GDT: Blue Jackets @ Sabres Oct 28, 2025 6:45 pm ET TV: MSG-B, FDSNOH, Radio: WGR 550

[Scottysabres]

1 minute ago, K012010 said:

Hahaha it actually is so funny to read through the posts right after a loss, even one in which we got a point and recovered nicely after a very lackluster first period against a solid team.

Some of you really don’t know how childish you come off following a loss. Reduced from a cogent adult to a tantruming five-year-old. 

Oh come on now, 14 seasons of bad hockey will knock the Pom poms off any fan bases hands. Besides, humor is a coping mechanism.

[bob_sauve28]

1 minute ago, carpandean said:

It's harder to trade Power if you blame him publicly for losses. 😜

We are not trading our young defender. How many people hated Samuleson? 

[Ctaeth]

Lol..

 

 

[clink]

5 minutes ago, K012010 said:

Some of you are WAY too emotional after a loss and it is kind of ridiculous to see the extreme takes in the minutes following a loss.

I think some of you need to take a deep breath and cool off before you post because the level of emotion is clearly skewing your thoughts

[Crusader1969]

10 minutes ago, K012010 said:

Some of you are WAY too emotional after a loss and it is kind of ridiculous to see the extreme takes in the minutes following a loss.

I think some of you need to take a deep breath and cool off before you post because the level of emotion is clearly skewing your thoughts

And they say a woman are too emotional to ever be President  

All this fire against Power and it turns out Kulich is the one that lost coverage 

Plus he missed on a clear cut breakaway 

 

 

4 minutes ago, clink said:

100% on the list.  
 

have you ever posted after a win? 

Edited 11 hours ago by Crusader1969

[Believer]

13 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

We got a point which we couldn't do last year. I think Thompson is doing way too much with the puck and I'm starting to hate Benson on that line because of it. Tage never seems to find Benson, he just rips shots from Siberia and then wanders away. Benson is being left out to dry and isn't being given the puck touches needed to create. 

When Thompson moved to the slot and drove down the right side, he took Greaves with him.

Benson was wide open at the right post for an easy goal, but Thompson took the shot anyway. Stupid or selfish. 

He tried to do it by himself.

[clink]

2 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said:

And they say a woman are too emotional to ever be President  

All this fire against Power and it turns out Kulich is the one that lost coverage 

Plus he missed on a clear cut breakaway 

 

 

100% on the list.  
 

have you ever posted after a win? 

Yes

Yes I have 

You starting something, big boy?

[K012010]

8 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:

It’s not just a loss it’s a loss after 14 years of losing. Some people just are at their wit’s end.

They are playing better and Kesselring is a big add back. They are giving points away the last 2 games they should have had which is frustrating.

I think they have found a goalie in Lyon. He has given them a chance to win every game he has been in.

 

 

Yeah, but this childish black and white attitude leaves no room for nuance. That’s all I’m saying I’m not saying that 14 years of frustration isn’t behind all of this.

[Wyldnwoody44]

I think we are a couple players and a new coaching staff away from being good. 

We have enough capital to make moves and a better GM I think could navigate this. 

Not sure we have what it takes to make the playoffs this year, but it's still early. 

[sabremike]

8 minutes ago, Ctaeth said:

Lol..

 

 

Maybe Lindy should look in the mirror here.

[Believer]

9 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

We are not trading our young defender. How many people hated Samuleson? 

Guilty.

[K012010]

9 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:

Oh come on now, 14 seasons of bad hockey will knock the Pom poms off any fan bases hands. Besides, humor is a coping mechanism.

Yeah, I wasn’t talking about the humorous posts. I’m talking about the burn it all down posts after grinding out a point against a solid team after a slow start. Especially when we all know that those same people were excited and starting to get more into the season 10 minutes earlier when the game was going our way.

[nfreeman]

That was an exciting game.

Power makes infuriatingly soft plays on the regular but also makes quite a few nice plays.

Dahlin looks distracted, understandably enough, but in any case is nowhere near his best.

