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He’s out there. Making big circles and blasting the boards with pucks.

In the first period, after Jack missed the net, Ray said that’s the difference between a good and great player. Broken clock is right twice a day.

What did he say?

Did Rob Ray tell Skinner to stop arguing with the ref about the offsides call? If so that’s funny, to me.

If he means slow down how fast they make plays I’m not sure that’s possible unless they go backwards in time. Risto practically lives behind our own net, they still use the drop pass on the PP and Jack ties the puck to a string dragging it around until someone slaps it away. I’ll buy what he’s selling when it translates on the ice. There I go being negative again.

Reading some of my recent posts I realize how negative I have been. Sabres need to use some speed tonight. If they get space like they did in EDM they have to capitalize.

I guess we’ll see.

That’s why I said Phil stays the rest of the season.

This game is pretty important IMO. Second of a three game western road trip. If they lose but beat VAN it’s still a disappointing trip (1 out of 3). This is a chance to turn things around against the 1st place team in the west. Most importantly I think this game will show if the Sabres have any heart. If they lose a close one it gets written off as a good team coming out on top. If they win it’s a sign maybe they have what it takes to turn it around. If they lose big and lost big to EDM, their is something wrong more than a team going through a rough patch. I think JBott sticks with PH for the rest of the season. If they maintain a losing record one of them goes.

Sabres lines per Twitter: Skinner-Eichel-Reinhart Sheary-Mittelstadt-Thompson Sobotka-Rodrigues-Pominville Girgensons-Larsson-Okposo Dahlin-Bogosian Pilut-Ristolainen Scandella-McCabe Beaulieu-Hunwick

What I got from it is someone tried to assign a number value to each player’s worth encompassing various aspects.

Hey everyone. Last GDT some of you had a question on the player ratings in the lineup. Below is a link that explains it. If you think this deserves its own topic let me know but for now I will leave it here. https://www.corsicahockey.com/nhl-player-ratings-explained

Ballsy move NS. I don’t think anyone wanted to do the GDT. Cudos my friend. Onward to whatever happens.

Not seeing the downside by trading any of the three. We have Dahlin and Pilut is coming along nicely. Mitts is not a 2C so there’s an upgrade. Sam is not a make or break on the first line and I believe he was drafted to be a center which he is not. PHI has issues and may be looking for picks to rebuild. A high end pick might lower the value of whatever player we add to the deal. Aside from less than a handful none of these guys are off the block including the three you mentioned.

Sheary-Mitts-TT together in practice. PHI places Weise on waivers.

You rang.

Stats don’t matter. The more advanced the more irrelevant. ? INCOMING!!!!

Oh no you di’nt

Or Jack Eichel

My trust in the Sabres has been so violated I’m joining the MeToo movement. I kid I kid.

Huh. That actually makes sense. Maybe put Wedgewood in net. I think that’s his name.

More talent same result. It’s great we will finish higher than 31st but 31st overall and 9th in the conference have one thing in common. Both play golf in the playoffs.

I now concede the GDT to someone else. Thank you for contributing and good luck to whoever takes it. ?

Just thinking he says the right things into a mic but it doesn’t translate into the team’s performance. I don’t blame him for everything wrong, but I don’t think this team has an identity or real leadership. Something to fall back on when the system and game plan go to hell. I want him on this team because he has skills and someday he may be a good Captain. But he needs to hold teammates accountable and they, along with the staff need to hold him accountable. This team needs something to pull them together and adversity isn’t doing it. Neither is good interviews. Maybe a players only meeting where the have at it. I don’t know.

I agree a lingering injury will slow him down. But a lifeless practice is where a Captain should step up especially if the coach doesn’t. This why I said I wish I could hear what was said in the locker room. The problem is he has checked out before when healthy. If we see it during 45 second shifts the team sees it even more. That kind of stuff is infectious.