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Well I'll be at this one with my son. I'm looking for a good respectable game that doesn't get us laughed out of PPG place. If anything we get to see how a well coached team(Pens) with skill and depth actually looks. PGH plays an up tempo keep it you zone game so it could get ugly. Let's go Buffalo.

From the look of the shot selection(and I feel like I'm being generous in describing it as planned) do they practice shootouts at all? I know some coaches end a lot of practices with that. However from the number of passes in the skates or out of reach to running around in their own zone to standing still at times it is tough to tell what system is being preached. Last if I am not mistaken that last penalty by Sabres last night wasn't ROR, Risto and ? Out there for the whole 2 minute kill? "Holy gasser Batman" I don't think I have ever seen another coach have that type of innovation.

Tampa played in PGH last night and for a good portion it was a tight fast paced game until the Pens broke it open in the 3rd period. We are the better rested team so I would like to see us jump on them for an early lead and keep it this time. On a next game note the Pens look in playoff form and had several 5 on 5 zone pressures for extended periods that looked like power plays last night. Hansiey and Strait, deadline pickups played big minutes and fit right in, those 2 were available at the deadline and would have helped the Sabres backend immediately but I guess our GM wasn't interested or maybe not really looking. These next two games are a serious test for where this team is, and how far along we really are.

This sounds very plausible based on how he presents himself in interviews and the press. Could be exactly why after a couple years with the pens kids he got replaced there. Yep, watching Pens and Tampa right now and both those teams will test that theory real quick. Ha, Herb brooks or Mel brooks, we shall see.

Truth hurts. +1, now whats to be done.

LMAO, stick with the Hanson brother

This.

Yeah i do like following them. I know Its a love hate relationship. It bothers me when they don't appear to be playing well and I agree with many here that DB hockey is not entertaining. He does make it hard to watch. But I can't give up because growing up and being from Buffalo has always been about being an underdog. I always root for them and I guess that is what keeps me coming back here reading all your insights, stats and watching them when I can. I will admit though that has mainly turned into a when it's convenient and they are at least playing well and it's no longer an obsession. Too many other things that investing my time in has a much better return. Family, friends, work.

Haha true dat. That's been the last bunch of years madness of being a Sabres fan. I can hear DB already preaching we can't trade chances with this team so I expect the same type of game the devils played em last night. A 4 or 3 to 1 loss. Hope for the best prepare for the worst, come on Sabres surprise me.

I see the Bills rumors the owners talk too players about the coaching. So if true there why not with the hockey team too. Wonder what players they would ask and more importantly what they would say? Interesting times indeed, new year coming please show us something new.

Wonder if I can get a rebate on my center ice pkg. i can't watch this disco dan team any longer. He did finally put jack on the PK but that's probably only because Larsons out. Also we get to see a little bit of what happens when you play a player too his strengths. How can you not see Rhinehart is better at center. And heaven forbid he put his 2 best dmen together as a top pairing. GMTM really has lost some of his luster with how well his master plan moves appear to be panning out. Happy new year, maybe next year ehh, first time ever sweep by Boston. Way to go DB.

Merry Christmas 11 and to all the other old time posters I know. Chz, nfreeman, taro, x, Aud, deluca, PA, and the many others I have engaged in xmas past. Still lurking and reading, lots of good new timers here now as well. Sorry life(family, work,...) is more of a priority for me now than social media. Well not really sorry. I hope this finds all well and enjoying the holiday with family and friends as best as possible. And my last wish is for a happy new year that finds us all with a hockey team we all have been waiting for. Now if Santa could pull that off well that a Merry Christmas indeed!

I have been living in Pittsburgh since the early 90's. I never liked or was on board with the hiring of DB after seeing him here for a few years with the Pens. What you are seeing now with the Sabres is exactly what Blysma was doing with the Pen's that ultimately got him fired. As the style of hockey was changing years back to the speed or possession styles in vogue today he was not with talented Pens team. Constant line shuffling, playing your better possession centers as wings, limiting your offensive defense men like Kris Letang to a dump and don't carry style. Lucky for the Pens Mario recognized the way hockey could be played with the players they had and acquired for where the league is now. I feel like I am wasting my center Ice watching 1990's hockey every time I tune a Sabres game. Watching many of the other games available where hockey is actually being played makes the Sabres style even harder to watch for a whole game. It's a shame too because there finally does appear to be a good solid core and finally some real depth at Center. Yes fire Dan Please and pass the torch too the assistant Murray.

I will agree it's early in the season and some key players are missing but having seen DD coach here in PGH for many years I will say some of the observations and concerns are valid and a reason that he is no longer the Penguins coach. I also wonder if the loss of last years assistant coach has effected some of the play. He may be a coach that gets us to the playoff's but the team that won a cup under him was Michael Therians not his and if he did not learn anything after his firing from the Penguins I'm not sure if he is a cup winning coach.

It's from when I started lurking on this board many moons ago. I picked an avatar for a player I saw as a kid flying around the ice wearing a headband, Rick Dudley. I liked him and he's Canadian and they invented Hockey so I tried to get cute with my user id Dudly_do_right of the Canadian Mounties fame. I also grew up watching and enjoying hockey night in Canada, the cartoon Dudley do right and loved to hate the Montreal Canadian dynasty that was. So in the end its my odd way of showing my respect to my team, Canada and the sport I have grown to love even though those canucks are all hoser's...

Yes they were one of the many bands I saw in my misspent youth. Although I would argue it was not misspent but foundation to who I am. This is the show I saw them in high school. Went to all of the first 3 stadium fests. Oh and tailgating was mandatory back then.

Your rap version with that video was enough to bring me out of retirement. :w00t: Pure entertainment...

A Happy Fathers day shout out to all you SS posters I know are Dads and to some of you aspiring young pups who may some day know the blessing. I also want to say to all those who may not be Dads for reasons beyond your control or of your own choosing you still have impact and influence on those you touch daily. I am sure I have read some great posts on here from some of the same. Special Thanks to SDS who i know is a dad and also father of this message board and cyberspace community. :flirt:

Thanks all for the recap, too much work not enough spare time to check in during the day.. After watching him coach the Pens over his career here in Pittsburgh I am curious to see his assistant hires..rumor had it when he first started here Mario heavily influenced his options for helpers. Let the climb back begin.. Go Buffalo

This thread lacks the physicality to compete with SS version 1.0 and wouldn't make it past the first round.

I call this why sabrespace is the best place to get informative spirited debate. I miss my old job where i had time to research and try to post more but I could never keep up with heavy weights... Carry on gentlemen.

More of an infrequent lurker now than regular poster but that's a result of a lack of much if any free time with job and family. IT Director- Consumer Technology, web, mobile and integration applications. Any CS Programmer wannabe's that would be willing to move to Pittsburgh, PM me, no promises but hard work if you can pass an interview.

What do you expect when the family coat of arms is a straight jacket. It's all good brother, besides who said we all had to agree all the time anyway. And with this and you I do agree whole heartedly. thats

Up down turnaround Feeling high feeling low, Read it all and don't you know This is where I landed. +1 Deluca Oh and I also agree with Yuri. Couldn't watch much of what they were calling hockey with this team for months now. Last but not least, alleluia saints be praised, the Stafford infection has healed and now the recovery can begin.

Finished yard work Saturday pretty heated and dirty. Needed to run out to store so threw on a quick change pair of shorts and sandals. Walking into store with oldest son and he says, Dad your wearing socks(white) with your sandals. I said John your right and I now officially have become my father. Zero f's given. Truth be told I didn't understand it either when I saw my dad rocking that style 40 years ago.