GDT Devils at Sabres 11/28/25 4pm MSG WGR550

[PromoTheRobot]

What else would you wear on Black Friday?

 

 

[Pimlach]

Does today start the much needed winning streak?  
 

Who plays in net? 

[#freejame]

6 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Does today start the much needed winning streak?  
 

Who plays in net? 

If it’s not Lyon then I will choose to believe he pissed off the org with his comments 

[Ross Rhea]

Getting at and then above .500 with a win streak would be nice. They did this crap the past couple of years and specifically last year,  they would get to .500 and lose games never getting above .500 so frusterating!

[Pimlach]

3 minutes ago, #freejame said:

If it’s not Lyon then I will choose to believe he pissed off the org with his comments 

What comments?  

[Stads]

25 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Does today start the much needed winning streak?  
 

Who plays in net? 

[PromoTheRobot]

17 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

What comments?  

That he prefers ranch to blue cheese dressing. 

[Pimlach]

Free Lyon. 

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Edit:  Unrelated to me wanting Lyon to play more frequently.

Stuff from a Toronto news outlet: 
 

 

 

Edited 20 minutes ago by Pimlach

[Taro T]

9 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Free Lyon. 
 

 

 

Are we seriously getting upset at a player going to a bar AFTER a game?  Especially one where he is not likely to get the following start and very likely won't be the backup that night either?  

There are a lot of things to be critical of UPL's play this year and the past one; but really can't see giving him flack for relaxing after work, especially on one of the "biggest" nights for people going to bars that there is.

[Night Train]

Back in the day, the Bills and Sabres were at No Names 946 Elmwood every Sunday night, win or lose. 

[#freejame]

35 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

What comments?  

https://fanrecap.com/buffalo-sabres/alex-lyon-stuns-sabres-with-blunt-message-about-team-mindset--BU02a

After the loss to Utah made comments about accountability and earning everything. He’s since played less than a period in net. Maybe coincidence, maybe a message. 

[Pimlach]

3 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Are we seriously getting upset at a player going to a bar AFTER a game?  Especially one where he is not likely to get the following start and very likely won't be the backup that night either?  

There are a lot of things to be critical of UPL's play this year and the past one; but really can't see giving him flack for relaxing after work, especially on one of the "biggest" nights for people going to bars that there is.

I am not upset.  Happens all the time.  Hockey players are not choir boys.  

I want to Lyon today, not UPL, for hockey reasons. 

[Pimlach]

4 minutes ago, #freejame said:

https://fanrecap.com/buffalo-sabres/alex-lyon-stuns-sabres-with-blunt-message-about-team-mindset--BU02a

After the loss to Utah made comments about accountability and earning everything. He’s since played less than a period in net. Maybe coincidence, maybe a message. 

There is nothing here.  Everything he said makes sense.  No finger pointing.

The crew on NHL Network said he was hurt.  

[Pimlach]

6 minutes ago, Night Train said:

Back in the day, the Bills and Sabres were at No Names 946 Elmwood every Sunday night, win or lose. 

In the mid and late 70's many of the Sabres went out on Sunday evening after home games, which ended at about 9:30. 

I was a waiter/bartender at popular Buffalo restaurant and bar and we had a kept a special section open to accommodate them and their wives (or GFs) on Sunday evening.  We would see them by about 11:00 for a late snack and drinks, and we stayed open until they were done.  

They won a lot of games back then and they were usually in really good moods and having fun.   I don't remember Punch or Scotty caring at all about it.  

[Taro T]

9 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

I am not upset.  Happens all the time.  Hockey players are not choir boys.  

I want to Lyon today, not UPL, for hockey reasons. 

OK, sorry, misunderstood why you'd posted that.  And with the caption to the photos/videos being "this is the accountablility the Buffalo Sabres organization holds their players up too [sic]" thought you were echoing that tweet's view that somehow players must pay a penance for having the audacity to lose a hockey game. 

100% want Lyon between the pipes tonight.  Expect Ellis will be his backup, pretty sure he hasn't even dressed for the last 3.

[LGR4GM]

19 minutes ago, #freejame said:

https://fanrecap.com/buffalo-sabres/alex-lyon-stuns-sabres-with-blunt-message-about-team-mindset--BU02a

After the loss to Utah made comments about accountability and earning everything. He’s since played less than a period in net. Maybe coincidence, maybe a message. 

You realize you're answering your own made up conspiracy right here, right? What happened in that period he played that explains why he isn't playing far more than mundane comments?

[Pimlach]

Just now, Taro T said:

OK, sorry, misunderstood why you'd posted that.  And with the caption to the photos/videos being "this is the accountablility the Buffalo Sabres organization holds their players up too [sic]" thought you were echoing that tweet's view that somehow players must pay a penance for having the audacity to lose a hockey game. 

100% want Lyon between the pipes tonight.  Expect Ellis will be his backup, pretty sure he hasn't even dressed for the last 3.

Yes, I see that can be confusing.

I want to see Lyon. I prefer Lyon to the other goalies.

I do not care if UPL goes to a bar on Thanksgiving Eve when he has Thursday off.  

[Taro T]

6 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

In the mid and late 70's many of the Sabres went out on Sunday evening after home games, which ended at about 9:30. 

I was a waiter/bartender at popular Buffalo restaurant and bar and we had a kept a special section open to accommodate them and their wives (or GFs) on Sunday evening.  We would see them by about 11:00 for a late snack and drinks, and we stayed open until they were done.  

They won a lot of games back then and they were usually in really good moods and having fun.   I don't remember Punch or Scotty caring at all about it.  

Bowman didn't care unless it was the night before a game and they were out past curfew.  That's a big part of why McKegney became a Nordique.

[#freejame]

2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

You realize you're answering your own made up conspiracy right here, right? What happened in that period he played that explains why he isn't playing far more than mundane comments?

Lindy said he wasn’t pulled in the game due to his play, but rather to send a message to the team. 

I highly doubt the comments have anything to do with it, but I also wouldn’t be surprised in the least bit if he wasn’t in good standing. Most players don’t air their dirty laundry publicly until they’ve already aired it privately. 

[Pimlach]

Just now, Taro T said:

Bowman didn't care unless it was the night before a game and they were out past curfew.  That's a big part of why McKegney became a Nordique.

McKegney, Gare and Terry Martin were bachelors and were in Mulligans on Hertel a lot.  Their partying was different than what the married guys did and I will leave it at that.  

Bowman did not like their brand of partying.  

[Porous Five Hole]

43 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Free Lyon. 

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Edit:  Unrelated to me wanting Lyon to play more frequently.

Stuff from a Toronto news outlet: 
 

 

 

A twenty-something at the bar on the biggest bar night of the year leading into a holiday/day off is the least shocking thing I have heard in a while.