Quinn and Östlund were really bad to start the game but hung in there and had a number of nice shifts as the game went on.  I think though they are both too soft to play with each other.  I'd like to see Östlund with Doan and Tuch and McLeod with Quinn and Zucker.

Kulich is out of his depth on the top line.

Lyon was sturdy for the most part but the 2nd goal, from the blue line, was lousy, and the 3rd one wasn't great either albeit deflected.

Still:  they are 2 under .500, with 2 consecutive losses, and they need to get some wins.

[LGR4GM]

How many of you would trust Owen Power to handle the physicality of playoff hockey?

 

 

Because if you don't, he needs to be traded. 

[sabremike]

2 minutes ago, K012010 said:

Yeah, but this childish black and white attitude leaves no room for nuance. That’s all I’m saying I’m not saying that 14 years of frustration isn’t behind all of this.

They just pissed away points in back to back games where doing so was simply inexcusable. Blowing those games late was bad enough, going full Yakety Sax in the OT made it even worse.

[ASlugAbove]

16 minutes ago, K012010 said:

Hahaha it actually is so funny to read through the posts right after a loss, even one in which we got a point and recovered nicely after a very lackluster first period against a solid team.

Some of you really don’t know how childish you come off following a loss. Reduced from a cogent adult to a tantruming five-year-old. 

Back to back games leading under 6 mins in the game and we lost both....when is the party?

[K012010]

2 minutes ago, ASlugAbove said:

Back to back games leading under 6 mins in the game and we lost both....when is the party?

Haha just a classic childish, no nuance comment. 

[HumanSlinky39]

9 minutes ago, K012010 said:

Yeah, but this childish black and white attitude leaves no room for nuance. That’s all I’m saying I’m not saying that 14 years of frustration isn’t behind all of this.

14 years definitely makes me more surly. If this was year 2 or 3 of a rebuild these kinds of losses are much more palatable. Hell, as recently as two seasons ago, I was still holding out hope we were finally clawing our way back to being a good team. I was extremely optimistic after 2022/23. Honestly, I think the lazy Lindy hire last year set me totally adrift. I love Lindy for what he did here his first go round, but NOTHING he had achieved since leaving Buffalo indicated he was the guy to guide this team out of the muck. It was just another half-measure by a GM whose entire tenure has been marred by not doing enough.

[Dryballs]

2 minutes ago, Dryballs said:

Ummm de guupteee goompa bogaboga…. October…..let them grow…. Stop messin with their chemistry….. that’s what has always been lacking….. get the hell outta the kitchen!!! 

 

Just now, LGR4GM said:

How many of you would trust Owen Power to handle the physicality of playoff hockey?

 

 

Because if you don't, he needs to be traded. 

This…. This sissy, is the only child with the nice toys, so ya let him play because he has the nets….. no hunger! …. How can this not be obvious! The kids from the factory side o town slap him shitless … We have had too many playing like sweat is frightening for years …. Get Power and anybody else who is afraid of germs the hell outta here! … I will pay the balance of his contract. ….

[Stads]

12 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

How many of you would trust Owen Power to handle the physicality of playoff hockey?

 

 

Because if you don't, he needs to be traded. 

Does playoff psyhicality mean avoiding contact even though you're bigger than 98% of the forwards you go up against?

[Dryballs]

Ok the last part was a lie 

[Stads]

1 minute ago, Dryballs said:

Ok the last part was a lie 

I was just about to respond with the following before you clarified

[Turbo44]

51 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

I’ve never seen these reports.  

Because they don’t exist. A guy who doesn’t want to be in a city doesn’t sign an 8 year contract to stay in that city. Common sense 101

[Turbo44]

22 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

How many of you would trust Owen Power to handle the physicality of playoff hockey?

 

 

Because if you don't, he needs to be traded. 

Playoffs we’re talking playoffs?

[LGR4GM]

9 minutes ago, Stads said:

Does playoff psyhicality mean avoiding contact even though you're bigger than 98% of the forwards you go up against?

How do you think Power will do in the playoffs?