GDT: 10/03/25 Buffalo Sabres @ Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Network, MSG--Radio WGR 550

[bob_sauve28]

 

Edited 55 minutes ago by bob_sauve28

[bob_sauve28]

 

[LGR4GM]

 

 

[SwampD]

1 minute ago, LGR4GM said:

 

 

Is Benson injured?

[dudacek]

2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

 

 

Interesting.

Using this one for a look at radically different forward lines.

 

1 minute ago, SwampD said:

Is Benson injured?

Minor thing that shouldn’t affect opening night, according to Ruff

[Weave]

Just now, dudacek said:

Interesting.

Using this one for a look at radically different forward lines.

 

Quinn might fit the Peterka role perfectly, in that he’ll offer the same perimeter play and lack of defensive zone commitment at the position.

[Doohickie]

Not sure if it will be blacked out in Buffalo, but the game will be on NHL Network.

[LTS]

Over/Under on the number of players who get injuries that put them out week to week?

[Brawndo]

Metsa called up for the game tonight 

[Believer]

45 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

Not sure if it will be blacked out in Buffalo, but the game will be on NHL Network.

Appreciate the heads up.

[bob_sauve28]

Boy, Ruff must be running these guys into the ground in practice! 

[RochesterExpat]

I would rather see Krebs repeat his role on the top line than see Quinn. I don’t see Quinn as a fit there. I’d like to be proven wrong.

Edited 6 hours ago by RochesterExpat

[Doohickie]

34 minutes ago, RochesterExpat said:

I’d like to be proven wrong.

Okay, you're wrong.  Q.E.D.

 

But seriously, this is the time to try to prove you wrong; it's still preseason.

[JP51]

3 hours ago, Weave said:

Quinn might fit the Peterka role perfectly, in that he’ll offer the same perimeter play and lack of defensive zone commitment at the position.

as well as lack of physicality and being really easy to play against... 

[DarthEbriate]

Looking at those lines (and the odd flip of 2 and 3 by expected ice time)….

Man, Benson really ties the forward room together, doesn’t he? 

That’s a lot to be riding on the shoulders of a 20 year-old. 

[Scottysabres]

7 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

Looking at those lines (and the odd flip of 2 and 3 by expected ice time)….

Man, Benson really ties the forward room together, doesn’t he? 

That’s a lot to be riding on the shoulders of a 20 year-old. 

 

[RochesterExpat]

56 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

Okay, you're wrong.  Q.E.D.

 

But seriously, this is the time to try to prove you wrong; it's still preseason.

That's fair.
 

From my perspective, if we're looking for someone to play up into the role during the regular season due to injury, Krebs looked pretty good on Wednesday which admittedly surprised me. I'd like to see him play a second time in that role to see if it was just a fluke or not. I don't really see Quinn going to corners or creating space for Norris/TT in the same way. It's why I think Benson fits on the line well. Just a complimentary role.

[K-9]

2 hours ago, bob_sauve28 said:

Boy, Ruff must be running these guys into the ground in practice! 

Good. 

[matter2003]

WGR 550?  Hasn't been WGR 55 in a decade or more.

[pastajoe]

I noticed Brian Duff has something written on his fingers. Anyone know what it is? Tattoo or henna?

[Night Train]

5 hours ago, Doohickie said:

Not sure if it will be blacked out in Buffalo, but the game will be on NHL Network.

Oh God...now EVERYONE will know ! 

 

[Taro T]

2 hours ago, RochesterExpat said:

That's fair.
 

From my perspective, if we're looking for someone to play up into the role during the regular season due to injury, Krebs looked pretty good on Wednesday which admittedly surprised me. I'd like to see him play a second time in that role to see if it was just a fluke or not. I don't really see Quinn going to corners or creating space for Norris/TT in the same way. It's why I think Benson fits on the line well. Just a complimentary role.

Wouldn't mind seeing him there with Norris and Thompson a bit more.  He's an intriguing player to put there.  When the Sabres got him, he was supposed to be a playmaker and he flashed it a very slight bit.

Gut feel is he isn't good enough to be in that role; Benson is and will be better there.  But, he was instrumental in 2 goals (granted, against the Baby Pens).  IF his forechecking and playmaking could mesh with the 2 goal scorers; that would free Benson up to end up on a different line.

They could then bump Zucker down to the line with Kulich and Quinn (or whoever forces Quinn down / out of the lineup) leaving Benson, McLeod, Tuch to be a reprise of the Drury line (a line that can score and all 3 are defensively responsible at a minimum if not down right shut down.

Again, not sure Krebs could work well enough on that top line to free a better player up to slide down the lineup.  But IF he could; well, the rest of the F's look a lot better.

[inkman]

6 hours ago, LTS said:

Over/Under on the number of players who get injuries that put them out week to week?

I actually don’t care about any players injuries in the team outside of Tage and Rasmus.  Almost everyone of the lot can be replaced by someone else on the roster or in the AHL.  

[Believer]

Weak audio on Pittsburgh feed to NHL Network or is it my audio bar?

Go Sabres!

[pastajoe]

It’s lazy for them to show the Pittsburgh feed on MSG but not have the Sabres broadcast audio.