Practice Notes 10/2

[Brawndo]

Gilbert back to Rochester 

[#freejame]

Concussions are such an interesting thing (for lack of a better term)

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Suspect the game would have been a bit different with Zellweger as the 4D. He has a motor, which is exactly what was needed last night, and, between he and Crevier, his natural style best fits the Sabres' game. This is not to say Crevier can't get there, not saying that at all, but it's not just the new guys learning their roles, it's the pre-existing roster (in this case, mainly Power) learning to play with the new guys.

[ponokasabre]

any change in lines today?

[LGR4GM]

2 minutes ago, ponokasabre said:

any change in lines today?

yes

 

[msw2112]

So no changes to the forward lines, but changes to the 3-4 and 5-6 D pairs (putting Zellweger with Power and moving Crevier down to the third pair with Metsa, rotating with Grzlcyk).  I'm just putting the above Bluesky post into a narrative form.....

Edited Friday at 06:10 PM by msw2112

[Trettioåtta]

I hope Ellis gets the goal next game

[Mr Peabody]

Any word on PP?  Too early to panic but seeing TT has totaled 13 PPG over the last  two years with top minutes, it might be worth exploring??

[Taro T]

6 minutes ago, msw2112 said:

So no changes to the forward lines, but changes to the 3-4 and 5-6 D pairs (putting Zellweger with Power and moving Crevier down to the third pair with Metsa, rotating with Grzlcyk).  I'm just putting the above Bluesky post into a narrative form.....

Seems that the way that post was written, it's actually Grzlcyk is the 5 and Crevier was rotating with Metsa as the 6/7's.

Just now, Mr Peabody said:

Any word on PP?  Too early to panic but seeing TT has totaled 13 PPG over the last  two years with top minutes, it might be worth exploring??

Well, Ruff said in the preseason that the units need to stay together for a LT to gel, so pretty sure he's fine with sitting back helplessly watching them fail because, gosh darn it, one of these years the PPs will work.

[msw2112]

Just now, Taro T said:

Seems that the way that post was written, it's actually Grzlcyk is the 5 and Crevier was rotating with Metsa as the 6/7's.

Re-reading it, you're right.  I mixed up the slash with the dash.  It's been a long week....Given that they just signed him to a big contract at $4M per year, I really hope that Crevier is more than a slash.

[LGR4GM]

1 hour ago, Taro T said:

Seems that the way that post was written, it's actually Grzlcyk is the 5 and Crevier was rotating with Metsa as the 6/7's.

Well, Ruff said in the preseason that the units need to stay together for a LT to gel, so pretty sure he's fine with sitting back helplessly watching them fail because, gosh darn it, one of these years the PPs will work.

My fav part of the PP is when they pass to one of the guys at the wall or the point and they just stand there ragging the puck back and forth like that is doing something until they pass it back to the person who passed it to them or fire into the defender directly in front of them.

[Mr Peabody]

2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

My fav part of the PP is when they pass to one of the guys at the wall or the point and they just stand there ragging the puck back and forth like that is doing something until they pass it back to the person who passed it to them or fire into the defender directly in front of them.

 

[Pimlach]

24 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

My fav part of the PP is when they pass to one of the guys at the wall or the point and they just stand there ragging the puck back and forth like that is doing something until they pass it back to the person who passed it to them or fire into the defender directly in front of them.

I like the lazy pass to the LW, usually Tage, who is set up near the boards and way too deep (usually 1 or 2 feet in front of the goal line) with no angle to do anything but make a poor pass that leads to an easy clearing opportunity for the PK.  

I find this better than the what comes after the clear - which is about 35-40 seconds to get the puck and make a zone entry after a few stupid drop passes.  

The 5 on 3 perimeter passing against a basic triangle was pretty bad.  Not one guy had the thought of standing in front of the goalie.  

[Archie Lee]

36 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

My fav part of the PP is when they pass to one of the guys at the wall or the point and they just stand there ragging the puck back and forth like that is doing something until they pass it back to the person who passed it to them or fire into the defender directly in front of them.

Quite frustrating to see how easy it was for Columbus to get Knies, who has been their 72 hours, the puck in the slot on his PP goal. Then we can’t generate a scoring chance at 2 minutes of 5 on 3. 

I’m all for the analytics team doing a deep dive on the PP. Also, I don’t doubt that Appert is a good coach. But he might not be a good PP coach. We could have the analytics team do a deep dive on Carolina’s shot-suppression structure, but none of our coaches are Rod Brind’Amour. 

[That Aud Smell]

58 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

My fav part of the PP is when they pass to one of the guys at the wall or the point and they just stand there ragging the puck back and forth like that is doing something until they pass it back to the person who passed it to them or fire into the defender directly in front of them.

There were multiple instances where they were clearly trying to execute something on the power play they didn't quite yet understand.

A couple of them were downright comical.

12 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:

Quite frustrating to see how easy it was for Columbus to get Knies, who has been their 72 hours, the puck in the slot on his PP goal. Then we can’t generate a scoring chance at 2 minutes of 5 on 3. 

I’m all for the analytics team doing a deep dive on the PP. Also, I don’t doubt that Appert is a good coach. But he might not be a good PP coach. We could have the analytics team do a deep dive on Carolina’s shot-suppression structure, but none of our coaches are Rod Brind’Amour. 

[LGR4GM]

Sabres should have hired a legit special teams coach. 

50 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:

Quite frustrating to see how easy it was for Columbus to get Knies, who has been their 72 hours, the puck in the slot on his PP goal. Then we can’t generate a scoring chance at 2 minutes of 5 on 3. 

I’m all for the analytics team doing a deep dive on the PP. Also, I don’t doubt that Appert is a good coach. But he might not be a good PP coach. We could have the analytics team do a deep dive on Carolina’s shot-suppression structure, but none of our coaches are Rod Brind’Amour. 

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