GDT: Sabres @ Avalanche, 9:00pm Nov. 13, 2025, 🎙 📺 ESPN+/MSG

[bob_sauve28]

5 hours ago, Mustache of God said:

This feels like a game where the Sabres pull off a W in spite of themselves. 

It does? Funny, I don't feel it

[LGR4GM]

52 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

I'm also a pretty big fan of Ruff but I think he messed with Tage too much.  Called him out as a C last year, moved him to wing. This year mostly at wing, but then back to center.  When the team started struggling to score goals you stuck him with 2 AHL guys who he never even practiced with.   Hey, Tage isn't a perfect player but he's the best goal scorer this team has seen in a while...and on a team that has trouble scoring goals stop messing with him and his role on the team.

Ruff needs to go. 

[Mr Peabody]

14 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Lol sure, and we'd play who in their place? 

Playing Geertsen would sure send a message wouldn’t it?  Perfect game to do it when we’re huge ‘dogs anyway.  

[HumanSlinky39]

Huh, I figured they'd offer UPL as the sacrificial lamb tonight. Guess he needs to be protected. 🙄

I see no way this game is even remotely competitive.

I am looking forward to seeing more of the Rosen-Ostland-Quinn line, so at least there's that?

[MDFan]

That’s not a Calder winning lineup.  

[OverPowerYou]

Be bad again for Gavin

[Taro T]

20 minutes ago, HumanSlinky39 said:

Huh, I figured they'd offer UPL as the sacrificial lamb tonight. Guess he needs to be protected. 🙄

I see no way this game is even remotely competitive.

I am looking forward to seeing more of the Rosen-Ostland-Quinn line, so at least there's that?

As much as many here might derive some perverse satisfaction from watching the team implode as UPL implodes behind them tonight, Ruff is actually TRYING to win games.  He's doing it right now with 2 hands tied behind his back (his ACs behind the bench with him and 6 or so starters out of the lineup for various reasons); but he ISN'T going to let UPL get put between the pipes in a game he'd have almost no chance whatsoever of being successful in.

We can disagree with a lot of his choices (and literally mean a LOT of his choices), but he isn't intentionally tanking and there's no way he'd start UPL on the road with a depleted lineup against one of the best teams in the league.

There is ONE way this game ends up competitive - Lyon stands on his head even better than he has in any of his other starts this year.  Personally would have them use Ruff's late 90's playbook - hunker down, limit chances, look for odd-man rushes, treat the PP like the golden chance it is in a game like this (meaning somehow keep Appert completely out of the loop on running it), and don't be afraid of giving up a lot of shots provided they're nearly all from the outside, and then make sure you get to any rebounds Lyon gives up.  IF they can do all that, and get a little bit of luck, maybe they can win one they shouldn't have any chance in.

(Wouldn't have any money on the Sabres though.)

Edited 1 hour ago by Taro T

[Sidc3000]

Looks like Adams is relaxing and taking a the Kings/Leafs game. 
 

 

[Ctaeth]

Ruff himself may have to suit up

 

[Sidc3000]

5 minutes ago, Ctaeth said:

Ruff himself may have to suit up

 

One is definitely muel 

[inkman]

37 minutes ago, OverPowerYou said:

Be bad again for Gavin

[PromoTheRobot]

27 minutes ago, Sidc3000 said:

Looks like Adams is relaxing and taking a the Kings/Leafs game. 
 

 

And where's Jarmo? Denver?

[DarthEbriate]

27 minutes ago, Sidc3000 said:

Looks like Adams is relaxing and taking a the Kings/Leafs game. 
 

Auston Matthews out, some guy named Dennis Hildeby in goal. Leafs up 2-0 after the first. Adams is watching another Atlantic team pull further ahead. (subject to change.)

[LGR4GM]

1 hour ago, Mr Peabody said:

Playing Geertsen would sure send a message wouldn’t it?  Perfect game to do it when we’re huge ‘dogs anyway.  

No, no it wouldn't. It would say "we give up"

[Taro T]

3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

No, no it wouldn't. It would say "we give up"

Not if he's in because somebody was banged up last night and can't go tonight.  Just hoping they don't end up dressing him as the 6th D (with Jones as the 5) and Ellis as the 12th F.