Pimlach

Starts with good anthems. Time to beat the Habs. Turn the tables tonight.

Geertsen talked with Rempe but they didn't go. He invited Zadorov to dance, but Zadorav did not accept the challenge. Play Dunne and you get more quality shifts, and although he gives up 30 lbs, he would not back down from Xhekaj.

Put Östlund on the third line with Zucker and Quinn. Östlund is a playmaker and the other two can finish. Then have Krebs play with Kozak and Dunne. Dunne can actually play a 4th line role. What is Geertsen playing for, to fight with Xhekaj or something? smh

Makes me not want to see him promoted up into the FO.

You do realize that you keep suggesting to people what to post and what not to post. Relax a bit.

Injuries aside, between Krebs or Kozak and Malenstyn/Greenway/Danforth they can make a good enough fourth line. The first and second lines are the ones that are suspect.

Actually, I’m ok with Malenstyn over Robinson. I think he hits more and is a better PK guy. That 2nd rounder being Hutson hurts a bit though.

Malenstyn is better than what you say about him, but we didn’t need him, especially for a 2nd rounder, when Robinson could have been retained. It sucks that Cole Hutson was that pick. Ouch!

Krebs moves down. You are missing Malenstyn.

Barnaby, no. He did a lot of other stuff, instigated many fights, lots of donnybrooks happened because of Mathew Barnaby.

Yes, he lick the visor of Jeff Halpern, a former teammate of his. Ott was another of the gritty ones.

Brian "Spinner" Spencer had a tragic life and a tragic early death. He was a hard working, two-way forward, and a grinder. He could really get the crowd going with his reckless style, he literally "spun" around out there on just about every shift, like a battling top.

Well we had Barnaby, he was just as crazy as Marchand.

Sometimes winning teams and HoF players get grace from the officials.

$11M is too much. I hope this is wrong.

Doan has been good and shows a lot of promise, lots of hockey left too. Benson could emerge as a scorer this year. He is creating, soon we will see more finishing. The Sabres should not move Tuch for not singing long term, they should prefer that add 3 or 4 years. Tuch is a good player. The season is 5 games old and Thompson and Tuch are not outsiders.

That explains the lower minutes. I thought it was fantastic. Dahlin drills Marchand. Marchand retaliates and get suckered into a minor penalty. Then the helmet antics. We score on the PP for the coup de gras. In the post game interview I thought Dahlin answered questions on Marchand and this scrum with class and respect. https://www.nhl.com/sabres/video/rasmus-dahlin-postgame-vs-fla-6382981612112 He said this is the way they are going to play going forward.

Power, Timmins, and Byram all had more TOI than Dahlin. Muel’s TOI was up there too. A Bryson out side effect?

I recall a healthy Greenway playing well with McLeod and Tuch last season. Problem is he was healthy for only maybe 20 games. Power had another nice game.

Gertie played 2:06, so two shifts probably, maybe 3. I recall one shift were he was a deterrent to Florida’s big guys taking liberties.

Injuries. Tkachuk and Barkov for starters.

Quinn battled and Ekblad went out of his way to rough up Quinn. First in the corner, the again in front of the net. Quinn finally showing some grit.

Doan. The forechecker I’ve been looking for.

I see Thompson get grabbed, held, and spun around with no call. Then they call Timmons for another FL PP. Another good PK. Way to go Sabres.