GDT: 2026 1st Round Game 3 -- Sabres at Bruins 4/23/2026, 7:00 pm ET, MSG-B, TNT/Tru, HBO Max, NESN

[DarthEbriate]

10 hours ago, Nacho Libre said:

It’s not literal lmao. He didn’t get meet a Dementor down a back alley. But the torment was real and he was so changed, so much of him that went down into the chasm with the Ring, combined with the lasting effects of the morgul blade, that he did undergo symbolic death, he could no longer live in Middle-Earth. That’s what Tol Eressëa represents for a mortal in the context of Frodo’s journey in LOTR, particularly when we aren’t getting into the nitty gritty detail of the Silmarillion 

We aren't?

This GDT is only 55 pages and there's a (Luke voice) whole 'nother year day before the next game.

10 hours ago, FLfiremedic said:

This where I am at with Dahlin. Be a stud defensively, be tough to play against, and be an utter pest. He has done these things in spades. If Boston focusing on Dahlin opens up the rest of the blue line to scoring like they have shown they can do so be it. Not like other teams where that may stymy the entire offense and transition game. Boston put as many eggs in the shutting down Dahlin basket as we did in the Dahlin shutting down the top line. Almost playing into our hands. And Dahlin hasn’t gotten the hot headed reactionary penalty we would see on occasion in years past.
 

He has gone from Padawan, to Jedi knight, to Jedi Master the quickest of any Jedi before him. He is the chosen one. A perfect balance in the force. Able to wield both sides of the force and not fit into the simplistic dogma of the sith or Jedi. Knowing a hockey game needs both light and dark working in tandem as to not disrupt the balance. Do as the force wills it. He is one with the force. The force is with him. 
 

When Buffalo scores early for the first time you will see a full game of Boston leaving their game plan and coming completely unglued. I see 2-3 legit separate fighting incidents and Buffalo laying a full game smack down on. 
 

Dahlin is doing what Dahlin needs to do. Take the heat, shut crap down, play physical, and let the others cook. Homie has 1 point and is a net neutral in +/-. Pretty remarkable  

R2-D6 is locking down the stabilizers.

Edited April 25 by DarthEbriate
54 became 55

[Nacho Libre]

6 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

True. Without Gollum being lost though, does the ring get destroyed? No one had the will to toss it into the flame freely. 

It’s a good point. The bold especially relevant in how often it’s misunderstood: Frodo literally couldn’t have thrown it in, no one could. His real task was to do his utmost in actually getting the Ring *to* the cracks of doom, he produced a situation in which the Ring could be destroyed. To your point, the Quest fails without Gollum.

But it’s why even the majority I’d wager would argue Frodo “failed”, erroneously. Simply a misunderstanding of what was within his power to accomplish. As Tolkien says: his body breaks. It’s not a moral failure. 

[Nacho Libre]

30 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

We aren't?

This GDT is only 55 pages and there's a (Luke voice) whole 'nother year day before the next game.

R2-D6 is locking down the stabilizers.

What of the Thread, and our vow?

But DarthBeren said: “It is fulfilled. Even now a Stabilizer is in my hand.”

Edited April 25 by Nacho Libre

[TageMVP]

3 hours ago, LTS said:

Absolutely ridiculous. I am about to put you on ignore because you are bringing the same level of discussion standard as that ***** ****MVP. Yeah, I won't even use the full name. That ***** is a disgrace to this forum.

[FLfiremedic]

There seems to be some confusion regarding the use of Krebs on the first line. And this is taken without context of Lindy’s line utilizations in the past. Which most always have a combination of play making, scoring, and toughness to whatever degree possible on every line. I do not think we will get an entire “scoring line” for any long stretch unless it’s mid game needing scoring. 
 

Lindy’s mindset seems to have always been that players performing their roles complete a line and utilize the other linemates respective tools while being able to spread skill further through a lineup. 
 

For every Hecht there is a Roy, and Kotalik. 
 

For every Satan there is a Peca and Zhitnik
 

For every Connolly there is a Pominville and Afinogenov 

[Taro T]

16 hours ago, ... said:

Dahlin turning it over from time to time is not unusual. Which is not a knock against him in the context of this conversation, it is what it is.

But you are raising an interesting point regarding his struggles adjusting to the pressure of playoff hockey: is that contributing to PP's lack of success?

I, too, was grumbling at him for making some poor decisions, and too slowly to boot, during the PPs last night. 

I don't disagree with @Nacho Libre that he's defensively sound and that, of course, the enemy is paying special attention to him.

