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I picked trading TT, but it was a reaction to that play, or lack thereof, against Philly, where he lackadaisically went after the puck while on the PP and lost it to a defender, then basically stood there and watched. He plays like he needs to conserve his energy over an 82 game season so he's got a full tank for the playoffs.

I’m taking the Tage Thompson approach to the Sabres: sometimes I’ll be interested and motivated to watch: and sometimes I won’t.

Really disappointed with Thompson, and last night was the last straw for me. When he wants to play, he's a great player. Unfortunately, the "want" is not there often enough.

My recollection of a couple games they lost last year was the flyers totally out-skating the Sabres. Sabres doing there usual, thinking all they have to do is show up to win.

Reading through pages of posts this morning has me wondering if Owen Power played last night? There’s usually a handful of criticisms and complaints about him.

Who knows If the lineup change was a way to send his two “leaders” a message, but when asked about it post-game, he mentioned the usual things like balance the lines, something about face offs, and ended with “get more energy”.

When I saw the projected lineups yesterday, I wondered if Lindy was sending a message to Tuch and Tage in this respect? He puts Tage with Benson and Kozak, and Tuch with Doan and Östlund. I don't think the Zucker line needed it, as Zuck and McLeod tend to raise Quinn's effort.

Weird year so far. Detroit leading the Atlantic at 13-8-1 with a -4 goal differential.

I mentioned something similar about Zucker, Benson, and Norris after the Chicago game, and did the same thing you did here--we either forgot about Kulich or he's not that valuable to this team at the moment?

His second goal was fantastic! Able to hold the D man off and flick the puck up high over the GT.

If I was Lindy, in their next practice, I’d put him on the top line as a forward with Tage n Tuch just to get the boys juiced up. 🤣

My first game of the season, and it was a lot of fun to watch! I don't know what people are complaining about...... 🤣 Some observations. I thought Quinn had a very good game. I recall only one play where I said "wtf!" I was surprised when Tuch was announced as the first star and to find out he had 4 assists. He had a very "quiet" excellent game. Zucker was much more noticeable, though I also didn't realize he ended the game with 3 points. With him back, the lines are more balanced (Looking forward to getting Benson back, and I sure hope we get to see what Norris does for the team for a long period of time). Our seats were right over the Sabres locker room entrance, and we all thought Byram was done the way he went grimacing in pain. I don't know how long it was, but we were shocked when we noticed him on the ice again. That Doan kid is pretty good. Overall, the Sabres responded well after each Hawks' goal. A solid game.

This, in a way, epitomizes the team. In full games or parts of games, the effort or want isn't there. I've been thinking about this regarding tomorrow's game--will they play down to the competition again?

So, he's got a perfect game going?

If you recall, after 8 games last year, they were 0 for 22 on the PP; this year, they have 6 PP goals. Despite the criticism, their special teams is a big part of this year's start (even though, they also started 0-3 last year).