GDT:Chicago at Sabres. 11/21/25 7pm. MSG, WGR550

[Sidc3000]

7 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

I knew someone who did that on a bike ride.  He popped it back in himself, finished the ride, was a little sore the next day or two.  Never saw a doctor for it.

Yep. As long as there is no ligament injury, it should be fine. 🤞

[Pimlach]

11 hours ago, HumanSlinky39 said:

Dan acting like UPL stood on his head tonight.

There is a lot of "acting" in the Sabres broadcast with Dunleavy the lead.  A lot of messaging too.  The questions they asked Benson for example. 

People in the organization read this forum and other social media, they see the complaints.  Seems like the last few broadcasts tried to address some things.  

 

[Pimlach]

10 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

I'm not surprised by this. It's happened many times before. A complete garbage game, coach yells at them, they win the next one big. I really didn't think they played all that well though. It was a wide open game and they love those always. Zero physicality, no D anywhere and Chicago coming off a demoralizing controversial loss. If you get excited by this you are a fool. Nothing has changed with this team. 

Starting UPL also tells me this team is not serious about winning this year. They are still showcasing/deciding and they don't have a clue on what they are doing with the goaltending. 

But hey, lots of goals, win better than a loss. So enjoy it while you can. 

After Wednesdays Flame Out and the Bills crashing on Thursday Night Football, this game was needed.  But rest assured that all but a few here understand this team has a big job ahead.  

The season is 1/4 over and they are 16th out of 16 in the conference.  They are "only 4 points out" but they have to pass 8 teams.  

They really need winning streaks.   Some people here get excited about 0.500, but that will not even get you close to playoffs.  

[JohnC]

9 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

I'm not surprised by this. It's happened many times before. A complete garbage game, coach yells at them, they win the next one big. I really didn't think they played all that well though. It was a wide open game and they love those always. Zero physicality, no D anywhere and Chicago coming off a demoralizing controversial loss. If you get excited by this you are a fool. Nothing has changed with this team. 

Starting UPL also tells me this team is not serious about winning this year. They are still showcasing/deciding and they don't have a clue on what they are doing with the goaltending. 

But hey, lots of goals, win better than a loss. So enjoy it while you can. 

I'm not going to over-interpret beating Chicago coming off of a back-to-back. But just focusing on this game in isolation it can't be questioned that the Sabres played well, and more importantly played hard throughout. The game against Calgary was disappointing not so much because of the outcome but more for the pitiful effort. So let's give credit when warranted and not manufacture criticism when not merited. 

Just some quick thoughts on the game: In general, I was happy with the effort. Maybe the Zucker return was a factor in this team playing harder because of his mature presence. It's likely that Benson will play in the next game and soon Norris will be back. So we should get a better sense of what this team is capable of. 

Tage and his line played as if they cared and were determined to be a driving line. Then why did they play so lacklusterly against Calgary? This up and down play bothers me a lot. 

Quinn played well. He's certainly not a physical player but in this game he at least tried to body up. Having Zucker on the line appears to have given him a boost. His pass to Zucker for a score may have been the best pass in the game. Quinn needs to shoot more and utilize his biggest asset. 

Samuelsson played really well. What a pleasant surprise! What's even more impressive about his elevated play is that he is our most consistent defenseman on the unit. And on top of that he has scored more goals than most of us thought he was capable of. The lessoned to be learned is that when you shoot on net you have a chance to get it in. 

UPL was solid.

The Sabres overwhelmed Chicago. But let's put things in perspective: this rebuilding team is six points ahead of us in the standing. 

I was worried when Byram skated off the ice with his arm dangling. Relieved to see him back. When he's on his game and involved in the offense it presents an added dimension to it. 

Doan is a terrific addition. He has a hardy style of play and is more offensively skilled than I first thought.

What does this dominating win mean? I'm not sure. It will mean more if we play well against Carolina, a good and tough team.

 

[DarthEbriate]

8 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

They really need winning streaks.   Some people here get excited about 0.500, but that will not even get you close to playoffs.  

Yup. It's got to get to 3 in a row and then get at least 8 points on the big Western Canada road trip.

Next is Carolina. Oddly, they have won 3 in a row vs. Carolina at home. There's a chance they could get a streak going. (Don't let it go to our heads though: they don't have Carolina's number as they've lost 12 in a row in Carolina.)

[7+6=13]

41 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

Yeah...

I posted this about an hour ago but to get to the point percentage of the last playoff spot, they have to win six games in a row. 

Not five in a row, not five of the next seven... Doing that would still have them out of the playoffs. From right now they have to win six in a row just to get to the 8th and final spot.

That's really good info.  

Just so I understand, you're saying if nothing else is considered, that's the wins needed to get to the % as it sits today?

[Mr Peabody]

27 minutes ago, Sidc3000 said:

Yep. As long as there is no ligament injury, it should be fine. 🤞

The risk is it gets easier to pop out after each occurrence.  It happened to me when I was in my 20’s and over the next 10 years it popped out at least 30 times.  Any overhand motion (throwing, tennis, etc) would pop it out. 

[JohnC]

9 minutes ago, Mr Peabody said:

The risk is it gets easier to pop out after each occurrence.  It happened to me when I was in my 20’s and over the next 10 years it popped out at least 30 times.  Any overhand motion (throwing, tennis, etc) would pop it out. 

 

[Shoot da Puck]

I was a Bar Bill last night and some people were actually excited.

Great memories