OTOH, Dahlin is clearly not the impact player in these playoffs, so far, that he typically is. His stature demands that he figure out a way to reacquire his multidimensional in-game influence.

He'll break through. Seems to me whatever Bahstun has been doing to suppress his offensive game has forced him to think too much about his offensive game. They've stymied his offensive flow state. His defensive flow state, though, seems to be intact.

 

Wait a second.  Is your contention that the PP has gone to doo doo in the playoffs because one of the best players (if not THE best player) on the team can't handle playoff pressure?

Let's say that's the case, just to play into the devil's advocate role.  How do you explain 0-21 to end the regular season with multiple SHGs against?  Playoff pressure?

Personally, expect most of his offensive drop off is a realization that the B's have ONE very good line and then one other good line (and that one has Mittelstadt on it, so ...) and that if you can shut down the very good line the Sabres have enough other offense (including from the D-corps) to outscore the B's.  So far, if that's the reason for it, that philosophy been correct 2 out of 3 times and if the goalie in the one game that they didn't win could stop a beach ball it might've been 3 for 3.

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4 hours ago, Taro T said:

Wait a second.  Is your contention that the PP has gone to doo doo in the playoffs because one of the best players (if not THE best player) on the team can't handle playoff pressure?

Let's say that's the case, just to play into the devil's advocate role.  How do you explain 0-21 to end the regular season with multiple SHGs against?  Playoff pressure?

Personally, expect most of his offensive drop off is a realization that the B's have ONE very good line and then one other good line (and that one has Mittelstadt on it, so ...) and that if you can shut down the very good line the Sabres have enough other offense (including from the D-corps) to outscore the B's.  So far, if that's the reason for it, that philosophy been correct 2 out of 3 times and if the goalie in the one game that they didn't win could stop a beach ball it might've been 3 for 3.

I noticed that you didn’t bold the question mark, so perhaps you missed it.

You may have also missed, since you didn’t bold it, the paragraph where I state that I don't disagree with @Nacho Libre 's position.

I just thought it was an interesting theory, wondering whether Dahlin's obvious neutering, whatever the reason, has contributed to the lack of PP success. 

Let's remember that the context is PP where line matchups are less specific, unlike 5v5.

Regardless of your perceptual faux pas, I still love you as a fellow poster.

[Flashsabre]

Might be in trouble tomorrow. Huge addition to the Bruins roster😜😁

[LGR4GM]

Just now, Flashsabre said:

Might be in trouble tomorrow. Huge addition to the Bruins roster😜😁

That's not Pastrnak

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3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

That's not Pastrnak

It's Eichel, right?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[French Collection]

Shrek 

[K-9]

17 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

That's not Pastrnak

[LGR4GM]

Just now, K-9 said:

Ik. The tone is lost via text. 

[K-9]

9 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Ik. The tone is lost via text. 

We’ve all fallen victim to that at one time or another. 

[LGR4GM]

6 minutes ago, K-9 said:

We’ve all fallen victim to that at one time or another. 

It would be like...

That's! Not pastrnak!?

[PASabreFan]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

It would be like...

That's! Not pastrnak!?

That's not pASrTNaK?

[Nacho Libre]

2 hours ago, French Collection said:

Shrek 

[Crusader1969]

On 4/23/2026 at 10:57 PM, TageMVP said:

Lol he gave up two goals. TWO. And had like a .970 save percentage.

You're actually crazy 

Looks like I was right and you weee wrong ....again 

you get 1 past Swayman, you can score a bunch more 

[eman]

On 4/24/2026 at 9:27 AM, nfreeman said:

Arvidsson is the guy who really scares me every time he gets it in the offensive zone. 

Yes, in this series, he's another one to keep an eye on! Dangerous player.

[Dude]

8 hours ago, eman said:

Yes, in this series, he's another one to keep an eye on! Dangerous player.

He got injured in the first period yesterday and didn't return.  Wouldn't be surprised if he missed the next game.

[Doohickie]

On 4/23/2026 at 8:55 PM, Doohickie said:

On 4/23/2026 at 8:54 PM, clink said:

running down a dream would've worked here, too 💔

I have a lot of songs in mind.  I thought because this was a good push-back game so I Won't Back Down seemed like the choice.

Running Down a Dream is a good one for closing out a game.

[clink]

17 hours ago, Doohickie said:

Running Down a Dream is a good one for closing out a game.

you deffo have carté blanche for background score!!! 

ALWAYS on point with the tuneage

🤘🤘