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wow, Boston out chanced us that 3rd period.. Ok lets take this in OT.

Argh,,,,,

Ok now your calling penalties.... BS

Ok that skate on skate was dirty to Samson. Thats' Marchand level.

Tight game. Exchanging chances. Come on boys 1,2 we want 3..

Just need to outwork these B's for 1 more period to win.

I liked that 2nd period. Thank you Sir may i have another. Tight game.. Lets win the 3rd.

Yes, Fixed that last line for you.

Nice Penalty kill, first shortie, and playing hard. Still keeping us on the edge of our seats. Hockey is fun when its like this..

Larry, larry first SHG for Buffalo ain't it.

So here we are. Time to see what this team is made of. There is enough tape out there now so teams are not surprised by the Sabres anymore. I believe the blueprint goes something like this, Shut down our top line; there is very little to no secondary scoring, play us physical; we shy away more than initiate, Capitalize on our mistakes; because we will make them when we press. We have not been getting the lights out goal tending from Hutton we got before he was injured. Ullmark started to show signs and was my choice for the St Louis game but is he out now ? This Sabres teams pressing style needs very strong goal tending and defensive play to succeed going forward. The hardest part of their season is coming up now and if they can't meet and or exceed every other teams compete they are playing I expect more Blues games than Ducks. Let's go Buff-a-lo show us and the rest of the league the first half was not a fluke..

Zizzzzz, Zizzzzz, Zizzzzz, Zizzzzz Hark the harold, sawing I hear, jinxing our pre-new year... I hope that limb wasn't too High up. ?

Yeah I liked ROR but his end of season interview high lighted what was wrong with that team and no denying he was a big part of that. i'm sure he is bringing his "A" game. I just hope that our team is bringing theirs. Because I do believe we are the better team if we play our game. We are going to need a solid game from our goalie and D. Upon further reflection of last several games, I think I would be okay with starting Ullmark tonight since he actually has played better his last couple of outings than Hutton. And I expect St Louis to know how to beat and be pumped to face their old team mate.

Nice article. Like how he doesn't like losing and knows he had problems hiding it. ""When hockey's good, I'm probably a better person," he says. "When hockey's bad, I'm a little bit bitter and pissed off.... [But I've learned] it's important to worry about being a good teammate, making sure your relationships stay strong through poor times, especially at the rink" I also found this quote interesting "When things were bad, everyone distanced themselves from one another,” he says. “We weren't able to build those relationships that we wanted. I think we took some good steps this summer, and it translated." pretty much sums up the issues with a ZFG TM assembled team. “O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The team has weather’d every rack,.... and finally we are one....

Christmas break is over and back to most wonderful Hockey. I am guessing Hutton in against his old team. Win this one and we can get back to putting together another winning steak. Let's go Buff-a-lo! Must win, do not want to suffer the Blues tonight.

Merry Christmas SabreSpacer's Thanks for the thread Eleven..

Here Ye, here He, All hail the charts?️

I am not sure that's not just a little too many Tim Hortons Doughnuts because I still don't see him playing fast, thinking or executing on the ice. And i also hear a lot of people talking about execution on the ice of 2nd and 3rd lines and my response to that is "the way they have been playing I'm all in favor of it".

Weird schedule playing Washington again in their barn in less than a week. Washington lost Wednesday at Home vs. Pgh so i expect a cranky Wash team. It was a very physical game. Not going to be easy but it can be done if we are hard on the puck but will also take some seriously good goal tending. Other teams behind us winning and closing the gap so getting close to being a must win. Oh and no injuries allowed before Xmas break. Lets start this weekend off right and cap the Caps.

So looking at those 2nd through 4th lines and all of us who agree with that almost famous quote by one of our veteran SS's,"Sobotka is where offense goes to die" Why not try breaking up Larry and Zemgus. Make Zemgus play center, he has done this in his career before. And either him or Larry becomes 2C center. Gives a lot more combinations that could be tried but i leave that exercise up to others. I also know there will be opinions that's nothing more than shuffling deck chairs on the titanic...

Well it certainly funded he next career attempts at starving artist and clothing store business owner.. Both of which look strangely as successful as his Sabres Hockey career.

Yippee, does that mean we have 2.2 million to spend on something this year? I would like a used 2C or better yet a another Domi like move finding a diamond in the rough by converting a winger back to center, a position they may have played in the minors..

Indeed, The Lady doth protest too much, To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, and then there's another game. So we can re-live the thrill of victory or agony of defeat...

So say we all. (about Jbot's plan) messed up inserting +quotes of LGR and Taro Oh and I am fine with the kids getting OJT(on the job training) although I agree in Mitts case 3rd or 4th line would be better right now while he adjusts.

So next two games are going to test this teams mettle. Two tough teams on a back to back before the break. Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is the team that beat Boston and took the SC champ to a SO not the team I just saw in the 3rd.