GDT/ Buffalo Sabres @ Flyers, 7:30pm TNT WGR

[Porous Five Hole]

Flyers backup Samuel Ersson was the first goalie off the ice at the morning skate, indicating we are getting the backup tonight (per Jordan Hall of NBC Sports Phili).  
 

He’s 4-2-2 with an .859%.  Ripe for the picking!

[SABRES 0311]

1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Let Gary Bettman know ASAP.

While I am at it, I'll let him know my thoughts on 3v3 OT and shootouts.

[Porous Five Hole]

1 minute ago, SABRES 0311 said:

While I am at it, I'll let him know my thoughts on 3v3 OT and shootouts.

When you speak to him, can you please find out what goalie interference is?? Cuz no one knows…

[Hawerchuk]

5 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:

Is it a TNT blackout?

edit: just checked, nope, it’s on my menu, no local blackout…….

why want to give me a cardio workout so early in the day 😜

Sorry Scotty. I was just going by what WGR posted in the pre-game article. I don't see this on my ESPN+ schedule. Is it on TNT tonight?

[Scottysabres]

4 minutes ago, Hawerchuk said:

Sorry Scotty. I was just going by what WGR posted in the pre-game article. I don't see this on my ESPN+ schedule. Is it on TNT tonight?

Yea, and yea ya made my heart skip a few beats. I’ve been living on highlights, intermittent live feeds and this forums gdt responses live as I’ve worked 60+ hrs a week, 12 hr 7pm to 7am shifts for near a month now. Xmas for the grandkids getting pricey, grandpa’s had to make sacrifices 😅

[That Aud Smell]

25 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:

The Flingers roster is filled with brain dead stinky sphincters.

Well there's a turn of phrase.

14 minutes ago, #freejame said:

Are you always susceptible to marketing or just from the NHL and Terry Pegula? 

Susceptible? I always took it as carrying water.

[PromoTheRobot]

48 minutes ago, #freejame said:

Are you always susceptible to marketing or just from the NHL and Terry Pegula? 

My point is the rules are the rules. Until they eliminate the OTL point, those still matter. 

And maybe some of you are just young whippersnappers and don't remember when NHL games ended in ties. Each team got a point. So don't look at it as a loss. Look at it as a tie with a bonus point awarded to the OT winner. Because essentially that's what it is.

Edited 50 minutes ago by PromoTheRobot

[Mustache of God]

We're actually 5-5 vs PHI over the last 10 games, certainly doesn't feel that way. 

[PromoTheRobot]

45 minutes ago, SABRES 0311 said:

While I am at it, I'll let him know my thoughts on 3v3 OT and shootouts.

One day I was in NYC waiting for a train and I went inside the lobby of the building next door to check my phone. Turned out that was NHL headquarters. I thought about stopping in to say hi to Gary but I didn't want security to taze me.

43 minutes ago, Porous Five Hole said:

When you speak to him, can you please find out what goalie interference is?? Cuz no one knows…

Or what a kicking motion is.

Edited 40 minutes ago by PromoTheRobot

[PromoTheRobot]

1 hour ago, Scottysabres said:

They are ready, They will tonight, I will drink beer watching the game, They will score 6 goals this game, The Flingers roster is filled with brain dead stinky sphincters.

Go Sabres!!!

I'm saving a perfectly chilled LaChouffe just for tonight. Unfortunately I have a 6pm meeting to attend first. So I might have to catch up.

45 minutes ago, Hawerchuk said:

Sorry Scotty. I was just going by what WGR posted in the pre-game article. I don't see this on my ESPN+ schedule. Is it on TNT tonight?

Correct. No ESPN+ but if you get TNT on your TV package there is no blackout. It's a national broadcast.

[That Aud Smell]

1 hour ago, Porous Five Hole said:

we are getting the backup tonight

THAT'S Buffalo Sabres hockey right there.

[Mustache of God]

1 hour ago, Porous Five Hole said:

Flyers backup Samuel Ersson was the first goalie off the ice at the morning skate, indicating we are getting the backup tonight (per Jordan Hall of NBC Sports Phili).  
 

He’s 4-2-2 with an .859%.  Ripe for the picking!

We're gonna make this guy look like a future all star.

[Porous Five Hole]

Not sure how this team shakes off the “we’ve won two in a row and we are good so we don’t have to go balls out” like they did against St. Louis & Calgary.  And last year. And the year before that. It has been a recurring theme with this squad for a while.  
 

Tage called his teammates out the last time.
 

Tonight is a huge game. This team needs to show that they can flush away recent good results and work their azz off and earn it. The injury bug is no longer an excuse. How hard are they willing to be to play against?

Dahlin and Tage score tonight and Ellis does enough to get a win.  Let’s gooooo!