out there. It would be a hell of a time to for some players to begin scoring!

 

[bg17]

Interesting lines. Let’s go!

[Taro T]

1 hour ago, Pimlach said:

We have seen successful roads trips fade into oblivion when followed by uninspired play on home ice. 

Lindy needs to continue to exercise these demons and make this team come out fired up and ready to win in front of the home town crowd.  

Wild are good so they boys better being their A game.  

Hope to see Tage back in the lineup.  Keep Kulich in the lineup for middle 6 and PP2.   UPL in the net.  

Why are we exercising the demons?  Are we afraid they're going to overeat tomorrow and get fat and presumably lazy?

Probably would be better to exorcise them and send them to TO where they belong, or perhaps Filly where they likely grew up.

😉 

[steveoath]

Boo Minnesota non-plurals. 
Yay Sabres 

hopefully catch some of this. Glad to see Krebs earning move up the lines and Quinn being shunted - accountability. 

[Bangarang]

McLeod with Lafferty and Malenstyn seems.......weird. 

[Stoner]

Sabres vs. Wild?

Hot take: first game back has no statistical bearing and should not be used as an excuse for... ya know.

2 hours ago, Captain Caveman said:

Who wants to sell me their gravy boat?

I'll give it to ya for free, Caveman.

[French Collection]

53 minutes ago, bg17 said:

Interesting lines. Let’s go!

McLeod getting a drastic downgrade in wingers.

I would try him between Cozens and Benson.

2 minutes ago, Bangarang said:

McLeod with Lafferty and Malenstyn seems.......weird. 

Promote Krebs while McLeod drops. McLeod did a good job out west.

[Night Train]

Lindy shuffles more than Vegas blackjack dealer 

[pi2000]

Saw the Wild in person a few weeks ago.   

They're for real, set your expectations accordingly 😳 

That said, with a win tonight and losses by both FLA and TBL,  Buffalo would find themselves in 2nd place in the Atlantic.

Edited Wednesday at 05:27 PM by pi2000

[Broken Ankles]

1 hour ago, French Collection said:

McLeod getting a drastic downgrade in wingers.

I would try him between Cozens and Benson.

Promote Krebs while McLeod drops. McLeod did a good job out west.

 Agreed.  Maybe Ruff abandons this decision early.   The 4th line role has dimished greatly over the last 6 games averaging under 10 minutes 5v5 per game.   I dont want the line #2 to see more minutes than McCloud.  Unless this is a defensive match up. 

McCloud Waning?

Minneapolis Withering.

[Big Guava]

4 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

Michael Russo:

#mnwild in Buffalo tonight. Depth starting to be strained with Lauko and Khusnutdinov joining Zuccarello on the sideline 

Second time in 3 games 4th line is expected to be Shore-Jones-Boyd.

Zuccarello too busy experimenting with different types of pasta and sauce combinations to bother to play

Edited Wednesday at 06:43 PM by Big Guava

[SabreFinn]

Interesting move by Ruff to spread the fire power on all four lines against a Wild with several injuries and new guys in the line-up. 

[Captain Caveman]

2 hours ago, Stoner said:

Sabres vs. Wild?

Hot take: first game back has no statistical bearing and should not be used as an excuse for... ya know.

I'll give it to ya for free, Caveman.

If you're serious I definitely will pay you for it - DM me.  I wish I lived close enough to be there tonight, but I'm a 3 hour drive and have to get up at 5AM tomorrow to ignite the oven 🙂

[inkman]

6 hours ago, Captain Caveman said:

Who wants to sell me their gravy boat?

Mine comes with gravy 

[LTS]

1 minute ago, inkman said:

Mine comes with gravy 

Be warned... inkman's gravy is not like the others.

[inkman]

3 hours ago, French Collection said:

McLeod getting a drastic downgrade in wingers.

I would try him between Cozens and Benson.

Promote Krebs while McLeod drops. McLeod did a good job out west.

Yeah and I still can’t see Krebs as a wing.  It’s just not his game.  Poor shot, mediocre skater, maybe it’ll work with his forechecking, and wasn’t he leading the team in face off %?  Unless he’s taking em for Cozens.  

2 minutes ago, LTS said:

Be warned... inkman's gravy is not like the others.

Indeed.  Mine is THC infused. 

[DarthEbriate]

3 hours ago, French Collection said:

McLeod getting a drastic downgrade in wingers.

2 hours ago, Night Train said:

Lindy shuffles more than Vegas blackjack dealer 

I don't see this as anything more than a practice/opening lineup skate setup. McLeod's ice time will drop because TNT is returning, but he is on the top PK and will get his minutes. I'd expect Ruff doing quite a bit of mix-and-matching tonight with McLeod finishing his TOI several minutes ahead of Beck, Lafferty, and Aube-Kubel.

[Ctaeth]

Lance speculated that the inclusion of McLeod on the fourth line is a match up thing... to line him up against kaprizov

[SwampD]

It’s gonna be four in a row.

Lindy’s better than Donnie at matching at home.

[DarthEbriate]

1 minute ago, SwampD said:

It’s gonna be four in a row.

Lindy’s better than Donnie at matching at home.

HCDG didn't even attempt matching at home until February in 2022-23 when they suddenly realized they had a realistic shot at the playoffs. Because development.